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TO lend him. he also assisted, as often
as his other duties permitted, in the
field hospitals, and in those stern schools
laid the practical foundation for the
skill in surgery he subsequently at
tanned.
But it would take too much space to
enter into any detailed account OF Nc
Clung's army life, and as he is very re-
ticent In regard to his services in the
field of action, the particulars can be
only elected by skillful cross-examina-
ton, although, per contra, he Is very
willing, especially when he chances TO
meet some Of his old comrades-in-armS,
to relate numerous entertaining anec-
dotes of that troubled time, which dis
close the fact that there is lighter
side even 70 "grlm visaged war"
At the close of hoStilities Lieut.. Nc
Chung was parOled and found himself
facing the world anew, with the clothes
he wore, his side arms, his horse, saddle
and bridleas his entire fortune, and this
in Virginia, country beggared by
years Of warfare. Looking about for
the means OF support he first went TO
Charleston, W. Va, and thence to Ken
lucky, intending to go further West,
but was attacked in Covington, in the
latter State, with an illness which very
nearly proved fatal. On his recovery
he obtained work on a farm at nifty
cents a day, and with characteristic
perseverance saved enough from this
pittance to enable him TO attend school
in Cincinnati for two sessions.
On November Is, 1866, McClung mar
ried Miss Alkaline Elizabeth Thompson,
daughter of Isaac Thompson, Esq, OF
Meadow Bluff, and the young couple
Immediately moved To the oil wells In
Roane county, where the e1-lieutenant
began TO practice medicine; in this
place they remained about year, ana
then returning to their native county
rented the well-knOwn Cratic place on
the Nichols road, and the Doctor COM
menced practice in the neigh6orhood
where he was born. 1t was hard work,
but skill and industry tell, and In lew
years DR.. McClUng's reputation as
physician had become so we'll estao-
lished, and his consequent practlce so
large that ne bought the farm upon
which be now resides, in Meadow Blum
district on the Nicholas road, near It's
junction with the James river and IA
nawha turnpike. This place, under MS
Intelligent care, has become one OF the
best farms in the county, and Is from
wear To wear undergoing further I'M
Droyement, while in the spacious man
sion which he has built upon the estate
DR.. McClung and his amia0le VIE en-
terrain their friends with true virginia
/ hospitality.
In 1881. DR.. McClung, who had al
wavs taken great interest in local polit'
zeal matters, having served as a mem
ber of the board Of Supervisors dug
ING several years, was elected Deputy
/ Sheriff of Greenbrler, and in 1882, yield
ING 10 the solicitations Of his friends,
! offered himself as candidate for the
/ Honse of Delegates from the same coun'
/ ~. Successful in his election, his course
| was so satisfactory to his constituents
/ that they have returned him TO the
| House ever since, and he is to take his
seat there again next January, having
carried the late elections. Altogether'
he has held office eight years, ana upon
lwn, .occasioRS, va uGgg rendered him
! perfectly familiar In 1890 he was not
! a candidate for Office, and avsiled him
I self of this interval Of leisure from leg
islative duties by attending post-grad-
uate course of lectures at the Johns
| Hopkins Hospital Scientific School for
advanced physicians, at Baltimore.
During his career in the Legislature
Of West Virginia, DR.. McClung, who is
a practical farmer, always had the in
terestS OF the farming class in view, and
while his efforts TO obtain general legis-
latioD for their relief have not always,
owing TO various causes, been altogether
successful, yet his best endeavorS have
been enlisted upon their behalf; notice
ably, House Joint Resolution No. 2,
proposing an amendment to the State
Constitution, to the end that taxation
should be equal and uniform upon all
property real and personal, and the ex-
listing system, which discrlminates
against the laboring class, should be
so changed that all who till the soil
should be relieved from the burdens OF
an excessive taxation.
House bill 50, also introduced by DR..
McClung, was designed 10 regulate the
present unfair scheme Of taxation for
the support of the common schools Of
the State, and to forward the intention
of the bill, the Doctor caused elaborate
tables 70 be prepared, at his own ex-
uenSe (See Journal of the House for
1851. Showing that the poorer and
more remote districts OF West Virginia
were taxed more heavily for the support
of a short termed school than the richer
districts paid for six months term.
1t is the custom TO put through at the
very close Of every session general APP
preparation bill, in which is often insert
ed by INSCRIPTIONS parties, as amend
ments. various steals which they
hope will be rushed through in the hur-
~ and confusion of the closing hours.
For these amendments the Doctor has
always been on the watch, and thous-
ands OF dollars have been saved TO the
taxpayers OF this State by his skill in
exposing and denouncing them. Speci-
fic instances could be given II space
would allow.
In accordance with the Democratic
principles he processes DIR. McClung
has always been unalterably opposed to
all trusts, monOpOlies and corporations
that enjoy exclusive privileges, or In any
way infringe upon the rights OF the peo-
pie, and so scrupulOus is he in this re-
gard, and so DESTROYS to be free from
the least suspicion Of subServiency to
their influence, that he has never &C
cepted a pass from any railway COM
many, preferring to pay his own way
wherever he goes, like any private citi-
zen.
The Doctor was appointed member