The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-20
ARMY AND NAVY HoNoRs.
The Loyal Lcglon's Love for its old Mem
ber-A Friend Talks.

The Loyal IcRloHS Love Tor lis old Mems
ber-A Friend Talks.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. l0.-In gem
eral orders issued to-day announcing
the death of ex.President Hayes, Major
General schofeld directs that on the
day Of the funeral, at each military
post, the troops and cadets be paraded
and this order read to them, after which
all labors of the day will cease.
The national flag will be displayed at
half mast.
AT dawn OF day thirteen guns will be
fired, and afterward, at intervals Of
thirty minutes between the rising and
setting Of the sun, q single gun, and at
the close Of the day national salute Of
forty-four guns.
The officers Of the army will wear
Grape on the left arm and on their
swords; and the colors Of the battalion
OF engineers, OF the several regiments
and the U. s. corps Of cadets will be
put in mourning for period Of six
months, Acting Secretary Solely, OF the
navy department, to-day issued a gem
eral order to tho navy in reference to
tho death OF Mr.. Hayes. The order
directs that on the day OF the funeral,
whero this order may be received in
time, otherwise on the day after It's re-
ceipt, the ensign at each naval station,
and OF each oil the vessels OF the U. S.
Navy in commission, be hoisted at half
mast from sunrise 10 sunset, and at
each naval station and on board Of flag
ships, and vessels acting singly, q gun
be fred at intervals OF every half hour
from sunrise to sunset,
The officers OF the navy and marine
corps will wear tho usual badge OF
mourning attached TO the sword hilt
and on the left arm tor period OF thirty
days. n
II Is the wish Of the family that the
usual military honors be omitted at the
funeral. The military escort for an ex-
President includes nearly the entire
strength OF tho army, so its omission on
this occasion meanS great deal.
Tho order has boon issued by Gen. s.
s. Yoder, commander.in.chiet Of the
Union Veteran Union, that each depart
mont headquarters and precinct COM
maudant, Union Veterans Legion, place
n becoming evidence Of mourning in
theis respective halls for thirty days,
and that each command take such steps
as It may deem appropriate, 10 hold ct
an curly dato memorial services OK
pressive OF tho esteem and love for their
lato comrndO.
The white house and oil tho execu.
tive departments wero drapod In mourn.
ing to-day and will wear their sable
| etablems Of sorrow for the period Of
thirty days. All tho departments will
be closed tomorrow.
Among tho persons who served
through the war with ox.PreBldont
Hayes is Representative Enochs, OF
Ohio, who for four years was Ia tho
same brigade aud division with Gcn,
HayOs, and associated with him init.
inRtely, He bore tcstlmony 10 the NJ.
lection and esteem with which Con,
Hayes WAS regarded by tho soldiers
who had boon with him In the hard
fighting experienced by the army oi
West Virginia and OIL the great
Kanawha dlyiHlon,
MI Enochs said. General Hayes
was soldier beCausO he iolt ho WRg
right lIo was fighting In doionse Of
Ills country. His blood enriched more
than one Of the gtoat bsttleaelda Of tho
war that we all might ouloy tho bleaa.
ings Of a united country that this Re-
public might live, Without malice
without ostentalion, without anything
else In Wow except his duty as a colder
OF our country, ho served In that great
war from the beginning 10 lie close.
mo man has 0vor como IN contact
with ux.pfealdont Hayes H. tho army
or In civil liia, who did not love him.
no n0ldioF Ii that war was more
popular than ho. uo noyor longht BY