Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-25
copyrighted, 1895, by the Associated
prPSS)

Copyrighted, 1895, by the Associated
Press)
Berlin, August 24.-The final pro-
gramme for the visit to Germany of the
German-American veterans has been
drawn up. On their arrival at Bremen
they will be the guests Of the Veterans
Association Of that city, and the fetes
there will include a march through the
town to Warmon monument. They VIII
then proceed to the park, where there
will be a number of military bands,
commers and illuminat.ons. and where
all the American veterans will receive a
commemorative medal struck for the Oc
casion by the Senate. The veterans on
August 80 will go by special trains 10
FREDERICKSBURG, and thence TO Berlin,
where they will arrive on the following
day. They will be met at the Lehrer
railroad station by a committee Of the
Veterans Association. A procession
procession will be marched and they will
and file before the United States Embas-
sy. From that point, accompanied by
two military bands, and followed by
| carriages containing women and chill
| dren, they will return TO Inter Der LIN
den, passing William is palace and the
Schloss to the Feen palace, where there
will be a concert.
THE MEMORIAL CHURCH.
On the following day the German
! American veterans viii attend the in
auguration of Kaiser Wilhelm's memo
! rial church and Will then march to the
! Italian exhibition. where number Of
fetes have been arranged.
On September there VII be a parade
! and review on the parade ground, and in
! the evening there will be military tat
too. The veterans will see sights the
sights the next day. and on September
! they will lunch with the Emperor in a
pavilion at Wannzee, whence they VII
proceed by steamer to Potsdam. They
| go to Leipsic on September ., and from
| there to Mayence. They will visit the
battefields and afterwards start for
! home via Bremen.
Politically there has been nothing
stirring during the whole week. The
! Emperor has been busy reviewing the
veterans.
OTTO GOES FREE.
A private of the Eighth Hussars has
been pardoned by HIS Majesty under pc
culiar circumstances this week. The
man whose name is Otto Gerber, acci-
| dentally killed the horse Of a sergeant
major during the army manoeuvres and
was sentenced to six weeks imprison-
ment The Emperor upon ascertaining
| that the man was otherwise a good sol
dier, wrote on the margin Of the papers:
In this case the man is worth more
than the horse 10 me. Set Otto Gerber
free"
THE PUBLIC EXCLUDED.
The fact that the public was excluded
| from witnessing the ceremony Of aging
/ the cornerstone of the Kaiser Wilhelm
monument last Saturday, has caused
much comment. and it is now under
stood this measure was due to the fact
! that several threatening letters had
! been sent to the Emperor the day before
and whose authors the police were un-
able to trace. His Majesty. however,
was deslrous of the utmost publicity, in
spite of these letters, but the new chief
of police Of Berlin persuaded the En-
peror TO allow the police to exclude the
masses from the ceremony.
The Emperor, next week will again
take ND his residence at the new palace,
where the Empress Will shortly follow
! him. The young Princes are already
| there.
The Emperor yesterday and to-day
attended the large cavalry maneuvres at
Senne. on the pains Of Westphalia.
The naval manOeuyreS have already
begun. From Wilhelm's Haven the
fleet will start on Tuesday for Kiel. and
during the three days trip evOiutions
will be executed within sight of the
shore.
SEDAN DAY.
Sedan Day, September .. will be ce,e-
brated by the feetest naval troops at
Kiel. 1900 strong, for the first time in
the history Of the German navy. The
! evOlut.Ons will be resumed on the fol-
lowing day, and the final manouevres
| Will occur at Dantzic in the presence of
the Emperor.
A TURNOVER.
Ihere mas Deeu cOHlplete IuIu ONeI
! in the high naval commands this week,
the only officer retaining his old COM
mand of an ironclad being Prince
Henry of Prussia, on board the battle
ship WOeTth.
Tn the middle of October the En-
peror. according to his present plans
will enjoy an excursion to the Reischs-
land. where he will reside on his es-
tate Urville, taking part in the dedi
cation of the Protestant Church at
Kurzel and unveiling the Emperor
! Frederick's monument on the battle
! field of Woerth. and winding up with
a brief stay at Strassburg. where His
Majesty will put up at the former
! French projects palace.
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