Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-01
TIE VETERANS REUNION.
A Very Good Turnout on a Very
Bad Day.
A Parade in the Morning Followed
by an Outing at Wheeling PARK
Officers Elected by the Varlo~d
ORGANIZATIONS.

The reunion of the old soldiers yes
terday was a success, in spite OF the bad
weather. Notwithstanding the muddy
streets and the downfall OF rain which
started shortly after the parade com
menced to move, the turnout yesterday
morning of the veterans was very cred
table
About three hundred Of those whose
ardor ii was impossible 10 dampen, were
in line and marched over The route OF
procession, from the public building up
Chapline street 20 Fourteenth street.
thence to Market, to Tenth, TO Man. TO
Sixteenth, to Mdrket, and then 10 the
city building.
The veterans marched in the toHoN-
ing order, headed by 1'tall of rCli'e
under Lieut.. ingram; EiSAth Ward eIum
corps; Battery d, under command o.
Capt. II. Seamon; Battery II, under
Lieut.. J. d. McNaily, Of WellsDuTg'
Moundsvills colored brass band; FIRST
Infantry, under Capt. c. J. Rawling;
Twelfth Infantry, under Sergeant Bry-
son; First Cavalry, under Capt. Sellzer'
of Steubenville.
The parade received many favorable
comments. II the weather had been
more agreeable the turnout would have
been much larger, as man veterans
viewed The procession rom the Sidewalk.
f. C. Robinson, of Bridgeport, was chief
marshal and Richard Robertson chief
of staff. Tle staff officers were: John
McAdams, First Infantry; O. Carroll,
Twelfth Infantry; William Johnston,
Battery d; Theo. Roller. bugler.
The feature Of the parade was to have
been the girls drum corps Of Bellaire.
Because OF the bad condition Of the
streets, they were not PERMITTED 10
march. As It was raining heavily by
III time the procession reached the city
building, the veterans remained in the
building and the motor Office until the
Il o'clock motor before they left for the
Park. Five or six hundred went ont 10
the Park, where a splendid dinner was
served by the WOmen's Relief Corps.
After dinner the various organizations
held their individual reunions and elect
ed their officers for the ensuing year.
Battery D mst with thirty present,
and elected Henry Jones, president; J..
c. Allison, wee president: treasurer.
BENZ. EX'ey; secretary, D. 3. Clark;
bugl =, Theo Roller.
Battery II, with twenty present, e,ec.-
ed J. 3. McNslly. of Welisburg. pres
dent; secretary, Richard Robertson. An
enjoyable instance Of this reunion was
the presence Of Daniel Barcus, CT
Shreve, Ohio, who had been one of the
Battery. bs, who had not been seen by
any Of the members since the disband-
men; at the close of the war.
The First Cavalry, with forty-three in
attendance, elected f. c. Robinson pres
ident, and VIM. Mccoy, secretary. A3-
dresses were made by z. c. Robinson,
G. W. Clifton and S. T. Atkinson.
The twelfth Infantry. with seventy
fvep- esen., 'ected Capt.Matthews, pres
ident Z. J. Orr. secretary, and NJ Dun
zap. vice president. Mat Altmyer was
electer president Of the Fifteenth Infaa-
try, and Samuel Welch, secretary. r.
NJ. Daugherty was elected treasurer.
a Committee of three was appointed
ny tdCu Vi INC pDStS 10 CONFER ana SelcCJ
the meeting place of the reunion next
year. The Committees have decided TO
hold the next reunion at Columbus, at
the meeting Of The Grand Army society
of West Virginia.
After the reunion the old soldiers ad-
journed to the Casino and held their
regular campfire. Gen. George Caldwell
was called upon and made a stirring
speech. Miss Thompson sang several
solos, and the throng joined in the
choruses. The girls drum corps inter
spersed the programme with several ex-
hibitons OF drum and fife playing.
The young ladies', eight drummers
and four ffers. were attired in blue cos
tunes and made quite hit The camp
fire adjourned with a grand march, led
by the drum corps 1; had been intend
ed by the Cd soldiers to have had a pa
rade last night, but this was dispensed
with because Of the continued rain. and
the veterans and their families returned
TO thecity on the five O'Clock motor.
REAL ESTATE MARKET.