The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-28

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placed IN command Being. 1t was! sup
posed the ser!oFs Q III ser! Il But as both
heEand General Wac 3 were "a ppo.: jted
\ the same day And the {iatter5had had,
the ion9est terri 9 I service. Il was de-.
clded tina she was entitled to the com.
mand. II was turned over 10 him,
without any trict Ion. the former duties
Z OF each being assumed by the other
without my formalitys or display.
.S Major Genefal James T.s.Wadet Is a.
fnativeGof Ohio, and son OF that sturdy
OLD patriot. Old Ben Wa Z" ri
,l y, He was appointed first lieutenant osi
! the sllxlt1!uhitea States Cavalry, a new
!! oairgalnlitZation& In May, 1851. and served
! through the several grades, attaining
that Of colonel in April, 1881. and brig
adler general ten years later he Is ! a.
5qulet.4 genial, unostentatious gentle
man; a good; dlscipl!narian, and liked by
RELIEF ~ OR cuBANs.
81 Cen Q, o. Howard, accompanied by
Maj: White. lis on the ground h en-
gagged in Y. M.S c. A. work among the
soldiers. and speaking to- large audi
ences. IN i s.
He was on dhtyiln this region forty.
one years ago, a lieutenant OF artillery
closing up business connected with the
Seminole war. ~ 3, II
81 had a conversation with him rela-l
tive to the subject Of relief for the
the fact that lie is connected with the
I starving Cubans as soon as we have
control OF any portion Of the Island. He
Endorses. heartily, the plan OF collection
as proposed In my last ,lettcr, and that
parties. supervising the. collection CORE
sponG with the Red Cross society, and
have the relic distributed byll
" But I think that come one party
should be charged with the supervision
OF the collie ctions, and propose that no
be requested to take UP that work. His
standing in nil phllanthropict work Will
be a guarantee that donations will not
be wasted, and, widely as he Is known,
work will, OF Itself, increase the charity.
A curious scene was witnessed in the
dining room of the hotel. AS I was
passing In. to dinner. Cen. Howard call
ed me and asked me to take O seat with
him and Maj. White. I had scarcely
done SO when Gen. Wheeler came along,
and was invited by Gen. Howard to fill
the only vacant seat. AS the meal pro-
crossed the conversation turned on af-i
fairs In 1863, '64. and each related Incl
dents in his own career, Gen. Howard
telling how nervous Wheeler used to
make him about the safety OF bis wagon
trains, and Gen. Wheeler telling. with
some laughter. how a squad of Federal
cavalry once chased him and one OF his
staff over two miles. when they had
been out Of camp without escort, to. coll
on some friends; and Maj. Whlttle, who
was Gen. Towards provost marshal,
could add to the list Of yarns spun dur
Ing the dinner, and I told them how We
found how long q Hne-of- battle he could
show.Hin Tennessee, by the amount Of
track he could turn OF the railroad bed
at one time. e ~ = y Y
- Mail facilities for the troops can be
improved very much. Until It Is known
to what brigade, division or corps the
soldier belongs there must be delays,
especially as the city Office is greatly
overworked by the sudden increase of
business; but as soon as 1t is known,
all mail matter should be addressed