Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-28


Went.
At exactly $50 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon Company B, of the First West
Virginia Infantry, left Moundsville on
a special train over the B. & O. for the
State capital, where the company will
be mustered into the United States SER
vice as volunteers in the present war
with Spain.
The day of the departure of the COM
pany will be one long remembered in
Moundsville. No holiday was ever half
so well observed The whole town was
decorated and every inhabitant was out
to do honor to the noble young volun-
teers and give them an enthusiastic,
affectionate farewell. There has been
no occasion since the civil war when
there was SO much general enthusiasm
and genuine patriotic emotion as was
manifested yesterday when the boys
left home amid cheers and with tender
partings to nobly serve their country.
The morning was spent by the SOL
dlers in drilling Early yesterday
morning the names of the recruits who
mad been selected to go were announced
and those who were chosen were put in
Jubilant spirits. There were nearly
fifty others who had been enlisted and
had wanted to enlist that had to be left
behind, as no provision could be made
TO take them. The following is a list
OF those who left with Company B, SO
men in all.
Captain, Robert n. Humphrey.
First Lieutenant, A. l.. Hooten
Second Lieutenant, Charles w. Con-
ner.
First Sergeant, Jahes W. Nelson.
Quartermaster Sergeant, j. E. Rob-
erts.
Sergeants, w. A. Kidder, Pierce Con-
ner, j. M. Ritz and L. Philip Martin.
Corporals, Robert c. Yoho, S. H.
Parkinson, T. J. Steele, H. M. Salters,
Grant Lutes and John Fry.
Trumpeters, l.. L. Stedger and VIM
E. Stultz.
Privates, ndsville-Charles W.
Brantner, David T. Burton, Jasper Cat
lett, Thomas J. Clark, Elias Charlton,
Jas. f. Clegg, w. H. Conner, John DON
ley, Elmer Donley, Edwin English,
Charles E. Evans, John M. Flanagan,
Cyrus Grandon, Perry Hughes, VIM.
Israel, j. Alton Jones, Amos Keyser,
Jas. Kidder, Thos. Kidder, Bennett
Knopp, Luther Knopp, Charles Kull,
Edward Litton, John NJ. Mangold,
Arch T. Martin, Charles Morgan, Har-
man, Charles Scroggins, S. Snodgrass,
VIM. f. Taylor, Charles White, Thad-
deus Wright l.. G.. Conant, James Lam
caster, George Barker, John E. Doty,
A. Bertrand, w. l.. Stillwell, S. N.
Lancaster, G. B. Stewart, Harry Goudy,
1hos. Killing.
Wheeling-Wm. T. Crawford, c. w.
Legge, w. F. Huber, Harry Strobel,
Charles Lydick. H. c. Thomas, E. T..
Savage, George Marcus, William c..
Ziegenfelder, Thomas W. Riley, d. B.
Heiskell, w. F. Hughes.
Benwood-J. j. Sliptner, NJ. w.
Goodwin.
Bellaire-Claude Wood, Andrew
Welt
Martins Ferry-James NJ Sweeney.
McMechen-G. w. Morris, c. A..
Lewis
Wheeling and other points to see the
soldier boys off in the afternoon Many
of these were relatives of young men
who had enlisted and were there to bid
them farewell The street along the
line from the armory to the depot,
through which the troops marched to
the train, was massed with people on
both sides. Windows of all houses
along the way were filled and every
available place on the route was occu-
pied.
The company drilled in the armory
till about half-past three O'Clock, when
they filed out and lined up in front OF
the building AS they came out OF the
armory the crowds which packed the
outside space sent up cheer after cheer
The line of procession was here form
ed and after about ten minutes walt the
procession started to the b. q .. sta
ton. The parade was headed by ex-
Union and ex-Confederate soldiers, 100
strong. with drum corps. This body
was led by B. F. Meighen, w. B. Hum
phrey, J. w. Deter, Mr. Dardinger and
others. Next came the local lodge oil
knights of Pythias, of so men, with q
band.
Company B followed With theiI
color bearer marched a Union veteran
who carried the remnants OF an old
battle flag that had seen hot fighting in
the sixties and was torn badly with
shot and shell Every member of Com
| pany wore beautiful boutonniere or
| the lapel of his coat, which had been
pinned on by patriotic ladies, and the
! officers carried bouquets presented by
fair admirers Every man in the com
pany had plenty of feminine admirers
| however. and received no lack of at
| tention from the fair sex. All along
| the route the boys were given an ova-
| ton, remembrance of which can not
| fail to bring encouragement and cheer
| to them all through the harship and
perils of the war. Amid the lined OF
massed cheering people the soldier boys
| marched to the station. They felt and
| looked like heroes as they were.
| Added to the noise and general dem
onstration was the thunderous sound Of
| several small cannon placed near the
| depot and fired as soon as the process
sion started. Around the station were