The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-28
BUT THE SOLDIERS THOUGHT.

SOON PARrlClPATE-TaEY AR
RIVE IN CHARLESTON EARLY.
THIS MoRN1NG-soMg OF THE
WHEELING BOYS WE'RE FINAL
LIZ AccEpTED-sToRY OF A
MEMORABLE AFTERNOON AT
MoUNDsv1LLE.
GrizEled veterans OF the blue and OF
ths gray. men and women. boys aud
girls from the public schools, farmers
from The surrounding country, sweet
hearts and mothsrs and slsters-ln. fact,
oil OF Moundsyilk's population practic-
nlly. participated in tho demonstration
yesterday afternoon on the occasion OF
the departure OF Company B., OF the
First regiment, Yves. Virginia National
Guard, for Charleston, to participate In.
the mobilization of the state troops pre-
paratory to their being turned over TO
the national government as Federal
soldiers TO serve In the war against
Spain.
Moundsyille never knew such a day,
nor such an occasion. In the dark days
of 81 there vas something OF the same.
sort. but It approached yesterdays
demonstration neither in size nor In
the union OF patriotic sentiment exhib-
5ited now Then Il was not unusual for
one brother to enroll himself under the
Union and the other under the stars
r1Aha rS ~ V~actnrdo ~ l NTa,,rl cutl1a md
q, goodly portion OF Marshall county, to
and It was for one flag, one sentiment
and one country for which their shouts
rang out in the crisp April air.
The dry was lu5,ered In by the strik-l
Ing of three-times-thrce by the court
house bell at Z o'clock in the morning
and from that hour until the military
train departed at $3.50 p. M, enthusl-
astic patriotism held und!sputed posses
sion.
A{sCENE TO REMEMBER.
The scene presented In front of Com
pany BIS arruory during the afternoon.
was one that viii be remembered by all
who participated in the demonstration.
The public schools had closed at noon.
and every Young American In the town.
was on hand. nearly every carrying
/ a little flag or wearing the national coll
{2ors prominently. Every retail store
had closed at 2 o'clock. and north of the
armeryathe place had such a deserted
look that It was not difficult to imagine
that there had been an entire depopu-
slatiom The crowd vas added to by the
Benwood street cars, the line carrying
hundreds TO Moun6srillc during the
day. Farmers came In from the sur
rounding district on horses. in wagons
and on foot. The business house and
residence not. decorated with bunting
and flags was the exception.
The crowd was massed In the square.
ION (which the armory is located The
Wheeling young men who had been
turned down by orders from Charleston
were on hand, feeling that they had
been most unjustly dealt with in being
deprived OF the opportunity to serve
their country at the earliest iopoprtu-
nifty. When Captain Humphreys re-
ceived a telegram early in the afternoon
from the brigadier commanding stating
that there had been a reconsideration
and that he could take in a limited
number Of recruits, the sorrow OF the
Wheeling boys was turned to delight.
and twelve Of them succeeded in pass
sng muster. Some OF these had left
their homes not knowing that they had
departed for mora-than an afternoon
nnd some Of them, mayhap. are never
to return to home and loved ones.
THE soMBER SIDE.
And this somber side OF the day was
not hidden within the precincts OF home.
aiore than one gray-haired mother and
many q sweet girlish face on which
more than the trace OF recent tears re-
manned. were easily picked out in the
vast crowd that lined the street over
which the march to the, railroad station
was to be taken. It Is not surprising
that emotion was shown by the manly
young fellows In line, who, with the
keeneEs OF sight that Is given one On
such an occasion, turned and with an
unmllstary wav OF the hand, gave a
East and unspoken farewell to some low
ed n In the crowd. And that %u1spoken
farewell would be given II a greater
punishment than the sharp repr:mand
Of a lieutenant were to be wlthstood.
The company gathered at the armory
att o'clock. but It wos over IN hour la
ter when the boys emerged from the
building and fell In line. After Captain
Humphreys had put the company
through a portion OF the tactics, the
crowd was pushed aside by the. one re-
manning policeman Of the town-tho
two others had enlisted In the company
and a photographer took a large pic
ture OF the boys in blue.
Then the first division. made up OF
ninety-lve veteran ex-Unioni;a and ex-
Confederate soldiers, marched down
the street, headed by q band organized
for the occasion, whose patriotism
more than made up for the doubtful
"Dixie" and Marching Through Geor-
Eia" aroused tho crowd to n pitch OF
excitement that has seldom been equal.
ed. When the veterans had marched
down a square, they were halted and
the band returned to the armory to es-
cort the militia company. When the
line had been formed, Captain Hum
phreys gave the command, forward,
March" and the Journey to the Baltl-
more &c Ohio railroad station began.
Little Prince lodge, knights OF Pythias.
followed the veterans, and then came
the soldier boys. who marched with the
precision Of more hardened soldiers.
AT THE RAILROAD STATION.
At the railroad station, the scene was
n duplication of the enthusiasm that
a reigned throughout the earlier
hours, with the exception that It was
necentuated by the crowd at large, while
there were not q few last farewells. and
when the train pulled out on the main
limo east, the crowd was yelling itself
hoarse, and many were shedding tears,
men as well us women.