Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-11

| marching In review. the parade was
dismissed and the meeting called to or.
| der for the presentation of the sword.
/ The sword is beautiful specimen of
the jewelers. art. The blade is Of the
finest and most flexible steel. One
side is ornamented with the inscription,
| Presented to Captain French E. Chad
wick by the State Of West Virginia.
festoons and laurel decorating the up
/ per part. On the other side is a Wig
nette of the flagship New York. All
/ these decorations appear in gold. The
grip is made of sharkskin entwined
, with fold laurel, emblematic of honor
and triumph The pommel is mass
i've piece of gold work decorated on
either side with an American bald eagle
in gold relief grasping a fouled an
Choir. In the top is set an amethyst.
| The guard Is encircled at the top by a
/ dolphin, the scales and other portions
richly executed It's lower portion is of
pierced work and embodies the letters
U. S. n. entwined with oak leaves and
acorns signifying strength, the edge
| finished with rope. The face of the
guard is enriched by an engraved Wig
! nette of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet with
the flagship New York in the fore
ground. The scabbard is made of ster
ling silver oxidyzed and relieved by
massive and richly carved gold decora-
tons. The bands which secure the
rings to which the trappings are at
tached are composed of heavily carved
laurel wreaths. Above the upper band
just beneath the guard is the full coat
1 of arms of the State of West Virginia,
with motto. Below this band is the
monogram F. E. C. The tip of the
| scabbard is a massive gold convention
allied dolphin which supports a trident
entwined with weed. All the metal
parts of the blade and trappings are
made of heavy IA karat gold. The
webbing to be embossed in heavy gold
bullion and made especially to order
This is made throughout the regulation
form.
The address of the Governor was as
follows:
ATKINSON'S ADDRESS.
Captain Chadwick, My Friends and
Fellow-C Citizens: the American Re-
| public, heroism and romance go hand
in hand. Heroism is like the ancient
temple which defes time and storm,
while romance is like ivy which clings
about the temple and tenderly conceals
the ravages Of the years as they cease
lessly come and go. Our Republic,
young as it is, has produced and is still
| producing a galaxy of heroes whose
names will ever be the synonyms of
chivalry and daring. The years of 1898
and so have been epoch years in Amer
lean history and American valor. Our
armies on land and sea, in those two
years, have won unfading and immor-
tai renown. Their victories rank with
those at Salemis and Trafalgar, and the
records they have made will be as en-
during as the stars.
All along the centuries the sword has
been regarded as an emblem of author
ity and a symbol of power. In the sa-
cred Scriptures we read of ''the sword
of the Lord and of Gideon" and how,
with it, that great chieftain and defend
er of the Faith used it with mighty
| effect upon the enemies of the living
! God. Shakespeare, in immortal verse,
/ describes "the sword of Damocles, .
suspended forever above the heads of
those that persit in waywardnes and
wrong-doing The Egyptians, the
| Persians, the Babylonians, the Greeks
and the Romans, in the centuries agone,
placed the sword in tbs hands of their
chieftains, and with it was conveyed the
authority to command, pursue and con-
quer and rule.
We have assembled here to-day to
honor one of our citizens who as a sal
| lor and soldier has greatly honored us.
Some of our enterprising public spir-
tied West Virginians have brought the
fact conspicuously before the people of
our State that Captain F. E. Chadwick,
native of this thriving city, is entitled
TO more than passing mention, because
he commanded bravely and conspicu-
ously the flagship New York when Ger
vera's fleet went down in the great
naval battle of Santiago. Brave as
only Virginians can be, Captain Chad
wick, with the stars and stripes float
ing from the mast head of his great
American battleship, amid shot and
she'll that historic day in July, 1898,
with his other co-commanders in that
| immortal contest won more than Lord
Nelson won at Trafalgar; they won
more than "a peerage and a grave in
Westminster Abbey. they won the
hearts and admiration of all the people
of the great republic. They won, in
deed. our admiration and our gratitude
| forever.
Isn glad to know, sir. that there are
no spots upon the horizon of your long
and eventful military career. 1t is tC-