West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-16
Cur Boys In Blue. :"
Interesting Items and Personal
Points tbout the First Wet Iir.
GINA and the Preston Boys
IN the Array.

- ~ bOb nifty OF the me M
& bers OF the First West
Virginia Regiment were transfe, rel 4,
tie Regular Army. when the volun-
teers were mustered out OF service aad
some joined a battalion OF Engineers
aud went right on To Cuba Ia the
latter service they received more paw
than in the ranks. their pay being
same as that of the Sergeants in the
Infantry service. The boys from this
county came home oyer different rail-
roads and stopped off AT various places
and arrived home at different times so
that it was impossible 10 give them a
reception or public demonstration Of
any kind.
There were about forty from this
county in the First Regiment and Over
fifty in the Second, SO that Preston
furnished enough yolI nteers for a
full company. Besides there are about
dozen from this county scattered
through other re ginents At laast
four of our boys are now at Manila.
seeing hard seryict, frhtIng the in
surgents over there. The boys of our
FIRST West Virginia called themselves
"Spillman's Rough Walkers" aud some
OF them had thato their hats. Others
wore buttons with picture of the
BOYS greasing the rails of the street
car line at Chickamauga Park, Hallow-
zen night.
Frank Wilson, son of George w.
wilson, of near Kingwood, has Gone
10 Cuba with Prot. Hardesty, the cell
ebrated book agent, who is so we'll
known around here and so greatly be-
loved by the Old soldiers of Preston
lie has been at Columbus, Ga. ever
since the soldiers came there and made
MS headquarters with the First West
Virginia Regiment, writing IN roc
ord of all the officers and men. ue
was very popular in camp with the
ofncers and men both, and when Tho
regiment was mustered out he de.
cihed to go on to Cuba aad persuaded
wilson to go with him. Frank was
private in the First West Virginia and
determined to see Cuba before conlnp
home.
At Moundsyille the citizens are max.
ing arrangements To give the bows of
Company IN" IL big banquet and have
parade and speeches and Jubilee.
generally next Wednesday, February
% ia honor ofstheir home coming and
Washingtons Birthday Anniversary.
both.
The boys in the First from King
wood, brought home a camp wait with
them and he is established at the Elk
change Hotel Weather Prophet Smith
having adopted him. The bows name
is VIII Walters and he is thirteen year,
old and seems u be bright and intel
ligent. lie peddled popcorn in the
camp and the boys took IA fancy TO him
and ne refused TO leave them His
parents are poor and his father an in
valid ana lie consented for the bow TO
come, in the hopes that he could find a
good honas and do better than he could
down there lie has started To ,chool
here and seems 10 be well satisfied
while they have taken great shine to
him at his new home.
Another old Preston boy who has
Just been mustered out of service and
who was in camp with the First West
virginia but belonged to another reg. !
iment, is Charley Cool, printer. who |
worked in The ARGUS office about hair |
OF last winter and when he left here
went TO Florida aud Travelled through |
the State the rest of the winter yvorl.
ing little while at a time in several
printing Offices and finally Joined a
hlli6ustering expedition that was |
making up at Tampa to run the block
AIDE and Get into Cuba. They vyere
at Tampa for several weeks waiting
an opportunity for the boat to slim
away, but before the chance came war
broke out between the United States
and Spain and il was not worth while |
TO go. 80 Charley came up TO Nash |
ville' Tennessee, TO work awhile and |
there met Jonn Kiauser, another old |
Hingwood printer, who was living
there and working in printing Office
The Third Tennessee Regiment OF
Volunteers was being formed from the |
National Guard Of the State and Cool |
enlisted as private in Company &c" |
and served nine months. till the reg |
Imentswas mustered out January 3ist. |
He received an honorable DISCHARGE |
and his papers show "a splendid record
while in the service. lie immediately /
started for old Preston TO visit his
parents. who nov reside at Newburq.
His father Rev. Cool. is retired min 4
ster ~ the VI -. Church and used To
preach at Masontown and Newburg
years ago. For several years he has
been living at Joplin, Mo. but last
tall he bought property at Newburg
from railroad man who had moved To
Keyser and offered TO sell cheup. so
they moved back 90 old Preston 90 live
out their lives Charley was over here
a couple of days last week 10 have The
decd for the property recorded and
on the land BOOKS. etc. OF
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