The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-31
DECORATION DAY in WHEELING.
Mr.. W. o. McCluskey's Address was
an Eloquent Tribute to the men who
Fought for Their Country and Have
Dicd-Rcv. Il. II. Bigger Spoke Feel
ingly at Mount Zion Cemetery in
the Morning.

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hands ~ tho t,vo local no.ts ~ tho e.
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n ~, "nu y vac qui'e iiolicetpie iace
y that the general public took more than
the usual interest In this observance.
7, rho norni,y da,,u. ,-,,, 1>1y
~ ."e 'e ''''i
iio ''ni"p -. w." ''u -"
slases VI "ea'su s''u.ets III -,ou'',
( "oou' -.o"',s eeen"oo.
Sto''e e'ii'e ee''ie.efies' he u..'e''s
on'' e''eu '.''' '"s w. -. ". 'Nl va
ha'i s''ee'' aee0'''pa'''eu Wy 'ne ~ y a.
K. drum corps, to the Elm Grove sta-
ton. The personnel OF the details was
n,,b,;sb sd. y.s.erd,v /, ~, I,ta,,,gcncer
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H. W. SteSehs post u. a. H. Iidu
ehtIse VI MI me exercises u. .houpt H'p!i
; GeinetGrS: :, ne ne prihci9al auaress was ~
rev. n. ~ pissef' anu is given III aetaii
eis ,S,'
1he P.i'cipa. event Oh the ua! was
the service nelu ~ FehlnSulaf cemetery
III .ne avn i."ii Z, cioch' the wv
ros's, VI tue ": y: w. sne oman ne
HeI SoErs ana SOUS o. veterans. "
Sether win schooi chlldreh ana the
seherai puoie IN coAsiuerapla NUM-
ners, uniting: Inc y. a. <; rltua'is.,S
s@vice was irst given, directeo oS
Iost Cohlriahuer lhotnas u: .brn. MI.
hichaTu Nopertson' past depar 'tieh'
eo'hlHa.luer, tnen look chaIse ~ mus
te, ot I,e!ilohies' anu so'o. -n,'no y,
IA 10y, was sums W -ii' Sn"' ies :.
ReeQ.
Mr.. Rnbrrtsnn Sncnks
Mr robertson spoke briefly. co'npn-
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serVaHce OF the day; he said the decor
atoms yera NOR. numerous and the at
argues as a good sign for the future
that as the graves of soldier. become
mor. numerors tho ,n,erest Of the
n,,hIjo In 6,oo,o, M, hecorcs
pup'S III Dceot at'oE la! ~,
more general. lie believed that fne
dag would never die out-that II would
become even dcarer when every veter-
nm of '6l-'Gs rssts hrns,,h the sod. II
In y, - " ii -,
Wll,ho'.pe i9ns' sa.i tAe speaker. Mhen
tHe Last S"l1ief Wiil pass away anu ne
spoke or the alarming death rate In er-
idence in the G. a r. ranks during the
past gear: in one weeI; ne had attend
al a.. nnl,l'sars. - .,.lr.IsA 49,.
20 ~, la..oed1e' '"c 'u.ss'a's % '"'ee
oiG no'u4e,s'
Continuing, Mr.. Robertson referred to
u. I.lt tIIeu.tuAe OF Inc l'lNll W.lI, COIN
pairing il with tho lnIa SnanIsh- Ameri
can cnr,ict ,byoh hacon,os dy.,rr nv
~" Sn.,,o.' ni!'SH oI'o'I'ea "" ~
tIiS ",ipi! taoh. S'iuuS ILLS ih'e' nc
gave the t'ilowlng interesting iiSures:
Out Of the . GOO Goa mon In tho IInion nruly
about rs. 100 were actually killed If. battle.
aSl.GiO were wounded. ISi Igi we're missing
or captured. more than 80 900 died OF dis
ease. and 22S, 535 we're discharged on ac-
count OF wounds or disease rendering them
incapable of further service. The fright
ful death roll does not include tens OF
thousands who died Immediately after
their discharge, or who were Killed, hut
rci.Cr:td missing. out OF every five men
who enlisted during The war one was dead
at lis close -. -
More Onion soldiers were shot dead on
the field of battle than Ercland has had
killed. in her eight hundred years OF ma.
tional life, and she has been iIChtIng con.
tinuoI,Slv ard In cvnrv mart NJ he world
More men fell in four Years Gght!nC for
the government, than have Taller; in nil the
wars of E,,rope Tor the mast threc-ouar-
tiers OF a century.
me dctails that make up this Ehastly
nd hanjt, SioI.!eLlL! VI me ~ .r,,r,in
single rcrimen,s ,o o.i, mnrn ibnn Wers Iii.
ed in The whole Of the recent Spanish.
American war.
The dead numbered more than the whole
nuilioeF enrolled Tor the Spanish-An'er!cah
III, r,.,, ,, ,,s c-o,,or
than rho total enroI,,nnnf for i'm, war
The number OF brokcn-down men dis
charged rs incapable Of further service
was nIsar!S as great as the tS,ni momnep
war
,or ' sne sotal o. ziG' reE h om1hs Hea
hundred days. six months. nine months.
one year Two years, and three yearE, ,,.n,r
total enroIImcn, Killed in battle. The First
Minnesota lost So per cent killed and
wounded OF the men II took into the battle
OF 1eityshurR. inc Iwelttn NiiiS ~ Gnu,
Snt" n AM SAM Irnn u prr,dc LOST q
per cent NJ lis number nj Mana ssas. and
81 per cent AT gettysburg. The Vermont
Rrigade lost IS per cent In the Wilderness.
Inc irish brigade lost altosctne1 owe. Z.
80, h Sn nho wonn1e, U, N.Y. ,"a r,e
TIan"oct.s n,,.,s,o,, oIo,e LOST more Kill.
cd and wounded than Shafter had under
his command at Santiago.
AR Rohnr,so, cJosed his address by
euIogizinr tho scvcroI old soldiers o,
thIs ci,,. VIZ h,d nassad quay during
the wear. md he thnn introduced as or
ator of fha day Mr. w O. McCluskcy,
Mr. NIrChstev's address was one OF
great elonnanca and held thu. audience
sncIlbnund rom boe,nninr 10 end. On
iii sjdee /, VOC cnrcednd 10 ;h,ve bean
one Of tho pr,ndest Dcruratlo Day nd
dresses syor dnl,varad In this CITY. Mr..
WcCIuskay sold.
VI, - .,,-, c,,,oo,,
w. ''c''"sh'S
Past Commander. Soldiers OF the
Grand Army, Mothers. Wives and
Fr,cnas.-Ubar your committee called
"a ,,o,,,.o,
upo" tnt lew Gays aso an" ''o''o' Gu
me with an invitation TO take part IN