Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-19
THEY Go NEXT SUNDAY.
OLD SOLDIERS OF WHEELING WILL
ATTEND THE CHICAGO G. A. h.
ENCAMPMENT.
WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATES
Including the Surviving Past De-
partment Commanders-Mem bers
of the G. A. r. in This City Gener-
ally Favor the Proposition to
Change Memorial Day to Make it
Fail Upon Sunday.

Wheeling and West Virginia will be
very well represented at the annual en-
campment of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, which is to be held in Chi
cago the latter part Of this month. The
| number of G. A. r. people who will &c
from Wheeling will be from fifty to six
ty, but many others will take advantage
! OF the special rates which are offered
| The ladies of the G. A. r. have secured
special train over the Pennsylvania
lines. All will depart on Sunday, with
few individual exceptions.
AT the last State Encampment, the
following named persons were chosen
to represent the Department: A. c.
Moore, of Clarksburg; VIM. Kirk, OF
Parkersburg; w. C. Baker, of Fair
mont. The past department command
ers, all of whom are ex-officio dele
gates to the Encampment, are as fol-
lows:
Prof. F. H. Crago and Clerk Richard
Robertson, of Wheeling; w. H. II.
Flick, of Martinsburg; " w. Taggart,
OF Parkersburg; r. E. Fleming. Fair
| mont; d. s. Hazen, of Parkersburg; l.
II. Duval, Of Wellsburg; Chas. E. An
derson, Of Weston; Anthony Smith, OF
Wick; R. H. Lee, of st. Adams; Romeo
II. Freer, of Harrisville; Thos. A.
Maulsby. of Fairmont c. R. Lavalley,
or huntington; and Arnold Brandley,
1 0f HlkinG tho
mander.
The questino of changing Memorial
/ Day, so that it will not be fixed date
! but will fall upon the last Sunday In
/ May, is again being agitated. 1t was
brought up at a previous encampment
and strangely enough, among those who
! opposed the change were many promi-
nent clergymen. The Register yester-
| day@5ecured the views of several promi-
nent Wheeling members of the C. A. X.
upon this point, which are appended.
County Clerk Richard Robertson-"I
am most heartily in favor of the change
and L cannot understand why it should
! be opposed by those who object to the
! so-called secular observance of the
day If Memorial Day were observed
on Sunday, we could assemble a crowd
at one principal service, which would
| be comparatively enormous. In adj
| d1t1on to removing the tendency to
make 1t day of sport and recreation
| IT would possess the advantage of at
tord1ng opportunities for all old soldiers
! and their friends to unite in a tribute
| to the memory of the Nations dead
l don't think, however, that the change
will be made"
Justice W. w. nodgers-"An excel
! lent idea. but it would be even better
to nix upon the last Sunday in June. ]
make this suggestion because of the
diffculty we always experience in Sc
curing flowers. Why sometimes the
| decoration Of the graves becomes a
mockery, mere empty form. Flowers
| would be much more numerous in June
than in May"
When questioned as to the reasons
for wishing Memorial Day to be
| changed to Sunday Squire James r.
Allen, Of the Eighth Ward. said: 81
think that the last Sunday in May or
the first Sunday in June should be Sc
lected as Memorial Day to preserve the
solemnity of the occasion. 1t is a
DAY OF mourning, instead of day for
pleasure and jollification. l hope that
the matter will be brought up at our
national reunion and steps taken to-
| ward having Sunday set apart as a
! day for keeping green the memory of
our departed comrades"
! Jacob Honecker, in speaking of the
desired change, said that Memorial
Day is intended for sacred memory for
our companions, and not day for
picnics, horse racing and other similar
events. He hoped that at the national
encampment in Chicago during the
month that action would be taken or
| derlng Sunday to be Decoration Day in
| the future.