Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-26

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Relief COrps-The Loan Exhibition
Of Relics and Curios.
The eighteenth annual encampment,
department of West Virginia, G. A. r.,
may be said to have begun Tuesday,
the 24th inst, although the dates fixed
were the 25th and 26th. On the first
mentioned date the following named
State officers arrived via the 3:15 Ohio
River railroad train: Charles r. La
vally, department commander; Arnold
Brandy, senior vice department COM
mander; M. B. Bartlett, junior vice
department commander; r. w. Hall,
medical director; Rev. Taylor Rich
mond, chaplain; George w. Hutchin-
son, assistant adjutant general and as
sistant quartermaster general; r. B.
Taylor, inspector, and Andrew ]. Miser,
judge advocate, and Past Commander
r. H. Lee.
They were met at the depot by a
committee and something like one hun
dred old soldiers, Spanish-American
soldiers and Sons of Veterans in uni
form. The Comfy Cornet Band furn-
ished music for the occasion. The dis
tlnguished visitors were escorted to
the established headquarters at the
Mound City Hotel, where after play
ing several patriotic airs the band left.
At 1880 p. m. the band returned and
accompanied the members to the M. E.
Church, where memorial services were
conducted by the Rev. Taylor Rich
mond, department 0 chaplain. The
church choir rendered the anthem,
Rally Rround the Flag Once More in
a manner that gave great pleasure to
their friends, as some of them said of
the singing, "our choir excelled it.
self" Other interesting services were
had in which the Woman's Relief
Corps, the Ladies of the G. A. r. and
the Sons Of Veterans took part. The
ceremonies closed by every n joining
in singing Rock of Ages"
The Circuit Court room was profusely
and artistically decorated at 10 o'clock
yesterday forenoon, when the State
department officers filed in to meet
Mayor Parkinson and receive the keys
and the full privileges of the city. The
encampment then went into secret ses-
sion and transacted considerable bust
ness. The only matters that the pub
lie know of is that committees were
appointed to receive reports of officers.
Business was resumed at 1870 p. m.
The entire afternoon session was given
to completing the appointment of com
mittees and fixing the place of the
next annual e~ncampment, which will
be at Parkersburg, the date to be fixed
by the commander.
Never before was the city so law
ishly and tastefully decorated with
flags, bunting, banners and streamers
of welcome as on this occasion. La
fayette avenue, Seventh street, Jeffer-
son avenue and Second street, the line
of procession, are a perfect wilderness
of patriotic ensignia. The loan exhi-
bition, which opened this morning, is
a surprise to every one who visits it
in the variety of curios, consisting as
they do, from every part of the globe.
The war relics, local Indian relics and
many other curios gathered will inter-
est visitors for hours, Many rare old
printed volumes and periodicals, some
of them issued over 2f0 years ago, will
interest persons who have a taste for
such things. Then there is the pipe
smoked by Logan, the Mingo chief,
who would not turn on his heel to
save his life"
In fact the exhibition is well worth
a visit, and several hours can be profit
q Xiv anJ intor.actir CIV cnanf 1nnEinr
over the aggregation of rare curiosities
offered for inspection. All day long
yesterday the large room was crowded
with visitors and interest," in the col
lection increases. Ice cream, cake and
other light refreshments are served in
the same room. The proceeds of this
feature of the occasion are for the bene-
fit of the Presbyterian Church.
Among the prominent visitors there
yesterday who are not members of the
G. A. R., were Collector A. B. White,
of Parkersburg, who Is shaking hands
with the old and young boys in the in
terest of his candidacy for the Republic
can nomination for Governor; Con-
gresham D%ovener, who is anxiously
inspecting his fences to see if they are
high enough to keep a Campbell out;
Postmaster George e. Work. of Sis
tersville, who is here presumably in
the interest of Dovener; Morris Hork-
heimer, who is angling for the thirty
six votes of Marshall to assist him in
his fight for election as delegate to the
Republican national convention; J. K.
Hall, who is anxious to have Marshalls
vote in the State convention if her
favorite son, Edgar M. Lewis, should
at any stage of the game drop u of
the fight. Local candidates are actu-
ally too numerous to count.
Col. McClung, of Grafton, command
ing the West Virginia division of the
Sons Of Veterans; Capt. Greedy, of
Brueston's Mills; o. B. Beer, Arthur
Hunkle and H. B. Durwall, of French
Creek. are among the members of the
order now here. The Colonel expects
at least t%wenty-four members of the
organization.
The officers of the National Wom-
ems Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G..
A. R., who came Tuesday evening,
were Mrs. Harriet J.. BODICE, president,
and Mrs. Charlotte E. Wright. secre-
tary, of Hartford, Conn; Mrs. Ellen
Daniels, junior vice president, Of
Charleston, w. Va, and Mrs. Margaret
Champion, department aide, of Central
City. The State officers are: Mrs.
Eva C. Robinson, department presi-
dent, of Harrisville; Mrs. Jennie
Bartlett, department junior vice presi-