West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-04-25
A. G. SCOTT
writes or the Soldiers Monument
Funds and Modes or Collection
FOR the Future.

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paper to the people of old loyal
Preston county. As the Soldiers
Monument Association has been
wakened up after laying idle or
sleeping some five or six years, ]
am glad to know that they are
fully awake at last. i find a very
extensive inquiry concerning the
funds that have been paid into
the treasury, and many seem to
think 1T was all gone. L wish to
say to all whom it may concern,
that you need not be uneasy and
by your aid financially the monu-
ment will be a reality. In justice to
Capt. j. e. Murdoch as treasurer.
l wish to say that L find all
money paid into his hands that
he has a complete record OF each
party and the amount each one
has donated. L also refer you to
the report of the Auditing COM
mittee in The PRESTON County
JOURNAL of April 4th, and Treas
urerJ. Il. Murdoch had given bond
with G. M. Bishop as his security
in the sum of 81 500. One of the
trustees remarked, with Bishop
as security it was perfectly safe,
safe as the Kingwood Bank and
we never worry, and were anxious
to arrange that all funds paid in
hereafter would be upon a safe
basis, hence we requested Hon.
Q. nj. Bishop of Kingwood, to
serve as Sub-treasurer, with the
understanding that he take charge
OF present funds and all that will
be paid in hereafter. He has
consented to serve as requested.
we call on oil friends that are
willing to aid in this enterprise to
come to our help at once and as
sist III raising the balance of the
necessary funds to complete n
respectable monument. Accord
ing to the Auditing committees
report we have in view over 81
i
200, and we will need at least
SSOO more to secure such a monu-
ment as we wish to erect. We do
not want to purchase one that in
a few years may become defased
crumble and fall over. We pre-
fer good granite and hoping it
may stand as n silent memorial
for the boys that went out in the
trying days from '61-'65 and laid
themselves upon the altar of our
country that the nation would
live and that a government of the
people for the people and by the
people should not parish from
the earth. What did they ac-
complish Look at the condi-
ton Tor moment previous to the
war of the Rebellion. Jealous.
suspicious and contentious be-
tween the north and south,
charges and counter charges
against each other, but little re-
gard for the constitution.
One English Lord sarcastically
said, "where is your boosted
American republic, it is like a
label upon the ocean and will
soon vanish amidst the fogs and
mist and so down in a wreck of a
disunion, and declared that we
could not govern ourselves, that
we would need a king over u.s."
See where we stand now, in the
very front rank among the powers
of the world and all of this adj
vancement was made by the boys
that wore the Blue during the
days of the Rebellion. Now we
have a united country and one
flag for which we may rejoice
and be glad of. During the late
Standardization war some of
the European officers were
amazed TO sec the sons of the
veterans that wore the blue and
gray marching side by side up
San Juan with Joe Wheeler in
command. At Santiago they
realized that the American volun-
teers were equal if not superior to
their boosted Regulars and they
are taught TO realize that no SOL
diers in the world have any desire
to stand in front of the American
volunteer soldiers rs an enemy.
] remember we'll conversation
with Sergeant w. Craig Of our
company when we were on duty
together one night. We were
talking of the war and future
prospects and he remarked, ~
never expect to got home or TO
sec father, mother or sisters" +