Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-30
TWO CENTS
LIKED WHEELING
Register Says that Officers of
the Guard


We're Tiekied with the Treatment That
They Received IN the First CitJ Sew
eral of Them are Quoted Health OF
| the Men was Very ssood Indeed
j What They Said.
Officers in the National Guard OF
West Virginia express themselves as
very macn pleased with the treat
ment they received ut the hands Oh
] the people Of Wheeling. There has
been general Tear among the mill
i flames THAT the sentiment antagon.
istie TO the Guard, which was be
liesed to exist In this section Of the
state, might lead 20 trouble during
! the eneampment. Some OF the sol
diers who ventured into certain
quarters of the city found evidence
of the existence OF an unfriundly
feeling on the part of some people.
It was generally given in the form
of derisive remarks, but no member
of the Guard WAC Was not hiiuselT
the offending party, was offered any
/ insult or violence SAYS the Register.
The soldiers say that their visit.
ors during She first few days of the
encampment were cold and critical.
but that this disposition gradually
wore off and they became very
| friendly There were few, ii any, OF
the officers of the Guard who did not
express regret concerning the end
/ ing of the pleasant associations of
Camp Curtin.
The people Of Wheeling have
treated US very Hospitality said
Brigadier General G. L. Smith to a
Register'man. we found no evidences
of che feeling against the Guard
which was said to exist The Board
Of Trade and citizens generally APP
pear TO have done their best TO make
our stay pleasant, and in saying
that we are grateful ! feel that | can
speak for all the officers.
I'VE were provided with an admir-
able location for our camp, ana with
what the people OF Wheeling did,
taken in connection with the ativan.
tages the State funds gaYes us, we
had the hest encampment in the his
tory of the Guard. The men showed
marked Improvement in their drill
ing, and the efficiency of the Guard
has been greatly increased
Maj. Joseph, Of Morgantown, Of
the medical stat, said;
Tho people Of Wheeling provided
an ideal location for the camp. from
a sanitary point OF view, and we
have never had better health among
the soldiers during an encampment.
We expected colds and fevers as
result OF the rain on the first day,
but neither the rain nor the dis
agreeably cold nights caused the
amount of illness which we might
reasonably have expected
Capt Hugh X, Kyle, Of Charles
ton, city editor Of the Mail, said:
aThe last days Of the encampment
were the most pleasant. We are all
pleased with Wheeling and its peo-
pie, and sincerely regret that our
stay was not prolonged"
| Lieut.. s. w. Poe, commisary OF
the First regiment, editor of the
Grafton Leader, said:
There was no unpleasant incl
dents. All the officers and privates
enjoyed the encampment and all
would be pleased to come back to
Wheeling"
Adiutant c.. b. Kefauver, Col. G.
f. Morrison, Capt. j. M. Kunkle,
Capt. G. F. Jolliffe, Major "A. F.
Moore, in fact, all the officers Of the
Guard spoke in the same vein. Some
Iof them said that Parkersburg has
been heretofore the most popular J
city in the state among the members
u the Cad, but that the kind and
hospitable treatment OF the Wheel
ing people has caused many officers
and privates to falter in their loyal
~ to the Wood county metropolis.