The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-30

Today the nation will pay tribute to
its honored dead. The honors that
will be bestowed on this. the annual
Memorial Day, will not be noisy. but.
on the contrary. viii be more OF rev
erent silence. and this very silence
will be more eloquent than the words
That any orator could possibly speak.
The ranks OF the Boys in Blue who
survived the conflict OF CT to 90 are
gradually thinning out. until to-day
there IL but a mere handful left as a
living reminder OF those men who
fought. bled and died that we OF to.
day should have but one country and
one flag.
Not alone will the nation pause 10
honor those who have answered the
last bugle call. but the grizzlcd. gray.
haired. battle-scarred veterans who are
still with us will be given their meas
ure OF recognition and the honor that
Is due them.
But few days ago the nation paid
tribute 10 those who fell ia defense OF
the flag al Vera Cruz Deserved trib.
ute was this. and far from being com.
mensurate with the sacrifice o. :hcse
noble young men who gave uD their
all that the flag might remain unsuI
He'd. And yet their sacrifice was no
greater than that Of those noble old
fellows who went through that terrible
conflict in the sos.
a Big Debt.
The nation owes 20 all these men,
both living and dead. debt OF graft
tude II can never repay. All that We
can and ever will do FOR these heroes
will be all too little. and. realizing
tnis. the nation rises on this grand
Memorial Day 20 scatter a flower and
Say a word % praise IN honor 81 those
who placed country above all things
else
Wheeling will do her share I'm honor.
ing the living and the dead. and a
very comprehensive program Of exer
cises VIII be carried out
VIII Decorate Graves.
Details % Holiday Post. g. A. r.
viii yiait the various cemeteries in
this Vicinity this morning % decorate
the graves % their departed comrades
NE veterans Will Boz assisted in this
ceremony bv school children and
squads represenunE the Rows Brig
ado. 40 each cemetery an impressive-
j. patriotic exercise viii bo held
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