The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-20

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1Nhen-thc old soldiers of the army
that wore the blue come to this city
next September to attend the hftieth
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic they are going
to be given sucfl q $500 a......S as they
never had at an encampment before.
when :t met either here or any Of
the other cities that have entertained.
it, So far as the number or aMt
vets" is concerned. it is figured THAI
this viii be the last big encampmentI
to be held. The rapid rate at which
they arc answering the last S--~stttI
call, as shown by the records at the
pension bureau, is appalling Taps
are sounded for hundreds of them in
all parts of the country every day,
and those who last for a few years
longer will be too old and feeble to-
attend encampments.
Whether it is the war in Europe
that has set the present generation.
to studying and thinking of our own
great civil war. or Just what it is.
the fact is that there is a great en-
thusiasm here for the successful en-
5tertainment of the ":old boys that
are coming here next September
There is. or seems to be. a great
Notwithstanding for these aged sur
pears to be impellcd by. patriotic love
that Is profound. Not to say that.
that feeling for them has been lack
ing heretofore. but it is manifestingI
itself in more noticeable ways just
now, as if the thought was upper.
most in eyerybody's mind that the
days of these old Erizzled warriors
are few. indeed. and a little further
on there is the parting Of their way
and ours. 1t is undoubtedly that
feeling, or something very closely
akin TO it. that has stirred up the
people here and is making the plans
of the citizens committee mature SO.
rapidly and with so great ease. Ev-
erybody is pitching IN and helping,
and every scheme OF entertainment.
will completed not only weeks but
months before the think line of he
roes hobble through the gateway into
the great capital city they helped to
save for reunited and happy people,
Being SO conveniently near, the
survivors In West Virginia Will be
enabled to attend in goodly number
and with the minimum OF discomfort
When they come they will find au-
tonlobiles to take the work off their
tired old legs. There are 10000 o..
them in this city, and every owner
is expected to donate it and himself
to drive it. or his chauffer There
will he boy scouts. regular soldiers.
the cleancst and courteous police
force in America, and every man,
woman and child TO wait on them
and protect them as much as possible
fro nlthe discomforts that go with
great crowds.
The hearts of Washington are en-
listed in this business more ferventlyi
than at any time heretofore.
The postof11ce department has been
requested by Congressman Nelly tot
enter an order to supply the patrons
of the postof1icc at West Milford 4
Harrison count W. Va, by starr
route. from Mount Clare instead OF
by rural route from C1arksburg Tt
is claimed that this change would
give better service TO the seventy-fivei
families He is also urging the es-f
OF rural routes extending
from Sincerity to Pine Grove, and
from Dale to Jacksonburg, in Vet
eel county
The Court or Last Resort.
Around the stove OF the cross road s.
grocery Is tbs real court OF last resort.
for it finally ovcr-rulcs all others.
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