The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-20
wheeuns's Big Loyal Day.


Bands will play. people will sing, Tags
Will ny cheers will be cried soldiers and
citizens will march words OF inspiration
VIII be uttered and tears OF sorrow from
The souls of the distressed vii now.
All will take place to-day in this city
when 1o4 draftces Of the city OF Wheel
ing and SO from Ohio county Will en-
train this afternoon at 2 o'clock win
30 raftcrs from Wellsnurg and Brooke
county for Fort Scr!ven. Georgia Tor
trimming.
The derarture nf the soldier hoys
nromIsea to hc the biggest and most
impressive demonstration Of the kind
ever held In this section. The MAN.
moth naradc 70 he held under the au-
spices Of the knights Of Pyth!as lodges
Of tho Ohio Valley will hc one NJ the
largest parades oyer 10 pass through the
local streets. The parade will h" Eir"n
In honor of the draftccs' departure. ana
Il will include mon in al walks OF Jir'
creed color and vocation.
Business Suspended.
To give MI their employees an orror-
tunIty 10 march IN the parade ot honor
business will he practically suspended
IN stores and industrial plants during
Scores Of head. Of factories and bust
mass houses have written the Knights
Of Prthias general committee advising
thcm that they will no pleased to have
their e1nployop march In the parade and
they will let them off.
II IL the request Of the committee
! that whistles be blown and bells sound
ed throughout tho wheeling district
from 1890 to o'clock in bidding the
soldier boys adicu and acclaiming loud
and long Gods speed for their safe re-
turn with victory.
Uncle Sans Hat.
One Of tho many features of the par
ade will be the big hat. holding many
bushels, that Will he carried in the pro-
ccssion so all may throw money into the
large "$lSypiecc" to buy tho boys to-
bacco. The hat is decorated In national
colors and is a patriotic looking affair.
Flag With 80 Stars.
Another attractive and an historical
feature of the parade will no an Amer
lean flag with only thirty-two stars
Mrs. Dennis Shields has kindly loaned
the flaE for tho occasion. which was
made by her mother. the late Eliza
Carlin Iitzingrr. about 1888. when there
were but thirty-two states in the Union
Newsboys to Parade.
All the newsboYs Of the city will
march in the parade. The little street
merchants arc requested to meet at tho
News building at ~ o'clock and form In
line and march To the assembling viCin-
ily. Tho boys will carry a patriotic ban
ner 80 feet long and nine feet wide fur
nished by the News.
Labor to March.
The members OF the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor assembly. represent
inE the loyal union labor locals of tn"
Wheeling district. will participate In tho
big procession. The men arc asked /"
assemble at the O. V. r. & l.. a. hall nj
IL o'clock to be ready to report at Chap
line and Fourteenth streets ri 1890 10
start with the parade at l2:4h o'clock.
Streets to be Cleaned.
Grand Marshal General ]. II. Lancast-
or said last night that City Manager q.
Q. Magic had promised 10 have tho Mar
kot street section over which the pa
radc Is 10 pass. washed clean carly this
morning Of Hi ice and snow. General
Lancaster further said that In the event
some Of the streets arc In too bad con-
ditinn that they will not be passed over
by the mnrchcrs, these sections being
eliminated from tho line of march: that
Il is possible that the parade Will march
on some Of the sidewalks for short dis
tances.
The Parting HES.
That mothers and relatives and near
and dear close friends Of the soldier
BOYS. vino are To cntrAin. may bid them
yood-hvr without confusion. II has been
arranged that none but these shall pass
through the guard lines onto the Balti-
more K Ohio vIsduct. Newspaper men
and women. however will hn permitted
10 60 upon tho viRduot. The guard line
will b" in chnrg" Of the uniform rank
Of knights of Pythias and the police.
All Will Be in Parade.
Tho parade will include Rll the city
and county officials. schools and the
greater pnrt OF all tho fratcrnal and so
cInl organizations. II is estimated that
there will hr thousands az men in line
10 pay the soldier boys III" honor they
deserve In going tn fight the battle for
those at home.
weusburg Soldiers.
Forty-clght drnftrns from WellshurE
Will arrive in Wheeling this morning To
join the Ohio county delegation. They
Will II" furnished luncheon At tho Hotel
Windsor Eighty-ninc Marshall county
soldiers Will "ntrain on the special leav-
Ing here ut " o'clock. arriving in Mounds
rillo ri 2:4g. The train will then pro-
coed to Fort SchrIvcn. Georgia II 4.
expected that 1t will arrive at the camp
about o'clock Friday evening.