The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-03
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in IN. HISTORY q. III" world" declared
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Il wa, i meeting tt.;t defined IN I'm
niSiaitabl" terms ihr attitui" %
Nhr,I!n. IN III" present International
>i1i!aliUn--a meeting that left 40 room
-. duun; that ;hr SiO@in city WI 90
her share 10 preserve iho country 10
which 81" has CuntribI,"d 50 much 10
make "ianu ri The free and III" home
nf h, brave
n. Inspiring Spectacle
!, was an :,ssrr:hace dominated ~
inr spirit - ancestors who Sacrit "cH
.h"rn"clTee iron IN" altarOt vain d"S-
u-rat" resistance To tyranny o. a.! Kinds
rilr Tags were Md above tic heads ~
.n..u "f who's" ancestors cam" :r"n. '''''
lands o. All ilIc world. The 49,
waved by arms from which IN" !"l' -.
wars aud flood OF years had mo- iH"tl
.,Il strength waved III II spir;; ih"i SIG
. 'fiflcd H., elimination or Nil poi'ti'ai So
":al. religious and commenced Hn'aT"ti,
i>ru& III tn" hour OF the great republic y
need They waved as 4 wclc"nr {" arms
f""n th. half huudr"d Union ana con
ird"ra.. Veterans VIII" attended Inc
meeting In u body. VII" had served 'NcH
ears ut tho .'unucn'S mouth in tho days
when tho horizon O" III" nation WAS
tara"uri by clouds 81 wa. The bear
rrS a. thnS" flags STOOD :ik" Sentinc!S
placed - warn 4 world 81 1Ur appruaCN-
lrc disaster leads covered or Sprln-
led ysi;h gray were held erect II pride
at a country : past. Faces tWrrOw"d hT
9nr or Scared by shot and shell radia-
ted y I"rvrr horn in tn" heart made
vHurl. H.. tiir CoIiutrY'S call. rTr:1 bling
limbs hec:,:nc riE!d. c>re dinmHh by
tirNr Sparki"d with new light. and Wh"l
:hc hand played H." stratus nf war SorS
OF othcr ynarS thnuShndS OF eyes t"oheE
and snU = SPCct3Cio that WAS more man
md Vel, n Al a
and pictures AMI NGhtH. The men ana
women in that vast audience saw Il dele
cation If tilc last !Cw surviving civil
war heroes of this community. II wHH
IN inspiring sight 10 sea tho grlz2 I'd
warriors who cam" as q source Of l"Na!iT
and Patriotism 10 the thousands 81
Young msfl AID women III the aGdI"ur"--
4 hcnedI,1iuu ~ blessing TO thnS" VIII"
ars likely TO take up thH thread OF wIr
anil fight III" battle OF honor ard FREQ
'lnnu as ;iGcy did in the long years g"n"
bv. There WAS 40 i"I;nr" o. ~" meet
in. that so inspired the vast alidicnr"
as the entrance NJ tn" veteran S"lL"r$:
many wrpt aS they looked upon ~" ar
ray ot gallant boys OF the dark days
Ut the sixties
There was applause. long and loud Az
alauSr, but with IL all thcrc was m IN
descrihabls something that inlEitIv"ly
;"ld one that they had gathered not ="
hear nigh sounding phrases from Ia:
lips OF tho speakers nor oFcr-indGiE"nCe
spirited music. Dut incS llatl ECitl't ~
hear ;ha. they might prepare IN chs"
ihr great crisis shall come. This fact
was demonstrated when thu Hon. W. =
Hubbard. chairman Of The meeting read
Il press telegram announcing the SINK
inK of the Aztec BY L German submarine
and many American lives lest. Whom
hc had concluded n d"athtike stiffness
prevailed for few moments, anu on"
looked ut III" other: SON" shook their
heads. many eyes were flied with rcars
hea rI 70 remark, me
die is cast"
Marched Arm IN Ann
wheeling never hctor" witnessed the
scene enacted on !tS principal streets last
Grams marched arm in arm! 10 TN" Audi
forum. there 20 attend III" PATRIOTS
ADMINISTRATION. Tho Cathedral high
school boys. led by their drum corps.
headed the procession. Following them
tlllrd his army position Of trust. color
bearer. and lie carried Old Glory ~
proudly as he did in the victoriolous bat
tics Of the Civil war.
Following the color bcar~r marched
Col. Richard Robertson, Union veteran:
cot Ned StalnalScr. Confcdrrat" veteran;
and COT. Charles r.. Reed. Union veteran.
Then followed the three rcrna ming Con-
fe,i.rat. Veterans and about n score of
BOYS in blue" North and south were
forgotten 40 The old soldiers linked arm
in arm. Zach carried a little flag. One
old soldier on clutches had his Tag II
HIS hat Another with one arm lost In
battle carried his flag fastened On his
breast Another horhled along on n
wooden leg. still another carried tw"
canes. hu, the right hand was not too
small 10 hnld ARMY to 4 little nag.
which kept time with Tho march"r The
old soldiers had hard time Keeping i'll
stop with III" fleet feet of the youthful
cathedral soldiers. who kept In martial
step their dress uniforms making 81
pretty scene.
Summers hand Furnished military mn
81. FOR Tho Linsly cadets. as we'll III fun
dress uniform. Thcs" Young soldiers
showed the results of careful drilling
under the direction Of regular army drill
masters. They drilled perfectly. hut
were forced 20 halt frequently to keep
from running down tho totierinE vet
Grams who marched before them. The
procession vas checrod TO the echo all
along the limo OF march.
The hall was beautifully decorated
IN American flags. \ !arg" nictur" "E
President Wilson adorned I'll" front a.
the speakers table. surrounded by al
american fling. There were hundreds