The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-19
Bellare, Bridgeport Martins Ferry and Ohio Side News
CA, R, HOSTS WILL BEGIN ARRIVING
To-Day FOR BIC STATEENCA|NPMENT
PREPARATIONS FOB THE ENTER
rAIEMBNT OF THE "BoYS OF 81
Ann ,ss" ALMOST COMPLETE.
Encampment Promises to Prove 1ne
Most Memorable Affair OF It's KIND
In the History Of the State.


Wheeling will be the host of the &.
A. r. for three days during The state
cncampment. and thc city promises TO
Guido herself IN entertaining inc old
bovs In blue and their ladies during
their stay here.
An elaborate program has been iaSf
out and the finishing touches put on to-
night at tho subcommittee meeting
which will he hold in tn" assembly room
Of The Chamber Of Commerce at
o'clock.
Tn" city will begin its preparation To-
day for tho cncampment. which onens
tomorrow by decorating. and be1ore
evening the business section Will De
ahlazc with flags and bunting. and M
residences will be decorated woth the
national cnlors. Portraits nt PRESIDENT
Lincoln will be taken out OF tn" places
where they have reposcd so long ana
Tho hnmciy features Of the ereatest
American will he cnnspicuously dis
played all over tho city. along with
those Of the generals nf tho civil war.
Tonight. after traffic mas Slo""d
down. decorators will erect. ~ trolley
arches on Market and Main strc"ts DC
tween tho creek and Tenth street ana
zach Of the arches will b" drapcd with
= u
Massive columns will h" put on each
corner at the intersection of Market
and Twelfth and Market and Fourteenth
streets, which wilt hc surrounded ny 2
shield and eagle holding a standard OF
fnEs.
Tomorrow morning the encampment
will he on. All arriving veterans and
their ladies will bn met at the depots
by the reception committee. which VIII
scc that all Of their comforts arc at
tended 10.
4 business session will be- held in tho
assembly room Of tho Chamber OF Com
mercc in the afternoon and at O'Clock
in tho evening memorial services Will
take place nj the Fourth Street Metho-
dist church.
On Wednesday morning another bust
moss session will hc held and the big
raradc will take place in tho afternoon.
starting ut o'clock. which will eclipse
any demonstration ever held in this
city and will he fitting tribute TO the
veterans Of 81. by the soldiers OF tho
later wars. welfare workers and mill
tary schools
The parade will be- headed by the Mu-
nfcipal band. with 50 pieces, followed ny
the G. a. r. and Confederate veterans
in autos. and coming in order will be
the Wheeling chapter American Red
Cross. World War Veterans. Spanish
American and Philippine War Veterans.
Boy Scouts Of America. Linsly Institute
Cadets and the Cathedral High School
Cadets and drum corps. Bands will be
placed in the parade at convenient inter-
walls 10 furnish music for the marchers.
Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock the
G.. A. r. veterans. Ladies OF the G. A.
r. the womcn's Relief corps and many
invited guests will hc banqueted at the
Scottish Rite cathedral. After the BAN
quot at S o'clock an old-fashioned camp
nrc meeting will he held in the audito-
rum. which fill b. open 10 the public
speeches will he made. war |
INDUCED in and the songs
during the Civil War will be
sung.
On Thursday another business session !
will he hold in the Chamber OF Com
ncrcc assembly room. AT ! O'Clock IN .
tho afternoon the old soldiers. Ladies
Of tho G.. A. R. and the Wom"n's Rcltet
corps will he taken on A sightseeing tour
n the city and suburbs in automobiles.
which will bring the cncampment TO an
End
Many novel features will b" INTRODUCED
in tho parade Wednesday afternoon. a
battery Of artillery, each gun drawn p?
ri ghth orscs mounted and manned ny
twill war veterans. in the uniform OF
lss1-1S1G5. will head tho parade.
4 duplicate df the famous English
ank Rrittania armed with real guns
and in charge Of soldiers just home from
europe will be another feature. i
Probably tho larst march Of many OF
he old veterans will be made when
hcy demount the automobiles in the
,aradc ut sixteenth parade and march
q tho Auditorium on foot. When It is
considered that the youngest veteran Is
q and the oldest over 90 years OF age
, can he realized what an undertaking
his will be for the old soldiers.
During tho parade the living flag on
between Market and Chap.
inc streets. will wave in all it's glory.
I will nc composed OF san children.
rcsscd In tho national .colors to form
ucc American flag. and while tho parade
: passing patriotic airs will be sung by
he children.
Captain Jarvis r. Price will be chief
,arshal: r. F. Hahrrstck. chief of STAFF:
idcs, Louis Nc. Siecnrod. Victor Brink
ian: division narshals. Charles Sonn"-
orn. r. VI. Browne and H. W. Geo:
ides. H. l.. Eckhart. d. T. Mexico. H. g.
t!fel. II. c. WHITAKER. DR.. @, W. Bur
ats. John +. Stevenson, Charles y.
Ianchcr end George P. Whitaker.
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