The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-23
IInteestingly Describes Hor-ors Oh SUI
airing Wrought By war In ana
About Washington

-'he reality OF wars havoc Is more
tevkent hero than IN any other city l
hae visited. and everywhere one goes
heetscounteSS the arlnleSs and SIee'GlEs'
scd!ers or &a-oy dressed in khaki hob
Snx on cst;ches." said r. I. flacA'
assistant SuTrCir;cndc OF The lu'"'
Mission Of this city. n writing most
Interesting descriptive letter iF"i''
Washington. i. G.. while on TRIP
through the EAST and south. TT" 'c:;':
Sas addressed - S;:ic. q. W. Cory ~
he mission. Mr.. i:rch years AZ" was
ouc % the best known newspaper men
in tho northwest and 1t one time WAS
owner OF a large paper.
Nj Finch. III part. spcaklnG or Inc
wounded soldiers IL Washington. SUI
At Present all a,Oputation cases a.
brought here to the Walter Ne"'
visited that institution. aud thoESh i!'''
government has but fairly StarsSd. nc
are more than 1000 crippled and ri;1in'.'
soldiers in the institution al prSScH =
and more arriving daily. They arc
housed in serarat. buildings. holding
from l6 to - each III" mann hoSf'''''
being for convaleSccntS. l talked |" =
number - wounded soldier BOYS :" inc
streets and in the hospital and MOS
~or them are very re::c"uL. though tea"!
to talk Of battles. All say Il W"S :
livioc hell during the drives a'"i l''N
nearly every ran was wounHi'o IT S|''''
way. 1t is certainly heart-eet'u'n9
scene. these poor subjects OF the terri
rio havoc wrought by war. My rear
vent ont 70 them. The tuberculosis SUI
fcrrrs and those that have been S!,'''-
shocked and gassed are taken 10 '-"Hi .
kletoyn Pa 1t ia said that rev :
any. OF those that have been S"ei'
shocked ever recover their senses "''N'
4hoe, tasscd soon develop into taper
culosi=. I could write for hoar% OF WI
returned soldiers here IN "aSn','s NC,'
It'd me, but shall deter that ana 'eI
the story some might AZ the .
Tho February Popular Mechanics mas
;,l,strated article on an artificial
b,,5 and arm ,ha: is quite WONDERFUL
met tho man "ho was dc!roaStrse0'n~
fnr ,bc. manufacturer. and he wears one
~. .hs,o He showed me its rcechal'SHi
and construction Will" It Is st't I"
h. The best on thc market tor So'o'c'S
~ any unfortunate whr has lost an arm
~ b,r5 :; is considerable lacSIn:: ON
Jared WITH those given US by nat"r'.
In srcakiuS Of Washington as CITY
Mr.. Finch says: This Is very ctc@u
,.;;y ,S 10 streets, Tho drinking water ;
miro and god Most oe The manual
labor is don,, hy ncrrocs: in fact ! lance
70 see a white man who locked IKE ne
worries ar ..o,;,rnot. labor. THOUSANDS OF
n.r>sons ar, employed in tbs war INDUS
Tres buildings. and ;hrT stlll n"'u more
hrlp. Anvonc with an ordinary "uu't-
ton and writing = fairly good haHH ca,
quality for rran% Of IN" places o';c:e"
Mr.. Finch told Of visiting I'i> u2tt"'iaI
legislative halls White Fou&" ara w
congressional library. IN Sr'aE'hS -
rhe White House he Ssid: tn" we
rooms thaS nnSt Interested ne W'T. '"'
famous cast rrora or STAKE dining Cam
her and tho cac IN which ~" Fr"StG'N'
holds public receptions. The lower cor,
riders ara hung with oil PAINTINGS OF ~,
tho presidents o. the Cut|d states and
their wives. The best and lars"i; ~
these is that Of Mrs. Roosevelt. G"na''a
BY France OF tho paintings ~ III HT'.@-
idants tho one rt Liar"ln - 1'rhHpS IL
largest thu: OF wilson next AMI th'.:'
Doosryclt Today I attended services Il;
+ha Third P-osh ytcr:an cnwrch: . famous
old church and nnc occasionally attended
by President Wilson.
This afternoon I went " II" tat"N
Station = NJ {. y. hut wh"rn services
wnrr held in memory ard hoN"r .; INC
,a,c President Roosevelt. n nu;rl5"r o.
addresses were delivered by tn"in"cES OF
congress. So there vas no 'a'< ~ ora
tory. The tw" prayers ntf"r"d' "n.ir
very good never aPTrcncl"d ~ i"TF"r
md spirituality the ono Uttered ~ H''
Third Presbyterian church this !nHrni"S
That old minister rad" On" ~ nc ;Hos'
sublirr>e praycSS 7 "Tc- heard.
Mr. Finch who :'aS scores "t Trends
among All classes Of people in this COM
rnun;ty. ;s expected Ia return 10 Wheel
;u~ his w"ef and will resume MS
duties az the mission.