The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-04

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J ments for details OF soldiers and cou-
rlcrS.
Soldiers were observed carrying in
largo Quantities OF HES. also desks and
chairs. Plans arc TO hav" everything
connected with rho commission kept
right where it can be found upon an
instant's notice. That there be no
dcarth OF space for tho records II
makes. or commission has been given
thc four floors above MaNlTn's just
around tho corner tyes. the Merry
Widow" Ma1im's ut No. Rae R"yalrl.
The catn will not close. | am assured
BY Joseph. captain Of walters
Looking over the soldiers acting as
ordcrlics Ter tho commission saw
many who wore both wound and service
stripes upon their coat sleeves: fringe
OF wars handi~ork upon the very Gnr-
men. OF peace. '1Icw about it," ! asked
Sergeant Arthur Thomas OF Wilhurton'
Okla. who | knew had bocn hit both at
Cantisuy and In the scissors drive. "e
have many veterans" he replied. Ihey
come here direct from the replacement
Division Among those 1 chattcd Tlih
we're CORPORAL William T. Fisher. Lin
colnyille. Kan; Privates Martin r
Webb Of York road and SiNty-hfth
street Philadelphia: Frank H. Heydcn-
reich. ParkersbuTE. ". Va; Charles z.
knickerhocker. Cortland. New 1ork'
George S. Hart. Atlanta Ga; Nelson Z.
Isley. Lemance Junction. hans, anu
Edward T. Glare. Emmetseurs. Iowa
"Uo can tell them what war is II
they want 10 know. said one OF the
wounded orderics.
"Or give. them a line on the way
been gassed
Remember the late State Senator Ho-
ratio B. Hacketts son Of the same name
whom Senator Penrose had appointed
10 West Point and who proved such
wonderful football player on the army
eleven Well, I met him in front or
tho commission headquarters this after
noon. He Is the colonel OF the l24th
Field Artillery and was through all the
big fighting up to September - when
no was brought down by an enemy shell
Mt crossroads In the Argonne near
Cheppy with three wounds Ae re-
coyercy Is made spicy by the fact that
| he carries in his watch pocket tho 1dcn-
, teal piece Of sholl which traversen his
jaw and throat, just missing his juSular
vein
Relating the incident to our amhas-
whose grandfather was q. Philadelphia
editor). he said THAT reminds me the
Archbishop OF Arras was here today, to
arrange for the presentation Of a flag
10 a Pennsylvania regiment He was
only recently back from America and
said that Of all our cities he best liked
Philadelphia. I turned the Archbishop
over to Major Barclay Warburton- OF
the Quaker city. who. With the rest or
! thar embassy military staff. will assist
him to select the regiment that gets tho
flag" From what I heard at tho en-
bassy the flag which Is reward for
bravery, will be given to a Philadelphia
regiment, one in the TWenty-eishth d.
vision.
Mr.. Sharp and Colonel House Ecro
| the leading minds upon this side advis-
ing that the Presidents personal visit
to France would be trump card to
play towards the early signing Of tho
peace treaty. AS arranged. our most
distinguished visitor has been partition
ed between the State War and Navy;
the navy has him until he reaches
Brest which Is the chief naval port Of
France, and the French harbor from
which our own submarine destroyers
operated. The moment he sets foot
ashore the navy must surrender him to
army officials who bring him to Paris
through ancient and picturesque Brit
tany, q distance OF about $50 miles,
passing Rennes. Cttre. LeMans and
Cartres. Entering La Ville-Luniere,"
as Paris once again can truthfully BE-
called, our Presidents movements como
under the direction Of the embassy.
which radiates American diplomacy and
information out from No. Rue de
Chaillot and is scarcely q stonc's throw
from tho newly-chr1stned Avenue du
President Wilson.
Already both the French and English
are suggesting that Nr. Wilson take
Journey through the devastated regions
Of France and Belgium so no can get
an Idea OF the destruction of property
by artillery fire, also observe the effects
OF wanton enemy blowing up Of private
buildings with dynamite. II Is proposed
TO keep the German prisoners in France
as sort Of permanent hostages and TO
engage them at the work Of RECONSTRUCT
ton Rather fantastic idea: savors OF
the days Of the Roman empire. when
conquered peoples became slaves. Per
haps II is we'll the President comes.
Undoubtedly time will have to pass be-
fore the fire Of wartime propaganda will
have become ashes and tho hatrcds OK
DRY. Victory, like success. often re-
quires more. self-control than defeat.
A dear old Brittsher friend OF mine
with great heart said this evening:
only By the grace Of God with the
Americans clso the war would have gone
against US. We must not forget that"
Mr. Sharp. who is a lawyer. has a
judicial mind and repeatedly during the
| war made trips into the toothpick towns.
He knows where it was where the Al
lies, artillery and whc-e It was German
| cannon that did the dapasc Noyon.
the king-crowning town that Philadel-
! phia adopted. was undoubtedly malic-
inu*ly dynamtcd by tho Germans. Pos
siblv ST. Quentin as we'll scissors fen
under the fire of both armies Verdun
| was wrecked BY German shells and
! bombs alone. And so on. There ars
| upwards Of thousand towns and viii
! lagos cut off the ground. Their recon-
! struction is n matter fo7 a government
! to undertake and not for private per-
! sous to exploit. In many Instances tho
! rebuilding should be done on 4 different;
site ~ for the assessing or damages
I fairness and above all else the highest
) honor must be displayed.
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