The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31
Erlog!zes the valor Of Commanders ana
Privates Of Union and Confederate
Armies Alike.

! Decoration Day Was quietly "nS'lN'u
) IN Ih,. Wheeling district yesterday. lh'rt
; MAS ..u par;tIIuE. the various locals an"
committees Of tn" q. y. H. mercy
marching from headquarters To the Gem
ctcrics. where simple but Impressive
services were conducted III honor If the
| departed veterans of the 'lNll war a"o
! flowers Strcwn upon their graves.
AT noon the Ladies of the W. X G.
] and the Ladies Of tn" G. 4. i. scattered
! rowcr, over the waters of IN" Ohio IN
memory of thos" who lost their lives on
tho water during the civil War.
In the afternoon joint memorial ser
vices were conducted under tn" auspices
! of the ]. ". Holiday Post, No. L.. Grand
! Army of the Republic, al the peninsula
cemetery. The veterans and several
hundred Boy Scouts assembled at head
! quarters at o'clock and. headed by the
Boy Scouts drum corps. marched TO the
! cemetery.
! DIR. Curtis Speaks.
! Mr.. ". H. G. Curtis. son Of Gen. w.
| II, Curtis. who commanded a brigade or
West Virginia troops during the Clfh
War was the orator OF tho day and paid
! eloquent tribute to the deceased COM
radcs. He spoke as follows:
! Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
! On occasions Of this kind think it cmi-
| ncntly proper and fitting that every loyal
! American citizen and every loyal foreign
| horn American citizen should show their
| respect and admiration for the greatest
! general that ever faced an enemy on an
American or any other battlefield. gen.
| eral that never shirkcd a battle and
| never closed the sentinel eyes OF Valor
| even in the darkest night. sometimes
seeing. often unseen. ahead OF tho brave
men. ahead even OF the mighty guns
everywhere the beauty and stimulus of
! the battle, the general which you V"tcr-
ans followed to victory at Appamattox.
| take pleasure in introducing 10 you
| that gencral-Old Glory.
| regard those mon who followed that
| general from the dark night OF Fort
| sumter to tho MONDAY of Appomattox
as the protectors and saviors of the
; greatest nation under the blue OF the
! heavens There may be fOw people in
! this country who will think that an eN-
| travaGant. n far-fetChed. declaration. I
+; am not one Of that number. for II tho
boys in blue Of '6l'65 were not the saw
! iors Of this country. then this country
never was saved, and VIC all know that
! the whole world looks upon the United
! States Of America today rs very much
saved and we'll preserved nation.
This 30th day OF May Is III" day SGT
| apart when VIC are to remember those
who when tho great round world in its
| last judgment awaits. when tho dccu
blue sky shall swing open its gates. and
your long columns march silently
through past the Great Captain for fin
al review; then for the blood that has
~ rtcYIf hal hp cyi\.
en-. untarnished and bright.
Then the glad ear Of each war-martyrcd
son
Proudly shall hear the good judgment
we'll done.
Blessings for garlands shall cover then
over
Parent and husband. brother and lover.
! God will reward those dead heroes OF
!. And cover them over with beautiful
flowers
Hope the Great Anchor.
Hone is the great anchor to the wind
ward in our time Of storm and stress
II is the lighthouse in our darkness tho
live wire in every individuals life. hnC
il may lead us to the garnet Of happi'
ness, or il may lead us to the cellar OF
despair. We did pray that ours might
be the greatest nation under Old Glory
the greatest emblem. of the greatest ma
ton under Gods sweet sunshine. which
Won veterans carried to victory in the
sixties. which you Spanish American
war veterans preserved for us in the
nlnctics, might never. during the Gr"o
war we entered ever be allowed 10 iii
tho ground. And through the bravery
and valor Of our modern Yankee boys
who hailed from the north. the south
east and west, our fondcst hopes were
realized.
Yes. my friends that flag that Ameri
can valor has carried to victory in al