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Show iMILITIV FUNERAL i FOB JOS. L JONES JIT HOOPER . . Most impressive wore the military funeral services hold for Joseph Leo Jones nt Hooper yestordav aftornoon and attended by Governor Simon Bamberger Bam-berger and a squad of soldiers from Fort Douglas. More than twelve hundred hun-dred people attended the servicos and the ward chapel was crowded to its capacity and hundreds remained outside out-side the edifice to join in paving a silent tribute to the Weber countv boy who had given his life to his country. coun-try. The services Averc conducted by James R. Bcus. bishop of the Hooper ward. There wero a number of distinguished dis-tinguished persons of tho state present pres-ent in addition to the governor. Adjutant Ad-jutant Erling of Fort Douglas was present pres-ent with an escort of soldiers under Corporal Boffe. The ward choir sang "Nearer, My God to Thee." "Song of Peace," and "Through Deepening Trial." Miss Sadie Ramsey sang "Old Glory," and "O. My Father." Nephi J. Brown sang "I'll Go Where You Want Mo to Go." and Susia Singleton sang "Children's Friend." A duet, "Hopo Beyond," was sung by George Manning and Kate Vole. Tho speakers, of -vvhom Governor Gover-nor Bamberger was the first, included Adam Russell. John D. Hooper, Elijah Larkin, Samuel G. Dye, Alvan Scoviile. and James R. Bcus. Prayer was offered of-fered by Joseph Ririe, and tho bene diction was pronounced by Nathan Hawks. The large number of floral offorings was cared for by flower girls. Six soldiers acted as pall-bear-crs. A firing squad of eight soldiers saluted sa-luted the body on leaving the house, on entering and on leaving tho church, and at the grave. A rifle salute of three shots was given as the body was lowered into the grave, and taps was sounded by Bugler Mawson. Joseph Leo Jones was born August 23, 1893. He received his education in tho Hooper schools and at the Weber We-ber normal college. On May 28, 191S, he was called by the draft, and acted as captain of the first county contingent contin-gent to Camp Lewis. After throe weeks at the northwestern camp, he was transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison. Har-rison. Company M, Thirty-fourth engineers, en-gineers, and later to Company B, of the same regiment After two months he received orders to go overseas, and was en route to an eastern seaport when he was taken with spinal meningitis. menin-gitis. He died at the Camp Upton baso hospital after a brief illness- Governor Bamberger's address, In part, is as follows: "I am pleased to be here to do honor hon-or to one who has died for his country. Being in war, we must expect some of our boys to fall. Weber county is fortunate in that this is the first of her sons to die in tho service. This boy is entitled to as much honor as the man who dies in the trenches. It is a glorious thing to die for one's country, and ought to be a great satisfaction sat-isfaction to parents who have sons, to mothers who havo husbands, and to girls who have sweethearts in the field of service. It is -also gratifying to know that this young man was accepted ac-cepted by the government for the government accepts only those who aro clean and pure, and whose names are free from crime. I am as sympathetic sympa-thetic as any man in the state, and I sorrow -with those in our state whoso sons aro called to war, but at the some time I consider their parents honored and blessed to have their sons die in such a noble cause. "In my recent trip east, I learned of the glorious reputation that the Utah boys have accomplished. This alone would reward a man for dying in the cause of liberty and justice. Utah's loyalty has been established beyond a doubt Utah first in quota of men, first in Liberty loans, and first in the Red Cross." After the funeral, Governor Bamberger, Bam-berger, attended by Adjutant General Erling and his staff, departed for Brigham City to attend the funeral of a young soldier in that town. |