Show 1 ru tah Win Pi I l t F ron I Ij j LT Heroic Deeds Deeds I of o Valiant Warrior Sons Sons Sons' 1 4 o 1 4 k 1 e f 4 4 1 1 From Utah Uphold Up hold Fighting Traditions 1 2 c I. I J. J Z cc J i Cl 1 I fi fi 4 e f 4 fi kj I c IJ q M Many ny Winners of Distinguished Service Cross CrossIN IN N the tho ring outpouring of men of 01 money and md of energies by br which Utah played its part in the war there thero was no contribution comparable to that bestowed by its warrior sons Theirs was a heroic service readily i cheerfully cheerfully cheer cheer- fully and valiantly rendered By y their deeds deed not only was Utah enrolled arnon among the foremost of the states but new and adventurous chapters chapters chap chap- were wera written ritten in the commonwealths commonwealth's martial histo history A scrutiny of these annals will disclose that urn best of f American fighting traditions were upheld r In gaining this imperishable fame these youths paid tho the price price price-in in deaths in wounds and in onerous tasks Yet the they met the e exactions of the battlefield or 01 the training camp el eagerly and without hesitancy Tho The official military rec records verified by l polls Us of or every community and by extended correspondence showed J that approximately approximate In t b Utah men mell were enrolled in ill the arm army navy and marine corps within the state while whilo i A 2000 more accord according to carefully based estimates es joined the colors color in other places t SEVERAL UNITS COMPOSED LARGELY 0 F 4 The distinctively ely Utah l units ts either wholly or preponderantly composed of men from this state were 1 Field commanded first Gen Richard W. W who The One Hundred fifth Forty artillery by Young was ws I later made a brigadier general in command of the Sixty fifth fifth Field artillery bri brigade ad and C Col l. l William Tilliam WilliamC Williama a C. C Webb eb The One Hundred ninth Fifty Field hospital commanded by Capt George Roberts The Sprague Ambulance corps commanded by y Capt H. H B. B Sprague L Tho The Three Hundred Sixty-second Sixty infantry of t the he Ninety first f or Wild ild West Yest division made U up 1 almost entirely of Utah men In Tn addition to these units Utah men were to be ba found in great eat numbers throughout throng other regiments of the Ninety first d division Many were to be found likewise in other army organizations Nor were th the pay navy or marine corps overlooked by young oung m men n from this state Th sc who enlisted in the thenay navy y nayer were er engaged in all parts where the highly important duties duhe of tIns this branch of service service were performed Utah earned distinction in the marines by contributing far m more ore than its quota for though the state ranked forty- forty 4 first in population it stood fifteenth in the number of r remits remus Not only in jn m mere re nu numbers but ut likewise e in the qua quality ity of its men did Utah score l heavily ily Some of its sons have been awarded the distinguished service medal oth others ers won the distinguished service cross and many were n ri n u I bI b I Individual achievements were wera conspicuous con con- In the tIit cases of ot General Frank Hines Innes In command of ot tho the de department department department de- de of or transportation and de debarkation de- de of ortho tho war ar department who i had charge chargo of transporting men and tons of of frel freight ht across the submarine endangered ered wa WR- wa- wa te 8 Brigadier General Richard W. W V. V i Young commanding the field ar artiller artillery artillery ar- ar tillery tiller brigade which after an ex exceptionally ex- ex l long ng and a arduous rd period of or training was about to swing Into action when the armistice was signed 4 Colonel William C. C Webb ebb commander of at th tho field artillery one of ot the three artillery regiments comprising com corn the Goth field lcM brigade Dr II H. B B. Sprague who raised and commanded command- command I I ed the Sprague ambulance corps an org organization which haa as seen long and extensive service at the tho front Dr G George Gorg Roberts the tho I hospital which was on dut duty dur- dur the some of ot the hottest fighting In V. V France C Cot CoL l. l H H. La T T. Cavenaugh commander com corn k pander mander of Cf the Infantry picked i b by Gen John J Pershing as one ono of ot t the ten leading heroes of or the war I reached here April When the ne' ne news s 6 G B 1917 that the United States State had I recognized the state of oC war forced I Upon it h by Germanys Germany's acts of ot aggression r slon sion arid and was abo about t to take tako Its part the world orld fray ra tho the information was I 1 with enthusiasm 1 Whole hearted ol Support i j. j Straightway Utah officially and un- un f. f Officially pled pledged ed Its whole-hearted whole support to the winning winning- of ot the tho war var The formal act of Congress after the little lIt tle f-tle tle group of ot willful men In the S Senate Senate Sen Sen- nate n- n ate and other obstructionists had hadL L been beon overwhelmed b by the country's deI de- de t inand for tor decisive action arrived here during durin the tho spring conference of or the I Church of Jesus Christ of or Latter day J Saints and the determination of Utah to take its part positively and without with with- 1 out ut reservation In th the righteous cause caus of ot world peace was expressed by tho the In late Into o Joseph F. F Smith president JI O of the church I IL t If It war ar should come corne and our soldiers I i are re called Into action I 1 would ask aRk v that hat the they do riot not go into the conflict 1 with the Idea ldoa of or destroying d Smith n said In part I r want sant the tho Latter Latter- day ay y Saints who may mal enlist to go o forth governed by hr the tho principle Peace on ona onearth a earth euth and nd good will toward all manI man- man I k They must remember that whIle 1 they hey ETC are soldiers of oC a a. country they ar are also Rho soldIers of th the cro crops cros I ministers of ot life and not death eath Let Lt them t teach toach ach the Veople the value alu of ot liberty Instead d of ot id onvy Educate hem m help U t lift t them up nn and thus ome sa saviors lors of men Let Lot Utah iol 1 ers live lives of ot virtue lives U of or purity P lives liven of ot honor and end not nol nolle MIC- MIC CUmb to the tho foil follies Ion R and nd sin like e the the theof of mankind The church wants want GI I ts Its soldiers t to be honorable In the tho I performance of their duties for tor the tho rood that is to b be accomplished We Wc do 10 doot doot ot want them to have a desIre to top p till and destroy destro the enemy We Ve want d h hem m to be bo guided by the two great great- reat- reat It tt principles existing or extant charty char char- ty y and love w.- w. nr WON I II I 11 C C. C W W. Penrose second counsellor tV the the war nr a Justifiable coni con- con 4 i Ilet for tor Its ItA basic principle was for J liberty bert nn rind and Justice of ot mankind if nf Pir It some one comes to destroy destro our 0 l nd id and our rl rights either on land lond or orthen e a a. a then we havo a divine lne right to td too 0 o forth h or and protect ourselves the eaker declared If It tho the of ot ofir J ur ir r countr country arc are Justified in th th's th course J ey pursue wo we must stand back of or l iem tern to protect our nation In such a awe out me o we go o forth not with a thirst r blood but for equity and rights of or On ien n If p peace neo rules the tho world It must 4 me through th the tho establishment of or eSI eS Tyranny and d despotism eti ft st be dana dono away with and It would l fin m that we are arc approaching the thee the te e when such will ill end The hour will 1 no 0 when God will turn theno deB de- de B 8 and peace will prevail pre and Christ I 1 1 be our king ther then officials ls Joined In those these senti- senti ts t and and the th conference pled pledged erl Itt It- It t h. h to the tho patriotic PO of backIng the government In inS S fits Ua efforts C 1 I Mother r Pledge Support ther th r or organizations and fc e no less outspoken In their ardor n of Utah numbering among many mothers with fonY gone eons Y v Uno would be bo drawn Into the theO they ly y conflict adopted resolutions In Inon 0 lion plon on b here re approving of or the declara- declara O promising to do clo their utmost S vcr means of ut sacrifice and ser S ice to aid the country in its supreme efforts Followed quickly performances to match these generous promises Recruiting I t I a g o offices ft I C CS V were e re thronged with young men of ot Utah anxious to get into the tho fighting In command of re recruiting recruiting re- re hero here then were Capt James Com Corn E E. Watson of the arm army Guthrie of or the navy navr and Capt Alfred McCallum McCalum Robbins Hobbins One of ot the first efforts was waG directed toward ln having an aviation school lo located located lo- lo here This plan met mot with tho the indorsement of or Rear near Admiral Robert Edwin Perr Perry who was In Salt Lake as asa asa a 1 guest of ot the tho club but though though- r repeated negotiations were carried car car- ned ried through In succeeding months based on on th the readiness of or Utah to support the flying lyIng service and the natural natural nat nat- ural advantages of or the tho valley this was not adopted Scored rake Up lip AvIation Ablation Scores of young men from this state however howe became aviators training at flying fields In other parts of or the countr country Several oral of ot these Including La Ia Mar ar aroson Nelson Murray McCarty and Leslie Pye pC got Into the air fighting at atthe attlio the Uie front and distinguished themselves in daring combats with the foe toe Meanwhile other military activities underwent prompt Impetus There was lu n Utah at tho the beginning of tho the war one haller battery of or artillery tho the famous Utah battery batter which had earned its laurels In tho the Spanish Spanish-Amer ican lean war ar one squadron of ot cavalry In Salt Lake E troop at Ogden I I F troop at Provo G troop at Mantl Manti and II H troop at Logan comprising a second I squadron Under authorization of tho the I Iwar war department these w were re merged Into an artillery regIment tho the One OneHundred OneHundred Hundred Forty fifth field artillery un under under under un- un der the command of or General Young This organization trained first at Jordan Narrows and was later transferred transferred trans trans- to Camp Kearny Calif Whore where I with the One Hundred and third Forty and the tho One Hundred fourth Forty it constituted tho the Sixty fifth hold field artillery artil artil- lor lery lory brigade During It Its stay at Camp Kearny the regiment gained marked athletic honors honoro In competitions with other regiments stationed there Its football team am and Its track team won championships of ot its division Roger Hoger Van Pelt Ottinger er Romney and Harry Green Gleen well known Utah collegiate athletes ath ath- letes contributed materially to the records mado Gunner Gunners Sent O Or r en I The Tho gunners after atter an extended pe period pe- pe nod of ot training were sent Bont overseas After further strenuous training at Bordeaux tho regiment was sas under or orders orders orders or- or ders to go Into action when the tho signIng signing signing sign sign- ing of or tho armistice brought Its tI fighting fight fight- ht- ht InS big program to an end The regiment returned from abroad somo some months ago sailing from Brest Drost France Francc and I arriving in New ew York it was wag ordered to Logan Utah where it was de do- mobilized I The Sprague ambulance corps or organized or- or by Dr Sprague after going through h various preliminaries at Fort Douglas Doug trained at Camp Grant Rockford Rock Rock- ford tord Ill It went overseas and was wason wason wason on active duty at the front shortly afterward Following the cessatIon of ot hostilities the ambulance corps re remained remained re- re In France ministering both to soldiers and civilians Tho rho One Hundred Forty fifth field hospital under the command of oC Capt George Roberts wa was organized as a all distinctively ll Utah unit and retained I that Identity throughout Its activities In France Prance The field hospital returned to tho the United States recently arrivIng arriving ing ing- ingIn In New York after aller completing an important and distinguished service at atthe tho the front Utah Men Very Fit S Various because of at t special fitness were ere u assigned to important training training- duties In the United States and abroad In included Capt R. R D D. D Johnson and Capt diaries Charles Maybe Maybo of theOne Hundred an and ind Forty fifth field artillery who ho were assigned ai an Instructors at the tho school of or artillery fir Fort Sill Ol Okla la where they were later late commissioned majors F F. F B. B and d Louis 1 Farnsworth each ench t of whom after atter aiding In Jn the tho training 0 of various units a batter I of or coast cout artillery In France p. p Others 1 J I became instructors at various aviation centers During the protracted traInIng period pe po- po- po nod of ot the tho One Hundred and Forty Forty- fifth firth field a number of Its members Joined other units Among AmonS' these wore oro gunners who left lert for Camp Zachary Taylor lalor Louisville K Ivy Ky where man many won commissions Three regiments of or tho the re regular ular United States arm army were located at Fort Douglas Utah the Twentieth the Fort second Forty second and the tho third Forty In Infantry Infantry infantry In- In I fantry re regiments and Into these organizations organizations orga orga- went hundreds of or young men inca from Salt Lake and other communities of the state These men after atter being I transferred to various posts were foe fon the moLt part vart sent to France where thero th thy they p of or tho most fiercely contested en engagements u. u which marked the tho wars war's wind Utah's efforts lp Ip the na navy were manifested manifested man man- I largely through Individual rather than state units During th i l iwar war ar 1619 men were enlisted from state and ninny n of or these won exceptional I honors and carried hea heavy heare I re rei re- re i Exceeded Marines Quoin The Tha marine corps' corps appeal of th the Fight Utah First to got over or big In Here was an au organization with traditions traditions tra tra- running back to pro pre daye which from tho the inception of the tho republic has been out in front whenever domestic or foreign actions were to bo ho carried through Utah lads crowded the thc marine recruiting stations On au the tho first permanent Increase Increase in increase In- In crease of or i OO men the tho dl district of ot I Utah exceeded Its quota enlisting a higher percentage e than any district district dis dis- In tho the western division dl Official figures of or war time recruitIng recruitIng recruiting recruit- recruit Ing show that while Utah ranks s forty fort first In population amon among the tho states It was fifteenth In actual number of ot marines enlisted On a n. per capita basis Utah furnished furnished furnished fur fur- more marines than any other state slate I Before Detore the clo clOe c of ot 1917 more than applicants had been examined through h the local marine marino station Of or these were actually enlisted A great man many of or the Utan recruits were sent Rent over with tho the original marino marino ma- ma rino contingent While official figurea figures fig fig- ures urea arc are lacking It Is a conservative estimate that nearly 10 io per cent of the GOO marines marine who beat the tho Hun at Woods despite odds of or seven I to one were from this thIn district Other Utah men managed to get et across with replacement units so to that throughout the country's |