| Show O1DND YOUNG vn J i i I Heroes of Two War MIngle at Sal aIr I GRAND ARMY EXCURSION PINE PAAE BEvi ± wED BY THE GOVERNOR + 1 i Interesting Exercises at Slar I chiding the Presentation of n Beautiful Banner to Maxwell Post Governor Wells Splaks of the Philippine WRA Sold r Day 4 I Veterans of two wars mingled inc in-c immon reunion at Sal air yesterday The graybeared and snowyhaired boys of 61 greeted a comrades the boys of 9S I was the annual G A R state excursion ex-cursion and the big pavilion swarmed all day with soldiers Slouchhatted veterans of the civil war btermen I In picturesque khakI volunteer caval rmen In blue and yellow dusky regulars lars from Fort Douglas spick and pan national guardsmenal were there Gave Fine Parade The movement upon alair was pre ceded with a parade through the prInt cipnl streets The demonstration was In honor of the returned yolujter and all along the line of march the veterans and the younger generation of soldiers were heart cheered Governor Gov-ernor Wells and star reviewed the parade rad from the balcony of the Ken on hotel and greatly enjoyed the spectacle presented by the old and new veterans veter-ans From the G A R hal General Pen rose and his aides led the procession to West Temple and Third South and up Main street to First South and south to Second South thence to the Rio Grande Western Following came the First Regiment bad and Department Commander Kalghn and his staff preceding the Mc Kean and axwel posts of the city 1 I I Gen Penrose Delivers Address of Welcome and the Sherman post of Provo 150 strong This division would have been much fuller had j the train bearing the large delegatot from Ogden not ben late Member or the Womens Relief corps occupied carriages and eighty of the national guardsmen followed The special guests of honor the Utah batterymen and other returned volu ter about fifty in number marched with the dignity and precision of regular reg-ular soldiers Governors Saute The boom of cannon saluted the 415 rain bearing Governor Wells and his staff Seventeen guns a governors sa lutewere n fired by a squad of members of troop C Ninth cavalry commanded by Post Ordnance Sergeant August Lange Sergeant Irvine and Corporal Parker Immediately the exercises began In the pavilion under the direction or De partmdnt Commander 1 lii Kalghn He E G Hunt offered the opening prayer and then Colonel Kalghn introduced Intro-duced General W H Penrose General Penses Address The general spoke eloquently of the glory and renown which have been won t for our cpuntr by our soldiers and sailors of all ages He told of the great generals and admirals which America has produced but added that they would have been Impotent Indeed I they had not had behind them the enlisted en-listed men the rank and file I was the men who shouldered the guns he said who after all earned and deserved the greater credit Of the Utah artillerymen General Penrosc spoke In glowing terms that made the crowd cheer at every other word and set the young fellows In khaki who sat with the G A R veterans vet-erans In front to blushing furiously O Young and Grant General Penros spoke especially as men whose names would not be forgoten In Utah Inclosing In-closing he welcomed the veteran of 161 and 1865 and of 189R and 1R99 to j thisjoirit reunion and bade them mingle min-gle together as loral comrades and defenders of the flag Major Grat Coed I Major rants aprearar e as he wils lntroducedby Colonel Kaighn was the signal for a volley of cheer The major I ma-jor spoke so low that amid the multiplicity mul-tiplicity of noises of a big crowd he could scarcely be head ten feet away I He spoke of the hardships through I which the baterymen had just passed and said that they had suffered much probably hut not a tithe what the vet crane of the civil etr had buffered for the fag The fact that the veterans of both wars had fought under the same fag war for the same cause of freedom should knit them close he said and make them comrades indeed Colonel Knlshn then spoke briefly of the effort which Is to be made to bring the G A R national encampment to Utah next year and urged hearty cooperation co-operation In the work Presentation of Banners Then came a pretty ceremony A handsome banner had beeR made by the ladles of Maxwell pot Vomens Relief Corps for Maxwell post G A Relef Cors R and i was presented by Mrs Net tie Palmer of the Relief Corps to Commander Com-mander Owen of the G A R Ir Palmer In a bref address spoke oC the hardships through which all the veterans hardhips eras there young and old had passed She was proud that Utah had proven In 1898 that her sons were of the same stuff as the men of 61 and she concluded con-cluded by presenting the banner to Commander Owen saying that she hoped i would be considered a token + + + + + + + + + + + + + + f + f + + + + + + 1 + + + + + + + 41P J iii1 > 4 I ° i see i + cfI urn 2 p icP4 F it MRS PALMER PRESENTS A BANNER TO MAXWELL POST + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 + + + ± ± + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 + + + + + ± I of lasting regard of the women of the Relief l Corps for the Grand Army Of do aJ I the Republir Commander Owen said In receiving the banner that whIle It would never see aught but peaceful gatherings of the members of the organization or-ganization he represented i would always al-ways be cherished in remembrance of the noble women who gave It The banner ban-ner Is of blue silk with a G A R badge and the words G R Maxwell Post No5 Sal Lake In Its front and the inscrIption Presented by G R Maxwell Post IV n C Aug 23 1893 on its back Governor Wells Address Governor WellS wa then Introduced and he spoke feelingly of the work the soldiers of the two recent wars had done Addressing the civi war voter ans he said that their had been the task to reunite a severed union They had seen It severed and fnaly restored and a rear ago they had seen those men whom then they fought spring to arms againthis time to fight with their old enemies for the common cause of their common country And then to the younger veterans of Luzon Lu-zon he said that the cause in whIch I they had fought was the same na that I of thirty years ago While the result of that earler war was to free 4Ot000 human beings this one will free 10 I 000000 Cannot the same get govern mont he went 01 that has established estab-lished justice to the negro and the Ka nak and the Porto Ricans and the Cubans bo trusted to establish Justice to the Filipinos I fault Is found with those who are conducting the war In the Philippines that they are destroy lag life instead of saving life cannot you reply that If during the civil war It was necr to be cruel in order to be kind H Is as necessary now and finally cannot you say with Lincoln that I God wills that the war shall cntnlo until all the wealth pie by I the bondsmans 250 3at f unrequtted I toll h f ea sunk find until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shal r I pad by another drawn with the sword as was aid 3000 ear ago so still It must be said The Judgments of the I I Lord are true and righteous altogether I alto-gether The Star Spangled Banner by orchestra I or-chestra and audience cloead the ceremonies cere-monies and a the grand hymn rose there came again the boomln of cannon can-non a national Slutefortfve guns The rest of the day Wa Informally enjoy d A squad of militiamen under the command of Captain Hassing and Lieutenant Durnd gave an ehibiton drill and there was dancing and bath lag and boating The firing squad of regulars were dine as the guestS of Major Stanton and afterwards for a hal hour or more they sang delightfully to an approving crowd Nearly 500 Ogden people Including the two Ogden posts John A Loon post commanded by H E Stele and John A Dixpt commanded by John Stod dar cao down and participated In the excursion Quite a number of morn hers of IV T Sherman post of Provo le by Commander James Hem were also In attendance |
