| Show WOl FISH SAYS WELLS I GQveror Denounce Tribunes Assault As-sault Upon Major Young I ALL CLASSES INDIGNANT I ATY OFFCS CAL I OUTAGE iorus Expressions Prom Officers of the BatteriesTributes to M jor Young as An Officer and a Mlanderous Falsehoods Pub lshed By the Hanna Organ I The contInued assaults upon Major R W Young by the Hanna org In this ct are denurd by public of fclag battery officers and privates and by all classes of citizens Many people express aaeet that any Utah newspaper should be so utterly devoid of all sense of decency uterly sens decnc sO unpatriotic and s blgqtc as to shower abuse upm a bravo olcr a aeon a he returns I from a victorious rm victorous cpaign t ins na t1e state Denounce By Governor Wells Governor Wells Is Indignant at the charges made against Major Young by the Tribune He sad yesterday that they see to him to be wolfish wolfsh Major Young made one or the best soldiers In the Philippines and has as brilliant a record as any mare there said the governor yesterday afternoon I have never heard his ability a an officer nor his manhpyj ofcer mah questioned in connection wIt his servIce thee e cept by these statemeaba thee sttemet published In publshe 1he Tribune 1 know that he did aU in his power to have the batteries mustered out a Soon a possible He did not do sa when fighting was gOing on because that would nOt have been prp Rut he was foremost in urging the return of the Utah men ne soon a it was pS tibia for them to be te t b relieved from dutY Perhaps the did men not understand that possibly some or them do not know of his efforts but I do 1 11avcnt the slightest suspicion tat he tried t keep the batteries In the Phi ippines that he might have further time In which to make a campaign forte for-te position for chief justice of the Islands The officers with Whom I have take say that the suggta is ab srd Thee Is not one Or them but has declared Major Young to be an efficient and brilliant officer watchful of h men and solicitous for their corn tort Tho soldiers of the Philippines were sent home In the order the went out by direction or the war department > depart-ment Neither Major Young nor anyone any-one else could have change it A Wolfish Attack I cot udetn he motive of the Tribune I maintains that the news is being given but it seems to gven mo that there Is se other motive for these attacks Were Major Young a candidate for office the might b ex cusd for politics Is supposed to give warrant for more bite attacks than I fats jtf However with nO cam I pg on these attacks seem to mo to be wolfIsh AU that his detractors may say cannot can-not dim his luster a a officer and a t gentleman He was a soldier and knew his business thorugh twenty years i ago Tee were no dark spots upon l his record then and I have not heard i It ale d that there are any now A < to his popularity I know that he is ex trernely popular with me but of curse I I cannot speak for others Utah may i be congratulated upon having the mat ma-t jor of her battalion single out for the j distinguished honor that have come to 1 Major Young I a grateful to him I for the part he played in drilling the S batteries and In making them the most efficient aUC in the Philippines and making the name or Utah all through l the army and all over the world Unjustified Says Cal Burton i I Adjutant Gene Burton sid that r he had heard nothing to Justify such I cattadts upon Major Young I I The only meal know of who have J said anything against him a those who have perI grievances One of these quote In the Trlbu4e has come t me today and said that he had cn the most brIlliant f sidee Major Young brHLt f officer In the Philippines His positIon I is altogether misunderstood from what appears in the Tribune f I An Outrage Says Crtchow Captain Criclow was emphatic In Captan I his denunciation or the Tribunes course Its an outrage nothing less he sad and comirg from a home f > paper as It does It seems particularly I never unfortunate and laddsed 1 had hcard a whisper that would gc to show that Major Young was unpopular with the men until very recently I I think the feelIng If there was any was I confined to a few men In the battalion discontented and dtssatis J who were discontente dlsts fed from the fIrst I arose out of a misapprehension a erroneous Impression Impres-sion by these men that Major Young was not anxious to have the battalIon return They thought he wanted to use the batteries to obtain favor from s A General OtIs that ir he kept the bat I teries In Manila he would obtain a per I t2res mnent position there As a mater of fat Major Young was as anxious or i more anxious than any of us to come home He wanted to get back here md then If General Otis needed him i to go back to ManIla again As to his I not caring for the batteries enough to l MY godb to the no one was more chagrined and paned than he when the 0 lancoclt pulled out of Iania bay j wIthout giving him an opportunity tot to-t bid us all goodby I consider Major Young the most 1 popular officer In all the army In the Philippines With all alike he was popular and not until a short time ppular ago did I hear rumors that same of the men dId not like thim For my own part I respected and honored and loved him a a man as well as a fellow of fleer and I regret more than I can say i r i hat this mater has come up J Deplored By Wedgewood Captain Yecgwold deplored the f whole mater hI can say flatfooted or my own part he said that I had t DO knowledge whatever that Major Young was making use of his position with the batteries to advance himself and you can never convince me that lie did for he is not that kind of man i His first thought was always for his t men and their comfort and welfare 1 t and 1 cannot believe that he was In t an way to blame for our being kept H in he Philippines H i Lieutenant Hines Tribute c Lieutenant F T Hines when asked 4 if there vas any justification for the i Tribunes attack upon Major Young replied None hateor I was greatly great-ly surprised that anything of the kind should happen Major Young was one or the most efficient and capable of fleets In the Philippines and was hell fcer c in high estmaton by all his associates I I cnt find words eloquent enough to l express my admiration of him as an officer and a man He Is certainly a 1 grand man Lieutenant Webb was avers to being I quote at ail There Isnt a better man In the wholl country than Young I about said he it and tats all Ive got to say |
