Show I A SOLDIERS FUNERAL Remains of Private LuffNaisbett Laid to Rest WITH MILITARY FHONORS FIEST OF UTA1lS VOLUNTEERS TO PASS AWAY Services Held Yesterday Afternoon i at the Twentieth Ward lrIeeting I HouseThe Casket Covered With the Stars and Stripes Carried J3y National Guardsmen The young citizen who promptly responds i re-sponds to his countrys call for volunteer volun-teer soldIers goes through all the vicissitudes vicis-situdes of battle bravely facing the storm of shot and shell and perchance dying before the shouts of victory are heard Is truly a hero No less a hero Is the soldier who while waiting for the command to go forward and walks his beat in garrison Is stricken with disease dis-ease lingers and dies The nation honors hon-ors its soldier dead The state pays homage to their selfsacrifice and gallantry gal-lantry ALBERT W LUFFNAISBETT Albert Wiman LuffNaisbett is the second Utah hero who consecrated his lIfe to his country and died in the performance per-formance of his dUly as a brave defender de-fender of the flag This patriotic and loyal Salt Lake boy was mustered into Captain Caines cavalry troop whIch left for San Francisco on May 24 That was a rnemcirable day The troopers were cheered along the line of march I and given every encouragement by their loving kindred and admiring friends DIED WHILE FIGHTING AGAINST DISEASE Near the entrance to the Golden Gate the Utah troop was encamped anxiously waiting to be called into active ac-tive service against the enemy PrIvate PrI-vate Luff was one of those who was taken sick with typhoid pneumonia HIs courage on the battlefield or skirmish skir-mish line had not been put to the test but his valor was proven For weeks he fought the dread disease which was infinitely more fatal In its tendencies than any hail of Spanish bullets or murderous attack by barbarous insurgents insur-gents THE SUMMONS CAME LAST MONDAY MON-DAY AU the while that Private Luff was In the hospital everything that medical skill could suggests was brought Into I requisition His comrades fond relatives rela-tives sympathizing friends and those ministerIng angels theUfdies of the San Francisco Red Cross society were untirIng in their ki1d attentions But through it all like the true soldier he murmuITcd nOt neither did he complain com-plain Private Luff did ot retreat The great commander who shapes the destinies of 3U armies took compassion on the faithful sick soldier and on last Monday attached him to his staff BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS PrIvate Luffs body was brought to his Salt Lake home for interment The funeral servIces were held yesterday afternoon at the Twentieth ward meeting meet-ing house The popularity and esteeem of the young soldIer who died In the servIce of his country was attested by the large attendance It was a patriotic yet sorrowful scene The edifice and I the grounds were crowded with relatives rela-tives friends and compatriots The floral emblems were beautiful appropriate appro-priate and symbolical of military honors hon-ors Bishop George Romney had charge of the services The invocation was offered of-fered by Elder George F Gibbs The funeral addresses were delivered by Elder El-der James Sharp Elder Herbert Foul gel and Elder R K Thomas Their remarks re-marks were full of consolation forithc bereaved throng The nobility of self sacrifice attention to duty and unfal terinb heroism at exemplified by Private Pri-vate Luff were dwelt upon by the speakers and the lessons of patriotism for the living were pointed out Exquisite music was rendered bY the lrlw 1i choir and BJdet John H Burrows offered of-fered the closing prayer As the cas leet enshrouded in a large American flag was borne to the hearse the detail of national guardsmen acting as an escort es-cort to the pallbearers saluted wIth a present of arms The firing squad under the command of Captain Lund led the cortege After the carriages containing the Immediate relatives came a large delegation of the national guard of Utah in uniform Several score of commissioned officers and members of the sIgnal corps the hospital corps and the First regIment of infantry were In lineS line-S At the grave afterthe benedlcti n was saId the national guard form dIn d-In line and at the command the firing squad discharged a volley and the bugle corps sounded taps over the grave of Private Luff Now a little mound marks his resting place but soon there must be an enduring en-during monument erected to fittingly memorallze the spot where the body of one of Utah brave soldier boys was consigned to mother earth May his sleep be calm and sweet until the soundIng of the revielle on the morning of the judgment day 5 4 f S j r 7 1 5 M4c1winj f ifty 4S 4 < tl S ftkfi77 1J 7 7 rii 7 j j S 1 I S fre hj I I 4 f t s H bW0 ¼ 2 I ItwTh ii 1iril q I ciI p i PR1VTLS 4 i LUPFN15JT y e REITvoitf S 5 INCIDENTS ATTaE FUNERAL |