| Show PEARSON AT tabernacle SPEAKS spEARs or OP HIS earr IN THE NAVY gives ft a description of the battle or of ItT manila atilla and plaines the walk ot of utah boys in philippines in company with U nider alemy P nic haidi tile rostrum at the Tabei tabernacle nacle just before the coin commencement of tin flat set fees yesterday afternoon still end was waa warmly greeted by the brethren then the hie word went out that ho be nasto was to speak to tile the congregation and all was lag expectancy when the young man maut final ly introduced c al to the audience it was c ildene th that L t only respect for the lime into and place pit the people final giving vent to their feelings anti and welcoming birn with alth mighty bursts bursia of 0 appl app I 1 uise pearson the pro fire pleasure at being once more at home and among ti ft lends and said auld that he appreciated appreciate ILL mote moie than ever I 1 the words of 0 tile the poet that thero there is no place like bottle boine while there may be other climes just as fair other i scenes just as beautiful the assoria tlona lions ot of early child childhood hooi surmount lit alt these theae and no place hoe however ver beautiful lit i complies with nith the place where it a man mail la is born pearson then told of 0 his early childhood lit in this state stale ot of hla his school life including a course at the university and ot of his eitran entrance into the naval academy at annapolis it li Is ten years since ince he entered the academy ills FIRST after a four years course lie he was sent to ses sea on a man of war ar for two to at years ors practical experience during his abt saba tence ence he tailed all the principal coun lilos tiles of t Etti elioue calle all the cities in the countries of northern africa ut f willie while on the bores of africa iila his ship received orders to proceed to san francisco tills this nip took them across the atlantic around cure cape iloni horn an and d up tile pacific to san francisco from froal there they mete ordered to annapolis to 10 take lake final examination for in ili the navy pear son lion haiti that the day upon which lie he received his ili as ai a naval cap was one of the happiest lit in ills life after a brief vacation ho he was uses attached to a man of m war or bound for china one of the greatest i lit in the arid with ill people enough there to down donn any other people in ili the world if I 1 they half hail the ill training Iral and leaders lead iTS ile ha spoke of various customs prevailing sluicing among this heathen people particularly their barbarous Inc modes incises ides of 0 punish menthe said the people of both china and korea are mote moie or less fill shiftless aliese and immoral and it Is a wide fuld field fu ld for the ille enlightened of the world to go and spread the principles of civilization and mortality morality it was wag while stationed in china that word reached the american fleet that tile maine had been destroyed then the asiatic squadron buas assembled at hongtong Hong kong the nearest port in ili china JO 0 o the philippine islands there they stele fitted out with mith everything they could hold in ili the way vay of supplies and ammunition ready for or any emergency elci word reached commodore dewey that he w as to capture or destroy the leet in tho the philippines As soon a as war vas declared tile the Ameil can fleet gr was ns unable to obtain any an supplies ata at any n Y surrounding ports they were 7 0 0 G miles ficai home and admiral deuell with aith a bold stroke rushed forward risking everything ever thins thing for the glory thal came later their fleet reached tile hip philippines philippine in three days daye and they of course began to look for the Span spanish lith neet fleet att at once they had hoard heard the stories about the entrance to the lilly bay being mined on oil tile last day of april they the harbor 0 of 31 manila arilla arid and riot nut having seen been tile the spanish fleet decided that it was the harbor all admiral laral dewcy called the commanders comman deia of all tile the vessels on tanard hoard his flagship and kaio gae anal olden coders for chatmas waa to come when the orders had been riven given they failed balled into thu flat haili or one behind the other they kne knew I 1 that hat tile they italic hing the hc spanish fleat and men stood at the gunk gume to ic any attack made otheir stood blood by tile hie boats to ill loner loer and save themselves in case the die ships beio sunk when daylight batko arid they were first neen by tile the spanish their fire are was mas trained upon the ali americans hut but the spar spanish hill fell short the fleet ste steamed ameda on low ovaid aid manila to see boa clial was aas there arid and received a batraw lec reception eption ind indeed ced TILL BATTLE OF MANILA tile the description of if file battle itself had licht be told in pearsons Poa on As soon as possible the firing rink mas aa licinia lic inin still and after that it 11 mas n simply a hebl for in flat hours acid a half hak or t three hours in alich time tile the spanish t feet was 43 utterly destroyed they land selected their own our ground anil and were mere lit at home while wo a were in ah place after tile light wo me went out to breakfast or tit nt least so you year have heard tile hie citory I 1 dont like to t spoil a rood good story but wo go K out 0 o breakfast exactly we had learned learne if that our air ammunition was short and pulled milled out one to take ak an account aunt of it it waa mas found that wo hall had plenty of ammunition on oil hand therefore There foie we had breakfast then ihen turned around and anil hed the spanish forts the spanish fleet waa mas all sunken and burning not a single american was nas killed and very few wounded the spanish had beta between teen ISO and killed and randsome some wounded I 1 hall had a cut lessily to see tile the spanish hospital and went through a day or two after the right and it ilai vita a sight eight to make the heart sick to see tile the poor fellows we sent our doctors on shore and we sent our marines on shore to protect the wounded finin the filipinos and did everything we could to help and comfort our fallen foe said lie he was elal to say that among the volunteers lit in tho the phi I 1 ip pines are it a great creat many front this thin fair state that the men there are full or of patriotism and bear a great many hardships in the defense 0 ot f their I 1 country to those who he have hav c jort trinda friends or relatives in tho the islands he spoke of comfort and said they a at t least would hive have L tile the that the youns young men had died in a good I 1 cause irk in artion that ours oura la Is a long buffering country always milling to attil where it can possibly bly be done but in case came artal trillion falls and we are arc lobbed blobbed of oc our r righta I 1 by a foreign country coun liy then we lie should rush forward and down domn the lot loit by force forca of arms it necessary in times of peace wo we must tor for var so BO let us build up our corr army r ya and 1 I navy that we ne may ever be read elder david Mc mckenla Kenle Preg president Ident angus 31 cainnon and joseph F smith also made be bilof let addresses all of m which aich aoe ere ot of a patriotic turn at tho th close of the tin the choir pane filing the star spangled danner banner then ahn was hafl called upon to address the members of the choir and did so BO briefly saying that he enjoyed tile the spirit it aich seemed seamed to pervade tin till members while singing the national air par I 1 the ladles lad ifa laid and assured thom them that it anle it sentiment like that which was evident it title they were singing tile iha song hone uhlee gave boca far to till the soldier sand and sailor when they ire are miles from home fighting the hattlee of their country after the singing of america the choir members and amny i others 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