Show MILITARY TROUBLE A 4 veterans let erans adieme lu in a iti QUARTE department or OF br CEH n CORINNE UTAH sept a 18 I 1 I 1 rots major general stephen lavin in reply I 1 to an unprovoked 0 insult offered him in the iho dai dila ly mail of this city on the iho 21 A inks intent it protests proto eti that tle the under undersigner undersigned signed lt ll offended at tho the slander ol of that riper paper when it said iid tho the stars I 1 wore at t the review on oa sunday were erected erect cil out oat of old blacking bla oking boxes it is il A confounded lie as I 1 tm am ablo able to prove for I 1 they hey were made of 0 tho the purest coio eilber direct irom from the mint the stars stara aro are six six in number with wilh sixty points on each star blar four our of which I 1 me on my shoulder straps lad tw two 0 tor for sa spender buttons in ia hot weather lo in the contra centre of each star etar is a shield set let in saddle rock hock oater shells I 1 have also lao I 1 button for in my y finger find it ring for or the birt bairt c ollar collar made of the irime material as tho the above and twenty five stars atari oa the flap of my war saddle the ring has a fine con euf graying 0 of a prairie dog hol holdia lioe lie aa lis over his bis head an and a amo smoking ing a c cigar r so 80 mach lor r the asfari ablao iod abes do dorod r by abo bearb b mal LI fellow allowa el lowa they aro are jealous because the jeweler don t in ia their they also told that a citizen bit me io in tho the blout which is another libel as ai tile man only struck mo me on the coo making a scratch like uie the scratch of a pick ate aie and no more than that aad so d when the iho mail beail raid I 1 ran off like g flying y i ng from h hostile no t ife 1 lodiana lodi 0 1 I i a aoa a s it 0 oat as t a 0 a blur 1 u r on a ma man n 0 of f bo honor n 0 r p t abo b e m aado m e D aa 8 they did on oil my stars I 1 ask those editors it if they know what tho the calibre of my contains conti ing moro tha their awo with Witha a strong forcest urea at ray commard I 1 could cougil drive them out oat ot of tho the depart department lut but I 1 donl want to ans waste 0 ammunition ou on buch anch tut jews please put in Tit imir and send a copy cc to toy loy chief of ot blaff U viv major general Oe |