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Show HI SUCCESS II spmraiBoi Executive Committee of Latcff Grand Army Encampment Adopts Resolutions. JI CITY IS CONGRATULATED M FOR SUCCESS OF EY1OT Effort Will Be Made to ForgJ All About the Executive a Director. fl i At a special meeting of the execsj j tivo committee of the G. A, R. oni'iunnjl j ment, Monday, at tho Commercial clubyS I to complete matters of businoss con3W ( nccted with tho rocent forty-third ntSj! tional encampment, a resolution waal; adopted extending to the peoplo of thoj state of Utah the thanks of tho confS mitteo for the aid and support givejyB to the committee, and commondntionB for the manner in which the citizens carried on the encampment. Jkjl Comment also was made on the aoj lion of the executive direcior, Fra njU M. Storrett, in displaying what wnS thought to bo discourtesy and joojea business methods in carrying on tlml affairs of the encampment'. Wt. Resolutions Adopted. mm Following are the resolutions in fnllrS We. iho undersigned, constituting imjm local executive committee of the f JitvCT third national oncninnmenl of tlui GraiHlJ Army of tho Republic, having in charigsi the duty of arranging for th- reiH-.tlonjl and entertainment of tho said ruaunffH ment, having now reached the end of nifiS labors, take this method of "xtending rai tlio people of the stat.- of I'tTn our moCffi earnest thanks for their loyal aid airdjj support during the many in nubs thatfl havo elapsed since the inauguration ofp our work. w We congratulate our citizens upon MR If success of the encampment, as wiui"fsoa ft; by tho wide-spread and lavish oinnioiuiS f atlons coming from all portions of llftj R United States, and from all elassi-s d? 1 people, and particularly by jthc following I resolutions adopted uuanimo.islj 1a tlfcl encampment at the closing session of Hit? I official meeting: fll Resolved. That Iho forty-third national I encampment of the G. A. It., In session? at Salt Lake City, assembled, on August IS, 1900, expresses Its appreciation of 'tlio I boundless and lavish hospitality, courtesy i and kindness bestowed on Lit old sog ' dlers of the nation by Salt Laic- C'Im) P and tho state of ftnh. Never before In the history of our order ' have we experienced or felt in u groatdr degree the warmth of lot grtlitudS respect ami reverence which go out from ' tho people of the American nation to its defenders. We do not know how to express out gratitude in wor'ds. The cltiztns hayjjf poured nut their woalth to grot and eiiti tertaln us. ami the substantial bountiosfe with which they havo entertained us duflal Ing our stay uro dearer than gold. .fl It were Invidious to mention" the nainesfe of individuals or the names of civic oi religious societies. All efforts are blendedM1 for us in ono perfect whole. May you ever be the gem of a vasf desert made into a garden in a royal seti ting of matchless mountains, batlud inM an atmosphere of light and shade aSjl magical as that which envelops UalyM May good fortune and happiness be wlt'lrp you. ,jm Salt Lake's Position. s It is gratifying to us, as it doubtless Is to all our people, to learn bv actuaiK and satisfactory demonstrations that SaltjS Lake City is abundantly a bio to propeiTal handle the largest public gatherings Iha'iFi are held in the United Stales, and thaflj our citizens always prove no, mil to tliolfi demands, however great they may bdfffi that aro made upon their bospltalltv. JP We regret that it ls impracticable forli us to give due honor 'to each individuals who gave personal aid of money or timqlS to tho success of ihe encampment. ThisK aid was rendered cheerfully bv menlis women and children, old and voting, riclfl! and poor alike, its extent being IimitcdK only by the boundaries of tho state. Wp. We regard the labor and expense ren-S! dered necessary by the encampment asli having been well and wisely incurred!? The fact that tho great encampment wasfO held hero nnd that it was happllv 'cou-aP ducted, placed the stale and eitv "in thejN limelight of the most desirable publicltvjji wherever the English language is rond"f3l the lessons In patriotism and devotion to K the flag, taught by the presence among ft us of the aged and war-worn survivors E. of tho Civil war, can but provo of IneaP j: culablo and far-reaching benefit. I K We arc deeply gratified lo record the ft fact that the progress of tho encampment K was marked by no untoward event. nhichW: result was duo to the excellent work andM wise precautions of our various subconig mlttecs. fls Tho only discord discoverable in thojoi history of the event Is found in ihe d!s- appointment experienced by us becausom of tlio disloyalty, dislngunuousiicss, bntlfw taste, discourtesy, nepotism and Iooselft business methods of F M. Sterrett, tho Ji executive director, whoso selection fo the Important post was made necessary, yt by reason of the Insistence of manv of the most prominent memscrs., nationally,' of tho Grand Army of the Re public, lii view, however, of the 'splendid success of tho encamnment from all tho standpoints stand-points of Interest, we are of the opinion that tho unpleasant incident of his rrsi donee among us for more than eight months may very well and wisely bo for- gotten. Very respectfully, ; THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Forty-third National Encampment; Grand Army of tho Republic. Bv JOHN S. 1? HANSFORD, Chairman; FISHER HARRIS. Secretary. , |
