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Show Commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. Will Be. Warmly I Welcomed hy Residents of City. 11 TO DELIVER ADDRESS H IN THE TABERNACLE H Parade, in His Honor Monday Afternoon Will Be Unique as Well as Inspiring Affair. The inspiring of patriotic enthusiasm is tho ' purpose behind a- nation-wide tour now being .made by General Wash-ington Wash-ington Gardner, commander-in-chief of 'M the Grand Army of the Republic, who jH will arrive in Salt Lake City at noon today from Ogdon. In the Junction City yesterday Commander Gardner attended the annual meeting of the do-partment do-partment .of Utah, G. A. E-., the session of which continued all day and closed with a "campfiro" meeting last night. Upon his arrival today Commander Gardner will bo met by a general corn-mittoe corn-mittoe .composod of members of the G. A. B. and of tho Elks' lodge and es-cortod es-cortod to the Hotel Utah, whero ho will be the guoBt of the Elks during his 6tay in Salt Lake. At 2 o'clock this after-noon after-noon he will attend tho services in tho tabernacle, and at 4 o'clock will bo tendorod an informal reception at tho Elks' club. Tomorrow morning, he will be given an automobile trip over the IH city, and in the afternoon will review jH a parade In his honor: At 8. o'clock ' ' jH tomorrow night ho will address a meeting to be held in the tabernacle-and tabernacle-and at which he will deliver the mes-sago mes-sago he is carrying into the capitals of all the states of tho union. Special Decorations. In honor of the visit of the highest ranking official of tho G. A. Ii., spe-cial spe-cial decorations have boen placed on jH Main street. Business houses it is ex-poctod ex-poctod will decorate tomorrow, so that tho parade in the afternoon will lead through a lane of flags and bunting. IH The battalion of high school cadets jH will form a special section of the pa-rade. pa-rade. It will bo the first public ap-pcaranco ap-pcaranco of this year's batallion in tho new uniforms and carrying the new n-fles n-fles which havo just been received from the war department at Washington. In order that the veterans who are unable to stand the strain of marching in tho parade may be in attendance, it is urged by the committeo in charge that all citizens who can do so will do- nate the use of their automobiles. Those who can co-operate with the com-mi com-mi t tee aro askod to telephone at any time to Wasatch 60S or to Wasatch 50U, Wasatch 4143 or Wasatch 1151 on Mon-day. Mon-day. The veterans are to report to IH thoir commanding officers at the south gates of tho tcmplo grounds Monday afternoon at 3:l'o o.'clock. Adjutant General E. A. Wodgtvood of the Utah National . guard will be tho grand marshal of tho parade, and will have Major W. G. Williams and Others as aides. Formation of Parade. Tho 'formation of tho parade will b& as follows: jH Platoon, of pollco. High school, cadet band. High school cadets. Commander-in-Chief . Gardner. ' Members of the G. 'A. R. Confederate veterans. jH Govurnor Spry and staff. IH Spanish "War veterans. IH Mayor Saniuol C. Park and city com mlsslonors, Members of the Elks' lodge. Superlntondont D. H. ChrlBtensen. Prin-clpal Prin-clpal George Eaton of the hujb school and members of the hoard of education. Citizens in automobiles. .H School children under the guardianship of tho ElkB' lodge. The formation of the high school band and cadets and the automobile divisions of tho parade will bo on West South Temple stroot, the foot of tho division forming on tho south side of tho street and tho automobile on tho north side. Tho school children will form on North Main street. Tho parado will move at -I o'clock, and will travel over a routo ombracmg Main street to Pourth South street, east to State street, north to South Tomplo Bircot, west on South Temple street to within 150 feot of tho Hotel Utah, where it will halt and remain nt ease until Commissioner Gardner, Govornor Spry Mavor Park and tho moinbora ot the" board of education shall havo reached tho balconv of tho Hotel Utah. The parade will thon pass boforo tho roviowing party, moving, west on South Temple streot and disbanding. Reception to Follow. Immediately following tho parade a reception will be, held in .the Hotel JM Utah in honor of tho visiting qom-mnndor. qom-mnndor. The rocoption committee s competed of Maior W. G. Williams, Superintendent D. H. pristonsen, George A. Eaton, Captain W. C. Wobb, S. A. Maginnis. Judge J. E. Jrick, IH Judge' W. M. .McCarty, Judge I). :N. Strauy, Judge Georgo G. AiDKtrong, Judgo M. L. Ritchie, Judge'- C. W. (Continued on Pago Ten.) ? I BIG RECEPTION I BEING PLANNED FDHJAfiDNER 'j CommanHeTrin-chief of ' the I j GL A. R. Will Be Warmly M Welcomed by Residents M of City. H r (Continued from Pago One.) $ Morse, Judge T. D. Lowis. Jnuo F. 0. m i) Loofbourow, Colonel M. M. Kaighn, M. Vs . M. Warner, L. IT. Smvtb, Robert Mareh, fr John Dern, Hobor M. Wells, W. H. m Shearman, H. W. La-wronco, B. C. Mor- : ' ns. C. S. Pulvor, R. Ohlor and J. II. St J Ball. Governor Spry, Mayor Samuol M O. Park and Commander Gardner will m ' occupy plnccs in the receiving line, flip'-4 The programme to bo rendered in the n H M J tabernacle tomorrow night, and at 'ft it 1 vrMch Colono1 M- M- Kigfln will act iim as chairman, is as follows: 1 iIlT Patriotic airs on tabcrnaclo organ. If Mx ' Invocation . . .The Rev. Potor A. Simpkln ; Cf, BjL -f Singing. "Glory and Love to tho Men JJ3IG. il of Old" .Tabernacle choir fHBi-1 Introduction of chairman by depart- ?jj0' a mont commander Reuben Ohlor , JJffiU Address by clialrman. .Col. M. M. Kaighn RrM Address of welcome on belinlf of lim i state of Utah Gov. William Spry iHJKuI' 1 Singing-, "My Own United States"... fSggH-.i Miss Lillian Phelps ASM ji Address of welcome on behalf of Salt ilSfjjf V Lake City Mayor Samuel C. Park BuIk' 5 Response... Genoral Washington Gardner J On behalf of tho' Grand Army of mail T the Republic. VUm t "The Flag Without a Stain" UEWfr -J Mrs. Stella Angel Fletcher Infra1 f Address. S. A. Maglnnls iHiUS, J Exalted ruler of tho Elks' lodge. LfK J Groctlng to General Gardner from school BaH, 7 children of the public schools of Salt Bmm Lako City, delivered by George M. Sul- WiTllJ llvan, member of the board of educa- BJtil i tlon- mEaf ( Singing, "Star Spangled Banner".... 'wH J Tabernacle choir iff aft j Benediction Dr. Seymour B. Young IS OGDEN VETERANS GREET COMMANDER j AT ENCAMPMENT Special to The Tribune. i OGDEN, March 14. Nearly one ham- i dred veterans of the civil war, repre- sentatives of all tho G. A. B. posts in ? Utah, woro drawn up in two lines of j blue when National Commander Wash- ' ington Gardner, their highest com- j manding officer, entered tho convention j hall today and received the official wel- come of a three days' stay within tho state. Through his pwn comrades the , state dollvcroa its best welcome to the distinguished guest when the lines of veterans responded to the order, "Sa- j lute the national commander I" The occasion was not only the welcoming wel-coming of Commander Gardner, but 1 also the annnal meeting of tho Depart- : ment of Utah, Grand Army of the Bo- ( public, tho sessions of which continued FOTJB new officers of the Utah department of tho G. A. B., elected at tho mooting in Ogden yestorday. Loft to right William Cromo, adjutant; Seymour B. Young, surgeon general; N. A. Heath, departmental commander; Charles H. Fryo, senior vlco commander. OFFICERS of tho DIx-Logan Post No. 3 of tho G. A. B., who woro hosts to Commander - in - Chief Washington Gardner of the G. A. B, iu Ogden yesterday. Left to right Temple Short, post commander; J. M. Brown, chaplain; A. M. White, chairman of the committee on axrangemezits;, H. E. Steolo, officer of the day; J. H. Weot-an, Weot-an, junior vlco commander; John Gray, officer of tho guard; W. N. ' Pierce, adjutant; F. G. Vallereaux, form'or post commander; Charles Eollow, quartermaster. from 11:30 o'clock this morning through tho day and including the 'campfire,, meeting tonight. In ad- dition to the veterans themselves there were present in tho city moro than one, hundred members of tno aucriliary or-' ganizations, Ladies of tho G. A. It. and the Women s Belief Corps. Both of those organizations also held their annual an-nual meetings during the afternoon. Officers Elected. The election of officers at the stato encampment of the G. A. E. resulted in tho seloctlon of an Ogden veteran, N. A. Heath, to succeed Commander tL H. Oehler, of Salt Lake City. The other officers of tho stato department are Charles H. Fryo. Salt LaRo, sonior vice commander; J. H. Newton, Salt Lako, junior, vice commander; N. I). Corsor, bait Lako, chaplain; Seymour B. Young, Salt Lako, medical director: H. W. Charter, Sandy, and P. G. Vallorcoux, Ogden, delegates to tho national encampment en-campment at Detroit, Mich.; W. L. Goodsell and W. H. Hathaway, both of Snlt Lake, alternates. The new members of tho council of administration, composed of one remro-Hentatlve remro-Hentatlve of each of tho five posts, are as follows: F. M. Bishop. P. J, Go-bol Go-bol and Louis Huffaker, all of Salt Lake; J. T. Smith, Provo, and A. L. White, Ogden. Commander Gardner roceivod his initial ini-tial welcome to Ogden when ho arrived here last night nnd was received by a committeo from Dire-Logan Post No." 3. After spending the night at tho Reed hotel, he was mot by a second committeo commit-teo composed of J. P. Rankin, vice commander of the state department; Captain R. T, HulaniBki, J. L. Wel-shans Wel-shans and Thomas Lundy. They escorted es-corted tho visitor on an automobile trip through Ogden canyon and about the city. Convention Opened. During the morning honrB the veterans veter-ans and their ladies from Salt Lake and Provo to the number of more than 150 arrived in the city and were escorted es-corted to the Woodmen hall, whoro tho convention sessions of tho G. A. R. wero held. At 11:30 o'clock Mayor A. G. Fell delivorcd an address of" welcome. Tn reoponso Commander Gardner paid an eloquont tribute to tho hospitality of his Ogden comrades and the people of tho city. At tho conclusion of his address the meeting resolved, itself into a reception during which even' veteran gripped tho hand of their national na-tional leader. For luncheon National Commander Gardner, the staff officers of tho stato department and entertainment committeo commit-teo 'of the local post wero the guests of honor at tho Weber academy. The business session of tho encampment encamp-ment was called to order by State Commander Oehler, of Salt Lnke, at 2:30 o'clock. Tho report of tho credentials committee showed that tho fivo posts of tho state wore represented as follows: fol-lows: Maxwell-McKean Post No. 1, Salt Lake, twenty-five; Dix-Locan Post ho. 3, Ogden, twenty-six; William T. Sherman Post No. 6, Provo, four; Oliver Oli-ver O. Howard Post No. 7, Salt Lako, thirteen; John Q. Knowlton Post No. S, Salt Lako, four; a total of seventy-two veterans. After the reading of Commander Oehler's address, the encampment paid its respects to Commander Gardner, Governor William Spry, President Joseph Jo-seph R Smith, of tho Mormon. church; tho ladies or tho auxiliarv organizations, organiza-tions, and tho members of the B. P. O. Elks in resolutions of thanks for their kind treatment in tho past. Following tho election of officers there was a brief recess, during which time the nntional commander visited Hio conventions of the W. R., C, and he Ladies of tho G, A. R.. which were Scing held in other halls. The final session ses-sion of the encampment boforo the ' "campfirc" meeting tonight consisted of tho fnstallation of officers elected earlier in tho afternoon. Thankful Resolutions. In tho resolutions passed by tho encampment en-campment gratification was ci-prossod that it was possible to have the national commander present and this was accomplished accom-plished by tho hopo that his stay in tho state would be a pleasant one. Tho indebtedness in-debtedness of tho organization to Governor Gov-ernor Spry was acknowledged for his patriotic labors in securing tho necessary neces-sary fundB to meet the expenses of sending both union and confederate veterans vet-erans to the Gettysburg encampment last summer. , The members of tho stato organization, organiza-tion, by thoir resolutions, rejoiced that tho last vesugo of unkindly feeling that separated too long the American north and tho American south had disappeared disap-peared forever and that it is now a nn-tion nn-tion of brothers, standing 'together under un-der one flag against tho remainder of tho world. President Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon churcli was tendored the thanks of tho department for his cour-tetsy cour-tetsy in granting tho use of the tabor-uaclo tabor-uaclo for the reception to the commander command-er next Monday ovening. In conclusion the resolutions expressed tho gratitude of the veterans for their kind treatment by tho people of Ogden, the Indies of the auxiliary orcanizations and the members of the Benevolent and Protective Protec-tive .Ordor of Elks. The resolutions committeo consisted of M. M. Kaiirhn, W. M. Bostaph, M. M. Kcstcr. J. m! Bowman and Seymour B. Young. The annual address of Department Commander Com-mander Oehlor, In part, was as, follows: In closing his year of service It Is proper for the department commander to review the evonts of his administration. adminis-tration. At the beginning of the year 1013 ihr; department had a membership of 2B9. During the year wo made thirty-live thirty-live additions and lost forty-one i twenty-seven by death and fourteen by suspension or withdrawal leaving i at Mi rnt nt ori , i j.,,, UJ mmnucra. Since then we have lost four by death and gained two by muster, leaving us at this dale 2-40. Wc have suffored an ospoclally great loss In the death of Past Department Commander Com-mander Wardlelgh, who, for the last twenty-seven years, has Installed our department officers. The great event of the rear was tho reunion at Gettysburg. Through the liberality of t'.ie legislature and the untiring efforts of the governor, sixty-three union soldiers of the civil war and nine ex-confedcratcs, living in Utah, were enabled to attend the reunion. Wc have reason to be grateful grate-ful that all returned safe and sound We have to regret that the only lent of (he Daughters of Veterans In the department felt, compelled to surrender sur-render 11 charter, and that tho revival re-vival of the Sons of Veterans which had been my greatest desire, was a failure. On the other hand, the Relief Re-lief corps and the Ladles of the Grand Army have gained In strength, and aro organizations of which we mav well feel proud and for which we should bo grateful. Although unable to revive the Sons of Veterans during the year, other organizations, not doomed to extinction In the manner of tho Grand Army, have manifested 'such a patriotic spirit, and shown by their regard for the comrades of the Grand -Army of the Republic a devotion devo-tion to the principles of our order as gives us assurance that those principles princi-ples will still be nobly upheld after we have ceased to exist. It was a matter of regret to me that I was physically unablr, to attend the International encampment at Chattanooga. I have visited tho various posts, corps and circles, and, while In existence, exist-ence, the tent of tho Daughters of Veterans, whenever possible. I wish to thank the comrades and sisters for the unvarying courtesy with which I was received. All seem to appreciate that they honor their department In showing courtesy to him whom the comrades have placed at Its head. To tho officers of the department I owe a debt of gratitude for their hearty support. It has been an era of peace and harmony, a continuance of which I fcavo no reason to doubt. Mio- underaUindlngB will arise, but let us i never forgot that "to err Is human, to forglvo dlvlno." g |