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Show UTAH'S WAR RECORD " LAUDED 81 I0B i Brigadier General Praises State's Soldiers at Stake Conference, The part qt Utah residents in the war was highly praised by General Richard W. Young, president of Ensign stake, at the quarterly conference of the stake at the tabernacle yesterday afternoon. He lauded the loyalty and willingness to make sacrifices on the part of soldiers and citizens alike and recounted impressions he received as brigadier general in the army. The morning session of the conference con-ference was held in the assembly hall and was addressed by President' Heber J. Grant and President C. W. Penrose. . Apostle R. R. Lyman and Bishop John Wells. The concluding sessions were held at the wards of the stake last night. Mr. Lyman made a brief talk at the tabernacle. "It might seem useless for an organization organiza-tion to drill and study one and one-half years, without having opportunity to put in effect what it has learned," General Young stated. "But perhaps it is better bet-ter to return Unscathed than to be maimed and a hero. There is a saying that it is better to be a live mouse than a dead lion. "Those of us who did' not participate in actual conflict honor those who did and we read, almost with envy, of tiie extraordinary ex-traordinary acts performed by men upon whom were conferred the distinguished service cross. I can say on behalf of those who were not in actual battle that they were ready and willing to show their loyalty and patriotism against the foe. Of Utah's 20,000 or 25,000 soldiers and sailors there was not one but who was ready to lay down his life. "The service has njade men of boys, has strengthened their character and enhanced en-hanced their usefulness. When I was in the regular army service several" years ago the government made few provisions for the moral welfare of its soldiers. A change has come, however, and the United States now is the guardian of the morals of its men. The soldiers have had higher and inore useful instruction on morab matters than they had in civil life. Never 1 ti. the history of the army have the men received such splendid physical education." Among the qualities of the ideal soldier, General Young said, are mural and physical physi-cal courage, honesty, unselfishness, modesty, mod-esty, truthfulness, patience, obedience, dependability de-pendability and efficiency. Bolshevism will run its course in Russia, maybe Germany Ger-many and other nations, in a year or two and the normal, common sense of the people will triumph. General Young stated. He pa ifi high tribute to the work of Major Willard Christopherson and Chaplain Chap-lain B. H. Roberts of the 145th field artillery. |