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Show "- - f BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD RICH-ARD WILLARD YOUUG, who j died last night at the L. D. S. hospital, hos-pital, following an operation. ' ' ' V i ! -,', f , . v V-' - - :.-.' i i ' y , ' ' ' t,t '4 ' i jt ; , .- i; .V'c"" r .i .. . c - ' b; ; ' ' ' ' " , L . i : FOREMOST 111 SOLBip DEAD Life of Leader in Peace and War Marked by Brilliant Bril-liant Service. General Kichard Willard Young, leader in many diverse activities of Utah, lawyer, law-yer, soldier, churchman, public-spirited citizen, died lust night at 7:20 o'clock at the L. D. S. hospital following an operation opera-tion for acute appendicitis. Gent ral Young became ill on December 21 and was operated on that day. A proffer of the use of the tabernacle for 1 he funera 1 services was made last night bv President Hener J. Grant of the L. D. S. church. Definite arrangements for the funern 1 await word from Cla rk Young ami Mrs. Virgil Dorton. children of the general, who are now in Washington, Wash-ington, D. Cf i - Curtis Y. Clavvson, former major in : the li field artillery, and Wesley E. : K ing. former state chairman of the American Legion, in the absence of Hamilton Gardner, commander, last night proffered the legion's assistance in j making the arrangements. A uniformed j soldier was placed on duty at the bier i of General Young in the undertaking j parlors of S. M. Taylor last night. A i resident of the Twentieth ward, where ! the general had lived for many years, ! will also stand guard at the undertak- , ing parlors until the funeral is held. The j I services will probably be set for Thurs- Ufiv. according to Bishop C. Clarence Neslcn. j Wins Brigadier's Star. i General Young was a Utahn through and through. He was born in Salt Lake April 11'. 1S5S; received his education in I Salt Pake, gave his services to the coun-trv coun-trv tirst with the famous Utah battery of Spanish-American war fame, then as commanding officer of the 145th held ar-tillerv, ar-tillerv, Utah national guard, trom which post he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and assigned to tlie 6r.th artillery brigade. He served the city and the state, tne city as a member of the council in la'M) ar.il ls.l, -and the state as regent of the Universitv of Utah, and trustee of both Hrigharh Young university and Brigham Young college. General Young was the son of tne late Joseph A. Young and Margaret White-bead White-bead Young and a grandson of the late Brigham Young. As a boy the general worked as carpenter car-penter and' school teacher, and for a time was telegraph operator for tho Utah Central railroad at Richfield. West Point Graduate. The general's military career began when he entered West Point in 1S7S. Graduating from the academy In 1S82 as a ; second lieutenant, lie was assigned to Governor's Island, New York. While stationed sta-tioned there he studied law at Columbia university. He was admitted to the bar of New S'ork in 1SS1. His first opportunities In the army came under General Winfield S. Hancock. ; who appointed the young officer to his staff with tlie rank of captain. It was . General Hancock who sent Captain i Young to Wa shington to assist in the i celebrated Swain court mart ial trial, j During bis early military career he serve J I with both the Third and Fifth field ar- tillerv regiments. While In the service in those early ' years he bad occasion to serve with the j j militia in a mob outbreak at Pittsburgh. ) I following which lie wrote a book called j j "Mob and Military." showing" the rela- I tionships between the two and the metb- j od of procedure best adapted to the j military for handling such trouble?, ! j Practices Law. ' Soon after this ho came home on r'ur-! r'ur-! lough and decided to resign from tlie I army. After consultation with Heber J. ! Grant and ot hers he decided to reina in I for a while, and was successful in get- ting an assignment to Fort Douglas. At ; tne expiration of this duty he resigned from active service to devote himself, to the law, in April. 19. Since that time General Young practiced prac-ticed his profession in Salt Pake, with the exception of tiie time he spent in the army during t he Spanish-American war, (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) 'FOREMOST UTAH ' SOLDO IS DEAD ; (Continued From Pago One.) i . j ; IV P'-i'imca- inv:rre--ti-:i and ; :-? v..rM j j WAT :(nd ".hen j.o .v;,s ;t O . -, ,1 r p ; UlO ' judicia-y of the Phiiipnbo- Island. J In po'itic 'Altera! enng was a iv:n- i ; be- of the I fmner.-ttie oartv. ami fk ai I vir-.r-nis part in the activities ml c;im-, I Paigns of rlu state and natirmal ortaniza-I ortaniza-I tiori. His name bus he'Mi mentiinied most I I prominently since bis n-tiirn from l-'rance! as the probable candidate for the party's nominatani for governor of Utah, at' tho j I -i-- t it 1 1 h next year. ' I At tlie out'oreak nf the war with Spain j be enosted wit i the I'lah ,obm ter-rs audi was made captain of A bat 'cry. Mel bad previously held the rank of brigadier general and command ing officer of the i'lali national guard, which title ire was given in 1X!M. Serves in Spanish War, Kir si as battery commander and later as major in command of tlie L'tah battalion bat-talion he took pHrt in twenty-five engagements en-gagements d uring the Spanish and Fhll-ippine Fhll-ippine troiti'k-s. The activity of the campaigns cam-paigns in which lie shared is indicated by two instances, one when his horse was shot from beneath him, the other when- one of his boots was shot from his toot. At tiie conclusion of hostilities he be-r-c me assoeia te justice and president of tlie criminal branch of the supreme court of the Philippines, and served there for two years. President Giant tetls of the financial sacrifice which General Young made at the time, and in a recent article ar-ticle in tlie Juvenile Instructor wrote; "It was a 'great financial nacriiice for him to volunteer, but in the providence of tho Lord, the statement hat 'sacriiice I brings forth the blessings of heaven was fully justified in Richard's case, as it ' t urn eel out that his appointment as au-I au-I pp-mi? court judge, together with a very splendid, increase during his absence in ! t he valno of one of his Investments in VI ah. which he cabled me to sell, but which cable J disobeyed, more than made up for the things lie so willingly sacrificed. sacri-ficed. "Honest to Core." "Richard W. Young is honest to the 1 very core. Ke has been reliable and trustworthy in all the walks of life. Ho lias been honored by being president of the Irrigation congress. . and he is an intimate friend and is highly respected by some of tlie leading men of our nation." President Grant said ' lasi night: "The death of General Young Is an absolute and distinct loss to the state. Pre was almost entitled to be called the foremost fore-most A merican of l'tah. General Young was the. peer of any military man or of any churchman in the state. "He was one , of those characters who had no enemies. As long as I had known R i eh a r d T had ne v e r k n o w n a n yon e who did not like and admire him. We were schoolboy companions, and I had always considered him my nearest and clearest friend. Me had been my associate in the church and in business and his death is a great sorrow to me. "General Young won for himself a national na-tional reputation and was a foremost citizen, citi-zen, not only of l'tah. but of the L" nited States." ', -.; Commands 145th. After his Philippine experiences General Gen-eral Young again took up' his legal practice prac-tice in Salt Lake, and continued until the I'nited States entered the world war. When the 1 45th field artillery was organized or-ganized from the L'tah national guard he was appointed colonel and placed in command com-mand of the regiment. The announcement announce-ment of his appointment was made at a public patriotic meeting held at the Salt Lake theatre June I'T. lrilT.- - General Young was in command of the l-r-th during its days of preliminary training at Camp Kearny. California. His efficient work at the head of the Utah regi ineitt won the immediate recognition of the division and brigade commanders. command-ers. When a vacancy occurred in the command of the Cr.th field artillery brigade, bri-gade, of which the Hr.th was a unit. Colonel Young was given his star as brigadier general. General Young and his staff were assigned as-signed to duty in France, -and he remained re-mained In command of the brigade until its return to this country a fter the armistice ar-mistice had been signed and before his men iiad had their opportunity at tlie front. A strict -disciplinarian, yet ever alert to give his troops every possilfle care and consideration, General Young was one of the most popular officers among his men that ever commanded Utah soldiers. Member of Legion. When the organization of the American Tjeglon was begun in Utah, General Young became one of its strongest supporters and presided at some of the earlier meetings. meet-ings. When Bonneville post No. 20 of the legion was formed in Salt Lake, he became be-came a charter member and was active in the affairs of the post. In affairs of the L. D. S. church Gen-I Gen-I eral Young played an active pan since j lie began to attend Sunday school in the old Thirteenth ward. In 19u4 when F.n-slgn F.n-slgn stake was organized he was chosen ; president and had served his faith in : that capacity ever since. He also served on the general board of the Y. M. M. I. A., and as a member of the council of the thirteenth quorum of seventy. General Young 1s survived by his "widow, formerly Minerva Richards, and by the following children: Richard W. Young. Jr.. Clark Young, Mrs. Adam S. Reunion and Mrs. Virgil Dorton of Washington, D. C. : Mrs. lAicean Ray. Miss Mary Sessenden i'onng. Mrs. Samuel D. Thur-maii, Thur-maii, Ralph Young and Truman Young. Governor Deplores Death. Governor Bamberger last night said of General Young: "I regard the death of General Young as a great and irreparable loss to .all the people of the state, regardless Of tlfir religion re-ligion or politics. Tt was my privilege to appoint him colonel of the M5th f ieSd artillery, ar-tillery, u nd none of my appointeew has given better or more notable service to the state than General Young. Mis death hrings a deep grief to me personally;, as I had known and admired General .Young for many years and had come to regard him as a great soldier, an able and public spirited citizen and a true friend. ' |