| Show JiiTHE TOJffll SPAIN Letter en the Subject from Die First Presidency Presi-dency to Governor WellsLatterday iulij Should Respond with Alacrity to the Governments Gov-ernments Call ni nxculh office c Bull Lake City Utah April H IMS To the Editor I amJn receipt of thiiccompan Ins let I ter trim the FIrst Presidency of the Church of Jestn Christ of Lattcrday Saints which I should tie pleased to have you publish Very respectfully linucri JI WLLLS Ooenor I Office of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesin Christ of Latter day Saints Salt Lake City Utah April 28 1SSS ITon IfetKT it Wells Governor of the State of Utah Dear Governor We have read with much interval your procMmntton to the People of our State In which you collIn coll-In response to the proclamation of the President of the United stales for the entlsUntmt of too mm to furnish Utahs quota of tho 125000 volunteers called far by tho President to serve In the oxmy of tho United State for two years The people tthom ne represent ore lovers of peace and would do anything In tholr powr sonslstent wltb honor And the patriotic duty which every clll len owes to his country to avert war and Its dreadful train of consequences Becnuso of this feeling we have been led to admire the counts which hM teen taken by President McKlnley throughout this Spanish Imbroglio and we have hoped that his efforts to pre erve peace between the two countries I would result In success Hut war line been declared and we liave It to meet Our cltlzenu are called upon to enlist and Utah Is I asked to furnish cavalry and batteries of artillery I artil-lery approximating COO men We trust that the citizens of Utah who are Latterday Stunts will be found ready to rcsinnd with alacrity to this call which la I made upon our State There was a time In the past when we wore called upon as a religious re-ligious organization to make a far greater 1 sacrifice than this under clr umlance that mere exceedingly painful Then there VMS no hesitation hesita-tion but upwards of onethird of the men of suitable ace formed a battalion battal-ion of COO left the camp and vol unteeml to take part In the Mexican war In like manner there should be OD heslttlon rely And me a lnccrI trust that your recruiting onicers will find our coreilglonsts as ready now to enlist ant march to the defense of their country as their fathers were In the days to which we refer Trusting thnt you will be eminently successful In raising Utah proper Quota of volunteers and praying that the Almighty will protect our nation In the hour of trial and assist us In our battles for humanity and right ve remain Very respectfully TYILFOUD woonuurr OKO Q CANNON Jos r SMITH First Presidency of the Church of Jcsui Christ of Lalterday Saint |
