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Show IlKNOW UTAH 1 By ALBERT I-. I'lllLlfS A parly af eM-llmara wara talking about lha lima haa lha army or tka I'nltad litalaa aa aanl Inta lha larTllory af l lah. Thla waa In HIT. Tha randaivaua (or lha army waa al Kort IMranworlb ana It waa plarait andar lha command of Oanaral llaraay. whlrh command waa rhanrad bafnra Waving Fort La-aramrorth, and Oanaral Albrrl (IMary John. ataa (Iran lha command. Tha fnrra numbarad a. logrlhar offk-ara. cavalry, artillery. Infantry, V-amalara, Markamltha, carpanlara and olhar tl-adaa-aira. In addllloa la Oanaral Jnhnaton. thara wara many other of fir ara wha horama famoua during lha Civil War, aa alaa a itumbar of prlvata cltlacna. a a a ' Oanaral Albert 8 Id nay Jnhnatoa waa killed at lha battle of Hhlloh. I la had beranie famoua aa a Con-federata Con-federata officer. Among lha ethera with tha army waa Commlealoner SlrCullough. who waa killed al lha battle at Pro. nidge. Ark.; General SlerAntoeh. wha wA a general In Petrel army, alao perlahed In tha battle of ra fudge. There waa Colonel AJeaander ttcUewett McCook. wha made hlatory; Captain Ran-dolpk Ran-dolpk It. Marry, whoaa daughter bar a ma lha wife of uaneral (Jem-fa B. SecClelland, aflerwarda a candidate candi-date for president ef tha Vailed Htatrm. Captain Marry made a. famoua march of Tea mllee la Camp B-oott an lilerka fork of Oreen river from fori kf aaaa-rhueetta aaaa-rhueetta la New Mexico. The march waa made In tha winter and tha men Buffered ualold hardehlpe, lha Inarch being made In order to obtain euppllea for tha army, whkk waa starring at lha camp near Fort ilrtdger. a a e Accompanying tha army waa a hoy who afterward after-ward bceeute famoua aa a orout and Indian fighter William Cody lUuffalo Wll. A man who became noiorloue during tha t'lvll war, alao with lha Iroopa under Marry waa wuantreU. who waa a captain cap-tain m tha Confederate eervlce and who led a massacre al Lawrence. Kan, August l. IMS, when ho almost deetroyed the town and wantonly killed 1-1 ef Its rltlsena. He died In Kentucky unhenored and unaung. With lha Marry command were two wha became ramaua hunters and trappers, ana of whom waa Kit t'eronn, who eceovipanled Kremont whan. In lltl. ha attempted tha famoua expedition to California. Carson, during tha Civil war, served the government wit greet energy In New Mcik-a, Colorado and tha Indian territory, eepeelally against Ihe Confederatee la Texas and the K'avalo Indiana. He had before served aa agent for Ihe Ute and Apache Irlbee. With klra In tha Marry command aa another famous scout, hunter snd trapper. Jim ftrldger, who waa the flrat white man to eea Ureal Mall lake. see Vtsh had been divided Into military ' districts, moat of them correaponding, ta the counilea of the territory, and la as hsd been ensrted for Ihe further organisation of tho mllltla. which waa kaewn by Ha old title, -The Nauvoe beaten." The legion numbered about toAa men. It waa lust before the federal troops crossed the Utah line when Governor Hrlg-ham Hrlg-ham Young proclaimed martial law. forbidding all armed forcea ta entrr the territory and directing the mllltla to repel any attempt al Inveetoe. s e -Tha proclamation declaring martial law waa dated fleptenthrr It. In!, and a copy of tha document waa furaarded to Colonel Alexander. ho commanded tha vaagaard of lha advancing army. aaa The proclamation of Governor ftrlgham ' Young was ignored bv Colonel Alexander who puelied hla troone on to I Ism's fork of Ureen river and there entebllehed t'smp Vi infield at a point twenty miles from fort llrldger. He reached hie ramp grounds on Heptembcr ZK having made forced marrhea for several days In order to overtake and protect Ihe aup-ply aup-ply tratna that preceded tha army acroaa lha flocky mountalna. |