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Show r A MEMORIAL FOR UTAH BOYS r The war is over. The American forces turned the I' balance that brought victory to the allied forces.. The armistice terms dictated by Marshal Foch mean uncon-i uncon-i ? ditional surrender for the Hun. The world is saved for democracy. , j 3 ' This we know, and for this we and' all the civilized J r world extend our thanks to the Supreme Being. President Wilson, in his address to congress herald-- herald-- ing the coming of peace and the triumph of civilization. i i has called attention to the consideration that should be .: given the conquered foe, now freed from the peril of allied" arms, but faced and engulfed in the red of revo f lution. Let us therefore be merciful and, withdrawing I our thoughts from the blood stained fields of Belgium l and France give consideration to the fertile, the green , i and the peaceful fields and valleys of Utah. ' . Our state,, nestling amid mountains and rivers, with a wealth of mineral and a bounty of fertile soil hat spells for all times productivity, has sent thousands oi ? boys in answer to the call of the government. 2 Among these thousandsr some have met a glorious 3 dfixth nn ih, fiVIrl nf battle and their bodies rest in the I soil of a nation made sacred by their lifeblood, shed for 1 the cause of all humanity. ' ; There are others who have succumbed to disease i, or accident before they had the opportunity of display- 2 ing their heroism on the field of battle. There are still i others who have appeared on the battle line who have ' I met the enemy face tojace have been ready to make the supreme sacrifice but to them has come not the glory and satisfaction of death, but they have returned home, crippled and maimed. ? There are still others who have answered the coun-: coun-: try's call either as volunteers, members of the national : guard or of the great national army assembled by means "of the draft a call to which all submitted and to which ,JT the best sons of our country responded and of these some will return. ' We will, of course, accord, our soldier boys a wei- "come when they return. We will also initiate a me-4 me-4 'morial day to be observed annually when we may pay tribute to the memory of those who did not return. But the duty, or rather the obligation and the privilege, does not end there. It is our privilege and our opportunity to make expression to the Utah soldier boys of our appreciation of their service. In this service all have been willing to make the supreme sacrifice. Some have been accorded the coveted greater privilege, others have not, but within all there has been the determination to do and'to die for "Thegreat United States; " : Realizing this, The Telegram begs to offer the suggestion sug-gestion that the efforts of Utah boys be memorialized and that the memorial be such as will be a monument to the state's future patriotism. . The Telegram offers its suggestion to the people of Utah. It proposes to solicit the aid of the governor, of all state and public officials and-of all public, civic and patriotic organizations. It asks that the suggestion be taken up by all newspapers of the state and that it be supported by a41. The Telegram Tele-gram is" insistent that under no conditions shall .tins be considered a one newspaper campaign. Backed solely l?y-the thought that there a duty, to be performed and that this duty consists of providing a memorial befitting. as far as it is possible tor it to be, to the Utah boys who have donned the khaki, The Telegram today makes the proposal that immediate action be taken and that the support of every man, woman .and child in the state be enlisted. - ' The nature of the. memorial is open to question, but . The Telegram begs to make a suggestion. Erection of a monument or a spire, beautiful though it may be, would accomplish only one purpose something toward which we might gaze and admire and reverence, but which would do no good to any Utah soldier, be he dead, maimed or returned. For that reason we would turn to the utilitarian and suggest a memorial building, which at all times would stand before us as a monument of the best American ' traditions and atthe same time provide something con-crete con-crete in the way "of thanks for the Utah boys who have gone over there, but have lived to come back over here. To put this proposal in concrete form, The Telegram Tele-gram proposes: That there be erected in Salt Lake City, as the capi- tal of Utah, a great memorial building in honor of the Utah Veterans of the World War. That this building be of sufficient magnificence to provide accommodations for all great gatherings. That provision be made within-the building for suitable rooms wherein the Utah yeterans of the World War may forever and without charge have clubrooms and headquarters. That there be provided within the building suitable " rooms for the accommodation of such trophies of war as may convey to future generations a suggestion, at least, of the heroic and loyal part Utah played in this greatest of all wars. . ' That this building and all its furnishings be pro-. pro-. Vided by the people of Utah as a small expression of-their of-their appreciation of the part Utah soldiers played in saving the world for democracy. ; "Fulfillment of this suggestion means a thorough cooperation of all the people of Utah. The first essen- tial will be the appointment by Governor Bamberger of a commission to undertake the 'matter. This commission commis-sion should present a prompt recommendation. This ' recommendation may include a proviso that a liberal part of the fund for the erection of the proposed building, build-ing, or the entire fund, should be raised by popular sub- , scription; it may, on the other hand, propose that part be raised by popular subscription and that a suggestion be made to the state legislature when it meets in January Janu-ary that an amount of money be appropriated out of I state funds to help finance the erection of the proposed building, providing the public gives a stipulated sum; there may also4ie the necessity of an appropriation by the county commissioners for the same purpose. ' The details are not important, however, at this time. The question is, do the people of Utah favor the erection of a memorial to the Utah soldier boys? The Telegram favors it. What do the people ol Utah say, what do the newspapers of Utah say, what dp the governor of Utah and the public officials of the i state say? . ... Are we all for it? |