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Show U tah W.ould Express Pride in Heroes by Substantial Tribute THEY DESERVE MUCH AND THEY SHALL RECEIVE MUCH Beehive Battler MadaWor- thy Records - in -All U. S. Branches. - America In tnUy thrilled with pride r In the accompttRhments of her fight-In fight-In Rons who, with their brave allien, have emerged triumphant and victorious victo-rious from the great world war for democracy. There in a feeling; unanimously unanim-ously ex prawned that they deserve much of their country and nhull receive much' Utah atanda in the forefront of " " t '' "lif i ex proa Ion of feHtng Inta reality. From all pnrts of the state have come enthusiastic en-thusiastic Indorsements of The Tele gram's proposal to erect u.eful memorial me-morial building- to the soldiera. sailors and marines of th Beehive slat p. Scores nf I'tah boys played a groat part tn tne ntriiffKleK in Man's Iand. Rolns; over the top. In speedy fahfond after Frits and his crew of warriors. Many paid the supreme sacrifice, sac-rifice, scores of nthers htve been wounded and sttll others went throujth the st marie unhurt. To th ba that return I. tah owes a riept a debt that ran nvr be paid In money- but a debt lhat can surely be expressed In grateful memory, and a building; where the boys might spend their hours of leisure would contribute materially to that purpose. SAILORS. Take the sailor. Hie work In transporting; trans-porting; the brave soldiers overseas wsa accomplished In a most wonderful i,T.- tnanner and the corb In the great machinery ma-chinery of the navy worked unitedly at all times. In the successful struggle strug-gle to conquer the f'-tMMU they were among the most efficient. In all engagements en-gagements and activities they commanded com-manded the respect of the navies of the world, . MARINES. Scores of Utah boya are members of the "First to Fight" contingent which Is peYhapa better known as the "Devil Iogs.M When the great American of-: tmrxmwm w u ytQfped in France on May' JJ, the memlters of I'ncle Sam's ma-1 rlnes were In the thick of battle and j Atheir work won world wide admiration J Yi'r the Americans. . The CJermana nicknamed them "Ievll logs." and that name has since hen adopted by the marines. Carl K. Johnson, a Utah boy-, waa one of the many from the Beehive state who was represented In that great drive and this hrava youth received a wound that compelled htm J to return to the states. He recently visited hla folks here, but has again returned re-turned to an Kan tern hospital, whera he haa hopea of recoeratlng and again joining his company. IN EVERY BRANCH. In every branch of the service the Utah boya have shown the pluck and generalship of heroea and their work "over there" should ha remembered by the loved onea at home. Fathers, sons, lovers and relattvea have fought side r, bv sM tn thtw great Ktmggle and th1r efforts have not been in vain. But ln-' ln-' stead, they have been victorious. The movement for a memorial bulld-I bulld-I lng will undoubtedly be backed by I every loyal Utahn and now that the ball Is rolling all are eager to keep It ; aoing until the campaign can be reg' I Istered as one of the greatest victories ! In the history of the state. Your sup-j sup-j port Is needed. Jet back of the Idea I and boost --yea. boost until you feel ! that you are fully Justified In saying that you lent all of your aid In establishing es-tablishing a building that will forever live .in the memory of Utah's warriors. C. F. 8TILLMAN. "Marvelous! , Thus County Commissioner C. F. Stillman expressed himself in regard to the plan for the aoldier memorial. "I am hack of the plan and think It one of the beat that could possibly be carried out to show the boys that we are proud of their record and the great victory which they made possible. Kach and every man, woman and, child In the state should back the movement. I hope that It will be one of the great-eat great-eat aucceaaea ever accomplished In the state. "Thouaande and thousands of t'tahns have taken part In the world struggle, and how that peace has been declared, a building of such a nature as has baen outlined by The Telegram would indeed be wonderful. We owe the boys a great debt, and a debt that can never be paid, for the patriotism which they displayed, and believe me, I am aura that a memorial building would be Justly appreciated by them.. They took a chance with their Uvea, and many of them died for a noble and Juat cause; others were crippled; and when the boys return, what could be more wonderful than a place for them to rebate their experiences, a place where they might display their war trophies and a place where they might for ail time remember the greatest war In the world's history? "The boys In khaki and the boya In blue have accomplished wonders, and aa a reward for their great gallantry and their pluck and fight, let'a have something ready for them when they return something that will do the state and its people honor and something some-thing that will gladden the fathers, aweethearta and sons who aided Old Glory in the battle of all battles."' R. C. GEMMELL. ' . "A very sensible Ides mm the wsy It. C. Gemmell, general manager of the Utah Copper romjanv, expresses bis opinion of the proposed memorial building. "I believe that popular subscription sub-scription should be used to raise the money for that purpose, sa Id Mr. - -4emmell. vs. harf ripply of the matter, as have not had the time, and the Idea Is so new. However, How-ever, I believe that It will appeal to everyone aa a sensible plan. The buliding could be used for public gatherings, gath-erings, as well as being a splendid monument to the sold lei a who sacrificed sacri-ficed so much for their country. EDWARD P. LEVY. "The Idea of a memorial for the Utah) boys who have entered the service at the call of their country is a splendid one," aald Rdward H. Levy, manager of the Orpheum theatre. "That theee boya should command our highest reverence rev-erence Is unquestionable." A. D. M MULLEN. A. D. McMullen, president Motor Mercantile company, says: "I heartily approve of any scheme to give the boys all the distinction and evidence of honor that we can bestow upon them. I believe the monument plsn would be the most lasting, providing that something some-thing elaborate could be erected. am afraid the boya would paaa beyond the club or the building stage In time, but the monument would be a lasting memorial and would give us something which would for all time give us reason rea-son to remember them all. I believe It would he well for the business men T6hoId a meeting" w fllsCUis tnl mr-ter mr-ter at once." ALBERT H. CRABBE. -The suggestion of The Telegram la a wonderful thing for a wonderful cause. No finer or more appropriate suggestion could possibly be made than to memorialise the deeda and aacriflcea made by the "brave soldiers of Utah with a permanent and useful edifice. "Why wait until they are dead to reverence the memory of their deeda? We honor them aa the saviors of humanity. hu-manity. What finer, better way could j It be done than with a magnificent building that would atand forever aa a I comfort and pleasureto them, aa well ! as a tribute? I "In my opinion, the thanks of very cltisen who haa lived through this age to ahare the protection won by these men on the field of battle should be Immortalized, no mutter whwt the cqpi. |
