Deseret Evening News | 1899-11-22 | Page 3 | Promotion for Wheeler Andlee

IIII ANILE Ilan to natO Major end and II Ut rt Sword Chicago Nov meeting ot of those Interested In honoring Gen Con Joseph and FIthugh Lee Lu was 11 hold In the parlors of the Auditorium hotel Miss Anne Marie De Be pre aided In An eal to the we 0 men of the tho country asking them to aid aidIn In tho project was al issued the resolution resolution tion embodied therein rending reading That the In every cery section of the country be asked to dr sign and to their TOs respective representatives In a 0 letter praying that bod body to enact a law cret creat creating Ing two additional major generals for tor forthe the regular army armr with the request that the Jre appoint to the tho posh pOll Gen l Fitzhugh Lee ttO au anti Joseph Wheeler so 10 that at the proper r time thc they nay may be retired with the tho full rank honors honora and pay attached to the rank Resolved That the people In every I be asked to 10 subscribe to a font to tl be used In for lor each vt of the officers named d a sword will for tor generations be held as sacred heir heirlooms looms 11 by the descendants ot of these die citizens those these funds to lit be by properlY organized local corn com The Illinois Trust k Savin Savings flank Dank having offered to Set act as 05 custodian It was resolved resoled that all funds be sent dl di dinet net to the bank with sIth the words werda The TheL L Lee e and Wheeler written across the upper left hand corner comer of the envelope The appeal be b by Miss Anne Debe lebeck k presIdent Mrs t Louis Abbott secretary tarr and Mrs It L I Miss J siara and Miss Blanche committee at