| Show iN WAR lETS Q HOW HOLD REUNION More Than Tn a Hundred Gather Gatner in Armory Hall for or Joyful Occasion S SONGS A FEATURE CAMPFIRE j t j i Ja JaI L i for fOI Veterans U I Col Cul Follow M of ot the old Indian It ft i ot Utah and arni more than a IL hundred raN theIr friends gathered In Armory hall hail hallM ot cf A feature hold hOlc a reunion to night M last Jat I was va the tie of ot a MH this ot 8 song entitled In Our Leaky vie We C Sit and a I number of o other Tents it tongs which created much nuch hi M Sand and were vrn w ro followed by a I election J ol of blood Indian yells THE rim Gov do cutter Cutlet l The little I shall sat ay to you tonight hl will be b along ho tile line lino Indicated ted by port porto second Inaugural ot ot o 0 01 the th President Lincoln H It was delivered on larch 4 1815 about abouL a month lefore the terrible Civil war ended After vine of at the tho policy y of tho tha thoin govern in carrying on the tile war wal and amI g W ii is b l belief that the tho conflict wa I Almost hn t over oer he outlined 0 the altos alms and In relation n of at the government To f to th losses ioe occasioned by y the tho strife i Amo among these purposes hoiet ho to set et forth the tho I itai of the government to caro for or him himI who Mho shall have halO borno borne the battle and I for tor his 1118 widow I and ami his hith orphan Out Ont of ot I II I this noble sentiment expressed as M only I Lincoln could express It hits has lJ per perfected pert eted t led the thO splendid pension system or ot the Iho United States Stale the most mast liberal ex extensive e t and nOd humane In tho the history or orthe o 0 othe the world I em nm In favor of ot tho the pension system I am ant conduced coe that no better use Uso so can b be made mM of ot a I portion of ot the nations than to apply appl It to 10 the support of the old and the helpless ones one they have havu lort left behind Lincoln could see that thousands upon thou thousands sands of ot the tho heroes who had done service ier lee ice In tho Civil war would be he helpless and md penniless at nt Its Ita clone cO Wounds and and anil exposure and privation had tad done dona their work wark and many a a man I who left homo home In the th strength and I prime of at manhood manbO ld came nune limping back from the war to paN pasa pai the remainder of t Us days In helpless poverty end hope leti sickness ness And Lincoln further I that of ot the tha hundreds of ot thou thousands tho sands lands who had fallen on the field ot of billie there were very vcr few tell but had left kt dependent el or wives or It ft was to care caro for tor such that the Ito pension lon system was originated and built buill up WAn WAH NOT NATURAL War In a n nation like ours Is not a n apart part rort of at the natural order ordel of ot things 8 It arises rises from unexpected and lor tor circumstances Citizens of ot such a government fro ko rn Into war reluctantly and then only when forced to do so 10 o by or 01 necessity In nearly every avery over case cne war In tho the United Suites has had hud hadu u Its object ob the tho preservation enervation pi of at tho ho nation from external or Internal foes fees 1 as never neler been I 1 hope It never vil be for the oppression of at tho the weak jl And J wars of the kind referred to l aw are ar art forced farced t r ed upon up n a not sought soucht by It B OP OF THE TIlI WEST While the tho armies of ot the tho Union were fitting to 10 save aavo from rom division and anI dc de the country already won front from frontIa th the Ia wilderness bands ot of men equally krae brale antI and devoted worn were rescuing from tram froma trama a savage foe the plains pIn Ins and valleys of or the west wesl which have havo since dong done so oo much and will yet do much more mom In idling adding to the wealth and tho the strength ot of t tho the nation In each ench case the tho peril was as great and the tho war was antly waged And If It thero there was Willi any between the bravery of ot the themen mm men who faced on tho the battlefield their brethren of at o the south and anti of ot those who taught ought the I can not tea Iee eo It And It seems to mu me that they are aro equally worthy of ot reward Tour Your wor work my m honored friends was wn 5 devoted deNted and as Uj as us list wat ot of the Union soldiers It wai fn Ut it as much for tor tho the preservation of ot the l nation Tho The republic could not have hare survived but for tor their devotion It H could not have hava expanded to tin th hores of at o the Pacific and out nut across the wan tan but Jut for tor yours They Thoy saved a n country already made you both made Sal anil IJ saved one If It It had not boon beon for tor your bravery and devotion dc In meeting and Bad overcoming the many savage perils which threatened the westward Slot Ion on of at our nation tho the triumphant civilizing of ot the west might havo have been long hog delayed Discouragement at nt thai that time lute have havo meant In all 1111 Uy r a fatal Interruption of ot our west era ern pro SHOULD REAP BENEFIT Because therefore you OU did dl so no much w tt aid old In tho the saving and the tho growth of our country I can not pot see why you ou should wild not be iC made mU o of o tho the W of o the He pension system I 1 think Mint jou ou ought to he and what Is lOwe orbe I think you will wili b be You have havo oc ward heard of ot tho tit of ot Suite tar r Smoot t In your Knowing that oat at he in in to Interesting himself In tog nj fur for you tho the benefits of tho thu pension aWl I wrote to 10 him about toil ten days dayo II S tr asked 1 him as ns to tho progress ins nr mad mado m In fl the tho matter of ot securing pensions for tor the Indian war var veterans of or Utah For my part pait I am only sorry that I Iun Imn un mn not HOt able to do much more moto In tOe tun way ay of ot helping you ou got get these pensions Jut hut you ou may bo be assured n that so 0 far an nit I 1 lave have any with tho the national Congress 1 shall shah uso use It for fOI the tho ad au of ot tim tho Interests or of tho tIm mat who vho stood at 11 tho the of or ton ion and In warfare with sith savages any eav SQ ed d the great west for or toda 1 culture nod nd progress UTAH IS GRATEFUL I nun pleased to have havo the tle privilege gain of extending to you my lilY personal I greetings anti and tho the good will of ot the th slate late You saved sao Utah in the tho time of ot 1 peru Utah Is grateful for tor Iho tho ser serIco service vice Ico you rendered On behalf of ot the tho tale I 1 wish you ou long life lito anti and an the tho goon of o life May Mil your OUI closing years ears bo be as os pleasant us UI your yom earlier ones one were vure arduous Governor Cutler then read reada real a n letter from Senator Smoot tell ell of at tho the progress of ot tho the bill billor for tor or the granting of or pensions to Indian wet var veterans The rhe letter stated that ha tho thoc bill had passed the tile senate and was waa before etore the tho house committee on pen Cit Ions Col Squires In behalf of ot the Grand tny made macho an nn eloquent address to 10 the tha Indian lighters fighters contrasting their theil work with that of or tho soldiers ot of the Ke Re COL SQUIRMS SQUIRES ADDRESS When we went vent forth to tn battle said Col Squire wo marched to thu tho trains strains ot of martial music A band head hea heaed headed ed d each regiment each company com pan baa hau Its Is Site lito and drum We Wo were vere brilliantly caparisoned and armed with the most modern of or weapons In battle wo we 10 charged barged chalS on the enemy en with the ground trembling with the tire of at cannon with gallant lenders to thrill us with their heroic examples Vou ou eu hud hint nono of ot this No Xo martial inertial music thrilled your aur souls and Inspired you ou lu JI battle battlo Nu No caution cannon tIre lire wrought havoc with your enemy It was the per por onal bravery of the tha Individual men that hat kept ept you up and led you on en to vie vIc vIctory tory ory You did not charge chargo your our enemy en n masse but tracked the tha stealthy red kin to his lair I all with wi Ih tho the chances of ot survival all nil against you You wore vero tho the pioneers of or lon Lion You blotted out savagery pro pre vented massacre und mud mado made this his glor gior glorIous Ious bus ous west veSt habitable to tho the citizens of our republic Colonel Squires Joined with Gov Coy Cutler Culler In urging that every son lion of ot an 1111 Indian war var veteran become a member of f the tho Utah National Guard and de declared lared that tho hoe veterans deserved their theis pen The Tho Invitation committee ot or the voter anti ans no consisted of ot Commander O 0 P Ar Arold Arnold old nold Vice Commander James lIngua anti and nd Charles lon the thc Moor door com cent William Turner William No Ne Novell vell weil J 3 JE E Joinery Jemery mid and 1 G 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