Show f t 1 1 c Monument toP to Perpetuate Memo Memory y of Historic March Marck o of M Mormon r Battalion II 1 S y I Napoleon crossed the Alp Alps but you on have cross edit eda Cd tL continent Philip St SI George Cook Cool f mandel of or the Mormon Battalion j i bY J Let mo ride bareheaded through the tue 11 streets 1 i of oi this city in honor of the tho brave Battalion boys bors rY Col Cot Thomas L Kane KaneV Kanei i V I ii i j 4 TIE Mormon Battalion was a troop of f f THE T men Inca enlisted to do service In the Mexican 1 f war wal at the request of President Polk The Tho Thomen Themen lj i men were chosen from a camp of o Latter La t 1 f day d y Saint refugees at Mt t Pisgah Iowa They The f served ono one year eul during Curing which time they the made a ai aI i I j l march malch of ot miles from Fort Port H t J 3 I Kansas to San Diego Cal through a country countr w which at that had never been explored red Tho Thug ff annals of their thell sufferings and hardships vie Yle vie with R those of any an infantry march on record After 62 Jf years an organization called the Daughters of ift If I t I the Mormon Battalion proposes to erect a It memorial f r 1 hal ial to o their th I fathers who made the tho longest recorded j t Infantry march in history and took part In the dis discovery discovery t 11 covery of gold in California f President Polk PoUt had hall recommended that stockade J forts be built along the overland route to Oregon 1 t to protect Immigrants The Tho Church authorities anticipated an this call and tried to secure I the tho con COI contracts contracts tracts Jessie lessie C Little who was In tho the east cast was UR URft IJ ft fo asked by Brigham Young to place thi matter Where it would 1 receive attention Mr h Little Litti pun pro procured cured our d letters of Introduction to Vice President r Ilits n ms Hon George Georgo Bancroft secretary of or the K navy n In the matter r Two days da s after making flunking nl his t 14 v overtures hu ha h was Informed by 1 n eral oral Amos Kendall that the th president wished to toT T I tako take possession slon of California Calif o Ill la with the tho th aid of the ther r K Mormons whoso whose affairs were in an nut unsettled con condition t I t 1 i Knowing as hi h did the discipline auld aid i frugal habits of the people circumstances seemed l li i to fit t them theta for this particular service Sir Mr I Little I furnishing the suggestion sug they were at ou Ii Congles b to furnish able ahle bodied men m h hit it jk Brigham Young flung had made overtures o for fol forthe r the tho appointment of this territory he hue 11 w hadnot l calculated cal ul that th the paints la would be called f I to do active f In tile the Mexican Avar var which would of ot necessity lI eel separate them from front lam fam am j The call contrary t J to president l Youngs ex cx expectations II was for GOO BOO men to t volunteer for fol 12 J months to do service e in tile the Mexican war ar Tho The 1 request could co hardly have com at fAI a It more In Inopportune 1 opportune time as tho the Immigrants in poor circumstances Tho rho camps hOh they hoy he were wee mustered mus ered were ere miles 1 apart rt arid tho the p ant question qu was how ho were their families to fo exist during the tho coming coining winter It was sas a uL problem which called Into play pla every eely feeling of love and loyalty 1 Brigham Young assured the tho uncut men that would be cared for Co 1 The majority of these were wele direct descendants oC of revolutionary stock anti and the tho blood blo d which had lain laiti dormant in their thell veins veina eln for or century now no lowed at highest tide CONDITIONS S OF 01 W SERVICE S The Gall was Issued June 26 20 1846 The Jho Th order older from fl n Ol bi Kearney K arn y to Capt James Allen Albeit y rt ten teut along aio g the tho lines Pl ld nt I P ll lk The conditions were were that tha thc r to volunteer for COr 12 months march to la receive r pay pat anti and allowances during the stated slated time at ut the oriel erd of which they the were ere to be discharged d a anti and allowed to retain as liS private property the iIO guns gulls guns and ac accoutrements tic J I Each company would bo ba as a laundresses who would travel the battalion bat l jl receive 1 olo rations and allowances as tho regular te army alm Acting upon this order Capt Allen Alien proceed ed cIl to Mt Pisgah where he hI h Issued 11 c l ex cx explaining the object of o his h visit tl li lie ii c would w l receive all healthy men from IS 18 to 45 years of or age and that d to complete completo the organization In six niue days dOYs or 01 days R from the time tI le ho left leCt Council Counell Bluffs A council ns as called af of Brigham Young C Kimball and Willard Rich Richards Richards Richards ards and ana others before whom who m Captain Allen AlIen made known his hl errand Captain Allen was a hu and anda a gentleman He lie dIed six 91 weeks weel after the march began URGED TO ENLIST P Pr resi d en t Young asked d the t el people to make mako a It distinction lie Em n this 1 s call cal callif if Jf the al govern s OI l n ment and their former oppressors In Missouri and ami Illinois He lie assured the men their Ii families Camilles would w uld be cured for and the t 1 men taco to o enlist July Jul Hi its 1846 the tho battalion marched from flom Council Bluffs Soon after the tho march began many of the th male and female members of o the to battalion worn wert attacked with malarial fever crossing the E Arkansas river near Bents Fork hi iii n It was as deckled 1 that tl at tho sick akk I should leave the l at tallon taibon and rind go to Pueblo Captain 11 1 11 ns with ade tall of 10 men accompanied ae them l it It t was w s with regret and dissatisfaction that they h separ separated el al from the battalion but I ut wc I condition Impeded the march Oct 1 theIr first red reduction pf Jf ons was v as They rhe arrive at at Santa Santar V Vt r pct l i when wh ui n Col s George Cook ConIc as assumed a fO I here I again In were yere ere ordered or ered to return to Pueblo All Uio tita l had been re m qt hell own Ott J expense Their Th ll were wele Mrs Brown wn Mrs Mis Cat Car t Mrs Capt Davis D and SerIL Corny Coray Cora ln ot o Capt James Janes Brown who Is Utah history the founder of Ogden RATIONS After leaving Santa Te Fe another hel reduction Was w wa tho rations As the a general len l l conditions grew mew worse m d teams were we e falling g fast fait o On the tho Rio Rid Del Del orto n ther ot sick men inca 65 In n b I f be bo q nt back hack under antler the tle care cate of If Ij ll W V AV V lIIla With no Je and nod only five five days ays rai rn m lions hp h started to t travel back tl o oo miles to Pueblo At t Tucson Tu l n the thi members of the tI J battalion purchased li ei a little unbolted ted flour which they he were w le lef f foed to tI carry carl upon union their th tl hacks backs h kS January 1847 ISH the tho rations were e J reduced d to one ne ounce of flour per isper day dar to each man loan The contact cont et of a n theda lel a time Ume and the thin ls cold c at night l Ad its its hardships lp upon po the ed ell men anil I nd thed U beasts Before reaching Car Carlz iza lz many 1 of the flue men inert were so o exhausted hays c from Ct n hunger arid and fatigue that they the wore were unable td speak sneak I was carried to them Col Cook wrote of this tinier t tithe As ks I X passed ased through camp this morning mor the them he hemen men m n n worp eating their last ounce of flour There had a been no ugar or coffee for COl weeks yet et even en was WItS remarkable rom On meeting the battalion Col Cook feared a ed edhe he lie could not trust t the tho men and was ivas as heard le al ard l to ask a J rely tOly on the battalion in caso of oC an al At 4 Attack t tack the reply was wa the battalion will follow buoy where you dare daro lead head After Aft r 1400 miles nine of ot travel trav I Ide de narrated ed le he gao them proper propel recognition as aa became a United States officer He H congratulated the theta n on march Ing u h a 1 wilderness v but ut say sav sa wild which beasts were w le found f und or deserts where for want Int ot Of water wat l there Is no n creature cret f T There here with hop labor lI or ho hue Is I quoted as a J I 4 t 4 JAMES V COA 1 SERGT CO COz COI i 7 z d I j C p saying we wo have dug deep wells wells els the future traveler will en enjoy en enjoy joy foy lag Ins naked and halt red we weha weha ha ve e mado maclo a road of ot great value Y l e to o 0 mr ur country co Arriving ing atthe ai at the thO first settlement nf of ot California after a single days la s rest rc t you ou cheer choel cheerfully fully i turn oft from this point of promised pl re reposo poso tome fas fase e supposed the he l of ot the th and thIs fL r to without even salt bait to season your Our sole lIole nubie subsistence tence tOle of ot fresh meat j Tho The last Jast six weeks of the march was made mide on ft 5 l li diet liet i t of or fresh meat The rhe battalion was wis disbanded etl I at Los Angeles July 16 1817 The rhe company re reenlisted enlisted d for fol six months to garrison the pori Jor of ot San I DIcso DiCo Just previous to the tho discharge of ot the bat battalion z Col Coh J C Fremont had hi declared himself i t governor of oc California For this insubordination he Il was va ordered to Washington Washl t to b hl tried d by bY court ri martial A bodyguard bOl of 12 men inert from each company of the tho battalion was hosen ch en to escort os ort him hack to Fort Port Leavenworth Kansas The com corn IN ariy followed up the tile coast from Los L s Angeles a e afar far north as a a n named In lii their journals as the tho mission lt of ot St Francis l tho undoubtedly u IY where jan Can Francisco Francl eo was W H afterwards They Ii C marched east east by a io t Hall from there they tho took a southeasterly direction lie on passing over oer part of the Um territory of as it i was after afterwards afterwards wards wards laid laid out The rho company passed cd through tho the northeastern corner of Utah three days before the tho pioneers pion eelS arrived at Salt Lake Lako valley valI y The Tha I Fremont company compan continued d to Ft Leaven Leavenworth Lea n worth thus making iho tho clr to that place complete Unfortunately the tho names of u is guald have been heen i it lost t except OC pt the name or of N Vary Jones who kept kepi a complete journal of the trip The Th first filat discovery of ot g gold g In ih t c r was wai wa made by discharged b baled members of or the tho ho battalion 1 as they the c were working tb Utah Uta Ii ranch near ni tr Sacramento when California I held her lief Golden GoWen Jubilee tho the member of or that party pary was w sent for arid ana made unade t t an an honored guest gil t j MEMORIAL SOCIETY After 60 years hal had call ca was Issued d by IX b j ja a afew f w of the daughters of of Mormon t to me taI l organize ri U IS purpose was v s t d ta I l a tablet to the of their f fathers Tl The so b I clety cl t has hns not dee d memorial is I to take A b a bronze tablet inscribed r battalion mem I hers Is under u dol consideration rr rit 11 desire aj a memorial has long felt It and nd to t that end the t e society I has worked Letters Letter ett have hov been b sent f n mh rs to which rc p r s shie b been eh le reCeived elv tl to a ci considerable c et blo amount lt The cost coat cost 0 of the mem orialis Is to t be lie governed gov r by the th amount n ou It ItIs ItIs Itis Is hoped d to t complete arrangements for memorial at tit an an early oary perlo 1 and before l the tle lat last ali call shall bo be made mado l arid 1111 last l st tapa tap q n the to see seethe the completion Of the monument It was decided deede 1 that memento should houd be pl J fn Jt t is i the tho final resting t the tho members of Qt b ri MARX MARZ rR JONES LAWSON CLAWSON I |