Show March of Mormon Battalion Years Ago Today Thursday 11 Aug Ul 7 Wo struck ruck III und marched eight lit t half pat w en 8 Just before dark a man Mm up u lending my nl pony POll which 1 hall had lost 1081 His tl caused me III to walk about 0 Just S tonight a by the tho namo namu of died diedler hll ler husband Is very el lIcK and not nat to live IIvo Aug Ul 23 At 8 nm the com Om officers mot mut In private dt II tho wa WIllI to determine II I nt on Ih 1 com LIUI to fO puru a all death had ha 1 d us ua of colonel Allan The fhe e wan to Mend u letter tu at al Washington und also tu u K J iney expressing m and 1111 rt The follow Ing ng ilMy nn nil express res alwi ao 10 0 tart tin r Council to In rom the Ihl 1 10 It fell II u ullOn in Hunt 11 to take k until further arrangements were wro made as he wa R of or the First ollIt n tho tl of the Ihl five At sunset et the bat battalion 00 tallon wall wag formed Into a II hollow square mil linel the which wits w to be I the president approved Sister ou wan wn burled and non were WI baptized for tor their ho Saturday Aug UI 29 At half pa t nine he battalion marched to tu 1 grove gro UNI hI y for r the purpose of o listening to n 11 and paying our to tn our nilI lilt 1 Allan The Iho M I Ivl virus oa h y I II gill II H II hymn and I ho nUh I r of Dykes J ketO said h to 10 tin u all Mud mid of him himat himA at A critical hI were WI truly s d 1 Ills JUs er on the th resurrection of or the dind Hunt gave ln truc IH i n to the Ih Unit ut Itt the camp bringing 10 from thi th At 0 t S 5 pin rn the tho In with the imy IHlY ma I Unit JuI Smith was a tv lo lall Hunt t I how the Iho th his as to 10 cil 1 Allan would In III tei II to In um un of our own or oraid 11 aid ald thet 1 four months 11 1 II In III e im ii if u UM and thAt by byh h h hi there thir 10 29 londot in n the Ih rear o 0 us for the benefit of or IV t which were rp liable lit bIll to tu full Into hand And nd In making re Inn for the benefit ll of ot the Ih u II e B nouH nut be h In II li war ir department iv might be Just they Ihl not nol II 1 us II commissions but n i use a l the of th Ih battalion WI to 10 he hI could 1 cure the th i and nil All he hI wished wall th Ih pi i IK II of or th i n and nil II then thell M 1 tn h subject t In his hb orders old Capt HUllt then 1 anil il 1 t In III the spirit r im 1 us n man or of o vl d nd HI h ei 0 In III the of or his hl countr und and ut III the head of till the Mormon f him of or ho situation under which we WI were wro en and that thaI by bytho b tho of Col Co I Allan We hart now along olon 15 families had the o i through to Cali ClI California fornia that wo wore now loW In our eno ello mien hands und and he h did not feel to 10 consent to 10 hoc hao any man mun tko take com command command mand of ot This his battalion who would not no I Iau It to bo be through h and leave tho IhlI e behind as they IhlY had their years supply IOU I 11 und lUll 1 mu t b PI The Tho lieutenant then Ihen I himself to fulfil nil ull the Col Co I Allan All un hull hud to the he battalion ba tin lion A vote vole was to receive Smith Sunday Aug 3 Today mostly spent preparations l to 10 renew rn our Brother died today toda He lie did not belong belant to th tM battalion At S In tho evening h wall beside bps Ida his hili wife As AH 1 a mark of ot each company ln marched to the tho bluff near by rach ach one carried u urock I rock and a R wall wan wnM built 7 i feet trel wide whit and 11 1 rM long lon and 2 feet et high H Jl Hns wn ns filled III solid Ihl In III the tho center the holo being covered 1 with a II handsome flat rock AH a koon as the Ih work was WIlS completed we wo returned to tn camp amI Monday Aug 31 At 7 1 am wo WI again n truck our tents and took look up u the of o march marth under our new commander Smith We Wo marched If Hi nd camped nt at Drummond Springs At half past paal S 5 we worn mustered ns 1111 It wax the last day 11 of ot the month Tuesday ln Sept Helt 1 The fh moon was aa plear the Ihl sky was blue blut As a we our Journey did pursue Th air IIII so fine our armor U It truly was Willi a It pleasant III ht so s cheer his hll task begun un All hearts worn wore pure ull minds m The fhe plains so o wide for miles were seen sC n Waving In their heir 1001 green We marched 16 miles and tamped I nt 11 Springs There Is IH no here w w hall had to 0 rook our 4 Iho before be tore We 0 now no hud In our com coin puny two pieces of artillery six III x loads of o ammunition There were olN two or nr e c of or horsemen Col 01 passed us nt Council Grove and continued In 4 of us u with his regiment |