Show AWE ARE STATE COLORS SOW KOT promptly at 1215 p in monday after noon sergeant frank jardine followed by b y a a of the members me anbe r 5 ot of troop I 1 second united states volunteer cavalry invaded the office of governor wells in the city and county building immediately after which the presentation of the guldon guidon of the troop hafl to be madg mada to the state the received the boys standing at the head of the table in the outer office sergeant jardine Jard lne who was the only one jn full uniform unfurled the guidon and ana stood at attention while dieul andrew J burt read the the troop at the time of the ng out at jacksonville which was wag as follows I 1 the members of troop I 1 tle the attal troop of the second states caa airy torreys torreas Tor reys rough riders organized at salt lake city utah may 1898 attached to ate seventh army corps under command of major general fitzhugh lee since june 1898 do hereby on the end of their muster out of the united states service at camp cuba libre florida in meeting assembled unanimously vote that the he guidon of the troop be presented to the state of utah through the hon heber dwells MW ells governor of the state first sergeant edwin H clarke sergeant prank frank jardine and corporal jos R lewis are unanimously elected to be the committee of presentation it Is expressly the desire of the members of troop I 1 that the time place and manner of the presentation be left to the governor of the state and the committee of presentation it is further the um unanimous desire of the troop that sergeant frank jardine be the custodian of the guidon until the presentation to the state this at camp cuba libre panama park jacksonville florida the day of october 1898 signed R sergeant and troop clerk troop I 1 second united states cavalry volunteers un wi official ANDREW J BURT first lieutenant second united states cavalry volunteers commanding troop 1 I after the reading ot of the resolutions sergeant jardine stepped forward holding the guidon to in one hand band while he saluted the governor governoor with thie the other after whiten which he made the presenta Uon speech he said eaid in part honorable diron dir sir on behalf of the mean mem towa beirs of troop I 1 of torreys Tor reye reys rough riders I 1 have the honor to present to the state ot of utah through you the guidon of tha troop it was wae thought by the members of the troop that this should ie be done wad and I 1 waa am proud to carry those dishes out am aal I 1 can say Is ie that tha boys were very proud of the guidon so it was presented too to them by the lad ladies lesof of the through you the only amy regret we have bave ts Is that the troop was not given the of carrying the colors in battle for dor the country the troop tried to conduct themselves am ae soldiers and and I 1 can say aay that when n this buddon was dipped lit it always met with a warm on behalf of the troop I 1 will say bay that it at any future time the country needs ou our services ces the he members mean bers of troop I 1 will wal be always ready to come forward at the close of his speech he stepped forward and banded the guldon guidon to the governor Go vernoT in reply gov said saad in itce that he welcomed back the men of utah that he accepted the tha guidon culdon of the troop with as much pleasure as if f tt had returned to utah riddled with the billete of at battle on behalf ot of the state lie could say aay that all we were proud of the tt ubah tah rough riders and knew that if the opportunity had been given they would have carried s guiden to 40 the top of san juan mil hill so aa bravely as did Roosevel ts tt rough It riders iders he welcomed the troop back to utah U tah bali asao aind knew that thai they would fight the battle life bravely and nobly it if the occa occasion glon should ailese thet men were needed to bo maintain the honor bonor of the stats and stripes the country would not can cad ilvain in vain upon the members of troop I 1 of rf the second united Sit stoles aites cavalry vAun there were only a few of the boys present Serge sergeant ax jardine being the only one of the committee emmit tee of presentation in the city the sew who were there showed the signs of sickness alackness alc kness only recently thrown off but even in civil tea ke clothes their soldierly bearing and determined told aba they would have bave done if the fortunes fortunee of war had bad placed them in the front the guldon guidon which wll TAI be placed in the archives of the state Is the usiel pei 9 ap X 1 I ailman JQ jp copins white and blue silk bearing the letters lettera designating the troop done in im gold those present at aa the presentation were Gio governor vernor wells and his private secretary first lieutenant andrew J burt sergeant jardine Jaird lne J A young J R beebe D E scales W J 1 aloyi lloyd W cleghorne edward H clarke corporal C B hard all of troop I 1 and A J davis davia of the second nebraska infantry |