| Show INDIAN WAR VETERANS VETERANS VETERANS- t 3 t PROVO Aug 22 The 22 The Pioneers Mormon Battalion boys boy veterans veteran of the early Utah Indian wars war and 0 G A AB R veterans veteran of Utah county are In en- en encampment encampment en encampment at Holdaway's Holdaway park palk this In-this in city today At the meeting held this thin thi morning the following gentlemen were present on the stand Governor West Secre Secre- Secretary Secretary tary Richards Major James am E Daniels Lieutenant S 8 S Jones Jone Lieutenant Roger Farrer Captain J S Patr Page Privates J M Westwood We lwood B B W Driggs M L Pratt and John E Booth Comrade John E Booth delivered a speech of welcome in behalf rbt bf Of the Provo comrades comrade which was wa responded to by Captain J S Page of Payson The following letter from General W WB B Pace was wa read J Bunkerville Bunker Lincoln August 1894 Me rf Roger Boger Farrer S S 8 Jones Jone and J B R Your Your kind favor of the 2nd en- en enclosing closing invitation and tender of ot ez ex- ex expenses to attend the summer cummer gathering of those e who served In the ev sev- sev several v voral eral oral Indian wars wan etc ete has haa ha fa just been received I regret to th say that it Is li Impossible for forme forme forme me to get ther there in time yet I fully appreciate your kind remembrance and assure alsore your it would woula afford me great pleasure to attend and greet those veterans through whole whose untiring energy the savages were subdued and the country made possible po ible for or building up quiet and peaceable homes home through through- throughout throughout throughout out the length and breadth of Utah Please remember me kindly to all an The happiest reflections of life are associated with thole those veterans veteran In their struggles for supremacy mar may ma God reward them Thanking you kindly for your invitation I am as ai ever eer Yours truly W B PACE PAO I Lunch was wai served at 1215 At 2 pm speeches were made by the Governor Gov Governor and others othen In his hie addresses addrene addre ses t to tp the veterans veteran of the Indian wars wan Governor West Welt called attention to the valuable lesson Jesson Ie on which was taught to the young men meB and women by these then gathering gatherings gatherings- They were taught to love country land and to be willing to make sacrifices for her ber sake lake Great oredis was wai given the old veterans for their devotion to their homes bomea bom and country and for their bravery They went forth not equipped with the best beet arms that could be furnished but bat with withold withold withold old flint look lock muskets or whatever they could get They did not move forward in great maw masses to the beat of the drum their numbers were few and they left their wives wivel and children to struggle for tor the nices necessaries aries of life Ule while they went ent to fight the cruel and T TO endor ci e i toe the b z cession of ot Comrade Booth that 1 tb e b Uld be an aa ann annual oal Territorial euC encampment of the old veterans Secretary Richards was waa pleased that th II reunions oi of the old settlers of ot the el were beco becoming frequent y t had made a garden of or a desert Wb they had bud walked leaving bloo bloody y tracks in the sands the now Ow w rode rod In Pullman cars p ra faired red the extending of ot the en- en encAmp en cAmp ent picket lines linea to Arizona N a a Idaho and aDd Wyoming and that the elie lone and grandsons of at the old vet veterans who form the militia of at Utah tod today y ln with Utah's Utah old militia boys boy in the encampment Our Our Leaky LeakY Tents TentH was waa sung lung by byG G George ff Harrison and company Pioneer A O 0 Smoot congratulated the ue veterans veteran He wafe wab glad lad to see they tiry had bad not all alf gone one to sleep and that their works work had bad not been forgotten for- for gotten We are tenting tonight on all the theold theold theold old camp ground was waa sung lung by Wil- Wil Wll-llana Wll 4 Craer and aDd company Speeches Speech were made mad by Comrades Israel Evans Evana and Henson Henon Walker and W N Dillen Dusenberry berry Comrade S 8 S B Jones Jonea read ati an original nal al poem written for or the occasion Joseph J ph Shipley sang I Jeremiah In the vine evening the old vets vet for tor- forgot forgot got lIot their years yeara and danced like they were r young Speeches were made on the second day encampment by Comrade Comrades P PW w Driggs Matthew Cald Caldwell Caldwall W w o loft Charles Charlea Brewerton John Job a n A Van Vano c a son on of ot Major Vance S 8 T Curtis Curls T E Fleming oar O 0 B toa ton toa and aad Mrs Mra Ann Aan Songs Bong were sung aung by George Harri- Harri Harrison son and aDd others and aDd several original poems poem were sung sums |
