| Show I INTERESTING TAU TALK T TAUBY ALI B BY COL ETT The Grand Army of the Republic Republic Republic Re Re- public Story Entertainingly Entertainingly Entertainingly Entertain Entertain- Told SIDELIGHTS ARE GIVEN Corning Encampment Touched Upon and the Lessons It Will Serve Serves Tho Grand Army of ot the tho Republic its history history his his- with sidelights thrown upon tory objects and purposes wa was the tho topic of ot on an interesting address given Khon by hy Colonel F F. M. M at thu tho Forest ForestDale D Dale Dalo lo meeting hous house last nl night ht Tho The announcement of the tho speaker to bo pi present s served T ed to lo bring out a largo large audience who found In Colonel Ster- Ster r otts talk tall much to command interest and attention dealing with dr dry facts of or history past and present Colonel Ster Ster- rott lOtt presented enl I them in a new way and I with An nn appealing Interest that delighted do de lighted his hearers and anti brought a now conception of ot the Grand n Army Arzul Arm of ot the Republic what Its Ita members did In tho the days of ot when hen the nation wore the tho black badge of mourning nn and what they are doing today In his address Colonel re recounted to io counted the various incidents leading up to the Civil ChU war going back to the thel dys l ye of ot tho the Puritan U au and l tho the Cavalier Tho rho ho question of ot slavery was touched I upon as It affected the nation and formed the cau cause e of or the threatened dis of or the tho Union After eulogizing the men who had bad volunteered for tor service service ser ser- vice Colonel said of ot tho the re remaining ro- ro members of oC tho the Un Union Jon Arm Army today The rhe Grand Army of ot the Republic represents that patriotism and lovo 10 of or country which made possible the organization or or- of ot an arm army and navy y through h Whose devotion and sacrifice the the- Union was woo saved from di Object ct of oC tb the be G. G A. A t. t It Tho organization of ot the Ule G. G A. A R. R of ot tho the er to intensify the memory heroes of oC the nation It tenderly cares for tho widows and orphans of or tho tue fallen aUen brave Its members have hare kept up the shoulder touch and tho the heartbeat heart heart- J beat leat ent among tho survivors or of tho the struggle struggle gb gle for tho tim Union In their annual gatherings gath gath- rings eringa they stimulate tho thu patriotism of or ortho the tho people The work the purpose and th the history history his his- tory of ot the tho Grand Army of ot the Republic all aU attest to the tho devotion and arid character of the men who were willing to die dip that the nation nallon might live JIve The G. G A. A I fl stands standa for tor tho the school house the church and nd tho the home Every little school schoolhouse schoolhouse schoolhouse house that dots dota tho the plains or nestles in the prove grove is a fortress every overy academy aca aca- dem demy lemy or university is a garrison I and every Ivery church or cathedral is a fortress garrison and ond citadel Every cry God fearing mother in this land who in her own home teaches her boys 1106 and girls the immutable principles of ot right and wrong who teaches her ho boys hoys s 's to be cl clean an manly men and her girls to be pure virtuous women who teaches both to love lo their country and anti their flag rIaS' and to emulate Its heroes every very such God tearInG woman Is a recruiting officer for the Grand Gran Army which shall perpetuate tho the republic Colonel Sterrett referred to the tIle fact tact that five out of the eight Presidents of If the United States since the cloro of ot of or the tile the Civil cIn war had hall been members G G. A. A R. R and also dwelt upon what hat the women of ot the land had done during the th war and what they are arc doing doine now along patriotic lines Encampment An n Object Leon Tho The coming encampment of or the G. G A. A and auxiliary or organizations or- or T P. with Its allied such as tho Women's ue- ue 1 IM t corps corp Ladles Ladies o of the G. G A. A P. P and amI Sons o of Veterans Ex- Ex United 1 Prisoners oC or Var War War or Musicians Musi clans etc d be a 3 great reat object leson leson lesson les- les son on on to not only the children but to the grownup people of ot Salt Lake as os declared Colonel That portion of the vanishing arm army he lie said that comes here hero next August will be a 3 great eat object lesson to all the people of or Salt nIt Lake The ranks will be bl composed of oC men upon whoso whose heads tho tilo snow enow now POW never melts and who with constantly lessening agility of or step slop march down the western l o of ol life Children sitting at the feet of oC these those veterans and grownup people in their association with them will hear the story of how the white flag waved over Fort Donaldson how tho the waves of ot battle surged at Gettysburg ho how hoy Hooper fought ab above the clouds at ot Mt It Lookout t how Sherman marched down downto I to the tho sea Ilea how Sheridan rode through the historic van valley C of ot the Shenandoah and of tho the final effort of Grant at AppomattoX Ap- Ap I |
