Show f I r r t WELCOME IE YOU YOUNG G VETERANS S j i i Of O-f course COUr the dictionaries tell tel U us y t f that nt veteran means one ono who has r Vy A I V t- t grown ron old In service But they add ald I J r as s an au even better belter beter definition One who I i has ls had much experience And Amid l h by I. I O i the the latter title tte the lie men who have be be- r. r kt t. t gun 1 Sun the of of nf form form- orm KV gun soldiers of the war wal with wih Spain are arc r r entitled to write veteran after their thel names mc The They have ha had much ence A As t a 3 rule they are not old men i I. I As a u rule they have o ha not nol grown rown aged f i In war var But they tho are the survivors o of v I J a 8 force wh which ch dl did more to advance ad the Ue United States StateR o of nt America in the 4 f- f America ranks of or world nations than an any or or- since tie the founding of f S 'S republic The They are arc Individual Individual survivors sur- sur 1 hors of an arm army and a n na navy which I closed clos dl d a big and long chapter In I world history anti and wrote the begin begin- I V ning of u t record more glorious than any the old ol xun un In the heavens h ban H 1 evor r c looked down upon Ullon From From the war wal with wih Spain dates ates the beginning of oC the grandest era em of ot American history This Thi nation naton had hal been growing wonderfully eVel ever since Ince the time close of or the time civil war var IIi The m v wl wise iso c policy of developing eloping home industries In- In in of strengthening the people m of this tills nation naton had bad produced a iet I which was veil ell wel enough understood i liero hiero i ro in iii the United Slate States but hut It I wa wah was h by lb v no flO means comprehended by th tho tl I other er nations of or the tho world orId An And one ow 3 thing wa was certain There would havo hai o ha to be he a a war vai with one of the time nations nation S of lor Europe before that position of first firs t power r of or leading nation of dominating ing force orce in the control of the world would ull he be conceded It I would not be beLF a u L var 7 ar of or our own seeking But Hut the th C evidences es were accumulating that wa war wal 1 would be Le thrust upon the American 1 0 republic by hy one ole or iii 01 ni all nU of oC the l European Ii ml nations to I 1 It I would woul have been a costi costly nl war vai would have meant the lie sacrifice c of oC Pt uncounted treasure It I would hay have ha c C 1 meant the time loss of oC many precious lives t. t It I would have extended over years r. r I- I pud would have o hn relar retarded ed the growth growl h J of ur this country y 1 perhaps half a n. n nc c con con- n l hl lui y But html the itt Tower which Is 18 greater than timan the thc great powers ers ruled that the col collision lon should bo be ul forced orcel on this hl country by oy a n nation who whose o only hope hoPp could U bo ho a n swift defeat cent That hopi hop wa Time The result was a matchless matchless match match- Ie less q benefit for or Spain e Believed of the burden of colonies coloni she hp coul could neither neith neith- er ci I control nor relea release l that nation naton h has confined her strength tr n th to development at nt home hom and I Is richer more more- tranquil Iran tran quil qUI and anti happier t today lay than at an any anytime time mime since Inc the tl cla day of Ferdinand and amid Isa belle lf And ui yet t the tho Incident for or for It I was wn In tilt tho history of or tho the world JU little littlemore littlemore more moro than an nn Incident made Incident made time the proof proM which the tho world required Th TIme Tho m t tin in erica n republic lc was a world power with wih a tremendous grasp of nf administration adminis with wih a prodigious ious sense of ot re responsibility 10 re- re and ant an unexpected power of oC mf control control lck flack Back of or these the thousands s of men who hurried on land and ant seato sea seato NI NIto to the lie standards of war the world saw sawa 8 a force Corce of or milon millions who could coull not he be conquered And the tho naton nations o of the earth gave ga e place to to a new factor too strong too dominant too wise vise and too Just to 0 be ue ignored These men who are now or organizing their veteran association were of oC the hosts who responded with speed and spirit Iri to to the call cal for 0 volunteers Thc They hurried from homes to the Ow ranks of WH war vai They learned in a da day more than musketeers of the time old time learned learne o in n twenty campaigns The They were wen capable capable of command and swift in obedience ThC They fought ought like le heroes o of man many battles battes when called colell Into action They suffered discomforts and bore wounds They Thy braved ed br the pains of exposure and the trials of the 10 hos hos- pital They were rend ready with wih sl l skill and strength and courage wherever duty ut called caled them And AntI they would not be refused They won tho the war wm They achieved ed fame for or their thel country counti nn and retired to private atc life lre with wih more done in a n year eal than all al use the tie crusades accomplished for Ol Christendom in half halfa I a a century of conflict They have o ha earned the tho rank o of veterans vet ct erans ernS and amid the they will wi wear the title tUe with wih all ni honor honos' It I Is gratifying to add that tho they are a re welcomed and anc indorsed by members members mem mom bers hers of that lint ol older er band of or veterans t the he Grand Army of the Republic The They have the moral support of that l le legion lon of nr heroes who whose 1 trial was wag lon longer long long- e er m. m and anti more severe ere whose task tasI was l le less ess q welcome than necessary ary arid whose achievement ement will wi never be ht forgotten for for- g gotten goten otten through all al the tho iges So that with wih the gratitude of civilian ci with wih the tho a appreciation of the naton nation and with wih t the he support of the Grand Army the young oung men of oC the later war are welcomed welcomed wel wel- corned Into inlo or organized life May In the tho Utah department nourish and anti grow gro May it I Gathel gather H ll rAnks AkS all the they ni vho i oo ns f to W Rr j t and amid may the services r l M of members member win the recognition that so r richly I is deserved |