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Show oo OLD SOLDIERS; MOVED TO TEARS In Salt Lake this morning a spon-i spon-i taneous and touching tribute to the power of the great tabernacle organ and the organist, Professor J. J. Mc-Clellan. Mc-Clellan. was l'aid by Commander II. M. Trimble, of tho Grand Army of hte Republic, and his party. As guests at a special organ recital in their honor, tho commander and personal per-sonal staff sat in the body of the Mormon tabornacle. Six hundred other veterans, with Vamilles, traveling travel-ing with him. occupied the encircling encircl-ing gallery. One of the selections was "Marching "March-ing Through Georgia." As the earlier strains rose through the building, Colonel Trimble became restless and when tho vox humana stop with Its haunting suggestion of the well known wordB, was added to the ohor-us. ohor-us. he sprang to his feet and, with outstretched arms, boat time to the music and began to sing. The hundreds hun-dreds In the gallery took up ho le-frain, le-frain, "While We Were Marching Through Georgia," throbbed against the dome of tho vast building, and a thousand dimming eyes were wet as the strains died away. After a brief stop In Salt Lako, tho special G. A. R. train took up Us Journey to Los Angeles for the national na-tional encampment leaving at 11 a. m. oo |