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Show WELCOMEVOLUHTEERS HOME Utah Extends a Royal Greeting to Her Soldier Heroes. Thoulins't of Ptopli Alttmbla tl tht Capital City lo it Honor lo Ida Officers and Men cl tha World Rinowntd Btlltrtti Halt Lake City, Utah. Aug 30 The gallant Utah volunteers have returned home to enjoy a season of rest and peace after many weary months of campaigning In the I hlllpplnes On the day that they marched down Main street to lake their departure for the far away Islands, they Were raw recruits, re-cruits, fresh from the Held, and forge-their forge-their trades aud peace ful profi sslont, but they come baelt valllant veterana of a hundred battle fields, lovid by all the sons and daughters of this great republic, and their names striking terror ter-ror lo the followers of Agulnaldu The Utah batterlea were the most effective artillery volunteer or-rrgu lar. In the United Stale a service and every man comes back a hcroi If there were ofllcea enough to go round there would nut be, n private In the rnnhs Tha Utah batterlea parllclpntid In 101 engagements, cllhcrbatter) A or II taking part In every battle or skirmish that occurred during their stay In tlio lMllpplma and not n tingle man ever deserted his post or rebelled ugalnst the continuous action, for, aa n sturdy old regular remarked! 'Those, Utah chapt simply eat tight." And whenever when-ever the Utnh batterlea participated In an engagement, that portion of the Held was aoon won Klght of the nieml ot tha two batterlea were killed In action, five died from disease, and sixteen six-teen were wounded History does not record so light a casualty list for m great a number of eugagementa, and the people of Utah are truly thunkful that the loaa waa no greater For wrcka preparations have been going ou In this city for aiming reception recep-tion when the boyashnuld come inarching inarch-ing home, and. nniv that It la all over, It seems to bo thu universal opinion that the reception waa moat autlsfac-tory, autlsfac-tory, a grand and titling tribute to Utah'a vulluiil sous. At 8 30 a in the special train carrj-Ing carrj-Ing the happy soldier Iwya pulled Into Ogdcu, whero preparations bad been made to furnish breakfast for them Fully 10,000 people were at the depot wheu the train arrived After inarch lag through the streets an 1 tnjotlugii tubttanllal break fust prepand by I In patriotic people of the .luiictlou ill) the journey tvua resumed for the cup-tal, cup-tal, where they arrived at II 35 Here they were met by the largest crowd ever before asacmblid together In bait Lake City, and thoeiithualaatlc, greeting Hint was git en tha boys at that moment ulone mutt hare compensated compen-sated them for iimny wear) months of active dul) At 13:30 the ordi r to inarch was given and then commenced a triumphal enlrj to the loved capital city of the Utah boys. 1 lie Una of in u nil from the atatlon to Liberty park waa one prolonged pro-longed ovation The boy a walked through a solid wall of cheering, laughing laugh-ing people, all eager to grasp the hand or catch a glimpse of the returning heroes The parade waaovera mile In length, and It wat compact, each section sec-tion following closely upon the heels of the other Major Urapt rode at the head of the volunteers, and by lilt aide rode Major toung who la home for a thort visit liefore resuming hit duties aa chief Justice in the Philippines Troop C, Ninth cavalry, from tort Douglas, Captain t nine acayalry, mem bcrs of lorrey'a troops, the Utah Na. tlonal (lusnl mid the (I A It veterans were In line, as were all the fraternal societies nnd civil dlgnltarlea Arriving at Liberty park the troops were reviewed by the governor after which they broke ranks to listen to the orators of the day, and to greet their relatives nnd friends. Many a touching atcuu waa witnessed when fond mothers and alslera onte moru clased their lorrd mica to their breasts and fathers and brothers unsuccessfully un-successfully stove to beep the teara from their e)ca aa they clasped the hands of the stalwart hrrore The ext re Ise at the parte commenced by President l-orcno Suow Invoking the Dlvlue hlcalng, alter which tlov-ernor tlov-ernor Wells delivered the address of welcome to the lo)a Major F A tlranl ttnt then Introduced as ' the Dewey of thu Armyf" and the bnlle rlct jollied with the multitude In doing lilm honor at he arose to tender to the statu the glorified colors ot the battalion bat-talion i An addrrta b) Senator Itawllns fol lotted thu presentation ot the Hags while Colonel M M Kulgn delivered an address of welcome, on behalf of the II A It teterans. Speaker lloylance, of the home of tiBf"' MAJOR F. A. OIIAN l representatlvea, presented the medals In a neat speech, and Major Richard V Young, on behalfof thovolunteera, mado the speech uf acceptance Immediate!) after the exercises In thu speakers' stand at Liberty park, the .arlous voluuteer organizations lormed and proceeded to the banqueting banquet-ing tables. A space about 300 feet square was fenced off, and within It covers for about l,.'uo persona were lakl The tables were arranged lu rectangular rec-tangular form lho outer row was rcterved for the attending bands and the committed Within thla row In the eustern end of the lucloauro were three tablet for batter) II, aud In a similar position In thu wrttern end wero three tables for butte ry A Hat-tery Hat-tery 0 was located In tha northwest comer Iroop of the cavalry and the rough riders were placed In the northeastern corner The banquet closed the exercises of the da), and thoi.ei who participated did hearty Justice to the magnlllcent apread |