Show from the warrior bold to the beaming bristling and beautiful it is with pleasure I 1 take my dpn in band hand to let you know that I 1 bra am well hoping these few lines may find you enjoying the same blessing the first matter of 0 interest to which I 1 would divert your attention 1 is the fact that cay my commission as captain of company E first regiment utah national guardias Guard has bas been duly received and is now spread out before me aa as I 1 birite w rite you cant conceive of the extent cf of the gratification which I 1 fe feel I 1 at being made the recipient cd f this recognition of my qualities as a warrior at the band of 0 one who is no less BO so colonel Bar barratt raft and also from adjutant white aad and I 1 hasten to assure them that I 1 egand ready to do as much for them at any time ever since the receipt of the commission I 1 have been bumming humming 1 I love the military let me like a soldier fall and similar airs sits and have taken oil off my nether flannels so as to get a severe cold and thus impart to my vice vace v ice the necessary nece seary harshness and baseness BO so to speak to be able to sound the word of command in the proper tone my wife occasionally places a slight d damper amp er on my spirits by suggesting that I 1 drop the letter U from the initials following my title so that it may read captain co E let regiment NG she says this would be more significant and ever so much more fitting but what do women kilow about war please sound bound a nol nofe e of warning to small boys and others who may be standing along the lineol march of the rex pageant to restrain on pain of the law say disposition they may have to indulge in bAst boisterous erous laughter or adverse ad verse criticism when my company headed by myself on a sorrel horae comes along slang 1 have a system of horsemanship peculiarly my own and the fact that it may be new and therefore not understood in ogden is no reason why it should be condemned at once our uniform too may vary somewhat from any others and from each other but they will be quite attractive in fact come of my troopers express the belief that they are ae likely to attract more attention than any other feature f ea ture of the parade first lieutenant israel yohannes Yoli annea Chri a native of spain but who sp ap aks ake our language almost as well aa as llewell ll efell is my chief of staff second lieutenant mickey iickey W Mc french la IS also on it and brigadier corporal john smith figures as genei goner al purveyor and chief bottle holder bolder to the fouad we expect to leave lozan logan in a body the tile body of a utah northern box car when the cocks shrill clarion first smites the early dawn on the morning of june SO by a forced march we proceed directly to the outer edge of reas dominions where we temporarily bivouac here a temporary to a bite will be bitten and a after disposing of the empty flasks flacks the grand triumphal entry will I 1 1 take andi place my bonel boree and t those b on which my staff and bottle holder will be mounted accompany us in the car and will be gaily caparisoned caparison ed my bugler will sound a loud and piercing blast as we enter the royal gateway and it is expected that this will wake up all al I 1 the police on duty and be the signal tor for the tile brass bands to play johnny get your gun oun 11 and other military airs an art ivion at rexa headquarters I 1 will dismount and accompanied by my staff and bottle holder and slid chaperoned by colonel barratt enter into the presence and be fo formally rin ally introduced trod A pleasant ch chat at on such appropriate subjects as the silver bill and the of salt bait lake will then take place accompanied at in tervola tervala by light but refreshments in which all are expected to join as long as tile ken keg holds oat out ve we will then adjourn to our re respective spec tive positions allon along 9 the line of 0 march as follows rex and his courtiers colonel barratt and the other colonels all with staffs the brass bands MC ME with my staff and heading my nay company of logan militia N 0 right resting on Al madena adens place and left skirting jim dees pasa more toro music citizens in carri carriages azes and ol 01 BO OD on in accordance with prearranged pro gramme there may be some changes in the foregoing plans became because to tell the truth they hare have not yet been submit ted to the proper authority bat but surely they will offer no serious eenon objection when they know who we are where we come from and what we want yon you can juet just bet your last piastre I 1 on one thing that we of logan are disposed to emulate without envying our noisy bustling go ahead neighbor to the tile south and anything any thing we may be able to do or eay say that will contribute to the importance and dimensions of the carnival will not be lacking we lye may get there slowly but when we do dawn on the scene we dawn tor for all and singular th e purposed sei therein mentioned or in ana an wise appertaining yours martially cat r ESSAY P S keep your eye on me and my co piny and ho the staff and bottle holar hol dir dr E 0 |