The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-18


army, and which afterwards hecam
the army of the United States, in
cluded volunteer as well as the reg
ular, and they even admitted tn
militia. when they behaved them
selves i'll battle. Laughter
The time l have to-day will no
even admit my mentioning the bat
ties and the blood shed broadcas
over the land. I have not time
even t. allude to the campaigns; bu
if there is one thing upon the earth
that America should be proud 'of L
is the army and navy. The army
and navy of the United States have
never yet committed an act un
worthy Of the honor they enjoy anC
prize; they have ever been valiant
and ready for every emergency, and
have traversed the way that leads
on to honor, glory and success, that
our country might live and we be
free. (Applause)
The navy of the United States
has a glorious history. Although
practically to-day without ships
our navy lists bear to-day the names
of gallant officers and seamen; and
| say professionally that the officers
of the navy of the United States, are
far superior, to my knowledge, of
any other like service in the world.
And should our country ever have
occasion to call for their service, put
decks under their feet and they will
add fresh lustre to their own eScut-
chesn. and glory to this great
nation. (Applause.)
8 The army Of the United States.
There is scarcely enough of it to
speak about laughter; bat what
there is we claim to be mighty good
(Renewed laughter. This little
army has been the advance guard of
settlement and civilization from the
Alleghanies to the Pacific Coast,
until we have ceased to have any
frontier. Who can tell me where
the frontier is to-day? AS for my
self I do not know where it is. 1t
is said that republics are ungrateful,
that for active service they fail to
reward the aged and infrm. This
statement I.deny as far as our cOun-
try is concerned. We have on:
navy homes and asylums ;houses for
old regular soldiers and homes for
volunteers who 60 forth in the days
of peril to breast the battle. 1t is
said our country is ungrateful to its
heroes; to meet this accusation L
would refer you to the pension list,
amounting to one hundred MILLIONS
aIyear. Never let it be said that our
country is ungrateful for the SER
vices of its brave men, (applause)
and may God henceforth spare us
the conditions necessary to require
the ameliorating services Of the
army Of the United States, and may
he forbid that we should ever be I'M
grateful for the great benefits result
ing from our battles, or merit the
words Of an English soldier on the
walls of Delhi:
when war is rife and danger nigh,
God and the soldiers cry.
War being over and danger righted,
Gods forgot and soldier sighted"
Now for the future and what it
promises. We can only judge of the
future by the past, and what we
know of the present. l cannot utter
any better words than those of my
friend Buchanan Read, which
sentiment l will accept to-day for
the army and navy OF the United
States.
Pesce, peace to the world ia our motto
uDfuried,
Tho we show not field that il CORY,
At homeor abroad. fearing mona bat our
God,
We will carve our own pathway to glory
Great applause).
Ex-Mayor Little, prop osed the
toast:
Pioneers of Utah"
Responded to by
HON. MILFORD WOODRUFF.
Mr.. Mayor, Gentleman and Ladies /:
A WORD or two upon the subject of
the pioneers is called for. l shall
detain yoN but q few moments.
The Anglo-Saxon race, especially
the Americans, have become nation
of pioneers. Columbus was inspired
with the spirit to pioneer, and acting
under that impulse he discovered
this western hemisphere. And our
Pilgrim fathers, following in the
same path, governed by the same
spirit, landed upon Plymouth Rock
1862 years ago, having landed IN
December, 1920. From them have
descended a noble posterity, who
have laid the foundation Of this
great and mighty nation. The spirit
of the American pioneers has
pointed westward for generations,
until AS men enter7d these valleys
on the oath of July, 1S47. When
we arrived here we found barren
desert. We were the first Of the
Anglo-Saxon race that had turned
up a sod of these valleys for cultiya-
tion for hundreds of years. We
found no mark OF the white
man; the only occupants of
the land were an army OF
erickets, coyote wolves and a few
roaming Indians, whose meals, when
we saw them, consisted of roasted
crickets. To-day you may Traverse
these valleys for 1000 miles, from
Idaho to Arizona and from Nevada
to Colorado, and you will find them
dotted over with cities and towns
and villages, SchOOlhouses, meeting
bo,-1oa fohorn ooioS anH fpmnleS