Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-17
A WORD FOR OLD SOLDIERS.
Reminder Of Facts for Those Who
Wish Veterans Out Of the Way.
Ola soldiers nave Earned Their H'.
ward-YouuE Men should be Earn.
Ing Theirs, Not GrumBIIug.
CANSoNviLLE, Utah,

july IL, 1895.
Editor Deserst NstUG
There IL some excuse for cefia n
peopl VIM have an adopted home la
this country 10 think that veterans re-.
colye too much consideration at the
hands Of this public. 1t was not these,
but altogether another class whom one
Of cur United States senators had IN
mind when he recently uttered these
impassiOnod words: "But what OF us
poor devils who were not old enough
to be In the Srmy?" Ia question which
is uttered every day la Warrington
by young men seeking Official posi-.
lions.
But thousands Of this Glass OF men
were as oil as the writer who enlisted
In defense Of his country n mere child
at tue extreme youthful age Of ten
year., and today enjoys n medal Of
honor from the secretary Of war foi the
youngest soldier ever enlisting In de-
tense Of the dag. These men VINO de.
AkhN III hhhAhE nun WIN Aht NAh
veteran seem 10 tning the OLD soldier n
In their way, anu ought 10 get out Of
the way OF the rising generation, anu
that tue law giving the veterans the
preference ought to be- repealed. Again
and sgsin have heard the complaint
with sarcastic illusions 10 TIE length
Oi life OF veterans such as, "Will they
never dit?"
Young men, half a million died
when you were Ia your cradles. Ten
thousand Oi thom died inside Of lftetn
minutes ON the morning Of JunD 3fd,
1864. Twelve thousand Oi them died
ON June 27tn, 1864, IN tuo ssmo month
VI the same year, all around the bloody
heights Oi ksnosaw. Many thousands
Of them died In prison or Ia rebel
hospitals, naked, hungry, suffering,
unlOyed and lar from their dear loved
ones AT home, Many other tnousauls
Of them today hObblB on ctutCnrs or
Hap empty sleeves. They are dying
last enough. LESS than half million
Of them still i've but every 0ne o
them, barring none, bears In his boIy
tue mark OF battle VI the ger.as VI
ditense contracted while campaigning
In order that this government might
not Jade from the earth. But for them
there would DO no government for you
10 serve nor 10 protect you.
D1n't be In hurry. Theie old
veterans are marching On tue field,
brigade by brigade every year. Req.
ment after regiment IL disappearing
over the brow OF the hill OF time. Tney
are marching away into the field "
death, bravely as did the Old Guard al
Waterloo. Done he la a hurry youug
man. Don't be la hurry. These old
tOldiefs are marching oil the field aud
they will sOUn-.all too soon for me-bc
out Of your uugtnteful way.
COD bless them. wish they could
live forever, as their fame will live.
Como are the Horied columns which
stood Sin the way" at Gettysburg,
Fredericksburg, Atlanta, ChiekAmau-
"a, Lookout Mountain, BentOpvllle ami
a thousand other pltces-svery one VI
them rhernopy ~. Their dceds arc
blnzjnod upon tho history Of more
fields than your weak braiu can Te.
member. They vii, coon be cur Of the
way, but while they Ere here, the Re-
puolic should give them the prefer.
snce,
JSo, NJ. DuSSINO,
Capt, y. q. U.