Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-28
WHY STATE MILITIA is NECESSARY
Address BY LIout B. Buck Sixteenth s. Infantry, to tho
Officers and Members OF tho National Guard
Of Utah. March -, 1906

i.u Auu deep despair Rm0ns the
i'hH1ri valleys where the warm Huu.
uIuc nnu hg gentle winds are " Yut
Iihl2 Can sIau n state as .fsCt.
iI- lryple o. such Iuty W. thni. Al.
Iti ihcIasi answer you. GuI, iu DO.
lHhuiIc wisdom, permits such tuiuGr
10 Dec. We may mot ak why. Bu.
uNy wn nOt hope that those people
may never ain zee the stern ftliurrf
1i whi1 Again 1 say, Jet tho .nat one
EWur YOU. But IL there no ciotv To-.
men which Will lay hHlI RuIsa ihu.r
thnli De- mo- more war IN tins v.uu,Eg
1 nu.wsr were not our rfauintuyf.
ana our gran. mpthuTs As good n7 W.
Were not their guBnltatbytH and their
1fNrdmOthers n piUus us ihpy2 Anu
lii not our ancestors dread the uuffur.
90 war ant cbCr III the pleasures NJ
Ivsce aH much ua thuir duscpnd tut.Y
ANA are we diletcut from the other
great races Ot the oatli? 10 Uk nura
Into e history M the pu-t. War, HuG
nothing but war, " cut1uiCIeu. War
mAIU men ana nations tfyHt Five
monuments oi EryIt are covered with
tue story Ui great ciues aud powerful
Nuas that ii0uflshei by tue sworf 600
the long ago.
Truly every Christian chrr'sn,a thr
h go mat tue timu viii como wuu
there will bU no moro war Bul rum-
ing events should, 100 some way,uuf
nnrlr shnluws before th,m, DO vain
do We ipnt iot such H sigu NJ perpetual
vBCs. y yer NO the history u. tine
world were such uuI rudUus efforts
.Hi forth sH nov In uufiecilus The mIi.
my strength 10 the different usiu.H
he onftl, IwuEty.lHrny millions ~
Eniugd soldiers iu Europe uIuI
tuiut ~ WHIST Re the u1 uIafIuu 10
luip -is 900, iucuIIns men. women
'ni chilur b., uNtly' AMI 'UfpIgu born.
Pat ulnrty.slN such states tl.rth.L.
ifans'Urm every s1u. boot. sHlurr.
tmc and trained iur war, aud UuH 4
Ono military sttenglh ~ LYrII Co
Loo uuc %. our great ul.It- aud sec the
Nuniuf- that science ami invention
have wfuuFht, hud remember that ten.
i1Il THE tu1ft has been csInuIpd O.
HuupIy these soldiers with .ur lpa IIl.sf
mans nitN cuIiun lu their business I
4rsitur have u.t time f1 uini
nt tue many ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
mruH IN weapons aud matrfIaI-u
Ihr uFt % war
Man D. constituted today very much
eco ui iUfuH q lrluIy hut blood
.Yuuur with uumu-ity through Ia,
lf'Urirs iutsN tho sam" o. Yesterday.
80 man D. w'sr enough tp tay wuru
events may occur which Wr,uz % gov.
utuW, ntl c.u.Il Ius.iuIy control, nul
which q mGud interfere CO &c our
hands. II was the uUUlr drsirp to uu
hold the night D' our E'slur ruuubIirt
that cnu-CI PrUsiIcut Monroe g. ole.
Glaze tue doctrine OF this government
frlstvu e. the lu.uFfsruucu Iy
European powers with Irpub.c. OF this
continent ~ the present Jay tniH
dnctfiue receives the APPRECIATION %
our PEOPLE, Ana sU 70 H. clear that
even nur deEirr 10 protect our younger
sisters mBy lead us Into national i'm.
cul,Ire.
The Quilted States 10 supposed 30 he
the Wtaithic-t nation Uu usftr. w
have c1mmefclll AMI other iutprss.s
in every quattcr NJ the globe. T. u
possible W. fh.ulI continue 60 deal
iuipnulttly with OIL nations anu
lever dia rec with then. Would
not We iudby H." IA arms O. The de-.
irutu NJ the national honor and pfiv.-
lcgts / our suyWUu Wtfr Impressed on
tue higu scaa2 Would not Iur gr.pIp
rls" q ainst auy Invasion OF cur bur-
dcrs?
Toe DrrleEts Tor war are both great
AMI small. Within our own times the
FfaLCu'Gr'mau war ui ls7u7l, was
fought from national hatred aud 10
holster w a tultuting throne. The
Ptussian'Austflau war In 1865 was
Ought through national losluusy-a
light Tor supremacy Ia tue German
states, The war OF Prussia aud
AugtTia against Denmark. iu 1864, wHs
one NJ aggression. The great rebellion
90 1851 that shook this continent from
ocean 60 ocean, was for the maiutuu.
aure Ut principle. over i've millions
u' mcn fought TO vinIiCRlo their con-
vicuOut-a terrific war, u gigantic
war, In which the number Killed,
dead OF disease, anu wounded am0uul.
ed ON both silCs 10 more than one
million moll-all for "a principle.
Many within tue hearing Of my voice
remember this great struggle, AMI yet
Ia the bfiei space NJ time since ils
close, there have been many others,
" yatlOu, magnituues. TIE United
states hns had numerous Inuiau
ware. We remember tue NrE PrTcu
war In the lava fields; the massacre OF
Custer aud his cOmmsnd; tho death o.
Major IhOtnburg anu a large part
HE command; the Ghost Dances anu
the Wounded Knee, tue death OF Can
tain Wallace, aud Lirutenauts Mann
AMI Casey-yuung men OF our own
1ayi besides the Apache wars la All.
zUun anu actOss the liun into Mexico,
aud many others IN which uitiC-fs anu
men u our little army have died tor
our advancing civilization, repeating
year by year the trials whiUh hesrt our
iDrgialners ig1m tue time Of their land
lug nj jamestown anu Plymouth Rock.
iheu comes Germany, " tu her three
European WAis tlnCe 1861, and with
numerous troubles among her cul0ultf,
once becoming srriDusly tmhrOiIuu
with tho UuituI Slates-slx years agu.
And France with her gTsa; war with
Germany her wars IA AiriCa aud
l0uquin and Madagascar. England
with her African and Egyptian wars,
and Turkey with her WAir, Ruu Greece
ANA RJumania aud ltely with thoirs.
Spain Huu kussiR anu Canada hay
uad thelts; Austria anu Chiua Auu
Japan anu McAICI and Chile anu Peru
aud Argentine II public Ruu Bpivm
aud Guatemala Hud 5Ru Balv dram
UtuguRy auI Had have hAd turlrs-
all rinro 1861, England has Within
tue pact week started u second invasiuu
OF tuu HOu4Au, win view g. thorough.
~ u1uqutTilg the country vi the UpptT !
~ lu auu mus COuuuCt the E.ypliau !
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