Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-06

tile priceless heritage OF a government
OF, Tor and by the people. In the
Revolutionary war our troops were, oil
course, but volunteers; men who Tor
sock the plough, the Jorge, the work
bench, in obedience 10 the call: ITO
armsl" The British were mobbed, and
that practically, at Lexington, Concord
and Bunker Hill, but they were ceitainly
ouip,n =ralled q; Princeton, Saratoga aud
Yorktown. Between 1888 and the war
oi 1872, the chief military events were
Indian campaigns Of considerable magnl'
lude in which the brunt OF the fighting
fell to the lot oil the militia, OF our
military Operations in the war oil 1919,
the average American can point with
pride 10 but two engagements Ludy's
Lane aud New Orleans in both OF which
armies OF veteran English troops went
down in sore defeat before the rifles OF
our poorly organized and worse equip
ped ye omanry. o. the battle at New
Orleans, clinching as il did the honor
able peace wreSted from our he i ~
Toe CHIEFLY by our gallant lack tars,
our troops ielt justly proud, but ii is
historical that there the geniu; and
generalship OF Jackson and the accuracy
and vigor OF the fire OF his troops gave
to the flower OF the British army It's
most crushing and humllating defeat
Between 1875 and Is45, there were
several severe lnGian outbreaks, not
able The conflicts with the Creeks aud
Ssmeinoles, in which the government
again HAD OCCASION to call out its citlZsn
so.diery, with the usual satisfactory
lesUlS,
Tha Mexic;n war added new laurels
| to tie cnapiet oil our militia; but 1t re-
III lned for tue Civil war OF 1905 TO
EXHIBIT iully and completely the Atrial
st m ma and capabil ti-s oiHhe Am, rican
soiuier. When tne attempt 10 Gisfurt
the Union resu ted in an appeal to arms,
| the succeeding states were in Tar bette
! condition ior the approaching cGmOat
| tnan was the government, whose NUM-
| lions OF war had been sequ, cred,
troops dispersed and war vessels dis.
manued 10y federal administration
which was, II not in open sympathy
with secession, al Least indiii, rem. to the
federal welfare Tne inauguration OF
! President Lincoln at Washingto,, ID c.,
was made possible only by the un
swerving loyalty OF volunteer troops Of
the district OF Columbia, and, when
hostlities actually began, but for the
FRO npt celebrity with which the militia of
the loyal states responded to the Prcsi-
dents call for troops, tue federal capitol
would have been occupied by the con.
iederate lorcts. From Bull Run to
Appomatox, by land and sea, the com
batsnts on both sides were chiefly volun-
tetrs. But the tyrOs vi Manassas and
Ball Bluff soon became The SEASONED
veterans OF Gettysburg and Chick.
amauga, whose colossal campaigns and
intrepid deeds were Commensurate only
with the immens ty of the principles for
which they So s,ubbornly contended.
When the end cane, ami with il the
order cease firing" victor and van.
pushed Invested themselves OF the wea
pons of war and resumed the impli
ments of peaceful citizenship. Win
vital differences settled, mutual respec
increased and the federal union restored
and more irmly welded; an era o
broader. better feeling began which
please God may never end.
Since 1865, the martial spirit OF GU
citizens has oeen iostered by volunlee
organizations known as state troops,
or national guards" which have beei
valuable adjuncts in the administration
OF peace and justice, and IN the prope
protection OF lie and property.
Although the militia OF many state
was in some degree, organized anC
equipped prior TO the lale war, anC