The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Fifty Of Them Returned From Angel
Island Yesterday.
A GUIDON PRESENTATION
SERGT. BARRETT TURNS IT OVER
TO GOVERNOR WELLS.
The States Chief Executive Thanks
the Artillelymen and Shakes
Hands With Them All-Surgeon
Birmingham to Succeed III. Miles
Christmas at the Fort.

The Rio Grande Western yesterday
brought into Salt Lake City from Cali
fornia, about fifty members of battery
c, Utah volunteers. who were muster
ed out q few days ago in Angel island.
The boys are all looking well and are
heartily glad to be back once more.
Some of them stopped at Ogden where
they live, others came TO their homes in
Salt Lake and the remainder departed
last night for their several homes in
different parts of the state.
Among those who came to Salt Lake
We're Sergeants Barrett and Hubert,
Corporals Martin and Fisher, Musicians
White and Robertson, and Privates
Manson, Ash, Benzon, Callahan, Cand-
Ian, Carter. Cartwright, Collins, Dali
ton, Finley, Fraser, Gardner, Joseph
Hanson, Haymore, Madsen, Mathews,
Miller, Naismith, Patten. Peterson,
Pulver, Robinson, Rodgers. Smith,
Stewart, Van Aelstyn, Welch, Wilson
and WOLF. Those who stopped at
Ogden were Corporal Wadsworth,
Privates Batchelor, GOWN, Angus
Heiner, Charles Heiner, Loughran,
Shaw and Tribe.
A great many of the boys went by
boat To Portland ana after seeing that
place VIII come on through to Salt
Lake, arriving here about Tuesday.
lieutenant Murphy has also gone to
Portland with the other men while
Captain Jennings has remained in San
Francisco and expects to go on to
Honolulu.
Shortly after l o'clock yesterday
afternoon the men assembled at the
White House corner and proceeded
from there to the city and county
building. Here they marched to the
49, "a IL.
with the guidon of the battery which
in the future will be the property, of the
state. First Sergeant Henry Barrett
made the presentation on behalf of the
battery with the following words:
Your EXcellency:
In behalf OF the battery I have the
pleasure of presenting to the state,
through you, the guidon of battery c,
Utah volunteers, which you, in behalf
of the ladies of the Cleofan, presented
to US. Although our deeds have at
tached no glory to it, such as war is
supposed to give us the opportunity to
do yet each and every one of us have
at all times, to the best of our abilities.
protected it from disgrace, and we re-
quest that you, in behalf of the state
of Utah, preserve it as a memento of
the past"
The flag was then turned over to
Governor Wells, who replied in a few
well chosen words. He said, Il thank
you, one and all, on behalf of the state,
and 1 must say that, though you had
not the opportunity &c show yourselves
in the field, yet your duties were even
mere trying than you would have eX-
perieaced in active service. realize
what you have endured and can as
sule you that the state is proud of the
manner in which you discharged your
duties This flag shah be sacredly pre-
served as you request 1 thank you. "
The governor then shook the men
by the hand and made some pleasant
remark to each. When he asked if they
would be VIKING to respond again to
b>lhe country's call the answer was
.Yest'' And thus ends the history of
battery c, Utah volunteer light artil-
lery.
1t might be interesting to add that it
required the sum OF $6,519SO to pay off
the battery, give each man his allow
ances and furnish him with travel
pay. When the organization was
mustered out the company funds,
amounting to over 5000, was distributed
among the men. This amount was the
profit from the canteen run by the
battery.