The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-05

Kaysville, May 4.-When the Salt
/ ing, and the selections made by the re-
cruiting board for positions in the cav
airy and artillery service were read,
there was universal indignation among
! the people generally, at the results. 1t
was seen that Kaysville has but two
recruits. while Bountiful was allowed
| five, four Kaysville men having been
turned down. The statement that Sc
lection was made by lot has not salts
fed kaySVille people, who cannot rec
oncile that explanation with the fact
that every Bountiful man who enlisted
yesterday was chosen while the men
who volunteered first in the county, and
to whom belongs the honor of remov
ing the stigma of cowardice from our
people, were rejected. The feeling OF
the people is expressed in the follow
ing:
'KaysvilIe, Utah, May 4, 1898.
Hon. Heber NJ. Wells, Governor, Salt
Lake City:
''Sir-Kaysville's citizens and original
volunteers unanimously protest against
the glaring injustice done US by the
acceptance of only two of our six volun-
teerS, and the ignoring of the patriotic
offer of the other four, While five of
the six Bountiful recruits were accept
ed We call attention to the fact that
the four KaySville volunteers who were
turned down were the first citizens of
Davis county to enlist, and that they
went to Pennington to offer their SER
vices, because Kaysville was omitted
in designating recruiting stations.
I'VE deprecate the manifest faVoritism
that has been shown, and we submit
that if only eight men could be taken
from Davis county, the four Kaysville
men who had the courage to lead the
van, and the one Bountiful man who
volunteered the same day, should have
been among the number. 1t is sus-
piciously strange, however, that they
are the only ones rejected. Do you
place a premium upon patriotism and
ready response to your call, or have
you designedly placed the last first and
the first last? We read your answer in
the work of your recruiting officers
yesterday.
Hon. Hyrum Stewart, state represent
ative, Mayor ]. G. NJ. Barnes, County
Clerk Phillips, ex-senator j. r. Barnes,
City Recorder Williams, Rev. E. NJ.
Knox, the leading business men, all of
the city officers, and about so other
citizens signed the above protest, and /
it was sent to the governor this after |
neon.
John H. Meredith, the first man to |
enlist in the county, went to Salt Lake, !
to personally intercede in behalf of I
himself and his comrades, some of /
whom have left lucrative positions to !
volunteer, and he has hopes of getting /
a change made that will give the /
Kaysvil!e boys chance.
FAREWELL TO VOLUNTEERS.
The Kaysville volunteers, John H.
Meredith. William Maddox, John r.
Woolsey, William Nj. Clawson, Fred
Bennett and George Croft, were given
an enthusiastic farewell in the Music
hall tonight. At 5 p. m. the brass band
went out and paraded the streets until
Z o'clock, when the people assembled.
The attendance was very large. The
lea" sung by the whole audience.
Major Barnes delivered a speech en-
the volunteers, and then
came g recitation. Prayer In Battle
by Miss Maud Barnes.
glee club sang Marching to
Cuba" to the inspiring strains of
Marching Through Georgia
Edward NJ. Whitesides of Layton de-
livered a brief address, and following
that was a reading by Mr.. c. F. OIL
sen.
The glee club and the audience sang
THE Star SDangled Banner
Hon. Hyrum Stewart then stepped
and, in neat speech, pre-
sented each of the volunteers with a
silver medal
After the programme the evening was
spent in dancing. Many persons were
present from the surrounding towns,
and enthusiasm was rampant The
volunteers expect TO leave for Salt Lake
n the morning.
The success of the entertainment to-
hight is due as much to Layton as to
&aysville.
Word has been received from Salt
lake that two more Kaysvilie men
will go with the Utah volunteers, max
ng four in all. They are J. H Mere
18th, w. NJ. Clawson, J. r. Woolsey
md William Mabbick