Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-28

The fLAG fOR TORRtY's TROOPtRs.


The Cheyenne Tribune publishes tn
following poetic tribute on the rrVasn'
tation by Wyoming. Utah. Colorado
and Nevada women to the Torrc)
troopers ~ beautiful nag, the llnei
being written by l.. H. Tyson
Take thy banner. soldier true.
Take this naH. rcd. white and blue.
Aud whyrc'cr shall bo your goal.
And whcre'er is stripes unrull.
Freedom written uu ~ scroll.
There will breathe the Nations soul.
Take ny banner. soldier true.
Glorious nag, rcd white ana blue.
Take thy banner warrior, brave,
Ever may this emblem waVci
May Ia cancellations shine
Like an aurcolo divine;
May 10 folds AMI Htripea cntwlne
Each a benison benign.
Glorious banner ~ the free.
Glorious fiag 81 liberty.
Take this beaut.ous banner. then.
Stnunch and tfuH Wyumlng'n men.
May ~ triple c0iurs keep
watch DER fields which war viii reap,
May 10 aplacU thuHr who weep
Ger the graves where heroes sleep.
Guard tails sacred emblem we'll.
Fraught with freedoms hDllcat spell.
When y,iu hear tho lannon's roar
ON some frfendl,ss. foreign shore.
when beneath the battle'a smoke
And ita fum,r your senses choke,
When wars ploutitudca evoke
Crash ~ steel and rtbor stroke
Plant odd GLORY On the fcld.
Men o. ours. who never Yield.
When the wnrrinr NE and drum
i.ld the oonausrinE heroes come.
Mhc the mglct clarion tone
Rings acnaa the torrid zone.
Tear the spnnllu from his throne.
Give fair Cuba 10 her own.
cuba HIRE" ever free,
Frm IL center 10 the sea.
Think upon re- thousands slain,
Dying SLOW. with lingering pain.
Think upon the thousands dead,
perishing for want ot bread:
And the tyranta robe Of rcd
Dyed. whor countless heroes blcd.
Dead. their only covering
The shadow VI the yulturc'n wing.
Think how they were made 10 kncel
10 the spanish yoke OF steel,
How was rrtrtd the crimson crest
Ger the loWly ana oppressed
over wrunrf Yet unrrdrcracd,
over crimes yet uncunfsHHcd.
Ana Ger c1irltios unknown.
Too hidcoua Tot a fcnd 10 own.
Think how fathers plead In vain
! 10 the pumpluH luftla % spain,
With loWy mein and fearful eyes:
OF mother walls and childrcn'a crici
Think upon tholr mlserlvu;
| Think mo Hthelr aEonirs.
Think upon these thousands atlll,
Martyrs 90 drspota will
Aud WHOM YOU have thought Of thcs,
/ A. you cross the Southern seas.
/ Think whore our dead heroes lie.
/ Where he hnrhpr'a tide Hwlrla By.
Meath the urfid tUpic sky,
liniHe alHn your battle cry
/ When you meet the hOrdca ~ spain
Let your war cry bc--'"rhe Mainci"
Loosen every bride rein.
Men from broad wyomlng's plain:
| Then, with dauntlcHH, flashing eye.
Raise your cleaning blades on high;
| Raise nllf your battle cry:
/ Raise "Old Glory" 20 the sky
| Like tho WhlrlWind OF the plain
charge the bastard hordea OF Spaia.
Charge me ranks q proud CASTLE.
Let theif hurdcs our vengeance feel.
| Give Thorn shot and give them shell,
| Grape aud canister aa we'll
| Let the drtunatlnna swell
Loud With tho Wyoming Yen;
| Give them thundorblEH Of war
Forged. ot Old, by ancient Thor.
Bear "Old Glory" IN the van,
| Heart ~ heart. ana man ~ man.
| Charge. like eagles In their flight;
Charge, like metoors AZ night.
| Charge, like urruwy shafts OF light;
charge, 600 YOU have won the nght.
Lot your flashing Hahers NOV
swaths Throughout tho serried Zoe,
Through wars Hulphuruus canopy
| Bear this rlg ~ liberty
/ charge, like llghtninEH from the cloud
/ charge, w'fh battle thundcri loud,
| Cover SpDIu'f hattnllons proud
| with rcd wars UuHlugulncd shrnud.
Aien from broad Wyomlng's plain,
strike till 40 our foes are slain.
Raise tho banner OF the free
| O'er the land and DER the Hen.
| Plant the seeds ~ freedom there,
Nurture them with tonderest care.
/ Tlll thDr twlnlnT tendr.ls bear
| Freedoms ill-hiown flowCrcts fair;
] TIL they bloom from year - year
DER all the Western hemisphere.
| And when wars deep thunders roar
over wales and hills no more,
Ana WHOM liberty and right
| TrlumTh u'ur the powers of might,
And when freedoms robe NJ white
CLEANS from out opprras1u'H night,
Ana when ranrly.pluoned peace
Bids the wars rcd carnage cease-
Bring this banner back again,
Brave ana rue Wyoming men.
Pure. unsullled hy u shame,
Bright uniurniahod hy blame
That might cause "a soldiers name
TO mar the monolith NJ fame,
Bring thy banner back again,
ilonored by Wyomlng's men,