The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-21
be done the city limits were not passed
until 1925.
Notes.

The Pullman car furnished the officers
was one of the handsomest on the line.
] The officers commissions were delivered
| them yesterday by the secretary of state
The Utah Cracker factory remembered
the boys with several boxes of mixed
! crackers and cookies.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Snow con-
! tributed several very fine boQuetS of cut
| flowers TO the officers.
Corporal Chick Varian didn't have a
| button left on his coat when the train
! left. The girls got them all away from
| him.
| Corporal L. P. Hansen found time be-
| tween huge bites of a sandwich to shake
hands with his friends who called to say
| good bye.
Sergeant Ethan Allen had great difficult
| ty when the band played THE Girl ]
Left Behind Ne" 1t was hard to deter
mine which girl.
Pie was distributed galore by several
/ ladies from the country, who wanted the
boys to go away with full stomachs. as
we'll as full hearts.
lady from Bountiful, with a son
| among the volunteers, furnished enough
| pie and baked chicken to supply all the
members of his section.
| Jacob Moritz yesterday turned over to
| the volunteers the funds received for
their benefit. The following is a copy
of the receipt furnished:
The officers were the recipients of many
| handsome bouquets. Among the finest
was one from Utah commandery, present
| ed to Captain f. y. Grant
Sergeant Young had a serious time get
ting away. He was in demand in so
I many places at once that he could not
! keep a check upon himself.
Corporal William d. Ritter. of Battery A,
was made the recipient yesterday of a
high grc - lrny revolver from Major r.
j. Hiltoi-. ais admiring friend
Sergeant Fehr was the recipient of a
demonstration from A company, his old
organization. which turned out for the
parade, under command of Captain \. a
Smith.
Fifteen boxes of oranges were distrib-
uted by Hon. Jacob Moritz. and the vol
they get to California. where oranges are
cheap.
Lieutenant Webb did not take a horse
with him. but will get one at San Fran
cisco. where he expects TO take riding
lessons for a time. He has never ridden
a horse.
Jake Moritz remembered the boys with
20 boxes of cigars. He offered them 10
barrels of beer, but Captain Young shook
his head negatively. The offer was too
large. apparently.
Captain H. NJ. II. Lund had command
of the infantry battalion yesterday. Ad-
jutant Graeber and Captain Rognon were
with him. Captain Rosnon was cheered
by Company as our next captain"
Mr.. John II. White. of White MeTcan-
tile company, quietly did a neat thing
yesterday in forwarding to Camp Kent 4
riding horse for the use of Lieutenant
Critchlow who left on Thursday in ad-
vance 90 his battery.
Sergeant Jack Nystrom, by virtue of
his position, had the right of the line
And Sergeant Jack showed up 10 good ad-
vantage. The old man made the young
fellows heart glad by presenting him
with a gold watch and chain before the
train started.
Received of Mrs. Jacob Moritz. the sum
of $3.50. being our proportion of sS33.S0
realized from the volunteer benefit enter
tainment." To this Captain Richard W.
Young added: with sincere gratitude"
Battery BIS share was Sl59.32 and the
cavalry troop S257.S3
The ladies of the Cleofan and others
held a meeting last night 20 formulate
letter to Captain John Q. Cannon, of the
Utah rough riders, but did not complete
il, and another meeting will be held at
the Exponent office at 1890 this morning
when all those of the committee who were
working yesterday are requested to be
present.
the volunteers were accompanied to
Ogden by a party of about 100 prominent
Salt Lakers. who occupied a special car
Governor Wells was z member of the
company. and the volunteers were greatly
encouraged by his presence and cheering
words. All the captains and several mill
tiamen also accompanied the boys. and
large party of girls were present TO cheer
the soldiers. They returned on a special
soon after the volunteers had resumed
their journey westward.