Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-16
MILITIA CONVENTION ENDS.


chicago Dec. lN.-lhe CONVENTION OF
the Interstate national guard associn-
ton which for two days had been In
session In this city ended with n bril-
liant banquet In the Great Northern
hotel More than 900 mcmbcrn u the
national guard Of the United states
were the guests.
decorated with the national cplora IN
tcrtwincd with wrca,hs Of rmliaN ana
roses. The corps badges Of the armies
" tho tlyil war and the hanncrr " the
states were draped with the corps Hays
OF The army VI 1898. ,
Colonel Francis 4. Riddle ~ che llll-
nula national guard was ipaHtinnHtcr.
with him. at the speakers table, sat
the fOiinwinr3
General Henry ~. Dunield. Michigan.
Colonel BENJAMIN y. Marsh, Illinois, rN-
Governor Vim. !. stone. Missouri. Nd
jutant General a. T.. WozencIuft, Tex
az. Adjutant General W. II. Whhcmon.
New Mexico. Lieutenant J. II. Parker.
u. \. A.; Colonel John g. Baird, Wye
ming. Lieutenant Colonel u. W. Cor
win, Colorado, Adjutant General J. n.
fleece, Illinois, Colonel Thomas y. Barr.
n. S.aA.. Judge n. Hanccy. Thomas
crafty: Brigadlcr General Charles fltz-
simmons, Illinois. Chaplain G. = bul-
lock. l. ", o., Colonel Nicholas j. senn.
Colonel T.. II. Bliss
m. welcoming speech was delivered
by Colonel T.. ". Bliss. who paid a pre-
iimlnary tribute To- the national guards
men, declaring they represented that
force and power by which the govern
mcnt IN defended when Il In attacked BY
enemies without and by inHurfection
within.
The keynote was struck when Gem
ernl John e. Black. responding 60 the
toast prophecy from the old army
declared she extension of American ter
rltory by the war ~ 1925 had been done
In major measure by the war OF is0O-
"The great army In the great war cs-
tabliHhed liberty for the citizens NJ the
United states" he said. THE army and
the navy In the war ~ 1905 have pros
claimed liberty II she heritage " man
Kind. and that wherever the United
states finds humanity struggling for
liberty. IL VIII help humanity and crush
tyranny. The American republic from
the day OF itH foundation has been for
territorial expansion. From the time OF
Washington 60 this day, by treaty or
purchase the confines or liberty have
been set little further out. the HnN-
efnmcnt need not consider the question
of expansion. for B. has already cN-
General Henry ". Dumcld ~ Detroit.
Mich, who commanded the Thifty-
| third Michigan volunteers IN tho nEht
at AgundcrcH. July 4. defended the ma
lha' h,.'.,. IL, he i,tc Nm IA. snid
~ ~ ,,'',, 4, ,yss considered what moor
as,,s IN. voiunteers had agninat the
] Mnuner rifles of the SpnnlardH the
mllltlnmen must be- given credit FOR
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~ p'',, ~ st"ising mai inslend of
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