The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-10-28
A GRAND OVATION.
Great Falls Does the ifonOrs
Proudly at the Magnificent
Reception,
GREATEST EVENT IN MONTANA
HISTORY.
The City OF Cataracts Gives the Null
titudes of Earth a Lesson in Soc
ial Dynamics.

ial Dynamics.
The soldiers reception in Great
Falls last Tuesday transcribed in
splendor anything of the kind yer
before seer in Montana. Capt. SAT-
ford who had charge of the various
plans won popular plaudits for hav-
ing conducted everything in a most
orderly manner, and not a slip oc-
CURED in the execution of the en-
tire program.
The train bearing companies A, |
and H reached the Falls about $40
D. IN. The lines of the various di-
visions were drawn ready for the
command 10 march. The soldiers
stepped off the cars into a great en-
closure arranged for the occasion
where under strict police regula-
tons none were allowed to enter
) but relatives of the soldiers to ex-
tend the first greeting. For 20
minutes mothers and fathers, sisters
and brothers of the brave boys held
a hearty informal reunion, and then
the march began. About 5000 peo-
pile were in the parade with bands of
music from everywhere. In the
procession marched 200 cadets from
1 the Fort Shaw Indian school, and
J all the scholars of the Great Falls
Z schools carrying flags and banners.
d The soldiers at the speaking were
seated directly in front of the speak
ers stand. Judge d. j. Tallant,
a very popular with the boys was
n speaker of the occasion and his ad-
G dress was not over 5 minutes long
but thrilling with patriotism and
e provocative of applause. Fl" said:
"Boys, we are glad to see you and
hope you are glad to see us. | will
d not keep you five minutes" Then
the soldiers cheered.
cit is not often in the history of q
. country, the speaker continued, thai
the people at home can joyfully
n greet soldiers returned from foreign
E lands, and it is a source Of Joy Il
the people of Cascade county to to-
day greet in this friendly manner
the soldiers of northern Montana
from the Philippines.
ono more manly, drawer, more
n honorable or nobler body of men ha
Of been sent out to do battle since TIM
ID began than the First Montana in
90 fantry. (Cheers.)
"This country has always depend
=" ed upon it's citizens to create it
as army and they have never failed t.
10 respond. The members of the FRS
m Montana were the first to take tn
oath of allegiance to the flag, t
=. swear to support and sustain
IL whenever assailed, and they ar
of among the very last to lay dow
r. their arms. They have come HON
without a blot or stain upon tina
flag and have shown to the worl
10 that their gallant colonel made II
ng mistake when he said that the flag
rs. that regiment might be brougl
ee. home bullet-torn, but that it woul
,le not be dishonored by the act of
,o+ single man of the regiment. CHEERS
"Some are missing. No death
ner so honorable to a soldier as to ia
for facing an enemy, in the full di
nd charge of a soldiers duty. Frede
for ick Hall of Fergus county and Hel
-, ry Claude Beecher of Cascade cou
ty died thus. May their names lor
to be held in memory by all the peop
ry- of the state and may their seryic
ur- be fttingly commemorated. Whe
ever a soldier lays down his life
his country's behalf, he places
name upon a roll from which it ca
not be erased. (Cheers.)
Some of you continued the spea
rim err, gave up good positions to go
the war. You went under a pro
Use that you should have those pc
rus tons when you returned, and
d at confident that all those promises "
was be fulfilled. All who did not 81
lin up positions under such promis
20 will, 1 know, be helped to sec'
employment, And if the past be
inc criterion, | know that your acts
are the pursuits of peace will be graft
liked ing alike to yourselves and to "
,ocb friends.
"Now, l know you have b'
talked to death; you have had
$ IS much oratory and too little
mn CHEERS and laughter.) / will
but n word more. In conclusi
the as representing the citizens of Gr
Falls and Cascade county, | bid
% welcome, extend to you the freed
of the city and wish for you, in
-ung future, all the enjoyment of life v
the which it may fall to the lot of
! be man beings to be blessed" (Chee
lnzer Judge Tallant's address was
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