The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-26

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Last night was a night of patriotism
in the Twentieth ward, when the brave
sons of Utah who went forth to do bat
tie for their country's flag were well
coined home by the members of their
ward. There are twelve of them who
went from the Twentieth ward, and
the night was all theirs. They were
the guests of honor, and right royalty
were they received.
Speeches in which the glory of their
deeds was related, patriotic music of
the KIND that stirs, and refreshments
served by beautiful girls wearing the
red, white and blue-all combined to
make the evening one long to be re-
membered by the volunteers and their
friends
Judge Powers Speaks.
Judge o. w. Powers made a stirring
speech of welcome to the boys. He
paid high tribute to their valor and
said, These brave soldiers went forth
from Utah, the newest star in Old
, Glory, and they made a record of
which the empire state might well be
proud. How small then, are the
chickering's as to the unpopularity of
this or that officeri"
: The great wave of applause which
came from all over the house at the
Judges utterance gave ample evil
dence of the sentiment of the people
toward the mud-slingers in their at
lacks upon Major Young.
: c. B. Stewart spoke enthusiastically
upon the work of the boys He said
/ that they were the frontiersmen of
civilization in the Philippines, that
through their gallantry school houses
would take the places of Notifications
and trenches, and that then the Fill
plno would be free, and would turn to
his former foes as a hayward child
and give them thanks for their great
work.
we may be separated again and
again by bloody wars he said, 'but
over it all there will be one flag wav-
ing-it is mine, it is yours-the star
spangled banner,"
Majors Make Remarks.
Major Young and Major Grant were
both present and both made remarks
full of patriotic appreciation for the
reception given them and their COM
rades. Both of the majors were greet
ed with tremendous applause, and were
referred to by the speakers of the even
ing as Our Dick" and Our Major"
Lieutenant Hines, the youngest Of
hcer in the batteries. also spoke along
patriotic vein, and expressed his APP
probation of the welcome.
One of the prettiest features of the
programme was the presentation of
bouquets to the boys by six little girls
of the ward. AS each volunteer re-
ceived his gift he imprinted d kiss on
the fair donors lips. When little Miss
Emma Beebe presented Major Grant
with his bouquet the big, bearded ma
jor rose and. taking from his coat an
Eighth army corps badge, said:
This was worn on my blue army
shirt all through the war in the Philip
pines. Take it, little one, and never
let any man kiss you who is not wor-
thy to wear it."
He then kissed the little girl and sat
down, amidst great applause.
The other numbers on the pro-
gramme, all of which We're excellently
rendered, were as follows:
Programme of the Evening.
Star Spangled Banner Audience
Tenor solo-"Just as the Sun Went ~.
Down" Albert G. Hammerton
Duet-"Mother, Shall This the Glory
Be- - -;;...-.....:::...
Misses Lily Pye and Alice Ellis
Violin solo-"Home. Sweet Home
and encore, Star Spangled Ban
ner" Professor w. c. Give
Song-'Why Don't You Get
Lady of Your Own?" ..
William ]. Willes.
Recitation of war stories. .
............M Miss Maud May Babcock
Soprano solo-"The Flag That
Never Knew Defeat"
Miss Rosetta Romney
<hIhcilCd Audience |
The decorations were very appropri-
ate, consisting of flags and bunting in
very profuse quantities. pictures of Ma
jor Young and Major Grant, and flags
OF all nations, arranged diagonally /
across the room. w. L. Anderson was |
the decorator and he deserves great /
credit for his work
The exercises closed with refresh |
ments and handshaking all around.
The boys who volunteered from the !
Twentieth ward are as follows: Ma |
jor Richard w. Young, Lieutenant
Frank T. Hines, Sergeant ]. o. Ny
strom, Sergeant VIII Kneass, Albert !
kneass, VIII Luff. Mamie Phillips. |
Ray Savage, Roger Kanters. Fred May, |
Enoch Cavanaugh, VIII Ellis.
The affair was in charge of the |
Young Mems and Young Ladies Mu- |
tual Improvement association of the |