Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

Tells the iioys ThcS Have Fought the food
iiEht aud Kept the Iaith.

'If after che denomination you have
received this morning there remains a
lingering doubt 90 any uf your minds
aH 90 whether ur not you are welcome
nome, ! now giNc you my word % h1n-
or that you urv.
AN day long there has been a tu-
mutt uf conflicting emotions 900 my
breast each struggling 90 be- upper
most JOY over your return. pride over
your achievements and satisfaction
over tho way Utah receives her soldier
boys ! know my own emotions are
but reflex " 900 our citizens.
FIRST uf all you We're near and dear
90 uH before You went away and We
WELDON" YOU home ass "a father wol-
COMES the son DO loves We wish 10
"'r" possible for each uf ~ to clasp
each ut you boo u long and searching I'm.
brace, ANA 30 give you physical pyl-
dDuyn uf the depth OF our affection. Hut
having fathers ana mothers and uH-
p"rlaIN HNygihrlfa and wives OF your
own, you VIII presently be- too busy
with thUm 90 lavish your embraces up
on tho Joy madlcncd populace.
on THE BRINK OF ETERNITY.
I'VE welcome you bcoaus. OF the dan
gers you have passed How many
times YOU have tppu'Cd upon the brink
90 eternity / suppose you yourselves
cannot even guess with storms OF shot
and she'll rliuE thy air. pouring Ike
hail about sou ut Mulate. ut Cululeau,
ut MWuIus, ut MuIlbun, at san Fer
uundp aud scores Of other times and
places, % seemed 90 us nt home cor
time uH ~ you bore a charmed lifr. and
that mo- man ur woman born could harm
the Utah batteries. and while thH lm-
muuiy from harm mluifpstly CDntln-
uri Hu FAR uB the proportion ~ fltull-
Ties was concerned IH compared with
other nFh,lug organizations ln the
Philippine, yet there came O. time when
the gr.m destroyer gathered 200 "a prr-
clouH few of you, and when che awful
news rvlchcd home Il struck untold
terror 10 our hearts. After that trrrl-
Die night ut the WatprwuIhs Wa nluUhul
each morning 40 We took up our uuWHa
papers. We mourn today Tor those
brave boys who have not returned our
thtri relatives and friends. But uH
the truw % sympathy well up lu our
eyes 90 the loss lf those WlrtyryI uI-
trluts who lie sleeping boo Gar lu land,
the fact that they urv dead serves 90
emphasize the dangers which you. tho
living, have undergone and Wh'ts our
JOY ut your return We thank God
we can speak OF our l1sH us tho fsW
and not lH the mHuy-thtt though our
eyes are dImmed with tears Ur eau
SET H.H clearly enough 90 place laurel
wrrlthH upon the br1Ws NJ the hun-
can throw forget -WH-uutH upon the
graves OF only the Tow Who fvll,
THE FLAG THAT HAS NEVER
KNOWN DEFEAT
eve welcome you because you have
upheld the honor uf tho flag that lu
hundred uul twenty three years has
never known defeat. We welcome yHu
BECAUSE, representing ua you dlI the last
star 90 Doe 'mhluEuuul upon that flag.
SOU have increased the iuatrr OF tnut
star and made 10 90 shine forth Go AN
the wood uH loyal integral part VI
the national galaxy ANA with NOT
shade lUHH glory than any uf th0 other
III was necessary for some OF us to
remain ut home We couldn't ull go 10
war The social and industrial dcyyl-
upmuut of our state had 90 Fl on, be-
slides We couldn't lIl have been ucgupt-
ed. Some oil us had yarICuHr veins aud
only one lung ana perhaps others had
cold fcgi 10 was only 70 chosen Tow
that tho Republic wanted ana you are
they You have fought the good nght
and kept the faith and now you 1rr
entitled tu the pludlt. "Wc'l done good
and faithful seryuuHt enter into tng
JOY OF the Lord" SEQ that Wr who zee
manned behind NOT only welcome you
home. but we ask you today Go accept
The thanks ANA ErNUlH4" ". HH" N"H.lH
Tor hghlug our battles. Tor represent
ing us 900 tho stormy conflicts of iHr
tropics FOR muiuiuIuiuE our honor and
advancing the pnuuDuts OF our state
into the forefront of military llst.ne-
uon
SOLDIERS AND GENTLEMEN.
eve welcome you because you have
conducted yourselves as gentlemen,
Throughout an The trying ordeals Of