The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-06
Funeral Services For Volunteers
Being Arranged.
BODIES HAVE ARRIVED
REACHED SALT LAKE YESTER-
DAY MORNING.
Reception Committee Holds Meeting
In Governor Wells Office and De-
cides On Preliminary Steps-Last
Rites VIII Probably Occur In the
Tabernacle On Sunday Next.

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/ Utah's soldier dead VIII be buried
with full military honors and the patri-
! otto people en- masse will pay tribute to
/ the gallant sons whose remains. just
from the Orient, are soon to find final
! and peaceful rep0se in a sacred plot Of
/ ground in this city. On the solemn
/ funeral occasion the masses will share
! the sorrows Of the bereaved relatives
Of the departed volunteers. over the
dead heroes viii be reared a splendid
I monument to commemorate for all time
their services to the nation.
Just when the funeral day will be for
/ the deceased volunteers cannot now be
/ told. It all depends on advices from
! San Francisco as to when the remain
/ ing bodies recently sent home from
Manila will be forwarded. In all prob
ability. however, next Sunday viii be
the day and the memorial services will
likely be held in the Tabernacle.
For the purpose of arranging for the
appropriate burial of the dead volun-
teers who claimed Salt Lake City as
| their home, a meeting of the volunteers
! reception committee was held in the
/ governors office yesterday. AS chair
man of the committee, Governor Wells
said that last August the living heroes
were greeted with all the warmth of
the peoples highes appreciation of
their patriotic services, and now it is
fitting 10 accord the remains of the
dead heroes such proper reception and
burial as will cOmport with the Occa-
sion and meet with the approval Of the
bereaved relatives.
Public Funeral Favored.
The governors sentiments struck
responsive chord in General Penrose,
A. +. Barnes, c. r. Savage, W, p.
O'Meara, Colonel Bruback and Mrs
Ritter, the members Of the committee
present. By invitation Captain Critch-
low, DR.. r W. Fisher, /. NJ. Fisher,
A F. Young, Frank NJ. Young and
George c. Parsons, the latter five being
relatives Of three Of the deceased vol
unteers. were present.
1t was adopted on motion of Mr.
Barnes, as the sense of the volun-
teers' reception committee, that the
bodies Of the deceased heroes be given
a soldiers funeral at the expense Of the
fund remaining in the treasury.
A committee consisting Of Major
n
, Wedgwood Of the Utah batteries and
General Penrose, Mr.. Barnes and MT
O'MeaTa. of the citizens committee, was
appointed to arrange for public funeral
services, after comforting with the rela-
ttves of Sergeant Harry A Young, Ser
geant Ford Fisher, Corporal John G.
Young and Privates Charles Parsons.
Fred A BumiHer AMI Max Madison.
This subcommittee will report at a
meeting Of the general committee in
the governors Office "Wednesday after
noon. The committee will ascertain the
wishes of the relatives Of the deceasa
and meet this afternoon at General
PenrOse's Office to formulate plans.
In order to fxe a date and to en-
gage the tabernacle for the solemn Oc-
casiOn, q telegram was sent last even
ing to the depot quarteTmaster at San
Francisco stating that it is con-
taIplated to have a military funeral
fer all the Utah volunteer dead and
. asking how soon the bodies now there
can be sent to Salt Lake. A reply to
this query is expected today.
Place of Burial Discussed.
During the meeting yesterday the
members of the committee discussed
] with MeGsrs. Fisher, Parsons and
; Young the prOpTiety' of accepting the
! tender from the G. A. r. of a plat OF
choice ground in Mt. Olivet cemetery
! or obtaining from the city the cessiOn
= of 100 feet square of ground near the
entrance to the city cemetery or in
! the cemetery park for the burial and
I monument site. The MesSrs Young
: refused to listen 10 the Mt Olivet
proposition although the others con-
r scented to abide by the wishes Of the
e majority. Liberty park was suggested
= as a compromise but it was deemed
p best to place tie proposed memorial
: arch, for living and dead, there.
y The city council will probably be
petitioned this evening TO grant 10l
7 feet Of ground in the cemetery for the
specific use intended.
9 The nature Of the public funeral vii
3 depend upon the wishes of the relatives
. of the deceased volunteers, but in ad-
r. dt.iOn to the public services eacf
e. family Of kinfOlks will likely have
: private or UNCONVENTIONAL services con
Quoted for their dead
Three Bodies Arrive.
The remains Of Sergeant Young
. Corporal Young and Private Charlie.
( Parsons, ercased in handsome blscl
l covered metallic Casl1elts, hermeticall!
sealed, were received in ogden ye5,sr
day morning by Frank NJ. Young, Der
5 F. Young, 5. w. Stewart and DR.. A. II
Taylor and escorted to this city Of
the SIS Rio Grande Western train Tn
: bodies Of Sergeant Young and Corpora
: Young were taken to Undertake
: Joseph Z. Taylors and the cask6L con
& tanning Private Parsons body wa
; taken to Joseph William Taylors vault
5 L5ni Thomas, a member Of the Utal
/ Battery band, suggests TO The Herald
= that tie members of the band which
played many a march to victory 70
: the boys IN the Philippines, be gOttel
z together for Inc funeral of their com
Q radgs. All but FIVE or six of the bant
I members are in the city, and he be
|. Eeves at small expense to the fund re
Z naming from the last August receP
% ton all the players could be brought t
e the city. There Is no doubt in his mint
5. that all the band members wOuA
Cheerfully respond to the call to Is
? Semble and play the dirge for tn
funeral cOrtege going to the place 9
final rest.