The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-10

must latter this parenthesis Of dlfii-
cult fareweils). be viewed. not rs
calamity. bur as the conquest
'1ieu unapt 10 weep are snlltlen
by the pathGs Of that courage We con-
u3emorate-courag most touching or
al human graCes but ieI Them also
smile with exalted hopes as they lay
upon this soldiers selDUchTe the chap
let's of their homage
His Military Career.
Dr. Stryker eulogized General Law
tons military career. and went on 10
say:
"This better PlantaganeL this lat
est bayard. without fear and without
reprcach, this modern Philippe Ssaney
whose life was also 'ppetrE put mo
action, has shown once more o. what
stuff is iucorrigible MANDOLIN what
substance r2Ot the memories OF the
past,
FOR a true poet (and so proven is
o8e who has written al least some
Chings of which no poet that ever lived
, can have been ashamed. would Sladly
have owned, and q true man is admit
ted To the fellowship of heroes by the
equality and peerage of his supreme
deeds. Here was one whom Raleigh,
Gustavus AGOlphus, William of Orange,
would know at sight He was of that
time enduring breed which has made
Agincourt and NaZeby and quebec and
Lucknow of immortal story.
He was COmrade TO the M8rylanderS
who guarded the retreat at Long Is
land 10 the men who passed the Della
, ware, who served the guns of Fleasan-
ton. who soaked the sod of the Beach
Orchid, VINO ran singing through the
. tide al Manila, who held Guantanam).
Let it be said. and let it be said herr
that none of US is of those who walk
backward into the future and translate
the present upside down.
The Soldiers Zeal.
a tmid carping pessimist lives only
/ in The pluperfect, hlJ good lives in the
future perfect The one is subjunctlVe;
the other is indicative.
Nay, duty is in the Imperative and
unconditional mood. When I'm the name
OF mankind and that peace might be
reGL We undertook ia 1895 TO cleanse
the seas. we affirmed a principle and
made q precedent that /, for one, hold
to have written the most honorable leaf
in all our history.
But all that has been since was cor
! Oll0ry to that No special pleading of
! professional mIlcontents, with whom
{ wisdom viii not die. nor a priori alb
stractlon can unsay what this dead sol
! dier's zeal did for America. Rather
{ does such a death enjOin upon our pUr-
pose and performance such ends as
shall VindiCate US from COWardiy indif-
ferentism and evasion in the fact of
/ whatever duty and however uueXpect-
ed or complex enjOin us to regard and
10 teach Eberty's authority
In
. please God-when those islands. found
( linEs no longer, shall have been rem
/ dered as a majestic deed and TO civil
/ lization. to regulate freedom and to the
/ God of these, there in fair LuZOn, right
/ where he fell, front to his duty. let the
/ valiant frame Of this true liberatOr rise
| in immutable bronze while. under
standing us at last, our brown brothers.
gazing upon that statue. stature, stat
/ ute, all in one, shall say. lie WAS
/ America but he is ours, too, LaWtOn-
/ He was slain by us ignoranty in unbe-
! lief; but he has forgiven"
Last March to the Grave.
( 4 dozen troopers, as the doctor
/ closed, lifted The flOWer-laden coffin and
/ bore it 10 the door. where 5000 soldiers
and citizens i'm greater numbers waited
/ 10 honor the soldier in his last march
| 10 his final resting place ON the Viz
ginia hillside beyond the Potomac.
With a clatter of iron hoofs the cav
! airy escort cantered forward to form
/ the guard Of honor, Orders flung from
rank TO rank down the broad avenue
/ brought the troop and platoon wheel
/ ing into line.
With crepe shrouded colors lowered
+ they filed past sc3Tlet-caped artillery
/ men, cavalry with their orange pIUues
and facincs and the ranks Of the blue
/ clad infantry. moving with machine
/ like cadence At the rear with rumble
! of heavy wheels and clash Of trace
] chaine came the guns, field batteries,
/ and siege guns, field batteries and siege
/ trains.
Ahead Of the scores of carriages was
/ the hag-draped. dOwer-ladeH co ss0n,
/ the ideal soldiers bier. and behind il
! was led the officers charge in a shrOUd
+, of black, with the boots reversed in the
/ surrups, @ picturesque remnant of SUI
/ perStitiOn in this materiaiigic day Of
/ machine guns and smokeless powder.
In the City Of the Dead,
/ tt was a dreaIy wait in the cold.
/ Wind-Swept slopes of Arlington for the
/ hundreds who had made the pilgrimage
/ early i'm the day. But close on sunset
NtAH A''''aIA IA tttV = I'll N-- liz i ~
. tOmac was answered by the crash of
/ minute guns from Fort Myer and then
/ the solemn notes of the dirge was borne
on the wind as the procession moved
/ through the winding avenues of the
great city of the dead.
/ The grave was in the open space
/ just south of the amphitheatre and in
/ sight of the mansion house General
/ Merritt and his mounted staff depIoyed
/ on the south road. while solid ranks Of
/ dismounted troopers held back the
I crowd on every side. Nimb,e cavalry
/ men swarmed over the caissOns cast
ing loose the lashings and bore the
coffin to the open grave while the
president and the cabinet with the
gray haired generals, stood silent and
/ b5re-heldod as the chaplain pro-
nounoed the words of COmmiItal that
/ consigned forever the hOnoEed dust tC
/ the dust whence IL came.
/ Then i'm answer to low command
the firing squad wheeled into lire. The
swapping V0lleys of the caTbines
scarcely echoed among the bare trees
but the vail OF the bUgie rs il
sounded taps fingered Ions and sadly
i'm this gray of the winter twilight anC
echoed family from the distant hills
As il died away the coffin sank from
view
General Lawton's homecoming was
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