The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29

Around the banquet board at the Air.
club last evening the Utah Vo!u7tss.
Officers association mingled mirth with
recitals Of war experiences and. buDo.
with the pathOs Of sad reccIIecrlons .Eo-
three or four hours joy was ureonina6
The occasion was the first annual din
ner of the heroes since the war.
What in the battalion's field 7-orl5 h,
termed the mess beard was nory
tempting feast table. II was rfrruIo-
IN form, Sny boliZing. as one Of the ,,st
Grams said, the completeness OF tbsi-
victories. but another insisted thar ~.
circle indicated the size Of the n7fss,,a-
which the Utah boys shot at the SDaTl
iards and the F1lipinOs. also with ~.
deadly effect recorded in the pages ~
recent history.
Around this charmed circle. behind
entertainments of flags hung In sracs
fUl folds and banks Of flowers fres5
from LuzOn, Angel island and E1or@5s
the battle-scarred veterans ana rhef,
guests felicitated one another that rba,.
had tasted the fruits Of war. EXCHANGES
rhetorical bouquets and glorifed ia
nation. pauSing now and then to solvs
the subsistence problem or 10 saun}a
the canteen.
Cannon as Toastmaster.
Colonel John Q. Cannon filed TIA
post Of POSTMASTER in his best st,Ia
Governor Wells was down for a, roas1
on How to Be a Good War Governor
but in his absence, on account Of IN
ness, Adjutant General Burton respond.
ed with characteristicallv fine effect
THE Superiority OF Volunteers Over
Q -
to Major FOrbush Of the Ninth cav
airy, l.. S A, and he covered the as
Signment 50 admirably that those who
go to war when the call Of natio7sI
/ peril is sounded We're acquitted as BE-
/ ing the equals. If not the sUperiors. o.
the officers who follow the army pro-
/ fesSiOnally.
I Captain Critchlow talked entertain
/ ingly about the Ladies of Four CouD-
/ tries His climax satisfied the assem-
/ bly, that he preferred. even blindfOlded
/ the COmpaniOnship Of American fe1ni-
/ ninity to that Of the fair daughters OF
/ Manila, HongkOng or Nagasad.
! With all the dry humOr at his CON-
/ mand, Captain WedgwoOd told ths
funny story of his experiences in tam.
ing the wild horses and other animals
Of LuZOn.
Captain Jennings was delightfully."-
[ reminiscent in telling about Govern
ing the Angels islands in sight
! Of San Francisco.
Peace and War" was Captain Gaines
topic. and he cleared up any doubt
about his position Whether in peace or
war he would be in it to the end
Bouquets For the Fair Ones.
/ In responding to "Our Sweethear1s
and Wives" Lieutenant White Of the
Ninth cavalry made IL clear that army
life, nor any kind of life would be
/ worth living without the fairer ones.
Lieutenant Naylor blushingly coma
fessed that he had posed as target foa
Spanish and Filipino sharpshCcters, but
he had yet been untouched by CuDid's
darts. This confession was ODDcrtune
because his topic was Posing and Pro-
posing"
For all the good things Major For
bush had said about the volunteers
Lieutenant Benner =. Smith, IN re-
spending to the sentiment, Superior
ity of Regulars Over Volunteers re-
turned the compliment by showing that
! without the regulars to instruct the
volunteers the latter would De an IN
known quantity
How I Caught My Crocodile BY
Lieutenant Webb, caught the banquet
ers. The recital brought crocodile tears
! it was so funny.
After Major Grant had concluded MS
response TO the toast, Our Country
/. and Flag" the happy heroes declared
they would follow the flag again N
any country if the nation wanted Their
services
Lieutenant Gibbs responded 10 ms
! toast. National Guard Artillery vs..
Volunteer Artillery" by showing there
: was good stuff in both ORGANIZATIONS
good enough to go into any battle a.
ter q little drilling.
: ''HO1gkOng as Saw It gave Leu
: tenant Seaman opportunity 70 reIFesi
the memories of his comrades OF NE
white elephants TO be seen there
Lieutenant Hines made a new Ieou-
tatiOn as a Wit by telling what he kns"
about shoulder Straps and Cle'-
a rOns."