Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-11
LRTILLERYMEN
Of THE LEGION.
,,v Had an Enjoyable Reunion
in Thirteenth Ward
NAVY GRlzzLED VETERANS
,.d 10 Renew Acquaintance
Young People Helped 10
Wake Merry

rore many grizzled veterans
',,srdanco upon the reunion OF the
,.,,rlouon Of Veteran Artillerymen OF
,nvoo Legion, held In the Thlr-
,D' .,o ward assembly rooms last night
~ nail was scrupulously clean but
i"' nations appeared except the nag
0, 'sS association and the stars and
~ with now and then gay
80" .d badge upon the breast of u
''| ,bor The good old faces Of the
a1 Old times We're sufficient orna"
So ,,,o1 for that or any other ocea-
~a There were many young people,
'''' .bu5ren grandchildren and great
09 children of the principals OF the
occasion, ITO ossoctat ton
Auy'e we're H. NJ. McAllister presl-
P"r l. Thomas, vice president
q lgu Woods. secretary VIM. AS
WIZ ,-oosurer. Samuel l.. Allen and
Pc SYCAMORE. directors Others
s,,s Col. R, r. Burton, Lieut. COZ An
gs NJ Cannon, Brig, Gen brigham
w. ospg Jr. Hon. Lonn Farr, Heber j.
d iVs9 Gov Wells, Gen. Burton of the
u,Sn staff James $, Brown of
s O' Wor,non Battalion, Mrs, Kimbal,
Wv ~ ne four women who travelled
KIN the battalion, and others.
WV, ,rho nropram was opened by the mar
r.i u" b,p1 Having Hail Columbia. and
,,a' yJS"snirng Rub. e-dub-dub" OF the
I,vms and froncsome notes OF the fifes
G.ovgh, me veterans back many years
H. moi lives. Then Prof Chas j.
Tsou,as led the hymn Nov let us re-
iaics IN me day Of salvation and
, ",oyer was offered by Chaplain r. W
WcAIlls,eE A military glee, "On, Cal
art Company" was rendered by the
Union Gee Club, most or the mem
hers of which were eX-members OF the
Vapyoo Legion. Their singing was so
GOOD that they we're obliged to respond
10 an encore,
An address Of welcome was delivered
no PRIEST D. NJ. McAllister, which
sas followed BY a splendid soprano solo
no Mss Owen and q song entitled 1.-THE
ia Mans story" by VIM. Foster
Then Inc martial band, under direction
Of Up Prof. B. Beesley played Utah far
away and APOSTLE Heber j. Grant
sang 1.-THE Holy City"
Gen. Robert T. Burton was the first
sneaker and told Of his having Joined
the cavalry division Of the Nauvoo Lee
gIon In 1874, when they We're compelled
10 90 about with a hammer, saw
Ratchet shovel or plow in one hand and
a revolver In the other to defend them
selves and the people until the temple
1 was finished, when they began to move
q west-golng somewhere anywhere
+ The idea al that time was that they
we're going TO Upper California. Of
4 which they used to sing Gen. Burton
told some Of the circumstances Of the
tedious and tOisome journey across the
plains, He belonged to one of the COM
panles Of minute men, whose motto
was always ready" 1.-THE motto wac
written upon our flag when we had
one said Gen Burton but we were
diSbanded under an extraordinary or
der from Gov Schaeffer and we were
not even allowed TO celebrate the
Fourth Of July with wooden guns.
But We have no enmlty towards any
man, We love the flag OF our country,
and there has never been day In our
lives since the organization OF the
Church when we would not have laid
down our lives for the Stars and
Stripes"
The singing lesson" by Prof. Thorn
as and Miss Grant was much enjoyed.
after which Mrs, Maggie Hull cap
lwed the audience with a rendition Of
The Maid o Dundee" Del Beesley
gave a taking xylophone solo. when
Madame Patterini Morris Young in
disguise brought down the house with
y dNami | dwelt.'
bHg Gen Brigham Young Jr. was
called up and said that he would much
prefer 70 listen 10 his elders, although
lney were becoming scarce. He toined
me Minute ma in 1853 and in 1862 he
was N company, Of which Gen. Bur-
lva was captain, which had been called
oloh by President Lincoln. through
10Y, Brigham Young, TO open up the
,lall route between Laramie and Green
hivet They started from Salt Lake
@5ul IN travelling twenty-seven miles up
Lcho canyon they crossed the river
twenty times At the head OF the
S',Eeetwa,er there Is no doubt but two
inUls 81 the company would have per-
,Alsl IN blizzard had some one not
lygo1 natural bridge OF snow
sng ice upon which the men, horses
all wagons crossed to a shelter In the
. nau station He told a humorous
Gw'y or bean cooking. which convulsed
we listeners with laughter
George Margetts and sid Clawson,
dressed as Reuben and Rachel here
walked through the front door and IN
~ the stand, where they sang the
qusKer SOM Miss Sarah Patten.
NJ, ,a Heber S Goddard sang and Angus
W. Il, cannon spoke, as ala Governor
s,trggularoh John Smith gave the bene-
a1lclon and the martial band played
iaRKee Doodle while the veterans
t ,ao hands before going to their