Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-01

ogden, Aug. 1.-The G.. A. r.. OF
utah, Spanish war veterans and the
Women's Relief Corps arrived from
SAT- Lake at y. M, where they were
Joined by the Ogden contlngents. and
marched to Glenwood park headed BY
FOSTERS military band The day was
an ideal one for the reunion and moth
ing happened to mar the occasion.
AT . o'clock the program commenced
ana included patriotic speeches sham
battles and dancing. This evening at
. o'clock there will be another sham
battle between the members Of the
g. A, r. and the Spanish war yeter-
ans.
AT this afternoons proceedings +. r.
Hulanlsh in the capacity Of master
OF ceremonies introduced the speak
ers OF the day in the persons Of Major
Richard W. Young and Col. Theo Bot
KIN OF Salt Lake The addresses Of
Dolh were listened to with interest
ana frequently interrupted by APP
plause The stormlng of the fort by
the salt Lake and ogden Spanish
war veterans also came in for its
share Of applause.
James A, Nelson was marshal for the
day, while large crowd augmented
by some 300 from Salt Lake who came
W on the two morning trains, was
present al the park,
MAJ. Richard w. Young's address
in fun is as follows:
Gen, Grant, he, who. when let slip.
proved himself TO be not merely a dog
OF war, but very bulldog of war. that
soldier, whose magnan-
lmous soul shone forth Al Appamatox
when he dictated the terms of Lees
surrender ana whose expiring cry at
Mount MacGregOr was. Let us have
peace, was called the silent man. He
was man OF few words and avoided
= speech as II II We're contagion. But
ms aversion TO speech Of your beloved
captain, permit me to say, has been
% me frdnd Army, more honOred I'm
ne breach than In the Observance No
ven regulated campfire or other gath
ring OF the gallant men who so nobly
dedicated their services to the PROPOSE
Ion that the union is indissouble.
Gems TO be- complete without a certain
mount Of speech making. You use
lot only your own numerous and splan-
ia orators but having exhausted
mem you make successful drafts upon
ne patriotism and affectiOnate regard
y outsiders. Who can refuse anything
= reason TO a delegation Of Ciril War
eterans, reinforced, as In my own case,
y my old and suffering comrade" Hap |
y Jack Hall?"
Possibly the explanation OF this |
marked tOndneSs for oratory may be |
Dund In story once told to me by an |
Ulcer Of the old army Way back in
ne OBS, this officer was leading a de-
ichment Of regulars, In the dead Of
inter, through the trackless and I'M
tapped mountains Of Arizona. The
forms fell upon that little party and
Ie deep SHOWS quite encompassed them.
ach day their physical strength was
In the labor Of covering two
three miles. In the midst Of It an,
leir provisions ran short. The COM
ana was placed upon quarter rati0ns.
seemed as though the expedition
ust perish. The officer In command.
mseli a cheerful man, did all I'm his
lWer 10 lnfuse his men with hope and |
solution
In the command was q German whose
81 name was Hans. The captain one
~ observing Hans to be In thought
J and seemingly detected mood app
cached him, and asked, "Hans. how
fNUtr ~ nff / AAlsty,fs A..
piled, IT'S poOty tough, captain. It's
oty tough, but ! tell you what" he
ded win hopeful smile, 1T makes
, much fun when ! get home"
So friends Of the long dark days of
e rebellion, heroes Of the greatest
lr, the bloOdiest battles, Of the
'rld's history the memories Of the in
scrbabIe hardships that you silently
re and the dangers that you faced :
thout a murmur, now in the halcyon
US Of peace, make you much fun" :
IT bitterest experiences. II honorable.
were yours In the highest degree. be- ,
ne our most pleasant recollections.
Is good 10 look into the faces Of our
mer comrades I'm danger and 10 hear y
learsed the experiences OF those
lrs when the day brought its scream o
/, shells and whlstling bullets. the [
and shock Of battle, and the night, r
terrors Of picket duty or the Sleep b
7ness OF AFFECT discomfort. Now do G
lr souls rejoice that the cares that q
asted those days have folded their q
Is with the phantom armies OF the n
IN and as silently stolen away. n
war has smoothed his >
nkled front" an the clouds that o
cred on our house are In the deep
ON OF the ocean buried. Now are 81
r. bruws bound with victorious 20
aths, your bruised arms hung up W
monuments your stern alarms Ia
nged 20 merry meetings, your n
ldful marches to delightful meas 90
e. the sons Of today, with our brief III
almost scathless experiences In IN
salute you. the sons OF an earlier Cr
graduates Of long and bloody IN
'se In the art ana science Of war. an
'as our pleasure 20 follow close or m
behind you, where-you so calamity wi
ted the way etl
ar is brutalIzing degrading II is IN
last argument between nations as IN
blow In the final argument between u
,iduals. It's horrors have been III
tened among civilized nations by IN
adoption OF certain rules. 10 Is no pu
or fair 10 strike below the belt. But gal
mize It's horrors as you may. II Is ~
war II IS forever Internal Its Is