Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-01
Reunion Of Utah
War Veterans.
u cH H., Spanish Wa Veterans and GVonen,S Eelef
cops Organizations Haze Big Time in Oaden This
Ater"000-SaA Lake Heroes address Them s,h,jos
IoHn9'S cAbIe and Eloquent Speech

~
utah' Spanish war veterans and the
"omen's Relief Corps arrived from
SAT- Lake at y. M, where they were
Joined by the ogden contingents and
marched TO Genwood park headed by
rosters military band The day was
an ideal one for the reunion and moth
ing happened to mar the occasion.
AT q o'clock the program commenced
and 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. X. and the Spanish war yeter-
ans.
AT this afternoons proceedings Il. +.
Hulanish 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
Doth were listened to with interest
ana frequently INTERRUPTED by APP
pause The storming Of the fort by
the SAT- Lake and Ogden Spanish
war veterans also came In for its
share Of applause.
James A. Nelson was marshal for the
Day while a large crowd. augmented
by some 300 from Salt Lake who came
ub on the two morning trains, was
present at the park.
MAJ, Richard w. YOung's address
IN full Is as follows:
Gen. Grant, he, who. when LET sllp.
proved himself 70 be not merely a dog
OF war; but a very bulldog Of war. that
uhconquerable soldier, whose magnan.
lmous soul shone forth AZ Appamatox
when he dictated the terms of Lees
surrender and whose expiring cry at
Mount MacGregor was Let US have
peace, was called the silent man. He
was man of few words and avoided
a speech as If II were contaglon Bur
thls aversion to speech of your beloved
captain, permit me To say, has been.
by the Grand Army, more honored In
the breach than In the observance 40
wen regulated campfire or other gath.
erlng Of the gallant men who so nobly
dedicated their services 10 the propogI-
ton that the union Is indissoluble,
seems to be complete without a certain
amount Of speech-making. You use
not only your own numerous and splen-
dld orators, but, having exhausted |
lhem you make successful drafts upon |
the patriotism and affectionate regard !
or outsiders. Who can refuse anything |
IL reason to delegation Of civil War
veterans, reinforced, as In my own case. |
by my old and suffering comrade" Hap !
py Jack Hall?"
Possibly the explanation Of this |
marked fondHess for oratory may be- |
found In story once told TO me by an
officer OF the old army. Way back in |
the oD's, this officer was leading q de-
lachment Of regulars, In the dead Of |
winter through the trackless and I'M
mapped mountains Of Arizona. The
storms fell upon that little party and
ne deep SHOWS quite enCompassed them.
Each day their physical strength was
Exhausted In the labor Of covering two
pr three miles, In the midst OF IL an.
helr provisions ran short. The COM
nand was placed upon quarter rations.
I seemed as though the expedition |
must perish. The officer IN command.
llnset cheerful man. did all In his |
ioWer TO infuse his men with hope and
'esOlutiOn
In the command was a German Whose !
lrst name was Hans. The captain one |
lay observing Hans 10 be In a thought
al and seemingly detected mood ap- |
'roached him. and asked. Hans how
re you making it?' Looking up he
eplied, IT'S pOoty tough. captain. It's
'ooty tough, but ! tell you what" he
dded with hopeful smile, 1T makes
ne much fun when ! get home"
SO. friends Of the long dark days Of
he rebellion, heroes Of the greatest
var, the bloodiest battles. OF the
'Orlds history, the memories Of the in
escrlbable hardships that YOU silently
ore and the dangers that you faced :
ithout a murmur. now In the halcyon
avs Of peace, make you much fun"
ur bitterest experiences, II honorable q
5 were yours in the highest degree. be- ,
lme our most pleasant recOllections. }
Is good 10 look into the faces of our !
jrmer comrades I'm danger and TO hear }
the experiences Of those {
Ears when the day brought It's scream O
~ shells and whistling bullets. the [
n and shock Of battle. and the night, r
Ie terrors Of picket duty or the sleep j
ssness OF AFFECT discomfort. Now do C
iur souls rejoice that the cares that q
Tested those days have folded their q
nts with the phantom armies of the r.
nth and as silently stolen away. r
irim-vsaged war has smoothed ha >
rinkled 'front.' An the clouds that O
wered on our house are In the deep
som Of the ocean buried. Now are .
Iur broWs bound with victorious ~
-caths, your bruised arms hung up vs.
r monuments your stern alarms IA
anged 60 merry meetings. your N
eadful marches to delightful meas %
es q
We, the sons Of today, with our brief tl
d almost scathless experiences In M
" salute you, the SONS Of an earlier 81
" graduates of a long and bloody IN
lrse In the art and science OF war AZ
was our pleasure 10 follow close or m
I behind you, where'you SO CALAMITY w
nted the way. 81
Var IS brutalizing degrading II Is Pl
last argument between nations as th
blow IN the final argument between ~
ividuals. Its horrors have been IA
htened among civilized nations by in
adoption of certain rules II is no pJ
ger fair To strike below the belt. But ga
llmize It's horrors as you may, II Is Of
] war II is forever Internal Its Is