The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-25
REFUSE TO MARCH
IN THE PARADE
Philippine Veterans Will Not Take
Part Roosevelt Day.
FEEL THEY WERE SIGHTED
PLANS FOR DECO
RATING JOINT BUILDING.

The Utah Philippine veterans VIII
not march - the Roosevelt parade
This decision was arrived at yesterday
afternoon al a meeting of the society
at Armory hail. The reason gwen for
their action is that they were not no
titled in sufficient time 20 get the mem
bers together as they are scattered all
over the state. They were not re-
quested to take part IN the parade
until Saturday. and claim that week
is not sufficient to set the boys to-
gether.
It is understood, however, that their
real reason for refusing 10 take part
in the parade is that they We're slight
ed by the parade committee. When
the committee and aides were first ap-
pointed the Philippine veterans were
neglected, and when the places were
assigned in the parade the veterans
were left out. Not until late last week
was attention paid TO this organiza-
ton, and the members resent this one
of them said yesterday:
No attention whatever was paid to
US until last Friday, when Major Eos
ter Of the Twelfth infantry. stationed
at Fort Duchesne. who is a member Of
the committee. wrote to them about
the matter. He spoke very highly of
the Utah batteries and asked that
they be given a prominent place in the
parade. Joseph NyStrom, president of
our Organiza ton was then asked TO
act as an aide to the marshal Satur-
day we were requested 20 take part
in the parade, and called a meeting
FOR today to decide what action should
be taken. We considered the question
very carefully and unanimously de
cided not 10 participate. We would
not have had sufficient time to prepare
for the parade. We do not think we
have been treated fairly by the COM
mittee in charge, in that we were not
asked to take part until Saturday, and
then only when the matter had been
forced upon the committee"
There are over 500 returned vOlun-
teers throughout the state, whose pres
ence would have added materially to
the parade.
At the meeting yesterday commit
tee was appointed 10 confer with a
committee from the G. A. r. to pre-
pare for the observance Of Decoration
DAY
Decorations For Joint Building.
More than two miles of bunting and
several hundred flags. besides mon
ster picture of President Roosevelt,
viii be used by the city and county
officials in decorating the joint build
ing The picture of the president VIII
be six feet long and four feet wide 1t
viii be suspended midway between the
first and second floors of the building,
directly over the western entrance
where the president viii review the
parade as it passes through the joint
building grounds, and address the
school children
The plan for the decoration has been
left TO c. V. Anderson, the chief jan
itor of the county side of the building.
He has drawn his own plans, which
include decorations for the north,
south and west sides of the building
Several men and women are at work
daily in the house of representative
cutting up 5000 feet of red, white ana
blue bunting, and sewing the pieces
together into feStOOns and streamers.
Mr.. Anderson says the more than
mile and half of bunting now on
hand viii not be sufficient to work out
his plans, and that he viii be forced
TO purchase another 1000 yards
President Roosevelt viii review the
parade and address the school chill
dren from a temporary stand erected
at the top OF the first flight of stone
steps leading up to the western en-
trance into the building It viii not
be large enough to accommodate more
than three or four persons. It will be
prOfusely decorated with bunting and
flags. The three sides of the building
already mentioned viii be almost hid
from view with national cOlOrs.
Eagle on Roosevelt Engine.
The locomotive which is to haul the
presidential party over the Oregon
Short Line is to be surrounded by a
large eagle, which will be perched on
the sand dome. Engine No. $50 has
been Overhauled at the POcatello shops
and viii come out with new coat Of
paint in honor of the occasion. En-
CINE No 654 viii act as pilot. and the
two engines viii accompany the party
over the entire system. 1t has not
been announced which engineers Will
be at the thrOtIleS
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