The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-06
PREPARING FOR
GREAT HOLIDAY
Grand Army of Republic and Its
Allied Organizations Ar
range for Outing.
CELEBRATION AT LAGOON
COMMITTEES NAMED TO LOOK
AFTER DETAILS.


Arrangements were partially completed
last evening at a meeting of representa-
ftives of the various organizations that will
take part in the Flag day celebration of
the Grand Army OF the Republic and kim
dred organizations at Lagoon on June IA.
The veterans expect to have the greatest
of all good times. A baseball game be-
tween the veterans and the Sons of Vet
Grams will be one or the features. Inc
veterans are favorites In the Detting.
Committees were appointed as follows
General cOmmittee-Chairman, Com
mander Alfred Kent; secretary, ii. H.
Kinsman. James b. Mexican post No. /
c. o. FarnsWOrth, Thomas Loughney, S.
H Towles. George r. Maxwell post No.
5-H. p. Burns, George b. Squires, II. IL.
Kinsman. United Spanish-American war
veterans-Thomas Sleater, A. n. Jarvis,
A. L. Price. Sons of Veterans-H. r.
Chase, A. r. Sleater. ]. K. Myers James
y. Mexican w. r. C.-Mrs. NJ. S. Dodge,
Mrs. Mary b. Lawrence, Mrs. " ii.
Pease- George r. Maxwell w: r. c.
Mrs. E. V. Brooks, Mrs. S. ], Naughton,
Mrs. Margaret B. Harvey: Reynolds
circle Ladies of the G. A. R.-Mrs. FL
linor B. Burns. Mrs Agnes Price, Mrs
Jennie Bowring.
Sleater, A A. c., and A. ON G.. all com
manders, all presidents. and Mrs. Lacey
and Colonel Tatlock.
From this committee was appointed a
committee OF acknowledgements y. " II ans
worth, George b. Squires, a. r. Sleater,
A N Jarvis Mrs. V. H. Pease, Mrs. L.
v. Brooks, Mrs. Z. b. Burns.
Another meeting will be held Saturday
evening, at which time the program will
be arranged.
Resolution of Thanks.
The memorial committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic and allied organ
izations last evening adopted these reso-
lutions:
? THE memorial committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic, representing the
Women's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the
@. A. r., auxiliary to the Grand Army
the p. E Conner Camp OF the Sons OF
Veterans 0he boys of the Boys in
Blue''), E. A Wedgwood Camp of the
Spanish-American War Veterans and the
Indian War Veterans association, graft
fled by the success which attended thu
observance of Memorial day, expresses its
gratitude in the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the thanks of this
committee and all the organizations which
1t represents are hereby extended to
Colonel Lockwood and the troops from
Fort Douglas, to Adjutant General Wedg-
wood and officers and men of the Nation
al Guard of Utah, to the governor and his
military staff, to the cadets of All Hal
lows college and of the Salt Lake High
school, to the police department, to the
Veteran Volunteer Firemen and to the
Salt Lake City fire department for their
participation in the parade No grandeI
or more impressive pageant has ever
graced the streets of Salt Lake City, and
the. hearts of the veterans are cheered
with the thought that when the last
Grand Army man shall have passed away
the observance of Memorial day will
continue everlasting tribute to thu
memory of the nations heroes.
Grateful to All.
Resolved, That our thanks are due and
are hereby extended to the Utah Light
& Railway company for transportation
facilities furnished, to the managers OF
the Orpheum theater for the free use Of
the theater for our memorial exercises
and to all of those who participated in the
program furnished for that occasion. and
especially to the Rev. P. A. Simpkin fol
his eloquent patriotic address.
Resolved, That We hereby extend espe-
ciaI thanks TO the school children Of the
city for the magnificent floral tributes
offered by them in such prOfuSion, and
to the principals and teachers of the pub
lie schools for their cooperation and as
sistance.
Resolved. That our thanks are also
due and are heartily extended to the
Redman Van & Storage company for the
free transportation of the flowers and
plants from the public schools TO the cem-
eteries. to the honorable mayor and city
council for generous gifts, to all Others
who contributed in any way to the success
of the occasion, and to the patriotic cit
liens who decorated Main street and the
line of march with a profusiOn of "Old
Glory, and who along the line of marcf
greeted the veterans with cheers and wav.
ing handkerchiefs in testimony of theil
respect for the men who fought the ma.
tons battles in the long ago.
Resolved, That our heartiest thanks
are hereby rendered to the Hon. Charles
| n. SreYell for his thoughtful and patriot
= &c gift of the Lincoln tablet through the
Grand Army to the citizens of Salt Lake
City. The fruits of that deed shall be
gathered. in the years to come by an in
creased patriotism and devotion to the
flag and country.
Resolved. That copies of these reso-
lutions be furnished to the papers of the
city with the request that they be pub
lished in full
GEORGE B. SQUIRES,
''R. G. SLEATER
III. II. kINSMAN
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