The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24
STARRY BANNER
GIFT OF WOMEN
Mexican Post Relief Society
Donates Flags to
Comrades.
ADDRESS BY Mr.. HAYWORTH
COMMANDER EVANS MAKES A
FEELING RESPONSE.

The Women's Relief Corps of the James
q Mexican post No. !, G. a. R., last even
,ne at l. o. o. T. hall, presented the vet
,rans with handsome silk flag. The GER
smonies attending the presentation were
,,,nressive While Miss Marjorie Short
Is rendering on the piano the Battle
fIvmn Of the Republic" five of the wO-
men Of the corps accompanied by Rev.
: HavWOTth, entered the hall from
. door in the rear All were dressed in
Trbjte and all carried flags. In the cen
,er of the group was Mrs. Mary b. Lau-
,ence. who supported the banner which
US TO be donated 10 the post. Arriving
IN front OF the president of the corps,
Mrs Lillian Duncan Mrs. Laurence, for
ally introduced the Rev. Mr.. Haywcrth,
,rbo made the presentation address.
His remarks were of q purely patriotic
nature and filled with sentiments calcu-
i3ted to stir the blood Of the veterans
He said in part:
Mr.. Hayworth's Address.
..you who were soldiers of the great
civil WAT here recall as if but yesterday
the exciting scenes of that awful con-
fIict and are doubtless reminded of the
bardships which you so cheerfully en-
T1rcd for the sake of your country. You
will never tire of the remembrance OF
those DAYS because they were days when
vour heads were being covered with glory
and honor, as well as times when YOU
we're suffering the privatiOns and rigid
discipline of warfare.
Not a few wives and maidens bade
good-bve 10 their lovers for the last time
when the call came taking the flower OF
American youth to the biOuVac of the
battlefield, because on those bivOuacs
their bodies still sleep in immortal re-
Something to Die For.
"A few years ago I visited the south
land and took occasion TO visit some OF
the great national cemeteries. AS I en-
tered those silent cities of the dead l felt
swelling up in my soul deeper feeling
of gratitude toward the federal arms anC
A truer patriotism dominated my being
] said in my heart, How thankful 1 an
for the fact that there was = govern
ment worth dying for
There are no people on the face of the
earth today more patriotic than the Amer.
lean people. Even the foreigners for the
most part who come over here are sooT
enamOred with the old glory and become
willing to renOuhce the banners of Eu
rope and for the most part these for
eguers become among that flag most ar
dent protectors and defenders
while our fathers were carrying OF
their tight for the integrity of the ma
ton. the women were at home earning
bread for the families and sustaining The
national defense was no small part. HeI
soft hand as nurse in the hospital wards
became as potent a factor in determining
the success of our arms.
Soldiers of the G. 4. r. of Salt Lake
City. I have the honor of presenting u
You upon this the occasion of your an
nual encampment, this beautiful flag. a
gift from the ". r. c, and may you be
cheered on in the performance of all pa
triotic duties and may your last days,
lettering though they may be physically,
be your happiest and sweetest days and
such they shall be. as you not only live
I'm the memories of the past, but also in
the present and hope of the future"
Commander Evans Responds.
In accepting the flag on behalf OF
James r. Mexican post No 1. Comman-
der II. j. Evans paid a glowing tribute
10 the patriotic women who presented it
Il am sure" he said, that my com
rades will agree with me when I say
that the ladies who are responsible for
this most generous act have, next to the
flag itself. the largest and warmest place
N our affections. We find them as in
tsntly concerned in our welfare in these
piping times of peace as they We're dur
ing the war, when they labOred so siren
uOusly in connection with the great
Christian commission and like Organiza-
tons in providing the thousands of ar.
uCles Of usefulness which contributed SC
much toward aleviating our sufferings on