The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-13
RETURN OF THE CADETS.

The Salt Lake High school cadets
have returned from journeying by land
and sea, and The Herald takes this on
portunity To commend them for the
credit they reflected upon themselves
and the people that sent them to San
Francisco. With honcrs enough to turn
the heads of most boys fairly show
cred upon them. with entertainment
such as was never provided for any
lads before, with their heads stored
with useful, patriotic knowledge. the
boys have come home, better in every
respect than when they went away.
1t is very pleasant To be able to re-
cord, with truth. the fact that the de-
pertinent of the cadets was all that
could have been desired. more than
could reasonably have been expected.
Every one of them seemed To remem-
Der at all times that he was in San
Francisco as a representative of Salt
Lake and Utah. that it was incumbent
upon him TO obey orders and to do
nothing that would bring shame or
diseredit upon himself or the battalion.
The liberty the cadets had was not
abused They showed that they did not
have to be watched constantly. And il
will be a long time before Utah is as
we'll represented anywhere as it was at
San Francisco by the salt Lake High
school battalion.
The trip OF the cadets was worth all
the money it cost for many reasons.
but three viii suffice. First. ii was
worth the price because of the pleasure
il gave to Admiral Evans; second. be
cause of the tremendously Impressive
lessons the boys learned: third. because
of its splendid advertising value Salt
Lake City and Utah have been put
upon the map for hundreds of thou
sands of people who before knew about
them but vaguely. Those boys we're
cheered from end to end of the line of
march last Thursday. and thereafter.
when they were spoken of at all. it was
in complimentary way And there
was great praise for a people that had
the public spirit 10 enter upon an I'M
dertaking involving so much expense
and labor.
or those who were responsible for the
success of the trip. after the special
train left the Salt Lake yards and until
it reached them again. we believe the
name of Captain Webb should be
placed first. Upon the shoulders of the
commander rested a heavy weight of
responsibility, and he bore it, not only
manfully, bur with excellent Judgment
and fine discrimination. Holding the
boys with firm hand, he yet allowed
them reasonable liberty. At all times
he was watchful. at all times patient.
As sample of the way he worked it
may be stated that he never slept more
than three or four hours any night. and
last Saturday night he did not even lie
down. so anxious was he to close the
trip successfully. To Captain Webb
the thanks of the parents of the boys
are due. He more than measured up
10 the trust reposed in him.
Principal Eaton. Dr. Pfoutz. Adjutant
General Wedgwood and others are also
entitled to the highest praise. II was
no mere pleasure trip for these gentle
men. At all hours they were on the
firing line, looking after the comfort
and entertainment of the cadets. seeing
10 IL that nothing calculated to make
them better or happier was over
looked. In the High school roll of
honor their names should not be over
looked.
Now it is up TO the boys to show
their appreciation of all that has been
done for them by diligence in their
studies. by undiminished interest in
their battalion duties. by regular at
tendance at school They have had a
more wonderful trip than any school
boys have had since the first boy went
TO school, but they must not permit
the recollection OF it TO interfere with
their work.