Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25
TAFT TOASTS
ARMY OFFICERS
Brilliant Affair rendered by Fiji
teenth Regiment at
Fort.
MANY GUESTS ARE PRESENT.
President Pays High Compliment to
American soldier and
His Work.

There vas world OF good cheer
and fellow feeling exhibited az Fort
Douglas last night at the banquet
rendered the president The key note
or 70 en- was struck by President VIII
liam Howard Taft ~ he lifted his
glaks and offered this toast:
II give YOU hearty toast. gentle
men. To the officers Of the United
states army and their wives"
II was the FIRST time regiment has
ever banuuettcd 81 president and the
mon from the fort made the occasion
great ono through their efforts. The
banquet was given by the officers Of
tho Fifteenth regiment
In his address President TAFT said
Ia part
I'm the last eight years u has been
my good fortune 20 come into close
contact with the officers Of the army
In the Philippines and as secretary
| W. war. ] had good opportunity TO
learn them. and my experiences nave
taught me 10 appreciate and value
those officers most highly ! had
| feeling OF serving with the army IN
the Philippines ] can't say that the
army Officers acted with any too
much warmheartedness toward the
commission Of which I was member.
Tbey thought that they had big job
on hand. and they didn't want civilian
Interference. But as time wore on, ana
we felt that after All we were All
Americans with common END
soldier and civilian worked amicably
together.
SOLDIERS WORK.
prom what know OF them now.
/ win say that there Is no task which
army officers may be invited By their
l M ngnfal
10. IN peace and war they are efhcleht
The army officers can perform all or
! the functions OF civil government cred
| itsblv The civil service in the Philip
| mines when I was there was quite ar
dcult and harassing and delicate IN
its execution The men who we're 40
inc that work needed great self re-
s,rsipt r., nrevent them from breaking
loose and committing deeds when
might back homo have been called
! mere cruelty, but which, under the cir
run,stances. really would only nave
been perfectly natural.
"But saw the officers showed
such great self restraint under those
| trying conditions that their perform
| anceg entitled them to be called SOL
diers OF the army-this Is whole uio-
~ met the Fifteenth in the Cam
marines" chuckled Mr.. Tart ana
wide grin spread over his face ana
I remember your old colonel VINO mas
now long passed TO ms re~sip, Syi0' ~
| Mole. Il was. believe, and shah ~
| vavs remember him. He was Won
dcrful man. indeed. 49,
Al the close OF the banquet three
rousing cheers were given LOT m
Dresident. He WAS then escorted og
the orderles at the fort to the hhu's-
Ao M s~ce,iept nrograrn OF music given
At the banquet was the work OF the
Fifteenth infantry orchestra ana MISS
me big hall was artlstically decor
ated under the direction OF 70. IA Wlle'
with green srniiax- Two great Arnerl-
can flags arched the ceiling. The FIJI
teenth's reg1mentl flag, with arms
embroidered ON a great field OF deep
blue faced the president Relies OF the
Philippines, regimental swords and
trophies, the bolos and other things
were used TO decorate the wall.
Following IL the list OF guests at the
banquet In their order at the tables;
on the right OF President TAFT sat
Senator George Sutherland. Congress
man Joseph Howell and Capt. Archi-
bald Butt, the presidents aide.
On the presidents left sat Col. Wal
ter scott GOV. William spry, Senator
Reed smoot. Senator William f. Borah
OF Idaho. Mayor John S. Bransford,
former GOV. Heber NJ. Wells and for
mer Gov. J. G. Cutler.
UTAHNs PRESENT.
At the tables running perpendicular
10 that at which the president sat were
the following: Arthur l. Thomas, L.
A. Wedgwood, ID. {. Jackiing, senator
| Thomas kearns, MAJ, Arrasmith, W.
J. Hallorau, Col Daynes, Dr. Pfoutz.
Capt Uline, NJ. Hutchinson, William
Nelson, Capt Snow, James Anderson
Lieut.. Upham NJ. Burton, j. b. Cos
eriff. Lieut. Miller. Fred f. McGurrin,
Glenn schramm, John r. Caine, George
A. Eaton. Dr. Critchiow. NJ Pollock,
NJ. Benton, Judge William II. King,
| Mai Purviance, n. +. Booth, Elias $.
Wright. Lieut. Sillman, Col Lund
Lieut. Elliott, L. c. Callister, NJ Green,
Col Kaighn, Lieut.. waterman, r. u
r. Thompson. Lieut.. Walthal M. ii
Walker Lieut. Ellis, John 8. Crltchlow
Prof j. 4. Kingsbury, Prof. Widtsoe
DR. Mayo, A. j. Davis, ]. Il, Jennings
| lieut. santschi, Eugene Santschi, Sr.
John Hays Hammond, Judge Straup
Samuel Newhouse, Rodney i. Badger
Capt Rowen, George Plummer, MAJ
I I,iout'u Ward Wa &. . c. Goodwin
butcher. Col. e. A. Wall, Lieut.
Carey. T. c. Weber. David Keith
. | Rev Elmer T. Goshen, NJ. Dandy. JOS
, eph Farrar OF Provo, captain Wells
; Captain Harker, CHORD Pinchot Ma
| ior May, col Keller, Major r. s
| Rowan, 1.-The man who carried th'
message TO Garcia" W. s. Mccormick
. | Captain william A. Cavanaugh, Judg'
Zane. Thomas Hull, Chaplain Glen
ems. j. NJ. Siodahl. NJ Bucker. Lerol
Armstrong, NJ. PATHS, IL r. Clark
, Lieutenant Huddleson, q. s. Holmes
lieut.. Ice, }. W. Houston, Judge O.W
I Powers Lieut. Dixon, Judge Dickson
s. v. Derrah, Captain Hair. Mr. Law
4 renee, Mr.. Atkiss0n, Captain Conrad
\ g. w. whitley Judge William II. Me
y carly Mr.. Tracy, j. y Smith, Mr.
/, johnson. Mr. Williams. Arthur Pratt
4 MT Wallace, Judge frick, Waldema
Van Colt j. N Thompson, Mr.. Al
mer Mr. McCown, John Dern, Fishe
! Harris and n. Eldredge.
; Secretary Of the Interior BallinEcI
I although he came into Salt Lake cit.
on the train with the president. al,
not attend the banquet chief For
. ester clifford Pinchot however wa
= there.
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