The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-27
BEARER Of MESSAGE
TO GARCIA RET|RES
Announcement That Major A. s
Rowan Will Soon Leave
Active Service.
SUBJECT OF EEIL0GY
BY ELBERT HUBRARn
Noted ''ROycrofter" Inspired IA
Write Preachment by Deed
Of Hero.

News Of he retirement Of Major
:, Rowan came 10 Salt Lakc City To- a.
day when The Now York sTrihnro
rived. The Tribune in it's issne NJ a.. a
-. has this brief account of ,bc Nv Nv
nouuccmcnt OF the major S rctiremen".
An order made public hy the war a.
partmcnt at Washington vcstcrdo,,' de- p
uounces the retirement OF Ma jor 1na,nmr nm-
Summers Rowan OF the Fifteenth Tfnt,nm
States infantry who as a first leu,onai
IN The Nineteenth infantry carried 'dh.
now famous message 10 C;arria - t,e ie
lowing the declaration Of the sna,isn ,yi-
American WAY. Major Rowan has hSas
on duty with his regiment at Fort Dourh
las. Utah.
The name of Lieutenant Rowan ,.
suggested to the military auihor,s,a.
when H. was desired 60 have n os,.lss nessass
taken TO General Garcia. the t~uhan Is
surscnt commander, Immediately folow-
ing the declaration OF war Licutenar,
Rowan delivered the message on Anil Nv
19oS, after many thrilling experiences H.,
also brought back 10 the United Staiss
authorities fun details concerning <ths
strength of the insurgent forces. etc '
Major Rowan was graduated from We.
| Point in 1881 and was assigned Ia ~
Fifteenth infantry. lie served also will,
thc Ninth and TincteeptI regular infan-
| try regiments. He was lieutenant colonsI
of the Sixth United States volunteer in'
fautry during the war with Spain
A Message to Garcia.
Major Rowan IS known thorughOut
the length aud breadth OF the land ss
the man Who carried "A Message in
Garcia. No higher tribute vac
ever paid to "the man who does
things than that which is containe
in the preachmcnt written hv Elber
| Hubbard about Ma ior Rowan in bs
"a Message to Garcia. - Hubbari
makes use of this language at the he.
ginning;
In all this Cuban business there !,
enc man stands out OF The horizon OF
my memory like Mars at perihclion
When war broke out between Spain and
the United States. it was very necessary
10 communicate quickly with the lead
! crs of the insurgents Garcia was
somewhere in the mountain fastuesses
of Cuba--uo Que knew where. No mail
nor telegraph message could reach him
| The president must secure his coopcra
tion and quickly.
The Right Man
| ''What TO do,
''Somcoue said TO the president
There S n fellow by the name Of Rowan
VIII find Garcia for YOU, if anybody
can.
Rowan was sent for and givou lei
/ Ter 10 he delivered 10 Garcia How stbe
! fellow by the name of Rowan took the
| letter, sealed IT. up in an oil skin pouch
| strapped it over his heart. in four days
| landed by night off the coast of Cnha
| from an open boat, disappeared INTO the
! Jungle, aud in three weeks came out on
| the other side of the island. having
| traNcrsed 4 hostile country on foot. and
! delivered his letter To Garcia, are things
| have no especial desire now to tell
III detail
''The point | wish ia make is~ihis:
| Mckinley gave Rowan a letier tn be
delivered to Garcia; Rowan took thc
letter and did not ask, Where is he att /
| BY the Eterual' there is q man whoss
form should he east i'm dcathess brOn2
and the statue placed in every college
of the land II is not book learning
young men need, nor instruction about
! this or that. but stifeniug Of the vef
tcbrar which viii cause them 10 be oysl
10 = trust, 10 act promptly. concentrais
their energies, do the thing carry
message 10 Garcia.
The deed of Rowan inspired Hubbard
TO write forcciul sentences about ihi
| shortcomings Of tho average Young mau'
his funlure due 10 inattcntion, dowdI
Indifference and half hearted effort
| Hubbard plticS the employer whose nan.
he says. is growing gray because i6'
,'helpN be gets is no help at all. Hub
bard closes;
When the Boss Is Away.
|FMy heart goes ont TO the man vha
does his work when the boss is AVA:
as well as when he is at home Aud
the man who. when given letter 70
Garcia. quietly takes the missive. w1th,
ont asking any idlotic questions ana
with no lurking intention of e1uckins
il into the uc@est sewer, or OF doles
aught else hut deliver ii, prver gels
'laid Off. nor mas to 90 on stilHc io'
higher wages. Civilization IS Que loaA
auXious search for Just such indiyiss
ais. Anything Sncb man asks shau =
granted: his Kind is so rare that no en- 4
fploycr can afford 10 LEI him 90, RE
wanted in every city. town and Iinas n
in every Office, shop, Store ana i% Il
tory The world cries out for sicp' =. H.
is needed, and needed badly-thc la'' Il
who can carry a message to Garcia, n
Major Rowan has been statloneu = n