Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-28
LIVING FLAG DRILLS
MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
Schedule Of This Weck--Gov. Gilchrist
Makes Significant Statement I,c-
garting UtAIi's Founder.

/ The work of drilling the children who
are to take part in the great living
flag feature of the e.. A. r. parade,
during tho forty-third national en-
campment to be held in this city in Au-.
gust is going actively forward under
the direction Of Prof, w. A. Wetzcl.
Splendid progress is being made. and
the children who are to take part are
as enthusiastic over the success of the
feature as is the professor himself.
The following. drills for the present
week are announced by the womcn's
citizens committee, in behalf OF Prof.
Wetzel:
The members from the Webster
Hamilton, Emerson, and Wasatch
schools will meet FOR drill Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock at the Webster
school building. e
The members from the Lafayette,
LongfelloW, Lowell and Bryant schools
Will meet Tuesday afternoon at .
p. m. at the Lafayette school build-s
Ing
The members from the jackson.
washington, 0nequa and Franklin
schools VIII meet on Wednesday fore
noon at 1ota. m. at the jackson school
building.
The members from the Summer, Wa
| terlon, Oquirll and Fremont schools
! will meet Wednesday afternoon ut 9 p.
m. at the Sumner school building.
The members from the Grant, LIN
coin, Poplar Grove and Riverside
| schools will meet at 10 a. m. Thurs
day nj the Grant school building,
In response to an invitation to be
| present at the forty-third encalnpment
sent him by Fisher Harris. secre tary of
the executive committee of the Ct. A.
r., Albert w. Gilchrst. governor of
the state or Florida, forwards the fol-
lowing communication to Mr.. Harris:
MY Dear Sii<-I. thank YOU very
much for the Invitation TO be present
AT and to take part in the ceremonies
Incident TO the parade aud review of
the Veterans on the morning Of Aug
2ust IL
II have made arrangements to be.
present at the meeting Of the prison
commission at Seattle. and for Cover
nors' day al Spokane 1 have about
completed arrangements to make this
trip by$th Southern Pacific.
.tfn 1884 had the pleasure ofgvisitinS
Salt Lake City. was yer! much
pleased with your city, have often
said that one of the greatest men
OF the. past century WIS Brigham
Young. Owing TO the enterprise. far
sighteaness and executive ability of him
and OF those associated with him, an
absolute wilderness has been converted;
into prosperous empire.
1T would afford me great pleasure
to be present. on account OF the Sig
niticance of this special OCCASION. the
parade and review of the veterans of
the Grand Army of the Republic. For
Years, II has been my desire TO make
the country feel a pride and a glory hi
the accomplishments of those who wore
the blue Us we'll as those who wore the
gray. The heroic acts of each should
now be considered our common heritage.
quote some passages from a speech
delivered by uie, in 1905. when a mem
I Der of the house of representatives of
| the state of Florida. before the Ladies'
! Memorial association of this city.
also inc!ose YOU extract from my bien-
| NAL message to the legislature of April
D. 1907 Yours very truly,
ALBERT w. CiII.cHRIsT,
t'Guyernor."