Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-13
|M|SMANAGEMENT
IS now ALLEGED
Sample Case Of the Experiences
OF the G. "A. R. Refresh
lnent Committee.
NO APPROPRIATION MADE.
Col. Stcrrctt Draws His Salary and
pIacitlly Washes His Hands OF
ANY Arrangements.

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Now that the heavy work Of the en-
tertaining or the Grand Army of the,
Republic is over dark clouds designat-
| ing mlsnanagement in a number of in
stances are beginning to collect While
Col. r. Nj. Sterrett and his relatives
We're drawing their salaries, i Is de-
c!ared that he failed to provide any.
and other refreshments to the soldiers,
and that the entire success of the af-.
fair remained with the charity of the
loyal women who looked after 1t and
the mon who advanced the money to
care for the visitors
The brunt of this work fell on Miss
Lucy Van Colt, chairman OF the re-
freshments committee and the 46 wo-
men who served on the committee with
her. When Refreshments were discussed;
the women were Informed that not one
penny had been set aside by the direc-3
tor and his forces for the aid of this
committee. With true Utah grit and
a cent to furnish Col. Sterrett with the
refreshments for the 10000 soldiers who;
he estimated would take part In the
parade.
The women sent to Park City. Lo7
| gan, Ogden and + rovo for: assistance in
FURNISHING the supplies. Each place
responded with a great quantity of eat
ables. With the open hand which has
| made Utah famous they sent enough
for the army. The merchants of Salt
Lake City were just as charitable and
express companies hauled all of the
graph companies even sent the mes
sages free OF charge. Many OF the
women on the committee put their
l5lands in their own pockets for the
Things that were necessary and only
| money could buy.
4. NO PROVISION MADE.
Acting under the instructions Of Col.
| iSterrett. Miss Van Colt and the citi-
| zens on the committee with her pre-
pared coffee and refreshments for the
10000 people 1t Is believed would take
part in the parade. When the hundreds
| of gallons of coffee and thousands of
| sandwiches were prepared 1t was found
that there was no means of delivering
| Them. Miss Van Colt was unable to
! find any means offdelivering the re-
freshments to the stands. In vain she
called on Fisher Harris, j. s Brans-
!, ford and others. but was informed that
Col. Sterrett was In charge. Col. Ster-
srett declared that not one cent had been
appropriated for this work He could
| do nothing.
IF II had not been for the generosity
of Litteton Price, joseph Geoghegan,
G. w. Nibley and a number nf others
| would never have been able to send
tho refreshments to the booths" de-
| clareti Miss Van Colt this; morning.
"When all Utah responded in "a manner
! that made every one who took part en-
| thusiastic, It was as little as could be
| done to furnish the means of Transport
| tation of the material to various
4 booths.
There are three big milk cans here
| filed with coffee that could not be de-
| liyered. u went out to the Fremont
school and found that sandwiches were
| absolutely needed there and / had to
beg all day to get transportation for
| the supplies.
| After working all day l was able
! late Wednesday night to get several
men to carry a number of the things
| we had on hand to the orphanage.
Col. Sterrett overestimated things and
then we received nothing to can'y out
| the plans with