Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12

assemblaee of veterans to order and
announced that the famous Cook Drum
corps of Denver Swou Id rende the7 OPP.
3ening musical selection; he drum [lrll1
corps then played the great. 81 battle
piece, "The Battle Of Gettysburg, CON,
tanning the following numbers: Aud
Lang Syne;; ~ THE Girl i Left Behind
Me- Dixie Z, the different bugle
calls; Just Before the Battle Mother;ss
Assembly: Charge; Rattle Of mus
kerry and booming of artillery; the
cheers of victory and the tune, On,
4 On, the Boys are Marching =, !; ne Is
Vacant Chair: Nearer My God, to
Thee Taps The piece was greeted
with prolonged applause, and the
drum corps filed out of the hall.
h The Right Rev. John f. Spence, chap
lain in chief, then arose to invoke the
divine blessing upon the assemplage,s
and every veteran arose to his feet and
bowed his head in reverence: After y tne
invocation the delegates joined IN re-
peating the Lords Prayer.
Commander Neyius then addressed
the gathering for few minutes, greet
ing the veterans and bidding them Wei
come 10 the business session of the
#forty-third encampment. owing 70 , inc
difficulty he experienced in speaking,
on account of the loss of his voice, ne
requested that adjutant-Generals FRANK
W.
>' REPORT SUBMITTED.
owing to the length OF the reports OF
fine various heads Of departments. 1t
was decided that all reports be sub
mitted to- committee for consider7al- !
5tion. said committee to report their
findings on the same to the conven-t
ton at one OF the later sessions: Among
these reports were those of Frank =.
Cole. adjutant general; Cola. y. H. s..
Stowits. quartermaster-gen general; >.
Kent Hamilton, senior vice command
erin chief; Charles G. Royce, junior.
vice commandment n-chiaf: Lane
Tanneyi1iil,s surgeon general; AIRED q.
Beers. Judge advocate general, and
William III. Hornaday, inspector gen.
eral.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Aadjutant General Cole arose and
read the address and report OF the
conmander-in-chief, which was In
part as follows:
Comrades: greet you as call to
order the forty-third national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army OF the Re
public. ,,,e
In the month of September, 1908. on.
the banks OF the Maumee, In the city
[ of Toledo, in the state of ONO. swnere
Won were so Hospitality entertained by
| the citizens OF that city, you conferred
! upon me the highest honor WITHIN your
(, eift-that of commander-in-chief and
now. here on the banks of the River
| Jordan. in the. city of Salt Lake. IN
the state of Utah, with its churches.
| its schools, and Its palatial residences.
] located within the mountain ranges of
this great mountain state. recently ad-
knitted as. one of the United States OF
America, rich in agriculture, minerals
mines. mills and factories. and destined
nathe near future to be one of the
wealthiest and most prosperous states
! incur Union. we are the guests OF the
/ comrades of the department OF Utah.
| Grand Army of the Republic. and OF
| The citizens of this hnspitable city, who
| are doing all in their power for our
! entertainment and to make our sojourn
| among them most happy and agreea-
/ Bile, during this our forty-third ma
\ tionai encampnent. And i am called
upon to render. you an account OF my
! stewardship.
/ was treated with great cordiality
! upon my visit in the southern depart
nlgnts, and in Atlanta, Ga. with the
Grand Army. of the Republic, held a
! Joint meeting with n, Clay Evans,
/ comInander-in-clief of the United Con-
i federate Veterans. and his organiZa-
| ton. The stars and Stripes We're con-
i spicuous, while the Stars and Bars We're
! not in evidence. Our open and public
4 discussion upon the family trouble ex-
isting between the northern and south
err states and between the men who
had stood upon the firing line upon
Il ff-onfinuad ar, ma ee eight. H. IT 1sss