Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11

|, the greetings of the president of the
Womans Relief corrs.
The veterans of the National Assoc
Citations of Civil War musicians then
rendered some stirring martial strains.
and they We're applauded 10 the echo.
The greeting to the veterans from
the national organization Of the wo-
men OF the G, A. r. was extended
by the president of the organization
Mrs. Genevieve Hager LonSfield Lane.
She also thanked the people of Salt
Lake City for their kindly reception.
Comrade Charles Burton of Cali
fornia was the next to respond and
confined his remarks to n few brief
but fitting expressions.
Another who extended greetings to
the old soldiers was Clara f. Hoover
Of Chicago, president of the Daughters
of Veterans. The sons Of veterans
We're represented by thef. Comman-
!, der-in-chief Edgar Allan. II, Of
Washington, d. c..
AT the close of her address Presi-5
dent Hoover presented Commander
Neyius with a sum of money as the
gift of the organization to the chart
table fund maintained by the eterans
The army nurses We're represented
BY Rebecca Smith, president of the
organization. She spoke feelingly of
the accomplishments of the nurses
on the battlefield.
1t was close on to midnight when
d.. r. Henry of Kansas. national
patriotic instructor for the women OF
the G. a. r., in behalf of the national
organization presented salt Lake City
with q beautiful oil portrait of
Abraham Lincoln. The portrait cost
$3.50 and will either be placed in
the public library or the City and
County building.
MAYORS RESPONSE.
Mayor. Bransford graciously accepted
the gift, his speech in fun being as
follows:
Veterans of the Grand Army OF tic
Republit--As mayor OF this city in.
behalf of all its inhabitants, whose
hearts and minds give sanction to my
every word, l welcome you to Salt Lake
City, and express their earnest hope,
and mine. that your stay within our
gates may be as enjoyable as the well
come OF our people is universal ana
sincere.
None could be more welcome, mono
more deserving or honored guests than
the survivors of that great army which
was the inyincible "Old Guard of ia
tional safety and honor, the conserpa-
tor Of national unity, during years Of
agony and Woe, When the eyes and
hopes OF all lovers of liberty conferred
vicissltudes to ultimate victory, by you
and your brave comrades, most Of
whom Will march with you on earth no
more
Your hair and cheeks then radiant
with the gloss and bloom of youth,
have since been silrered and furrowca
by frosts falling through Intervening
years SO silently and yet relentlessly.
Your steps then firm and elastic are
now uncertain and hating. Your
hands which then grasped anon the
falling standard, the muslSet and the
sword, now tremble rs they rest upon
supporting staff. Your eyes then
sparkling with the excitement and f.-
Yer of the fray, now Gi,aly urn to-
ward sunset lights, beyond which your
great commanders and the vast ma.
jority of your comrades have pitched
their white tents.
ONE ATTRIBUTE UNCHANGED,
The only attribute unchanged is that
unselfsh love for flag and county
which prompted you to deeds OF sacri-
flee and daring, when you rendered
at the altar OF union and liberty, as
Willingly as those whose lives fed sicri-i
fical flames, that supreme Offering so
patheticaliy termed by the martyred
Lincoln, that last full measure OF de-
yotion."
Tears of sorrow and sounds of
mourning attended every footstep as
you marched to battle in days gone by,
but tears and cheers of loving gratitude.
attend upon your every step today
Applause of those who agreed, male
dictions of those who differed, filled
your ears from 1861 to 1865 but nov
the cheers of q united and harmoni-
Gus people hail with loving acclaim.
the stars and stripes, for whose ascend
cncy you fought. as the loved symbol
of an enduring union, the bonds of
which are cemented. hallowed and
sanctified by mingled blood OF heroes
who followed Grant and heroes @no
followed Lee: by mingled tears of NO
men who wept for the dead in blue.
and women who wept for the dead in
gray The blood and tears of .Amera
cans shed in the settlement OF Inherited
problems once the source of bitterness
and strife. have sealed a covenant Of