George A. Smith recently found himself preaching a military discourse while in the south of the territory.
George A. Smith, "Report of a Visit to the Southern Country," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: Asa Calkin, 1858), 5:221-22
. . . I found myself preaching a military discourse . . . I then went to Harmony, Brother Dame preached to the military, and I to the civil powers; . . . my discourse partook of the military more than the religious . . . it seemed that I was perfectly running over with it, and hence I had to say something about it.