Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-03-22
GLORY GUARDS.
Rank and File OF the G. A. r. of
Montana in Annual
Session.
Commanoer Waters Retiring
Speech-Reports of staff OFF,
cers-Banquet and Toasts.

ANNUAL ESCAMPMENT PROCEED
ISGs.
Department of Mont ma, Grand Army OF
| the Republic.
Promptly ut 10 O'clock yesterd ty
morning the delegates TO the fourth
annual encampment Of the Depart
meDt of Montana, q. A. r.. assembled
at the quarGen OF U. s. Grant POET
No. IL.
The r. uline of the opening proceed
iDgs having been dispatched, Depart
ment Commander Ella &. Waters aros,
AID with eluquence aud much feeling
delivered the
FOURTH ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Comrades OF The q. A II. of Montana
Ia calling 10 order this fourth annual
encanipmrDt, | welcome you as repre-
stntatIves OF the remnant OF the grand,
e>t army ever known to the world; "a.
the representatives Of au army that
did more iur mankind and civilization
than any Hrmy that history ever rec.
urded. As We 10 back 10 the great
armies tnst nave been, snd their
achievements. commencing with that
great army that left New Carthage,
commanded by that great warrior,
HanDible, some 2ls years before the
Christian era, which performed most
tires me and bszari0us march over
the PyreDees, up the Rhone, across
, the pisins, and finally over the Alps,
landing his tattered, broken srmy in
the heart of the Roman empirr; and
there, with his noble Carthag.nian
army, assisted by their Gsulish allies,
waged q victorious war and conquest
for fourteen long years, surrounded,
seemingly. on all sidrs by their Roman
enemies, they waged war OF exter.
minatioD and ever raped at the gates
OF Rome. This army Was a noble one
snd was composed OF brave, heroI,
men; and was led by Hsnnible, the
greatest sou Of Carthage. But with al
their heroism. with aii t. cir sacrifice
and bloody battles, they were hurled
back To Carthage, a broken, bleed ne
remnant, scarcely reaching 5000 die
hesrtened men, but not until they bad
left upon the bloody fields OF battl,
owe T 100000 OF their Roman foes; and
thus went down to history the deed,
Of that great Carthagrnian army.
Anu then We come TO the greaI
Roman armies, commanded by Pom
pry, and julius Cesar with his Romau
Gladiator, soldi 10, and allies. that
conquered all the Bsrbaric tribes, and
finally wsgsd war upou, and con.
quered the Germans, Gsuls, Thrscisus
and Parthians. Finally, after twelve
long years OF bloody war. Cesar and
his noble army we're In command OF
land and sea; having left on one
blondy field, $50. 900 slain.
Extending their conquests to Egyp-
tan shor.s, they there dethron-d Gle
opstra, history's most beautiful queen
maklngher and her army prisoners.
Then they returned to Roman shore
to extipguisb the last Pickering ligh
OF Pompey's frsgmeDtary, heeinl
srmy and allied hosts. And thus tn
sun went down upon that victoriou
Roman army, with Cesar, its com
nsuder. a mangled, bleeding corpse
assassinated by q hand that shoult
have been first to strike terror 10 hi
foes.
And then we read of Frederick tn,
Great, and his victorious army, bi
many victories, and his many con
quests.
We readily recall the victories woi
by oliver Cromwell, and his army O
sturdy Britons, as they swept owe
England, Ireland and Scotland, lsyiDI
waste everything controlled by tn,
crown; and their religious ambition
was not satisfied until Charles tn
First was beheaded and his famil,
seemingly forever banished.
Still further on we arrive at tn
scene of action OF Napoleon the Great
and his seemingly unconquerabl
army; we see them in Italy M the
are waiting for commander, uu
clothed, unfed, unshod. We see Ma
polson, the beardless, almost boy, a
he replies TO one Of the directory
where he remarks: "You are rathe
young 10 assume tue responsibilities q
eighty, and to take command Of ou
veteran generals" Standing erect
eyes flashing, cheeks burning, and
hand trembling with emotion, he r.
plies; at is not well for one to tall
To me Of war, and Of being too young
who has never smelled powder, O
heard the din Of battle. In one yeaI
air, | shall either be Older or dead.
He Ia given command Of the army @
Italy, and IL shortly with his deplete,
troops BY his great genius the arm
IL enthused with his youthful vigo
aud action. In les. than ak week.
that depleted, disorderly, and dis
heartened army has won under tn
magic touch Of Napoleon's grea
mind, victory upon victory; and will
less than 40 600 men, that grand arm,
has killed. wounded, and taken prls
oner 10000 Of Italian and Austrial
veterans. Again we see this gran,
army nj Lodi, Rivole, Castiglio. Ar
cola, Millessimo. Aud agaiu we se
them toillnR over the burning sand
" Egypt, and still further on in Jeru
salem. Again we eee them inlItalv
Again they are al the fierce-fouEh
and vlctoriously won battle ~ Moreu
90. which rr-conquered Italy; victor
Ious At Bontehello; at the Black For