St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-27
An Eloquent Tribute to the Conti-
mental Army.

An Eloquent Tribute to the Conti-
mental Army.
One of the most interesting addresses at
the recent banquet of Company d, of the
First regiment, at the Commercial club,
was that of Rukard Hurd, of the govern
or's staff, which is printed herewith. Mr..
Hurd said:
The records Of the navy department show
Mid- lipman James M. Duncan (then twenty
seven), at the head of seventy sailors and
marines, fought and routed 400 armed Mex
leans from strong positions of their own
choice. l have the honor of representing
that gallant officer in the Aztecs and the
Loyal Legion, for, as commander he had
til his death in 1864.
l mention this little incident the routing
Oh OK 411 men by 20. as typical of those times.
tlon. l know that Midshipman Duncan was
IN IN front and saying, Come on boys" and
llkely swearing like good fellow He had
fatbars Uia STUN .s IN n nim for his father my grand
grandfather was with Bainbridge on the
PhIiadelphia in. the war with Tripon, and
ninetoee nhu oeen prisoner of war in Algiers for
was soldier of the Revolution.
nc mention II, say, as typical of the men of
bendot 40; or the Gontinentals 1t was the day of
nano- -to-hand fghts-catch- tch-as-catch-canEand
tne pest man won; and the American bows
lish. iisA 'iia wing
For the English Irish. Scotch welsh
huloal Duton Dlood in them had been purified by
breathing the air of freedom; by living
G1eah u hves: by having their minds and bodies
~, ~ sne ,highest state of mental, moral and
physical condition. Because, through sew
erai generations, for $50 years, they had been
Wbaf sSugnG bonss TO love and honor God; to learn
Wnat honest, hard toll meant; for a Wilder
ness and the elements had to be conquered
ana subdued and yield unto them q home
end and lily mxing; TO learn to be keen, cautious,
ana alert to overwhelm the savage foe with
ms uhclylI1zed, unusual, startling methods
OF warfare. They had been taught obedience
co1osa ~ oaW ana order Yes. the discipline of the
SoioniaI laws, which we of this day think
were very harsh and arbitrary, had prepared
the colonists for what was before them. and
erey ery+ went at 1t boldly, earnestly and with
great confidence. A great army of the
greatest nation, fully armed equipped:
trained officers, trained soldiers, the wealth
VI of England Ed to draw from, and yet the men
ol 10 with little more than trust in God
that unwavering. Ane' Oil
Uniforms? They had none Arms? There
weren't enough flint locks to % around
Guns? Gunpowder? Bullets? Balls? Thev
were yet to be made. Commissary? Quar-.
ne rermaster? master Months elapsed before these de-
cared for, and they never were pronerIy
cared Tor throughout the war;
g., ana then the foe in the rear, the worst
canse cog oi b an, because you can't see him; be-
eause ne sneak and a coward; with his
teAray, dllatory, half-hearted, no-hearted leg
lsiatlon-all ta this and more the. Continentais
ten aa 10 nd Gonbend against but history is writ
zen zen, ana there 1t stands. Thanks be to
Goo VINO gave US the victory through His
servant and the Country's Father that mag
Sfnrent, ficer ana uneauailed specimen of "an Of
L have said ''the foe in the rear:'s If is
Inat zoe which permits Robert Morris to
gave his all to his country. his life his
property and sacred honor; who fnaneiered
tne war, who gave his entire fortune who
credit. oueSiue
We have seen the operations Of that foe
IN the War of the Rebellion; the foe which
| President Lincoln; the very same foe, gen
tiemen, we have seen the past years holding
this country by the throat till it was black
IN IN tI 5ne 1aee paralyzing, prostrating the life
Oh the nation; the same foe who today talks
| OF arbitration, as if you could arbitrate a.
nations honor; the same foe who's flag is
VIM wn1ite-Without- the blood red of martyrdom
and heroism; with but Gods own blue, with
out the stars Of promise. These misrepre-
| sentatlVes OF all parties; these for personal
revenue only, who cannot rise from party
| 10 PATRIOTISM, from county to country these
| are the foe.
The African king, when recently told what
| England's nag was, said he knew that that
was not right; he had seen it three times
and 1t was always white.
The Continentals saw 1t many times, and
were white.
We saw it many times in 1912, and it was
white.
Paul Jones. Decatur. cambridge, Perry,
saw it; those heroes Of the grandest navy
and the bravest sailors the world has ever
seenread seen % It. its history # will thrill your
sou soui, IN II itIhirty to sixty minutes after sight
had maneuvered and broad-sided and crap.
pied, and hand-to-hand fight, they and
Un nag er sss ~ere the ours Why
for his own. He was no hired butcher. HI
fought for his very existence, his manhood
ms Citizenship: his country, his home. Hi;
the spirit Of re-" which, with Gods bless
Ing, will make us win every time. Let tn,
plan and complain all they please when thu
test comes, when 1t is the time to act, tn,
men of America, the men strong in battle
; viii do again what they have done many
many times; they will save and preserv,
America. Will the great railroad men, tht
bankers, the jobbers, the great merchants
men OF wealth. Of affairs, of genius, of grea
executive ability. of great experience II
handling men-wtll these men, the very mel
their country needs, will these men do 1t
, No! They never have, they never will. 1
will be men such as you; the clerks, th
laboring men, the farm boys, the patriots
the bulwarks of America. Again will the,
save America Again will hundreds of thou
sands of them die while their country i
, frantically repairing the grave errors o
| representation and making the proper prep
arations for substantial defense. AS Col
boat, England equips feet; while we in
, troduce bill for earth work, she forward
ten additional guns to Puget sound.'
, Again, billions will be spent in the hast
, and excitement where hundreds of thousand
, should. have been yearly spent to prepar
l for 1t.
t New York may fall, but, thank God, Ne7
York is not America. America made NeI
3 York, and can make another. Boston, Phil
: adelphia, Baltimore--these may all have
pay for the folly Of stupid procrastinatior
But you cannot tell me that sixty mil
lions of Americans back of them wi
0 stand idly, hstiessly bv. and show tn
Q white flag or talk arbitration. /, for one
have the utmost faith in the strength, re
/ sources, inventive genius and courage c
these sixty millions west of the Alleghenies
1t is for every unselfish, patriotic man t
y stand by the national guard-our Continent
8 als-and impress upon the people of thi
S state the Importance Of dealing Iberally
Justly and intelligently with this most nee
essary institution. 1t is a good Ousines
!, proposition, If they cannot see it in tn
light OF patriotism.
: And Company D. the Continentals, the oil
o guard of St Paul, has reason to be proud O
e its record. To maintain your position 70
fifteen years, contending against Ignorance
neglect, parsimony, yousnhayes made your
selves what you are, and Il for one than
Capt. Bean and Company D.ffI for one ap
: preciate the great value of the mere presenc
e in our midst of such a strong. thorough
r | reliable military organization, and pledg
you my support and influence.
Magnificent the record Of the regulars
i and I glory in it, but the volunteers, tn
militia, the people, always have and Away
;, will be the hope of America-"slow to ange
e and plenteous In mercy'-are they, but the
are ever ready to rise in their might to de
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