Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-07-29
GOVERNORS DAF.

idst IHufSuay, outy 70 AZ Camp Glt
bon on the three Burns farms OF t:,
Hat land along the river at Levi.
town in the heart of the Juniata Va
. ley.
1t was Governors day.
By virtue Of Office the Governor c
PennsYl' ana is Commander in Chic
OF the National Guard OF this Con
monwealth.
Tee guard numbers almost 800
mea, and they were all reviewed O.
that day in the presence Of multi
tude of $4,000 Pennsylvania hist
land people from The valleys an,
towns in the Juniata Valley.
Juniata county was represented o!
that day by 1909 Of ber substantial
people, men, women and children
and they were delighted with wha
they saw. 1t was tbs giorious peag
antry OF preparation for war Tia
passed ike a panorama befor,
their sight in the mellow ligh!
and braciug breeze Of that day
To their minis il will come back i,
after life ike tue recollection of ,
pleasant dream.
It was afternoon when Il party o.
sigtt-seers were grouped in tie shad,
OF some bushes to the LETT Of Captain
Wilson A Norris tent az the wes,
e4d OF tents Of Gelerel Gobin's head.
quarters, shortly after the bare bach
rug and hurdle riding performance
by detachment OF Troop E of the
9Th u s. Cavalry 10 which the troop.
ess -dIsmouRtea and 10 mounted,
'' 49,. across from one horse 10 al.
other, mounting Two on G horse, one
fscing toe head and the other the
tail OF the swiftly running animals.
We say IL Was just after that thrill
ing performance that one OF the
group-they were all strangers to
each other. !org bearded man
past middle lie b;oha out il Yeho
rlent exclamation.
WHAT tom fooier,r'
Must the Slate and Nation ssarJ
TO pay for circus performance Ike
that"
What's that"
Inquired q heavily mous!ached,
deeply wriukied man
The first speaker repeated what he
had said.
al" replied tie second party,
understand, you don't quite under.
stand. You lock u pom all ills as
upon sbow, but isn't. Don't you
know the old saying, SIN time OF
peace prepare for war
"You look Ike farmer, and tha;
is .ay business. II ;S wasn't for all
this preparation ard organization We
would Mt be safe in our comfor tabIe
quiet homes on the farms, aod il our
smaller h9mts ard iu town homes.
The truth is If it we're not for all this,
no msn would &c safc who has ssved
tor himself few dollars for tire rainy
days Of old sgs snd for decsn: bur
ial.'
when people become numerous,
. rrgo class Of individuals Is deYol-
e2.,, #ho have NJ respect for th-
right of others. In less than a fo,t
night 5hay would tosr down wast ii
bas takea. generations t. develop"
THIS railroad would bs ripped 10
pieces aud thrown in the rivsr il
'ess thar month, anarchy would
ran rot until crushed BY depotism.
and ;hen our liberties would ba gon, /,
forever.
This camp ia one Of the penalties
6hat the better people have to pay
for, to keep tIs bad people from De
stroying everything that civilized
man considers worth living for TLis
army that you call q circus stands at
tbs back OF government.
The day has not come IN which
people will do what is right between
man and man without the force OF
law We begin with the loves. Of
fees OF the Law. The constable, then
the sheriff; then the courts; then the
army to back them all
Take away from The crowd That is
here to-day, the knowledge that tbs
strong ann Of the army is in exis
tcnce 10 maintain our enacted laws
and it is G question whether YOU could
get home to night. "But look ovsl
there, aud Is pointed away off tx
the right where the artillery wss
forming, and where a cavalry com
pany was displayed as si1irmishers."
That is more Of what you cal
tonl-fooiery.'
| 1t does seem Ike clild's pla,
when We look at i. from here, but i
is the school OF preparation" 81
you had been with rae at the battl,
of End Bull Ruo when we advanced
and ret1 eated, and advanced and re
treated time snd again, and when ev
cry horse in many batteries wer;
killed and lay mixed with dead ani
dying men, you'd know something o
the real horrible work for which thi
is a necessary school of prepara
ton ''Just then the skirmish lin,
began firing and the cannonading be
gan and the conversation closed b,
the moustached and wrinkled maj
saying: Il have son among the reg
ulars, and l en- waiting here to se'
him"
The cavalry skirm;shes and fyins
artillery practice, brought the 1,500(
people on the ground to quartz:
! themselves in every conceivable way
on the elevated piece of ground OF
which the division headquarters wer'
located. Men and women and 'chil
drer and horses and carriages of al
kinds were mingled on that elevate,
piece csground, aud it S. EN- like &
miracle that no misiiacs took place
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