St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-22
WAR IS NOT A RELIC
GEN. MASON BELIEVES THE YOUTH
SHOULD BE TRAINED IN MILL
TARY TACTICS.
BATTERY AS CELEBRATION.
THE DISTINGUISHED MILITARY
MAN DELIVERS AN INTEREST,"
ING ADDRESS.
GEN. MOSES CLAPP IS ALSO HEARD.
He Talks About the Present Weak
ness of European Governments
Capt. Reade Speaks.
BATTERY AS CELEBRATION.
GEN. MOSES cLAPP IS ALSO HEARD

WaSh1ngtonS birthday was fttingly
celebrated last night by Battery A at
the armory. The building was COM
fortably well filled, nearly every seat
being occupied. Gen. Bend presided,
and addresses were made by Gen. E.
c. Mason, ex-Attorney General Moses
E.. Clapp and Capt. Philip Reade. Of
the regular army. DR.. S. G. Smith was
to deliver an address also, but could
Eot be present. Between the speeches
vocal selections were renderd by G.. M
T. Pridham, and the st. Anthony Hill
orchestra played patriotic airs The
programme concluded with a dance
Gen. Bend, in introducing Gen. Ma
son, made few remarks about the
National Guard of Minnesota, and paid
a neat little compliment to the reor-
ganized Battery A. Gen Mason's ad-
dress was confined almost entirely to
review of the regular army its OF
ganization and equipment, paying spe-
cIal attention to the artillery, and CIV
ing description of the various guns,
their cost, etc. Gen. Mason said he did
not think the United States needs a
standing army much in excess of what
1t now has, but the youth of the coun-
try should be trained in military tao
tics through organization into militia.
Il do not believe he said, Gin the cult
walton of military spirit for the purpose
or aggression or for vain glory But the man
who is not ready to fight for a righteous
cause is not fit to be called an American.
we have not reached that stage of civiliza-
ton when warfare can be looked upon as a
relic of the past We must be practical and
lace the situation it is. Therefore we
must prepare for emergency and the way to
do this is to instruct the youth, that they
may know how to fight should the defense of
their country require them to do So" Gap
plause.)
After Mr.. Pridham sang a vocal selection
and responded TO an encore, Gen. Bend in
trodnced Gen. Clapp, who said in substance:
The War of the Revolution established
this government. The War of 1872 showed
that it could maintain itself against any foe
from without and the rebellion was the su-
strife from within. The power of nation
does not lie in a large standing army, but
in the patriotism and intelligence of its peo-
pie. The address of Jefferson Davis on the
question of the right of a state to secede
will ever stand a monument in point of
thought and scholarship but when Davis
was placed at the head of the Southern con-
federacy, he proved a poor match for our
immortal Lincoln. Had the policy of Stone
wall Jackson been followed. it would have
taken long years to have conquered the
South and nothing save the guiding hand of
Providence could have decreed that the North
should win.
Never in the history of theworld have the
governments on the European continent been
as weak at at the present time. They are
not weak as regards opposing forces, but
they are weak by reason of the burden Of
these armies must be disbanded or the ma
tons supporting them will be crushed by
their weight. We in this country have never
been burdened by a large standing army
and yet through our system of militia we
have always been ready to defend ourselves
This organization must be kept up and
casion for large army. We must have a
guarantee of protection from some source. for,
as Gen. Mason has we'll said. the day of war
fare has not yet passed. and the militia
gives US the necessary protection at trifing
expense.
f'Men who have escaped from tyrannical
governments have come here, and, strange
though it may seem, have been engendering
a hatred of our Institutions. The freedom of
speech and freedom of press guaranteed by
our government give opportunity for the dis
semination OF their antagonistic ideas, and
the day will come when these teachings will
bring on crisis. Whether we shall be able
to survive this supreme test or our govern
ment goes down like the civilizations of the
past depends upon how well we prepared
to meet the emergency In the happy me
diUm Of the militia not only have the
best possible means CT doing SO without bur
dening the people, but in it we have school
Of discipline and patriotism, and these when
the hour of peril arrives, win stand as the
safeguard of the republic" prolonged ap
plauseD
At the conclusion of Gen. Clapp's adj
dress, Rudolph Groh. member of the
UdlteIyy was presented Win IL len-y ear
service medal. Then Gen. Bend intro
duced Capt. Reade, who spoke in a
general way of the colonial period, and
the training the French and Indian
wars gave the colonial soldiers, so that
when the revolution broke out they
were skilled in the art of war. He re-
ferred to the colonial period as the
foundation Of the government, the
revolutionary period as it's organiza-
ton, and the rebellion as it's preserva-
ton. In speaking Of the need of a
militia, he said the time has gone by
when the sheriff, constable and police
are a sufficient guarantee of protec-
ton against local uprisings and dis
turbances of the public peace.
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