Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

or May, the day or his DrllilanC VlctOTy
which thrilled the world with its bold
ness and heroism? Was it right to or
der Dewey to go to Manila and cap
ture or destroy the Spanish fleet and
dispatch Merritt and his army to rein
force him? If it were duty to send
them there and duty required them to
remain there, it was their clear duty
to annihilate the feet, take the city of
Manila and destroy the Spanish SOW
ereignty in the archipelago. Having
done all that in the line of duty, is
there any less duty to remain there adm
give to the inhabitants protection and
also our guidance to better govern
meat which will secure to them peace
and order and security in their life
and property and in the pursuit OF
happiness? Are we unable to do this?
Are we to sit down in our isolation and
recognize no obligation to a struggling
peple whose present conditions we have
contributed to make? l would rather
have the confidence of the poet Bryant
when he exclaimed:
Thou. nv country, thou shalt never fall.
Are the wide barriers of thy border where
Among thy gallant sons that guard the
well, -
Thou laughst at enemies. Who shall then
The date of thy deep founded strength, or
tell
How happy in thy lap the sons of men
"My fellow citizens. whatever COW
enant duty has made for us in the year
1898, we must keep
Previous to the Presidents speech
cordial welcome had been extended TO
him by Mr.. D. G.. Purse, president OF
the reception committee, and by the
mayor of Savannah, P. w. Eldr1m-
Secretary Gage followed the Presd-
dent, replying to the toast OF Com
merce."
Secretary Alger, in responding to
"The Army said:
Zone hundred and twenty-five thous-
and of our volunteers have already
been mustered out and returned to
their homes. One hundred and hfty
thousand, including the regulars-fully
armed and in excellent condidon-stpl
remain in the field ready for service
Shall they be ordered to further con-
fiict? Let us hope not; but their pres
ence at least in large part will be in
dispensable until peace is ratified and
the regulars are increased in numbers
to take their place.
81 would say to those stu in the
field, patience. While your sacrifice
may be, and with many no doubt is,
great, yet the glory of your lives will
always be that you wore the blue While
your country needed you.
The lessons we have learned, and
largely from the navy, are in time of
peace, prepare for war; an old saying,
but fruitful and true How little ma
terial the country had to equip its
great army with when called into ser
vice you know. How seeAingly an
impossible task it was. the impartial
history of the war will show. While
we met an army we'll armed with the
beN of modern weapons, and skilled
in the use of them, the navy, fully pre-
pared for war in advance, with men
skilled in gunnery, met the Spaniards
and destroyed their fleets while they
were hopelessly trying to adjust
CHER RANGE FINDERS"
Gen, Wheeler, amid intense enthusi
asm, replied to the toast Woman"
with a glowing, chivalrous tribute
which, though very brief touched the
hearts of his southern audience.
The banquet then concluded
Tomorrow will be day of rest for
the presidential party at the De Soto
hotel They leave for Macon at mid
night tomorrow.