The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-16
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the Nations call electrified the world with a
sudden comprehension of American power
and of American unity. May this power be
forever maintained. May this unity never
be broken. May both be wisely directed to
the upbuilding of the material welfare of our
own people. Nay, more-may the influence
of this power and unity be so far-reaching
in its effects that the sons OF men every
where shall come to look upon our flag as
the symbol of freedom, justice and peace and
individual happiness"
OVATION TO WHEELER.
All decorum was laid aside for the mo-
ment whel Gen. Joe Wheeler arose to re-
spond to the toast THE Souths Part in
the War" The distinguished Southerner
was cheered and cheered and it was fully
five minutes before he was permitted TO
proceed. He said in part:
In the war of 1876 the martial spirit
of the Southern people was most sgnally
demonstrated. The entire country rose To
arms, the able-bodied men of the Southern
States hooking to one or the other OF the
standards of the cOntending hosts, the
records showing that the people of the
slaVe-hOlding States were almost equally
divided, those who fought under the stars
and stripes of the Union being fully equal
in number to those who arrayed themselves
under the stars and bars of the Confeder-
acy
few months ago the people of no part of
our country responded with more fervor and
devotion than did those of the Southern
States, and none were more anxious than
they TO encounter their countrys foemen.
The first officer to give up his llfe upon the
sea was the gallant Bagley, of North Caro-
lima, and the first officer TO fall in battle
on land the gallant Capron, from q
family proudly claimed by the State of
Florida-that land of sun and flowers
While it is true that there was no dis
tinctive Southern organization in the Cuban
campaign, yet every State in the South was
represented in the regular regiments and
the First Volunteer Cavalry. The same is
true regarding the regular regiments which
were at Manila, while one of the best regi-
ments Of our army in the Philippines was
the First Volunteer Infantry from the State
of Tennessee"
THE VOLUNTEER.
Gen. S. M. B. Young filed the place as
signed to General Chaffec. In reply to the
toast THE Volunteer as Viewed by Regu-
lar in Command General Young said:
"A call was made by our President for
volunteers. Northumberland my friends
l speak Overwhelmingly we. &C
cepted and mustered in the United States
service regiments and officers in their en-
urety from these state guards This was a
mistake; but, as l said before this pertains
to subject of which our worthy secretary
OIL war Will read from me an official COM
munication. In looking at the volunteers
ana considering them as soldiers the fact
Is lost sight of that they have not received
a professional education We are too quick
to condemn; we are slow to remember that
these patriotic men, taken from every
walk of life cannot within a week. a
month, aye, less than a year, be educated
to point where these obligations to them
are paramount
Il dwell more particularly on the two
volunteer regiments, the Seventy-first New
York and Second Massachusetts for the
reason that these two regiments were the
two volunteer regiments and the only vol
unteer regiments, except the First Volun-
teer Cavalry Trough Riders, present with
the regular forces that played any i'm
portant part in the battles in and about
Santiago. have sincerely regretted that
these two regiments were taken away from
my brigade and from under my command
not that they were placed under the COM
mand of General Lawton, who is a soldier
worthy of the NapOleonic days, but they
We're brought into action before they had
attained that confidence in their commander
and regimental officers that is necessary to
succeed in an engagement. Understand me
distinctly that [ am not criticiSing the
action of these regiments under fire There
is no better material in these United States
than could be found in these two regiments
but they lacked the instruction and the train
ing necessary to succeed in the extreme
hour OF trial. With our limited force in that
expedition it was necessary to call upon
these two regiments, but they were called
upon too soon. They were not fitted for the
work"
CHARLES EMORY SMITHS SPEECH.
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith
responded to the toast 1.-THE War as an
Echo Of Independence Hall" He said in
part:
The war is the echo of Independence
Hall in that it inspires faith in American
genius and in the American mission The
patriots who boldly declared that these
united colonies are and of right ought to
pc tree and independent states had faith in
themselves and their countrymen They did
not shrink from taking responsibility They
were ready to meet new duties and new
opportunities. They did not cover before Il
q NO dam Hf1F 10
tyranny and ended by proclaiming independ-
ence, and we are only following their foot
steps and bowling to the ineXOrable logic of
history when we begin by arresting the arm
OF oppression and end by taking the OPP
pressed under cur care.
who would have halted Sampson or
Schley, or Dewey? Who would have stopped
Shafter, or Wheeler, or Miles, or Merritt?
Then, with their mission trumphantly full
filled, who would renounce the fruits and
falter through confessed fear that we cannot
cope with the acknowledged difficulties Of
the past? Is the American blood and the
American brain unable to do on a small
cessfully mastered on broad field? Rather
let us manfully and bravely accept our re-
SpCnsibilities and let this war and this
peace, in it's faith and its fruits, in its aims
and it's aspirations, be the true echo of the
everything, ever-ringing Independence
Governor ]. +. Johnston, of Alabama, re-
sponded to the toast, THE State Govern
ment's Answer to the Call to Arms"
The Hon. Chas. f. Warwick, mayor of
Philadelphia, responded to the toast: what
the Liberty Bell Says About It."
Congressman Evan Settle, of Kentucky
who spoke for Hon. Joseph w. Bailey, and
Richmond P. Hobson were the last speak