Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-02
A SOUTHERN GREETING.
Arizona's Brave Boys Remembered
 From Below the Equator.

ing 10 the North Star" From tn beautiful valley of Picbincha, nest ling in the Andes, more than a mill and q half above the sunny land O "Salt River valley" we send ou tribute to lay at the feet of the brave boys from Arizona in tht American-Spsnish war, who have brought great honor to Arizona, anc which entities them to be crowned with honor, living, and, dying, tc live in hallowed memories. From this far distant southland of sunshine and flowers, we would pay the tribute that is their due crowns of laurels for returning sol diers and crosses of evergreen fOI the noble dead Gently, tendeTly, we would place them upon the graves of Capt. O'Neill and others who gave their lives sacrifice for the glory of the nation. With each returning Memorial Day let their graves be crowred with the fragrant early spring flowers, while our warmest sympathies shall go out for those who rest under the shadow of heavy sorrow.
 "Ah, If beside the dead
 Slumbered the pain; Ahi if the hearts that bled
 Slept with the slain;
 If the grief died!-but no
 Death will not have it so."
 Then let us erect a monument in the capitol grounds in honor of all now dead or living, who enlisted in the late war. Looking at 1t future generations will imbibe the spirit of Webster, when, at the dedication of Bunker Hill monument he said "The powerful speaker stands mo- tionless before us." And so, for all the centuries to come, it shall tell of the soldiers of Arizona in the war of 1898.
 From all the reports I have seen, the Arizona soldiers fought with the same spirit that moved the Sparton generals, who fell mortally wounded at the very moment of vic tory. He dipped his finger in his own blood and wrote on a rock by his side: Sparta has conquered and 1 die happy"
 History records no instance of cit izens more ready to become soldiers in the service of their country than the Arizona Rough Riders and none more courageous in battle. I have seen thousands fall in battle in less than an hour, and it was almost i'm possible to walk without stepping on the wounded or dead, but I do not think 1t was battle that tested mems courage as the battle in front of Santiago de Cuba.
 "Tho sharp be the conflict, they,
 faltering not,
 On, up to Fl Caney make their way, With each crack of the musket,
 when close whiz the shot, They're brave in the thickest of the
 fray.
 Twas a victory; yes, but it cost US
 most dear,
 For many brave lad strewed the
 main;
 But American soldiers can die with
 out fear
 When the needs of their country is
 made plain"
 Not only as lighters have our boys challenged the admiration of the nation, but by the promptness with which they responded to the first call, they gave Arizona the honor of furnishing the first volunteer sol diers of the war. More: 1 think I am correct in saying that the per cent of killed and wounded of Ari- zona volunteers IS greater than of any other state or territory.
 Will not the nation suitabiy re- cognize this facti
 What a record our nation has made in the late war! History fur nishes no equal. Hereafter all na- tions will look up 10 us, not down upon us. The future will tell what a wise commander-in-chief we had. As Goethe said of Washington, so may it be said of him. He was as hasting and unresting as the stars" never too fast, never too slow, so di- recring to glroious ending that ever hereafter, wherever the foot of civilization shall tread or the white sails of commerce faunt their folds to the breeze, it will be a proud distinction and a sure guar anty of protection to be able to say: "I am an American citizen"
 ARCHIBALD J. SAMPSON,
 U. s. Legation, Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 15, 1898.