The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-28
FULL Me- o OF PRAISE.
q m. Alger Gives 1t to War Rureau Chief
Is Willing to Let the Record of th'
Campaign Speak for Itself.


G'n. AIger Gives 1t to War Rureau Chief
Is Willing to Let the Record of th1
Campaign Speak for Itself.
Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 26.-Secre.
tary Alger and his party, consisting
of Gen. Sternberg, surgeon general;
Gen. Ludington, quartermaster gen.
eral, and others, spent Sunday in
Jacksonville visiting the camp of the
Seventh army corps. They were met
at the station by Gen. Lee and a COM
mittee of citizens. Gen. Alger pro-
ceeded at once to the camp of the
First division and during the day in
spected the three division hospitals,
going through every ward, He shook
hands and spoke encouragingly to the
sick men and in one instance a dis
charge was asked for by a sick man.
His name was taken, and the secre-
tary said it would be attended to.
The regiments of the three divisions
were reviewed, that of the Third di-
vision being after dark with the light
of the moon hid behind hazy sky.
At the conclusio" of his labors Sec
retary Alger sa 81 am highly
delighted with all have seen and am
very agreeably surprised at the con-
ditions existing in Camp Cuba Libre."
A luncheon was rendered to the
secretary and party at noon, and in
response to toast he said:
"The organizing and equipping of
an army of 250,O00 men carrying on
war in two continents in the space of
three months has been a tremendous
undertaking. The secretary of war
has been ably assisted in the under
taking by the surgeon general and
the quartermaster's department. They
have been criticised, but not to the
extent the secretary of war has been,
yet know the work they have ac-
complished has been little short of
miraculous. When this war began the
clothing that the men have worn was
on the back of animals. There was
no ammunition, no transportation
there was nothing beyond the war
department but a great, rich nation,
burning with patriotism. Almost in
a night an army was organized and
equipped that paralyzed the nation
with which we had to deal and has
awakened the admiration of the
world. have no apology to make for
what has been done. / am willing to
let the record of the campaign stand
and speak for itself.
"United States Senator Morgan said
to me before he left for the Hawaiian
islands: The world has never seen,
nor will it see again the mobilization
of such an army and the accomplish
ing with it of what has been done
with this one in such short period
''It matters not what may become
of me. | may be buried in oblivion,
or in the grave, but the unbiased his
torian will give the world the impair
tial record of what has been accom-
plished, and the record will stand for
ever as a monument to the greatness
of this nation and of its boundless
resources. We are great nation.
We do not have to depend on any
other and our resources are such that
we can be independent of all. We
should have great navy that we may
take our place among the leading ma
tions Of the world.
when this war began I issued an
order that the north and south should
be brigaded together They have been
united and it is proved that the Sec
tional lines of the north and the
south no longer exist, and I thank
God that have lived to see the day
when we have a united country"