Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-11

especially Oh Inc gallant captains. Cap
ron and O'Niell, whose graves stand as
a lasting, living witness of the deeds of
the little band of patriots. In closing
Major Luna spoke glowingly of the pa
triotic lessons to be learned further
from the achievement of the Rough
Riders, illustrating also the fact that
the American soldier is invincible, and
the whole world has learned of his
prowess in battle. The names of Wood
and Roosevelt have become heralded In
the halls of fame: they are two Ameri-
cans among Americans. They were am
bilious, but theirs was that kind of
ambition in which American youth
ought all to be thoroughly schooled.
They are both young men, hardly in
their prime. What soothsayer is there
within hearing of my voice who can di-
vine the hight that these men will at
tain?
The AMERICAN SoLDIER.-lIon. 7. b.
Catron.
Mr.. Catron made, as usual, one of the
effective addresses for which he has al
ways been noted, and he was deserved
ly we'll received. The following is a
good synopsis of what the w~ell-known
speaker said:
Inc American soldier was baptized in
blood by the Indian wars before the
revolution. He drove back the savage,
and pushed aside the curtain of bar
barism to allow the liberty of thought
and religion to enter.
When the bugle of freedom in behalf
of the liberty of our country sounded
the call ''to arms" from hill and dale,
| from tho h lie Of thn ,,iab tp tbo onttoo no
of the DOOR,, he came to fill the patriotic
ranks of those who achieved our indie
pendence-unshOd, naked, without pay
and almost unarmed, he vas present at
the birth, baptism and confirmation of
the noblest government n %proudest
nation on which the sun shines. In
that great struggle he was equal in en-
durance, patriotism and courage to the
| demands of his fellow man.. We have
inherited the results. From 21a millions
we have grown to 721a millions. From
600, 900 square miles we have expanded
to 1000, 900.
Over 240, 900 names filled the muster
rolls of that war. There were many re-
enlistments in those long and weary
eight years. They left us a priceless
heritage, for which we are more than
grateful. At the close of that great
struggle they all laid away their arms,
and resumed the a%vocations of private
life. In 1912 they were called from the
shops, farms and FORCES to repel our
hereditary foe. The battles of Lundy's
Lane and New Orleans testify, to the
heroism of the yoemanry of New York,
Kentucky, Tennessee and of the other
states.
That veteran soldiery whose squares
the old guard of Napoleon could not
break, gave way and fled from the field
of battle. before the valor, firmness and
craftsmanship of the American soldier,
led by Old Hickory and Winfield Scott.
They did their whole duty.
In 1916 our boys We're summoned to
go to the halls of the M~ontezumas. The
fields of Buena Vista and the march
and battles from Vera Cruz to Mexico
demonstrated they had not deteriorated
nor lost any of the American manhood.
We are proud to say that it is only from
this sister republic that the American
flag has ever been taken down, when
hoisted in the progress of invasion: n
| this was in favor of liberty, and not OPP
preston. 1t was through this war that
the American soldier first appeared in
J New Mexico, here to remain and never
to leave.
The %grandest contest ever enacted in
the theater of war was the conflict be-
| tween the states. There American met
American. -Four long and bloody years
it lasted-sometimes one sid and some
times the other, gave ground. Yet they
never felt as if a foreign foe had been
before them. They felt that they had
met their countrymen, and gone down
before their W kind. Each for the
other entertained a sublime respect
they were all American soldiers. At
last this soldier of liberty was called in
to line by the cries of a people contend
ing for freedom and suffering from the
| despotic deeds of an oppressor. Like
the flash of the rising sur as it comes
over the mountains, at the will of their
| president they dropped into the col
umns and hurled from the fairest ISL
ands, that gem of the seas of two hemis-
pheres, the tyrant who was claiming
his people and sapping their resources.
In this struggle New Mexico p%artici-
pated by sending to the front that gal
liant band of Rough Riders, who led
the van at Las Guasimas and San Juan
hill. They came back to us covered
with glory and weighed down with hon.
OrS.
Their deeds will live in history and
be heralded through the of
time until wars shall be no more.
The American soldier has never fail
ed in his duty. He has subdued the
savage, driven out the British, scaled
the Alleghenys, populated the Missis-
sippi valley, opened up the plains, con-
quered the Rocky mountains and DEM
o~nstrated their untold wealth, crossed
the Sierra Nevadas and bolted the Pa
cific to the Atlantic with bars of steel.
He has endured fatigue, suffered pri-
walton and want without complaint.
His country's honor and integrity has
been his only aim, patriotism has been
bic 1SDirntipn He has ALWAYS haan
terrible to an armed foe, but tender and
kind to a fallen one.
Generosity and the attributes of civil
izations have alone characterized his
actions. This American soldier who has
done so much for the cause of liberty,
who has created and built up a nation,
whose arm is always stretched forth,
under the flag, to protect the republics
of this hemisphere and defend the weak
against the strong, the right against the
wrong, is the humble American citizen.
His deeds will never be forgotten,
his honor and glory will never grow
dim.
TIE AMERICAN WOMEN N II RED
j. r. McFie.
Judge McFie is always an interesting
speaker, and on this occasion he seemed
to be more interesting than ever. He
MS response w tHe uodsu Wi0H
these original lines:
l have been pleased, delighted.
With the nice things said tonight;
l believe they have been truthful.
And I know they're just and right.
But where would all these great men be,
And their deeds of which we boast,
Had 1t not been for the women,
Now the subject of my toast?
The Judge referred eloquently to the
noble and unselfsh labors of the Amer
can women in support of that great
national organization called the Red
Cross, and in expressing his pleasure. at
voman's Advancement, he called atten-
lion to the fact that the universities,
and business avocations OF
America are filled with brilliant WOmen;