The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-31

upon the brow of the American sailor. And
IN II all we hear the voice of exalted
victory won by the Nalor OF American
heroes, must he preserved and properly used
ny the wisdom of American statesmen.
NO prouder people lived than HOosiers.
when the disgrace Of Buena Vista was
washed out in the crimson floods of the re-
Delllon. But 1t was reserved for FL Caney
10 throw radiance almost divine around
the Hoosler Valor. With all due respect to
the roll of honor that has been read to-day,
from Indiana who are enrolled in the regu-
lar army. When, at Ell Caney, the lines
moved up the hill, a battalion of a New
York regiment laid down and the Sixteenth
United States Infantry passed over them.
A company commanded by Captain Nor
rIson, Of indianapolis. faltered. the gallant
and said Come on boys Spanish bullet
Killed him on the spot. A sergeant, also
Hoosler, picked him up and received bull
let between the shoulders, private from
Hendricks county carried both back and
the company, animated by such bravery and
courage, rushed up the hill to glorious
victory.
The Ninth Cavalry and the Twenty
fourth Infantry shed luster upon Hoosier
character. Never will their glory fade.
From General LawtOn down to the private
Hoosier regulars did their duty-the highest
tribute that can be paid to soldier Wars
are the the thunderstorms of civilization,
and this one has cleared the political at
mOsphere and given us a clearer and tirmer
grasp of the great facts that make for ma
tOnal greatness
Then came Senator Gilbert, who said:
SENATOR GILBERTS TRIBUTE.
Il am glad, for one moment to have the
privilege of attempting to do honor, in my
feeble way, to the memory of these men
who have honored themselves as the voice
of no man can. In the authorized transla-
tion CT the Scriptures our Savior is made to
say, Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends
take it that the translators have not done
justice to the original, but that the truth
when fully stated is Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay down his life
Tor another. even. though stranger In
GXemphfcation of that translation Mr.
President during the last summer the peo-
pies of the earth have stood by and looked
upon spectacle such as was never known
before IN the worlds history. We have had
wars before-wars for conquest; wars for
gain; wars for revenge; wars to satisfy am
6ltlon; wars for home and fireside; wars
IOr one own nag and cOuntry-but never
before since time began has a war been
Waged for the liberty of another people;
never before has war been waged upon
Inc express declaration that when success
should crown its efforts, that the lands so
gained should be given back to the people
Tor whom it was waged with the privilege
10 thereupon establish a stable government
We all know the boys from Indiana
whose names have been read here to-day
Ihey went from every section of this proud
from the farm and workshop, school sand
Ci1ce pulpit and counting room: they left
nome ana tireside; mother and sisters, wives
ana SWeethearts, without a tremor in their
voices, or a halt upon their step, and went
forth to offer up their lives for q principle
new in the worlds history All honor to
these brave men who laid down their lives
under the folds of the flag. We saw them
dle-ln camp hospitals and on lingering beds
Oh pain. No womans voice to ring as music
IN their ears; no woman's hand to cool their
fevered brows, but they died as they had
nVed, noble, honest, brave; no tear of sor-
row in their eyes; no word of rnurmuring
on their lips, but with their eyes strained
for a last look at the grand old flag they
passed on to the reward of Him who had
in the worlds history. All honor TO their
memories, which should inspire and each
OF us TO greater efforts to sustain the princi-
pies Tor which old glory waves. Their
llVes and their death have added new lustre
TO the fair name of Indiana.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born
across the sea.
With a glory in His bosom that transfig-
ures you and me,
AS he died to make men holy, so they died
to make men free;
AND God goes marching on"
NO POLITICAL DIVISIONS.
Senator Sdlwell said that the present oc
casion was one in which there were no 20
lltical divisions. There was a time" said
he, when political parties were divided by
North nor South, and if this war did any
thing it tore down the bloody shirt and
raised in it's place the flag of a united ma
ton. Iiobson buried part Of it beneath
the keel of the Merrimac, and Fighting Joe
Wheeler buried the rest Of it in the trenches
before Santiago" He referred TO the great
ciamor there was among the people of the
country for war last spring and said that
when he realized that the country was not
prepared for war. At the outbreak of the
war our armies were, said he, the poorest
IN the world in point of numbers, but in q
rev short weeks one of the grandest armies
that ever marched went to the front in re-
spouse to the call. Mr.. Stiwel declared
that the late war was the first one ever
fought between nations for humanity. In
referring to the Indiana boys who respond
ed TO the call for voluateers, he said: Some
of them have returned, some were left on
battlefields while some may never return
and it is to these that we consecrate this
day"
Senator Ball briefly referred to the rect
ing as unique and said that the Senate could
well afford the time spent in respect to the
memory Of the brave dead. He said that the
American citizen was the Nations soldier
and that the late war had totally anrihilated
all sectional lines.
Senator Drummond, who followed, was at
his best. and his words made a profound
impression on all who heard him. Said he
They shall awake again in the presence
OF living God are the words that come
10 lne mOthef or wife who gives son or
husband to the hoVors of war. War is
horrible. but Through horrors heroes are
made. Titan heroes seem to spring from the
head of the war god and live forever. Our
history has not been just to the common
soldier, but let US be So 1t was the boy
who left his home in sunny France and died
and floze on the steppes of Russia who made
Napoleon, and the boy who left his home
and occupation of peace to die and be
buried on every hilltop of the South, who
made Grant and Lee and the men who
fought in the fireroom and gunroom of the
battle ships made the unknown Dewey and
the unheard-of Schley the Dewey and Schey
of modern history. The Red Cross flag OF
mercy should never be hauled down to give
way 10 one of greed and avarice. We heard
the cry of a people in the clutches of a
panther. We have answered that call, and
hope can do justice to the names just
read of the dead. who cannot be here them
selves"
At the conclusion of Senator Drummond's
address America" was sung by the quar-
tet, after which Rev. A. j. Graham closed
the service with a benediction. Senator Ball
suggested that it would be proper not to dis
turb the solmenity of the occasion by the
transaction of business, and the Senate adj
jOurned until this morning.
THE LIST OF THE DEAD.
During the progress of the meeting the
reading clerk read the names of the dead
Indiana soldiers, as reported to the adju-
tant generals office, as follows:
Officers
Second Lieutenant w. w Kerr, Company
First Lieutenant Charles Slade Company c,
18th Regiment.
First Lieutenant Charles d. Mccoy, Com
pany A, 18th Regiment.
--Noncommissioned Officers
Sergeant Arthur Jones, Company f, 18th