Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-21
A MEMORABLE DAY
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
The Return Of the Volunteers and
the Visit of the President
Saturday.
RECEPTIONS IN MANY TOWNS
Great Crowds Welcome the Philip.
pines Heroes and the Nations
Executive - Addrc sscn
by Mckinley.

by Mckinley.
Saturday was a great day in Soutl
Dakota. Two events made the t4th ot
October, 1899, memorable for tn,
state-the return Of the volunteers
from the Philippines and the visit OF
President Mckinley. Enthusiastic re-
ceptions were given TO the soldier boys
and the nations executive. The presi.
dent met companies of the Philippines
heroes at several points in the state
which made the occasion donbly in
spring. Withal, il was a red-lettei
day in the history OF the state. Re-
ports from the various towns are given
below:
At Aberdeen Esd.iy In the Day.
! Aberdeen, s. d., Oct. 16.--At o'clock
Saturday morning President McKin'
ley's special train arrived here. At the
depot large crowd gathered, a con
| spicuous part of the throng being the
| First South Dakota volunteers, who ar
rived from the Philippines soon after
the presidents train came in. They
! fell in behind an escort of &. y. X. vet
Grams, who followed the carriages OF
the president and cabinet. Colonel
Frost rode at the head of his regiment
and as they passed down 10 the review
| ing stand and grain palace everyone OF
| the 5000 inhabitants of Aberdeen, re.
| inforced by several thousand visitors
| from other parts Of the state, checred
| Justify. Addresses were made by the
| president, cabinet members, Governor
| Lee and others.
The president confined his address
| 10 welcoming the returned regiment
lie reviewed their deeds Of valor while
on the firing line, and told how, while
| the ratification of the treaty of peace
was pending and the regiment entitled
10 discharge, il gladdcncd his heart by
| sending him word that il would stay
until new army could be formed To
take its place. II was an example Of
personal sacrifice and public consccra-
ton rarely known i'm the annals of
war, he said, and added
"But it was just like the American
soldier. No matter where he comes
from, he never lays down his arms in
the presence Of the enemy, never low
ers the flag Of his country until he has
triumphed over the enemies who as
sail IT,"
The train bearing the presidential
party left ut 1880 for Huron.
Speaks nt Rcdncld.
Redneld, S. d., Oct. 1G.-President
Mckinley and party reached this city
at 1850 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
A speakers stand had been erected
4, Il 4, 4 r A
the streets were jammed with people
anxious to hear the president speak.
The president said, i'm part:
There has never been moment of
time, my countrymcn, when we could
have left Manila bay or Manila harbor,
or the archipelago of the Philippines
without dishonor TO our name. We did
not go there to conquer the Philip
pines. We went there to destroy the
Spanish fleet that we might end the
war; but in the providence of God, who
works in mysterious ways, this great
archipelago was put into our lap, and
the American people never shirk duty
(Cries Of "Nevcr!'O and the flag now
there is not the flag of tyranny, ii is
the flag of liberty, and wherever the
flag goes character, education, intclli-
gcnce, American civilization and
American liberty CO."
The cabinet members also spoke
briefly. Bartlett Tripp, member Of the
Samoan Joint commission, boarded the
presidential train here and remained
with the party until Yanlton was
reached.
Reception at Huron.
Huron, S. d., Oct 16.-Ten thousand
people Joined in the welcome to presi-
dent Mckinley and five companies OF
the First South Dakota volunteers Sat
urday. The president made a twenty
five minute speech. The soldiers were
given n banquet. In the procession
were 300 veterans of the war Of the re-
bellion, 200 members Of the Women's
Relief Corps and / 900 school children.
The decorations were the grandest and
most elaborate ever seen here. The
president said i'm part:
II came here to make acknowledge
ment TO the people of this state for its
patriotism. When you were a terri
tory you furnished battalions of gal
liant soldiers to fight in the great war
for the preservation Of the union and
my comrades of the Grand Army of
the Republic are all about me here to-
day. (Shouts: "And we will stand by
you!") And when the Spanish war
came, the sons Of these veterans and
the sons Of these settlers sprang to
arms at once on the call of the coun-
try; and one regiment Of your troops
served most gallantly and uncomplain-
ingly in the island of Luzon. have the
extreme pleasure of joining in South
Dakota's welcome 10 these brave men.
They look Hko athletes, showing the
generous care of the government of
the United States. 1t is given TO the
strong to bear the burdens of the
weak; and your prayer should be not
that the burdens should be rolled
away, but that God should give us
strength to bear them. And the So
called burdens which this war has
placed upon the American people were
unsought and uneXpected-for no.
body i'm the United States dreamed
eighteen months ago that the Philip
pine archipelago would become part
of the United States. They came to
us not of our seeking, but as one of the
results of that war. When
Dewey went into Manila bay under
orders and destroyed the Spanish fleet,
from that hour we were responsible
for the peace of the Philippine islands,
and from that hour we could not es-
cape with honor TO ourselves or from
obligations to the nations of the