The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-11

az to-day. Our army has never been buHt
0p as = should BE built ap shall not
discuss with an aua.sres ike -sss .ns
p9TSllc suggestion thar q nA1fe-, 81 "a ss.g
80 ef free;nen = in danger Of losing It's
.scers'e~ ffcTn she existence If an army
~ lts9.4tv E1eu, three-faartns Of whom viii
D# employed in certain fore xu Islands In
certain coast fortFessess ard on indian
rFstf affeHs No man 81 good sense and
STOUT heart can take sqEa 8 r,~enes8t{sr
seriously II ge are suefsA wsa kslueS as
t1S proposition implies. SneYg w-e ar. .sft-
W"rthF VI freedom Ia any evest TO no
body ~ men IN the United SfaFes "a ~
country So much indebted as : me x~,lar.
I'D o1ieefa and enlisted nea ri Inc fsg1s-
Jar army AID navy. there j. no - -
from which the country LIS less "a fear
and Eo1e Of which IL should b. rro,,1s.r
none which IL should be more ANXIOUS
u upbuld.
-oEr army needs compleler organization
not merely eli sarging-ard she recrgsn.za-
iicn can only come as the result AZ legfs-
laLa9n; A proper general STAFF should De ss-
tabi4sneG. and tns positions os ordnance
eofhna& sify and quaTtermas;er officers
saous1 be died by detail trCgn sae siae
Above all he army must be gsren The
chaEee 10 exercise IN large bodies Never
again sn&9l9 We see. a. we saw Ia the
Spanish war. major generals In command
OF divisions Who had never before COM
maB1ed three companies together In the
ne.d- let, incredible 10 relate. the recent
congress has shown queer inability 10
~
we-e large bodies &C Gen IN both branches
who opposed the declaration CT war who
opposed me ratification % peace who op-
passed the upbuli3ing 81 the army and who
even opposed the purchase Of armor a.
reaSona bic price for the bSttisshipS and
cruisers. thereby putting an absolute stop
~ the building OF any new fighting ships
for the navy, II during the years 10 come
any disaster should befal our arms afloa,
or ashore, and thereby any shame core
70 the United States. remember that rhs
appear upon the roll calls Of congress on
the wrong side OF those great questions
On than VIII lie the burden Of any loss OF
our soldiers and sailors. Of any dlshonor
10 the flag: and upon you and The people
Of this country VIII lie the blame II you
do not repudiate, in no unnistakable way
waat these men have done. The blame
vii. not resi- upon the unframed command
Gers Of a department; the organization of
which has been left utterly inadequate:
or upon the admiral with insufficient num-
Der Ct ships: but upon the public men who
have so lamensaS.y failed in foreihought
as 10 refuse 10 remedy these evils long
In advance, and upon the nation ;hat
stands behind those public men.
SO at the present hour no small share
II The responsibility for the hloodshei I'm
the Philippines. the blood OF our brothers
and the blood ~ their wild and ignorant
foes lies at the thresholds OF those who
sa long delayed the adoption of the treaty
Of peace. and of those who by their worse
than foolish words deliberately invited a
savage people 10 plunge INTO a war
ffaught with sure disaster for them. a
war. too in which our own brave men
who follow the flag must pay with their
blood for the silly. mock humanita rian-
ism Of the prattlers who sit at home in
peace"
Before GOV. Roosevelt. delivered his
address Gen. John c. Black Of Chicago,
spoke on Grant" and eulogizad the great
commander IN warm and happy manner.
His remarks were greeted with much APP
piause
Congressman Evan Settle. OF Kentucky,
followed with an address on Lee" The
applause which had greeted the remarks
OF Gen Black found It's counterpart IN
the cheers that met the Kentnckisn's
praise Of the great Southern leader.
Charles Emery Smith. II Philadelphia.
closed the addresses relating 10 the civil
war by an address on The Unaon."