Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-05-18

/ FROM ONE OF THE THIRDS Sol
III ERS.-Savannah, Ga, May 10th,
| lS99.-To the Editor of The OUT
LOOK.-Dear Editor: feel it is my
duty to write one more letter to yOur
paper before quitting the service OF
the L. s., as We are now camping on
our last camp-ground and on the
18th of this month the Sd Kentucky
Regiment will cease to be an organ
ization of the volunteer army which
was banded together in behalf of
liberty and humanity. So after one
year of rebuffs and diSappointments
we will now discard our uniforms,
lay aside the duties of a soldier, re-
turn to our "Old Kentucky Homes
and again join in the peaceful pur-
suits of civil life. We have proved
our Sili,ngnesst To go to the front and
to help To Plant our flag in the trop-
ical cline, but our bravery az reg
iment will go down in the history of
weakness of Spain the war was short
da1 decisive ana we cOuld'not get n
chance to fight any battles. So we
must now retire from the servics
without displaying any courage or
winning any laurels upon Cuban
battle-Grounds. But our short stay
in cuba for garrison duty will al
ways reflect great credit upon our
State and nation, for as soldiers we
performed our duties in soldierly
way and at the same time we i'm
pressed the Cubans with the hospit-
ality of the Kentuckians and won
their respect and admiration, which
shall be as lasting as memory. When
it became known TO the people of
Cardenas we were going to leave
there for Matanzas and the 18th n.
Y. Reg. would take our places they
expressed much regret "a the change,
and the Mayor of the town spent
Seventy-five dollars in sending tel
egrams to General Brooke at Havana
to have the order revoked and keep
us there until we left the island for
the States. They will always love
and revere the name Kentucky. We
We're all overjoyed at the move We
were making, for our faces were mt
last turned homeward. knowing our
services were Eo longer needed by
our Government. Leaving behind us
a record we will recall with pride,
and extending to Cuba our best
wishes, hoping they will soon frame
for themselves Il stable government
which will insure for them content
ment and prosperity at home, tram
guilty and peace abroad, and in
peace they may enjoy the freedom
they have so dearly purchased by
long suffering and privations. For
War is the bitterest thing on this
earth, and the sword should not re
appealed to as an arbitrator to settle
complications between nations until
everything else has failed. Our cause
for war with Spain was both right
eOus and just and is recognized as
such by all the civilized nations of
the world. The God of battles has
given us victories over land and sea
that will 90 down in the annals of
war without an equal and shall pro-
claim us the worlds greatest cham
pions of liberty and shall retain for us
the admiration and respect of all the
nations of the world. We have taught
the world a lesson that history will
record for them: that is, in peace we
are the most peaceful and in war We
are the most daring and determined,
and when our national honor is at
stake we rise above party lines and
stand together as unit, fighting for
the same flags. The sons of those
who wore the blue and the sons of
those who wore the grey stood shoul-
der to shoulder in this war defend
ing the Stars and Stripes and the
last trace of sectional feeling was
buried in the trenches of Santiago de
Cuba. We all return one people, con-
auerors and unconquerable, hoping to
remain at peace with all people,
though ready at any time should our
country call for us. With each credit
cd with their chiyalrous deeds OF
bravery alike, North and South, East
andWest each helping to brighten the
pages Of our history and tn make It's
one great and strong nation. So that
every one will hc glad they are cit