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

conducted and calamity fought and
now so gloriously ended, "A war in
which We won a place second to none
among the nations of the earth; and in
which, by once again bringing together
in intimate association the patriotic
soldiery of the long-estranged north
and south, to battle side by side in a
common cause, equally dear to both, we
have at last happily been enabled to
dispel, and l trust forever, the section
al ~prejudices and animosities mutually
e~ngendered by the fratricidal war for
merly Waged between the northern and
southern states; prejudices n ami
mosities long fondly nurtured by the
fierce non-combatants of either section,
but rarely INDUCED in by any who had
periled their lives in the cause they es-
poused, a desideratum never until now
fully realized, and sufficient in itself to
compensate for all the treasure eXpend-
ed and the precious lives lost in this
righteous war with Spain: and it is es-
pecially gratifying to know that the ex-
listing evidences of good will toward
each other are mainly, if not wholly,
due to the patriotism and magnanimity
of the soldiery of our Union; and each
of you must personally glory in the fact
that none contributed more by precept
and example so desirable a result than
your own brave Colonel Wood, and his
worthy successor, Colonel Roosevelt,
from the North, and your commander
of cavalry, the ever-glorious veteran,
Major-General Joe Wheeler, the pride
of the south.
That, in common with all the people
of the territory, l took great interest in
the organization of you now famous
regiment, and, having great pride in it's
personnel, that felt personally inter-
ested in the welfare of every mar that
Joined from the territory, is true; and
if | was so situated officially as to be
able to have rendered you individually
or collectively any special service (and
I protest that l can recall none worthy
of notice., l am already more than re-
paid in the glory reflected on the terri
tory by your conduct in the field.
1t became my official duty, as well as
a valued privilege, to employ the means
necessary to meet as speedily as posi-
Bile every call that should be made upon
the territory for troops: and happily
| the patriotism of our people was so
universally and thoroughly aroused,
that no difficulty was found in prompt
~ enlisting, organizing and sending
forward the number required under
| each call made by the president of the
United States. In fact, on each occa-
sion the number of volunteers offering
| was in excess of the number called for.
No merit, therefore, can justlybe claim
ed by any of the officials engaged, be-
| You'd that of having promptly and to
the best of their ability, discharged the
duties devolving upon them; but l can
bear witness to the commendable zeal
and ability displayed by all officially
engaged with me in this undertaking,
and particularly to that manifested by
each member of the staff and regiment
al officers, of the National Guard of the
territory.
Our task, not proving difficult, all at
once became imbued with the desire to
maintain as far as possible, the splend-
id record made by the territory during
the war between the states, when she
sent to the field in the cause of the
Union almost 10 Der cent not merely of
her soldiery, nor of her grown men-but
10 per cent of her entire population,
indians ~eXcluded)-a record never be-
fore equaled in the history of any u
try; and this although more than 80 per