The Portland daily press., 1899-06-26

Jugs Win tne OUTSIDE worth, We cannon
solve them II we approach them In tbs
spirit Of lsvity OF yain-alorious boast
fuipess, sfill lass II We approsch then
2 n<splrit Of tinidity. and least Of all u
IN dealing withFfhem we do not insist
upon honesty and Righteousness. upon
lnah uprinhtness of character which u chr
Keystone In the arch Of true national
greatness. The problems that rise from
year TO year differ widely and mus6 be
met In widely different ways, and not one
OF them oan be properly solved unless We
APPROACH 10 with resolute fearlessnees and
wfch sincere purpose to dc justice to al
men, exactinx 10 from others, and exact
ing It no less from ourselves.
PROUD or HIS MEN.
II am proud Of the way in which you
have taken up the broken threads OF your
lives-inswhich you have gone back Il
the farm, the ranch, the NINE, and tbs
counting room. In so doing you show
Yourselves to be typical American citi
zens, for IL has always been the pride Of
onr country that an American while
midst earne silly DESTROYS Of peace was
ever ready co show himself d hard and
dan gero1aff tighter II need should rise, and
that on the other hand. when bhcea the
need had passed, he could prove that war
had not burt him for the work Of peace,
uAA bA8t uO WIS aAA tuo ltbtf w w tnie
work for having done the other too We
lmay becaiIed TO war but onceein gsner-
alton, and most earnestly hope that we
shall not have 10 face war aQaiu for
many years. The duties OF peace are al
why's with us and these we must perform
altsour lives. from years emu to years
end, IL we are to prove ourselves in very
fa6t good citizens of the commonwealth.
We must work hard for the sake of those
dependent upon ne; we must see that our
children are brought mp In way that
will make them worthy Of the great in
heritance which we, their fathers, have
ourselves received from tboss that went
before us. We must do our duty by the
state. We must frown upon dishonesty
and corruption, and war for honesty and
ri am proud of you, MP comrades, not
only because you were very brave In bat
tie, but because when once the battle was
over you showed yourselves always merci.
full to the weak. A coward In your ranks
would have received short shrift indeed,
but when once the battle was won
never knew one Of you to perform an act
OF cruelty. shall ever keep In mind the
yalor yQu showed ms you fought In the
1unRles OF Las Guasimas. as you charged
up the slopes of San Juan hill, and /
sha II keep In mind no less the way In
which you shared your soanty rations
with the miserable refugees &C El Caney,
the way in which you tried to help the
women and children upon whom war had
laid its heavy hand. Incur regiment the
man who fiinched from armed foe and
the nan who wronged a woman OF a
child would have met with equally
quick and grim justice
FOR THE ABSENT.
LET me say u word to those to whom
our thoughts should turn 40 such time,
both among the living and among the
dead, 70 our absent living comrades, and
especially to our former commander, now
Major General Leonard Wood, whose ad.
ministration Of the province of Santiago
has reflected such high credit not merely
upon himself but upon the natton,so fort
innate to have him in her service. We
send to them the heartiest and most 1oyal
greetings. With these men we hope In
the not distant future to strike hands
again, and As long as we live and they
live We shall all be bound together by
most indissoluble ties. Hut when We
come to speak Of oursdead comrades, of
the men who gave their lives In the fierce
rush OF the jungle fighting, on who wasted
to death In the fever camps. we can only
stand with barred heads and pray that we
may so live as at the end TO die as worth
lily as these our brobhers died. Allan
Capron, In the snnny prime OF youth, in
his courage. his strength and his beauty;
"Bucky" O'Neill, than whom In all the
army there breathed no more dauntless
soul-of these and other gallant COM
rades. the men who carried the rides In
the ranks. all we can say Is that they
proved their worth by their endeavor that
In the hour of the nations need these rose
level to the need and calamity and cheer.
fully CAV to their country the utmost
that any man can giye--their lives--for
we read In the Holy Writ that greater
love- hath no man than this; to lay down
his life for > friend And these men so
loved their country that they calamity
gave their lives for her honor and re-
nown and for the uplifting Of the human
race. Now their work is over, their eyes
are closed forever, their bodies moulder
In the dust. but the spirit that was In
them cannot die and 1t shall 1.-Two for
time everlasting.
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
$50 much for BUR comrades Of the regi-
ment Let US not forged our comrades
who this summer are facing all that we
faced last summer. Let us not forget the
gallant men. the regulars and volunteers
who are uphoiding the honor OF the flag
and the interests of the nation in the
Philippines. surely there 10 not one of us
Wh0cc WINS h1tt A0p ttAkAp0 WIN HIiitc
as he read Of tue gallantry OF those men !;
and suppose few Of US have not thought
at tunes that we should like ourselves TO
tight beside Lawton as we foughtt beside
him last July, and 20 see II the Rough
Riders could not do their share of the
work with the splendid men who fol-
lowed Funston, Hale and other daring
leaders Who, during the past six months.
have added so many new pages to the
honor roll of a merican1history. To our
shame be IL said there are men In this
nation so indiffe to the country's
honor, SO lukewarm in patriotism and
courage that they would let all the work
Of those men go for naught-iet their blood
be spilled in vain. But the hour of our
battle Is sounded and the puny folk who
deem Ii otherwise are woefully mistaken
In their countrymen. Where our flag
has been raised 1t shall not be hauled
down, II any difficulty seems greater
than we expected 1t merely means that
we shall exert little more strength in
it, ] read with pride the
other dry how both Senators from Cali.
fornia. those Of opposite political parties,
Joined in assuring the President that
California would stand like a rock be-
hind him In seeing that there was no
stsp back In the Philippines and so I can
assure him of the like spirit from the
oraat afata of vhfeh hava tha houor to