The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
Present-Day Thoughts.
Written for the Citizen
BY "NEMO."

self contained, clear-headed man,
who scored the first and last vic.
tories of the war with Spain, will
be here; not with the thought of
displaying himself to the admir-
ing gaze of his fellow countrymen,
but in order to seek rest after his
labors. Admiral Dewey is so
modest about himself that | doubt
whether he at all gauges the feel
ing Of boundless enthusiasm in a
nation when one of its sons does
a dread task we'll and. as far as
war will permit. mercifully. For
him. whenever he appears in pub
lie, waves upon waves of sound
will roll back and forth in our
crowded streets. For him the
flag that he has upheld will be
flung to the breeze in honor of
/ his national faith. For him, as
an echo from the first of May.
1898, there will be the rending
roar Of the cannOnS of peace, sup
planting because of its work, the
cannOnS of war. For him there
will be hOnOrS shown in a myriad
ways by all who can get him to
accept them. All of these things
and more also will he none too
many for this man, who, by his
work, has demonstrated to us our
own strength, has increased our
sense of responsibility and thrust
MS out to where We must. as a ma
ton, learn more definite lessons
of seli-contrOl in our attitude to-
wards all other nations. How adj
mirable and also how American
was the definite way in which he
went at his ask. swerving not
one hairs breadth either to the
right or to the left. How des
perate were the odds against him,
and yet how quietly and how cor
rectly he estimated the strength
of those who were under him.
knowing that, not in his individ-
ual proweSs, but in their cool
ness and met,lc were the real
turning points of victory. Amid
all the hnzzaS hat will greet him,
and amid all the eXtravagant
oratory that will be harder for
him to face than an enemY's gun,
letuS sum up for our own guild
ance all that he has been. He is
simply this, one more on the long
list of those who. being conscious
that the nation, as a nation, was
a real thing, and national honor
even more real-though duty
meant danger, did the duty and
did it well. That is all he is, one
who did what he ought.
The Out-of Sight Hero:- Not
every man can lead. Some have
to be mere obedient machines in
every kind of warfare, they are
bodies for other peoples brains,
moved by other peoples wills.
! Here comes in some Of the shall
loWneSS of our human nature.
We too often forget the 0ut-of-
sight man who makes all conquest
! possible to the man who uses him
best 1t is as though we forgot
the fact that no monument can
stand except upon out Of-Sight
foundations: that there can he no
apex to pyramid save for the
Sloplng stones on the sides and
the buried material of the centre.
You would find it true that in
Dewey'S great victories there
were men who, just because they
were told to do so, crouched in
passage ways near important bulk
heads, or were buried in the mag
azlneS and toiled Strenuously
there, or sweated down near the
fiery furnaces. These did not so
much as fire a gun nor even see a
gun fired; yet, if we estimate
things in their right way, these
were doing duties not so notice
able as Others and yet Just as
necessary. Therefore, in any eS-
Innate as to the causes that Oper-
ated to the destruction of our
enemy and to the triumph of our
selves, we must not forget in our
hearts the out-of-sight hero, who
Will be forever nameless and for
ever unknown to fame. 1t is like
the life Of the body, wherein the
humble and unhonored member
OF the success of the individual
and yet remains unthought Of,
almost INTENDED, until it fails in
its duty or falters in it's way.
Our national strength is in ma
tlonal body, whose members are
knit together into one entity, and
wherein some have honor, but
wherein also when the testing
moment has come in our history
there always have been members
who, though lost to sight, have
still been doors Of duty.
Unrecognized Heroes: II h G
rattle and the broadside ceases.