The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-31
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spired President Lincoln to say in his
brief but eloquent speech at Gettysburg,
Wnlen you have just listened to the
world Will little note, nor long remember
what we say here but it can never forget
what they did here
The boys in gray under Gen. Pickett,
blue under Gen. Gibbon, who withstood
the shock of that charge had their faults,
but they are forgotten in the recollection
of the heroic American yalor there dis
played. We certainly have every reason
to be proud of this magnificent country
we have the bravest of men and the best
and noblest Of women. To me it is no
wonder its children are so willing if need
be, to die for it's defense. 1t cares for him
who is disabled in its service and for his
widow and orphans with such generos-
1ty as is unparalleled in the treatment of
its soldiers by any other country in the
world.
HOMES SPEAK VOLUMES.
See what splendid soldiers homes we
have for those who need such places. The.
republic is not ungratefuI there NAV be
individual instances of neglect, but that
there are. unintentional II evident from
the liberal treatment of it's soldiers as a
class, extended even in some instances to
those who may not deserve it. The pen
sions granted by the government to the
widows of our officers are in my judg-
nnan ment, IN d9 some 1is cases. too generous and
Ger has greater responsibility than the
private soldier, he at the same time re-
ceives a greater compensation and this
eQualizes the matter, and when the pri-
yate soldier and commissioned officer are
dead and gone, their widows If they left
any, require the same amount to buy the
necessaries by life. From a personal ex-
per1ence l found it much more comforta-
bic to be behind the line during a battle
as commissioned officer and tell the
boys ito go in and give it to them than
TO be on the firing line myself blazing
away.
When our country calls for the services
e1f1ZQnC nf
sponse is so prompt, that many of the
pest and bravest enlist as private soldiers,
preferring to do that rather than walt or
| ask for commissions as officers
You all know how promptly the flower
of our youth from this North Star state
responded to the call of the president
when war was declared last year between
the United States and Spain.
The private soldier of the American
army is unlike any other soldier of any
other nation. While he readily accepts
| the discipline necessary to make of him
| war-like machine, absolutely under the
| control Of a,single mind, yet when he gets
| INTO battle he displays an individuality
| quick to see and prompt to take advan-
tage of every mistake of his adversary
without any prompting from his officers,
| that other soldiers do not exhibit This
| popularity in our private soldiers at III
| Cany and San Juan Hill astonished the
foreign Io officer officers who were sent as the rep
ness our mode of fighting.
HAD GOOD MOTHERS.
Our boys made good soldiers because
| they had good mothers The sight of tho
| parting between mothers and sons sisters
and brothers, sweethearts and lovers,
| When our boys left us to fight the Span
| 1ards last year, must have given YOU of
the later generation, some idea Of what
/ our noble women suffered in sending forth
4 their loved ones to the Civil war It re-
| Qulred fortitude and courage on the part
| of the women in those days. but thew
bravely met the occasion and made every
realize how the heart-strings of our brave
women must have been lacerated when
they parted with their hearts idols, or as
alasi in many instances was the last
goodbye that came from the lips of the
praye boys who went forth to battle for
| their country.
Our brave women have shown as much
courage when our country needed the
services of its young men, as was ever
| displayed in any field of carnage Their
sufferings were in many Instances sun
pressed, lest the soldier-boy, if he should
see It would falter in the performances Of
aas as @ outy Ineir e1rn help aid and sympathy
our our heartfelt thanks, while their devo-
ton to our sick and wounded in hospital
ana BAT battlefield ti. entities them to the eter-
noble women Of our land.
. Wnen war was declared between this
fpSumtFy fpunaEyt and and Spain very few of US
pc humbled and whipped into COM
plete surrender within less than so days
from the day Admiral Dewey DESTROYED
their fleet in Manila bay. ~
Inc result was obtained quickly be-
cause this country was so united through
3ut It's entire length and breadth as 1t
i1s had never been before since the days of
The boys-the young men who enlisted
IN tnat war with Spain were, in many
instances, the sons Of fathers who more
than generation ego wore the blue or
the gray, and who imbibed the spirit Of
patriotism, courage and daring Prom
their ancestors, who fought each other
with such heroic valor as to astonish ali
mankind. This leads me to briefly talk