The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-24

sen, Major and Mrs T. D. Fellows,
= Miss Caro- Dickson, Miss Louise Mat
thews, Miss Sue Connolly, Captain and
Mrs. II. j. McCausland, of Montrosc,
Hon. w. II. Jessup Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Fl. Jessup, Miss Nina Jessup, Dr.
and Mrs. j. w. Coolidge, Lieutenant
Colonel F. w. Stillwell, Major w. a
Wood, Lieutenant George A. BlanCr
ard, Lieutenant Walter Il. Gunster.
. Colonel L. A. Watres in opening Tho
meeting said he was sure the audience
would join with him i'm expressing
regret that the distinguished gentle
man who was to preside over the
meeting, the Hon. William Connel,
was prevented from being present by
Illness. He had been requested to pre-
side in the absence of Mr.. Connel and
would say that this was not q formal
reception, but one that came deep from
the hearts of the people OF Scranton.
In concluding, he said they would bow
their heads while Rev. Robert f. Y.
Pierce, of the Penn Avenue Baptist
church, offered prayer. Mr.. Pierce,
after thanking God for the safe re-
turn Of the soldiers, spoke tenderly of
those who gave up their lives while
in the service of their country.
The Schubert Quartette sang Down
Dewey's Way" in a superb manner
and had to respond to an encore. They
gave Away Down South in Dixie"
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
In introducing Colonel II. NJ. Boies
as the person to deliver the address of
welcome, Chairman Watres said no
better choice could have been made.
| He the Of 10
> ment, and one to whom much of the
high standing of the regiment is due.
Colonel BOes was given a hearty re-
ceptlon as he stepped to the front Of
the stage. In welcoming the members
of the Thirteenth to their homes he
spoke as follows:
Your EXcellency, Colonel Coursen, Of
ficers and men of the Thirteenth reg
lment; Your first colonel has been
, honored by our fellow citizens by tn.
appointment to express to you. publicly
and formally in words, if possible for
nm, the joyful and proud welcome
home which friends and our city have
already so Vociferously awarded you.
Every time that / have had occasion
, TO stand before YOU, either as COM
mander or fellow citizen, in the twenty
, years of your honorable existence, you
have had new laurels added to the for
mer glorieS of your history, and in
; creased the pride which we all feel
in you, and, !, more than all others
/ When you had all qualified as marks
men, even to our venerable chaplain,
; DR.. Logan, | thought you had attained
the probable summit of military dis
tinction.
When you got orders for Homestead
at midnight and were on the cars al
most to u man at daylight, it seemed
that you had demonstrated your patri-
otism and discipline beyond a question
l have often been privileged to con-
fer upon you the trophies Of your vic
tories at Creedmoor and Mount Gretna
land to congratulate you upon your sue
cesses and triumphs in the peaceful
competitions of the National Guard,
but / have never been so proud of you
and my relation to you as l am to-
night, as l welcome you home in the
name of our city from ten months cam
| paiGn of actual war. You sDrang to
, arms In the defence of our country
against foreign foe with the same pa
triotism and alacrity with which you
We're Customed to respond to the call
of your commander for the maintain
enCc Of domestic law and order. You
did not hesitate a moment to fOrsake
home, to drop the avoCatiOns of liVeli-
hood and undertake the hardships suf-
ferings and dangers of war, the instant
our country called for you. You went
into camp amid SHOWS and rains, you
; assumed the rgors and submitted to
the discipline of military life with a
courage, patience, ardor and facility
that demonstrated that the training of
twenty years existence was worth its
cost.
THE PEAL SACRIFICE.
The real sacrifice which one makes
of himself upon the altar of patriotism
is when he enlists in his coun-
try's defense. 1t is then that
the momentous decision is made
to give up all things else and an
swer tho call of duty wherever 1t may
lead. The sorrows of separation, the
hardships of camp and campaign, the
, Sufferings of administered sickness, the
pangs of death in the hospital, or on
the field of glory, are all compressed
into that supreme moment. When that
sacrifice is made the man is no longer
his own, but his countrys soldier. lie
, lives and acts in obedience to her COM
mands. Whatever his rank or station,
wherever or whatever she REQUIRES of
him, whether TO mount guard over
property, handle material, perfect his
drill and discipline attack the enemy,
or die with his face to the foe, each
and all alike have made the same Of
fering and are all entitled to the same
-
YOU have made for your country, aud
thank God. YOU have been permitted Ia
return to US and receive our Cun@rdi-
ulatiOns and our thanks fOr II.
only few men Of the twenty thOuS-
and who started to Santiago Glanced
to face the hail Of Spanish bullets at
san Juan and IIl Caney, and show the
enemy the stun the American soldier
is mady Of. nor could they have Sp-
cured that glory unless the rest Of
their corps had stood in theiG support
The Fifth corps could not sail from
our shores until you and the rest ut
our grand army had taken your posts
at Alger and ChiCkamnugl and 'FMmnL
ready 10 march. We speak OF The
heroes of san Juan and El Cancy, b e
cause that was the only point Of your
line which touched the enemy. Whcr-
ever the lot had fallen in all the army,
and ] am sure if it had fallen 10 tn
marksmen Of the Thirteenth, the hon
ors would have been the same; the
same Valor, the same all Conquerng in
domitable, persistent courage would
have triumphed. Their glories are
yours. There is enough 10 go around
to every regiment in the army. You
all did the duty you We're called upon
TO perform. You acted well your ap-
pointed part. You shared in the gloIios
of most momentous and epoch making
triumph. Nothing can hereafter de-
priVe you of the honor Of having taken
q manly, patriotic soldiers part i'm a
war. which i'm future history viii b.
distinguished for establishing the Uni
ted States as one Of the world powers
among the nations
WHAT WARS HAVE DONE
The War of Independence gave us a