The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

in turn, notified the Spaniards in Porto
Rico, who numbered 1900 strong. They
Immediately collected q large body OF
! troops which outnumbered his little
army of S400 men, and made prepara-
! lions to receive him. Gen. Miles did not
! follow out this line of campaign, for
! he is not that kind Of a general. He is
an up-to-date general and conducts
I modern and not ancient warfare.
The time has gone by when an army
| in line of battle four or five deep march
| straight up to the lannon's mouth,
unless it is absolutely necessary. The
| science Of modern warfare is to ac-
complish the greatest possible results
! with the least possible loss, by siilful
strategy and maneuvering. precisely as
| Gen. Miles conducted the Porto Rico
campaign.
While on his way there he changed
I his plans and landed on the southern
coast entirely unexpected by the Span
iards, who, though having force sufi-
i GENTLY strong to make a stand, his ar
rival being so unexpected. became
panic-stricken and fled, and Porto Rico
was subiugated by a loss of but three
| men killed. This may not sound as
well to some as a great victory won
with much bloodshed, but it was very
cTeditable to Gen. Miles and most graft
! Tying to the families of the brave boys
under his command, two companies of
which we are proud to say were from
our own city of Fitchburg. Had Gen.
Miles followed the campaign that was
planned for him instead of his own,
there would have been undoubtedly
sorrow and desolajon in these families
tonight, whereas by his great military
strategy, there is now peace, happiness
and cOntentment
Gen. Miles did not conduct this kind
nj a ION l,k af
to meet the Spaniards in fair fight,
for he has done more fighting than any
other living general but to save the
lives of the boys under him. He was
always to be found in the forefront of
the battle, for "he dared to lead where
others dared to follow
1t is well known that Gen. Miles has
always been great friend of the COM
mon soldier, and that all through the
Spanish war he did all in his power for
their health and comfort. A few weeks
ago | received a letter from a common
soldier. a member of the Sixth Massa-
chusetts and it read like this:
My Dear Mr.. Weymouth The last
time l saw you, you said that if you
could ever do anything for me or any
Of the other boys, you would be glad
to do it. Now, we have all great per-
sonal favor to ask Of you. We want
you to do all you can for Gen. Miles
at this time He is one of the best
friends the common soldier has in the
whole army In caring for the common
soldier he is acting out his own true
self just as he did defending the help
less boy at school"
! We are glad to call Gen. Miles a son
| of Massachusetts, but by his great
! achievements he has stepped beyond
the bounds of his native state, and we
are glad to share this honor with the
whole country by calling him Gen.
Miles of the United States. We do not
honor him wholly on account of his
great military genius, but because he
| represents our ideal Of the highest type
| OF American citizenship. He has not
only by his natural ability and indomit-
| able energy won the highest rank in
the American army, but on account of
those endearing qualities to which I
have already referred, he has attained
the highest place i'm the hearts Of the
American people.
1t is men of his stamp who have built
up our institutions and made this coun-
| try what it is today, the grandest and
most glorious on the face of the earth
! When the history of this generation
shall have been written, the name of
Gen Miles will stand among the first
or our greatest men and patriots, and
what has already been said Of the
American soldier can truly and will
surely be said Of Mai Gen. Nelson A.
| MlleS; He was a hero in war a noble
man in time Of peace and an honor at
all times to the land Of his birth"
Col. Albert Clarke, secretary Of the
Home Market Club, was next present
led by POSTMASTER Hall.
| Col. Clark, after local and personal
illusions, and after paying a high COM
p1ment to Gen. Miles, spoke briefly of
the conditions of prosperity. He said
| that there were two Fundamental
principles: First, the general employ
ment Of labor and capital at good
wages and fair profits, and second, a
| stable account Of sound money
So far as the coinage of money is con-
| cerned, the free coinage at the ratio
of Is to l is dead. The greater increase
in the output OF gold takes away all
| fear of monopoly, stringency and de-
! preston in prices of commodities
| Business requires settled conditions: it
cannot be made q foot ball of and
| thrive.
| In referring to the erecting of public
| buildings he said that it was a waste of
| good money that building had to be
| put up in some obscure hamlet, in or
| der that large city should receive fav-
| orGble report by a committee. He
| closed by speaking of the increase OF
| business that will come 70 this nation
in the immediate future.