The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
ROUGH RIDERS MEET
Continued from First PAGE.

aneau OF US, we Americans, as we stride
along the road to national greatness
problems of home administration, and
problems that affect our dealings with
the outside world. We cannot solve them
IL we approach them in the spirit Of
levity or vain-glorious boastfulness; still
less II we approach them in a spirit OF
ttmidty. and least of all If in dealing with
them we do not insist upon honesty and
righteousness. upon that uprightneSs of
character which is the keystone in the
arch of true national greatness. The
problems that rise from year to year diff
fer widely and must be met in widely diff
ferent ways. and not one of them can be
properly solved unless we approach 1t
with rigid fearleSsheSs and with d sincere
purpose to do justice to all men. exacting
It from others, and exacting it no less
from ourselves.
PROUD OF THEIR WORK.
81 am proud of the way in which you
have taken up the broken threads of
your lives-in which you have gone back
to the ranch, the mine, and the counting
room. In so doing you show yourselves to
be typical American citizens, for 1t has
always been the pride of our country
that an American. while most earnestly
DESTROYS Of peace was ever ready to show
himself hard and dangerous fighter If
need should arise, and that on the other
hand, when once the need had passed, he
could prove that war had not hurt him
Tor the work of peace, and that he was
all the filter to do this work for having
done the other too. We may be called to
war, but once in, generation, and l most
earnestly hope that we shall not have to
race war again for many years. The
duties OF peace are always with US, and
these we must perform all our lives long,
from years end to years end, if we are
to prove ourselves in very fact good citi-
Zens of the commonwealth. We must
work hard for the sake of those depend
ent upon us; we must see that our chill
dren are brought up in way that will
ance which we, their fathers. have our
selves received from those that went be-
fore US. We must do our duty by the
state. We must frown upon dishonesty
and corruption, and war for honesty and
righteousness.
Il am proud of you, my comrades, not
only because you were very brave in
battle. but because when once the battle
was over you showed yourselves always
merciful to the weak A coward in your
ranks would have received short sh t,
won 1 never knew one of you to per-
form an act of cruelty l shall ever keep
In mind the valor you showed as you
fought in the jungles of Las Guamimas
as you charged up the slopes of n
Juan hills, and I shall keep in mind no
less the way in which you showed your
sympathy for the poor, miserable refu-
gees at Ell Caney, the way in which you
tried to help the women and children
upon whom war had laid it's heavy hand.
In our regiment the men who finched
dered women and children would have
met with equally quick and grim justice.
LIVING AND DEAD.
Let me say a word Of those to whom
our thoughts should turn at such a time,
both among the living and among the
dead, to our absent living comrades and
especially to our former commander, now
i Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood whose admin
1stration of the province of Santiago, has
reflected the utmost credit. not merely
upon himself, but upon the nation 50 for
| tunate as to have him in her service We
! send to them the heartiast and MIST loyal
| greeting. With these men we hope in the
no distant future to strike hands again.
| and as long as we live and they live, we
SHAH al! be bound together by most in
d1ssoiubie ties. But when we come to
| speak or our dead comrades, of the men
| who gave their lives in the fierce rush
! of the jungle fighting, or 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
| Worthily as these, our brothers, died AL
Ian Capron, in the sunny prime of youth.
In his courage, his strength and his beau
ty; 'Bucky" O'Neill, than whom in all
| the army there breathed no more daunt-
less soul-of these and other gallant COM
rades. the men who carried the rifles in
proved their truth by their endeavor that
| In the hour of our geratest need these
rose level to the need and gallantrS and
cheerfully gave to their country the ut
most that any man can gve-their lives
| for we read in Holy Writ that greater
love hath no man than this, to lay down
| d
loved their country that they calamity
gave their lives for her honor and rerown
| 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 it shall live for time ever
| lasting.
so much for our comrades of the reg
t iment. Let US not forget our comrades
| who this summer are facing all that we
/ faced last summer. Let US not forget
f9n l1aof
teers who are unfolding the honor OF
| the flag and the interest of the nation in
| the Philippines. Surely there is not one
OF US whose veins have not tingled with
pride as he read of the. gallantry OF
those men; and | suppose few of us have
not thought at times that we should like
ourselves to fight beside I.awton as we
| fought beside him last July, and to SEE
| If the rough riders could not do their
share of the work with the splendid mer
| who followed Funston, Hale and othe,
daring leaders who during the past six
months have added so many new pages
| to the honor roll of American history
| To our shame be it said there are -ney
in this nation so Indifferent to the coun-
try,s honor, so lukewarm in patriotism
and courage that they would let all tn,
work Of these men go for naught-le
their blood be spilled in vain. But the
hour of our battle is sounded and the
| puny folk who deem it otherwise are
woefully mistaken
we are a great nation. We mus
| SIiOW OURSELVES great, QOC only IN Cnt
ways of peace, but in that preparedness:
for war which best insures peace w.
must upbuild our navy and army unit
they correspond to the new need which
the new country will bring. Above all
my comrades and my fellow countrymen
we must build up in this country tina
spirit of social and civic honesty anc
courage which alone can make this ma
ton reach the highest and most Iastine
greatness"
At Springer the citizens presented TIL
colonel with a floral wreath.
At Wagon Mound there was an ovation
and the school children sang MY Coun
try.|Tis of Thee"
Col. Roosevelt Travelled in the privat
car of Vice President Paul Morton. o
the Santa Fe. Mr.. Morton was anon:
the party. H. H Kohlsaat, editor o
the Chicago Times-H Herald; Capt Day
Lieut.. Ferguson and Lieut.. D. NJ Good
rich also accompanied Col. Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt has promised to remain
until Monday morning at least, and will
attend the regimental review tomorrow
| afternoon.
BUSINESS MEETING.
| President Brodie delivered his address
of welcome and the report of Secretar,
Carter was read and placed on file. TIL
financial standing was also given by tn
| secretary together with a list of member