Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-25

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The need had passed. he could prove that
war had not hurt him for 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 10 war but once in q gen.
Grafton, and / most earnestly hope that
We shall not have to face war again for
many years. The. duties of peace are al
ways with US, and these we must perform
81 all our lives long, from years end to years
end, IL We are 10 prove ourselves in very
TACT good citizens of the commonwealth.
We must work hard for the sake of those
dependent upon US; We must see that our
children are brought up in way that will
make them worthy of the great inheritance
which we, their fathers, have ourselves
ceived from those that went before US. We
must do our duty by the state We must
1rOwn upon dishonesty and corruption, and
war for honest and Righteousness.
only because you were very brave in bat
s tie, but because when once the battle was
over you showed yourselves always merci-
Iul to the weak. coward In your ranks
would have received short shrift, indeed,
. but when once the battle was won / never
in kneW one Of you TO perform an act of
cruelty. l shall ever keep in mind the
yalor you showed as you fought in the
1ungles of Las Guasimas, as you charged
up the slopes of San Juan hills, and / shall
keep in mind no less the way in which You
showed your sympathy for the poor, miser-
able refugees at FL Caney; the way in
which you tried to help the women and
ShiIdren upon whom war had laid its heavy
hand. In our regiment the man who
iitnched from armed foe and the man who
murdered women and children would have
met with equally quick and grim justice.
Let me say word of those to whom
our thoughts should turn at such time
peth among the living and among the dead.
10 our absent living comrades. and espe-
clally TO our former commander, now Ma
9or General Leonard Wood, whose admin
istration of the province of Santiago has
Teuected the utmost credit, not merely
upon himself, but upon the nation so for
luhate as TO have him in her service. We
send to them the heartiest and most Ioyal
greeting, With these men We hope in the
no distant future to strike hands again,
ana as long as We live and they live we
shall all be bound together by most indis-
Soluble ties. But when we come to speak
ot our dead comrades, of the men who gave
hslr lives in the fierce rush of the jungle
nghiing, or who wasted to death in the
1eVer camps, We can only stand with barred
bsaqs ana pray that we may SO live as
AZ the end to die as worthily as these our
brothers, died. Allan Capron, in the sunny
prime of youth, in his courage his strength
and his beauty; 'Bucly'- OlNeiII than whom
IN all the army there breathed no more
oauntiess soul-of these and other gallant
comrades, the men who carried the rifles
proved their truth by their endeavor, that
IN the hour of our greatest need these rose
level TO the need and gaIlantly and cheer
iully gave to their country the utmost that
any man can give-their liyes-for we read
IN the Holy Writ that greater love hath
no man man thap this; 10 lay down his life for
a 1flend- AHd these men so loved their
country that they gallantly gave their
lives for her honor and renown and for
the uplifting of the human race. Now their
work Is over, their eyes are closed for
ever their bodies molder in the dust but
lhe spirit that was in them cannot die
ana 1t shall live for time everlasting.
30 much Tor our comrades of the regi-
Hent- Let us not forget our comrades
VINO TINS summer are facing all that we
raced raced iast summer. Let us not forget the
gallant men, the regulars and volunteers
VINO are upholding the honor of the flag
and the interests of the nation in the
Philippines. Surely there is moi one of MS
IN fins lnH- -r1yifh n,-iFi
as ne read of the gallantry of those men:
ana 1 suppose few of us have not thought
al Tine times that we should like ourselves
20 hght beside Lawton, as We fought be-
side him last July, and to see If the rough
riders could not do their share of the
work with the splendid men who followed
Funston, Hale and other daring leaders
VINO, during the past six months, have
aeoea SO many new pages to the honor roll
oI american history. To shame be il
SAID there are men in this nation so in
olnerent TO the countrys honor, SO luke
warm IN patriotism and courage that they
would let all the work of these men go for
naught-let their blood be spilled in vain
But the hour of our battle is sounded and
SIie puhy 1olk who deem it otherwise are
"oST441nily mistaken IN their countrymen.
mere our nag has been raised il shall
not De hauled down. II any difficulty
means that we shall exert a little mere
strength in, overcoming it.
read with pride the other day how
opposite POLITICAL parties, joined in assur-
ing the president that California would
stan ssano ), Ike rock behind him in seeing
tnas tt mere was no step back in the Phil
ippines: and so / can assure him of the
IKE spirit from the great state of which
ready to give him whatever he needs in
men or money to put down the savagery
nines nG WhiG9 N we We are opposed in the Philip
pines. he shall have all he wishes to put
j down quickly, and whether it is but
nown quickly or not he shall have our
SSppYrt ~ IN every Increasing measure until
iCto -
stamped out We want no peace talk with
men VINO bear arms in their hands. When
he,,,y once they submit they shall be treated with
stnSSolate tSte Justice and equity and their
rights most carefully guarded; but until
rg Sneg submit they must be taught with
Tough hands what 1t is to make war on the
american flag. There Is no East and M
west when we come to deal with ones
lions of this kind. The United States Is
70 De the great power of the Pacific and
We men of the Atlantic coast are good
Mesterners and are as resolutely bent upon
upoullding our power in-t the Pacific as the
men on the Pacific slope themselves
We are great nation. We must show
ourselves great not only in the ways of
which best insures peace We must IN
build our navy and army until they CORE
spond TO the new need which the new
rades and my fellowcountrymen, We must
nuiid up IN this country that spirit of
alone can make this nation reach The |
highest and most lasting greatness" ''''
President Brodie' delivered his address
and the reports of Secretary Carter were
read and placed on fle The financial
ttatement OF the association was also given
by the secretary, together with a list of
members and a list of ex-troopers of +ba
regiment who have received the bronze
pauge adopted at the first meeting at Mon
faux Point, on August 30 last. The read
Ing Of the minutes of that meeting dis
closed the fact that only three hoSorary
members of the association were recorded
Ihese are Richard Harding Davis EIdward
MarsnaiI and Lieutenant Calling Park
er Colonel Roosevelt recalled that Can
tain Mccormick, of the Seventh caysirpp
had been made an honorary member an ar3SSs y
the omission In the minutes was ordern5
corrected. Governor NJ. A. Otero who 90
1Veiy assisted year ago In recrlliting ~
rough riders, was made an honorary sne,1 W
Der of the association iiieh-
The committee on constitutions ,,
dered to frame the bylaws so that ro o,i OF
hll1 an actual soldier at some time in IN m
ire snail hereafter be elected an bonnra..a Us
memper. Governor Otero responded 10 ~
compliment In neat speech Gororn ntte
hooseEen was elected as honorary presi-
cent Tor life of the association C6IoSaI
a. o. Brodie. of Prescott was eIectad orollei rn
1oent, ana Lieutenant Dame of CarriIIas
Secretary. Tor the ensuing wear. Canto;1,,
w. IL. III. Iewellyn, first vice nresident oItti
Leu Lieutenant Goodrich, second vice presi,
Committees on resolutions and bv-Iaws
were appointed. DS laws
There was quite a spirited contast o..
the selection of the place to hold tba 80. ~.
annual reunion between Oklahoma CIV an5
Colorado Springs. The former city had fIso dn
eighty-nine to twelve. scanning
quite number of telegranms and Ie,-
ters OF regret and congratulation wara re
SsHed including one from General Joa