The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-15
DR.. BRADY'S ATTACK,
Men Of the Ninth De-
ny Charges Made
Against Them.
THEY DID THEIR WHOLE DUTY.
The Regiment Not Com
posed of Rum-soaked
Soldiers,
THEY DID THEIR WHOLE DUTY.

Rev. DR.. James Boyd Brady, pastor
of Grace church, is quoted as saying
that the Ninth Massachusetts regiment
was rum-soaked during the Cuban
campaign and thereby incapacitated
for duty. Like the Rev. Mr. Osgood OF
Clinton. who made a similar statement
some months ago, the Grace church
preacher presented no evidence to back
up his words. When publicity was CIV
en- to his utteranoes yesterday there
was a storm Of indignation from the
Emmett Guards, who form the only
company of the Ninth in Worcester.
Second Massachusetts regiment men
too, took occasion to deny his state
ments because of knowledge they pos
sessed of the actions of the Ninth on
the field before Santiago.
Capt. j. ]. Moynihan of the Emmets
std that he did not care to discuss the
words Of DR.. Brady He was tired OF
meeting shots that came through port
holes in the hats of men with a bent
toward reckless preaching. DR.. Brady
he sail, did not know what he was
talking about. The official reports dis
prove his remarks. The Ninth, with the
Second Massachusetts,, We're especially
selected for duty in Cuba because OF
their frst-class equipment, soldierly
appearance and the high state of dis
cipline among them. Each regiment did
the work mapped out for it. Like sol
diers they did their whole duty. They
were required to do nothing more. As
for drinking, the captain said that the
men would be glad to get water in
Cuba.
Captain Moynihan is a life long abb
from Mt re
proportion of the men in the Ninth be-
long to temperance organizations.
other members of the Ninth were not
so cooily philosophical as the captain.
This man Brady" said one man who
shouldered a gun when the president
called for volunteers, is a cheap. SEN
sationalist. We know his record in Bos-
ton. The majority of the men in the
Ninth are of Irish extraction. Some of
them, like DR.. Brady himself, are Irish
men born. It's strange, but the bitter
est attacks on the Irish race ALWAYS
come from Irish preachers. Perhaps the
reverend gentleman is ashamed of his
blood. Blood isn't like a suit of clothes
You cannot dispense with it. without
running the risk of becoming a. mum
my.
Il do not believe that a man who re-
viles his own people can be a genuine
ana loyal SUBJECT OF the government OF
another race. I call to mind the story
told of Camillus, the great general of
the Romans. With his army he had
laid siege to the city of Faleii. A
schoolmaster of that place, like a Ben
edict Arnold. thought to attain power
and reward by decoying the children OF
the leading citizens into the Roman
camp Jle appeared with them befors
Camillus. He told the mighty Roman
chieftain that the possession of thes:
children would result in the surrender
of Faleli. Camillus spurned him. He
said that Romans loved courage but
despised treachery.
He ordered the traitor bound ant
whipped back to the beleaguered city
by the children whom he meant to be-
tray. This action led to the speedy sur
render of the place, for the besiegea
estimated the character of Camillus al
it's true worth.
''Dr. Brady's reckless charge against
the Ninth was the result, in my opin.
ion, of as little research as many of the
statements he makes. He recently
preached on the Boer war. I read il
newspaper article sometime befor,
the reverend gentleman came out will
his denunclation of the Beers, the very
same charges in almost the identica
words of DR.. Brady Psychologists cal
this affinity of ideas or some such thing
Mark Twain might call it plagiarism. ="