The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
WAS TO MORE VOLUNTEERS
n.T THE PRESIDENT SPOKE IN
SOUTH DAKOTA.

VeEiment Returned to Aber-
IN About the Time of McExtn-
,.,s ArrivaI-President Warmly
n-.i.ed the soldiers Bravery and
,onduct-Gave Him JOY when
..,diers said They Would Wait for
o,ber. to Relieve Them.
aberdeen. S. D., Oct. H.-At O'Clock
..,s morning the Presidents special reach
y, this city. At the depot large crowd
-.,bered to see the first President of the
5.r,t,3 states who has visited the Dako-
Gas since statehood.
THE principal part of the throng was the
mr., south Dakota Volunteers. who ar
-isd to-day from the Philippines. and
i'll. f.ature was delayed for over an hour
~. ,be delay of the soldiers train. Short
T.. after S:25 o'clock, the soldiers special
An, mo on the Northern Pacific, and the
,.sterans fel in line behind an escort OF G.
Veterans, who followed Immediately
af+or the carriages of the President and
The cabinet officers.
col Frost rode at the head of his regi-
v,ent and as they passed down to the
,.viewing stand and the Grain Palace,
worry one of the 5000 inhabitants of Aber-
5,on cbeered. They were reinforced by
.sverll thousand visitors from other parts
oe the state. Addresses were made by
president Mckinley and members of the
cabinet Gov. Lee and others.
Grateful, Not WOrshippers.
The President said: 1T gives me great
Measure to join with your fellow citizens
or the state of South Dakota, your friends,
your families, your neighbors in this vel
come 60 your home. We are not a nation
of hero -worshipers, and yet we are a ma
lion of 100000 grateful people who love
ysIor. and reward the heroic deeds of our
soldiers, and I think l appreciate quite
as much, if not more than most of my
fellow citizens, the value of the services
this regiment with dts assistants of the
Eighth Corps, rendered the country in its
hour Of great emergency.
And l am here to speak, not for my
self alone, but for the whole American
people in its gratitude and thanks for
your heroic action in the Island of Luzon.
] have with me this morning a dispatch
Just received from your commander, the
major general commanding in the Philip
pines, telling me of the gallantry of Col
Frost and his regiment, telling me that
from early in February until late in June
you stood on the firing line. No enemy
could resist your onslaughts upon them.
Nor can l forget, soldiers of the repub-
lie that when the treaty of peace was
pending, when negotiations were being con
Quoted in Paris, when the ratification of
the treaty was awaiting the action of the
Senate, and finally when We were awaiting
the exchange of the ratification with
Spain, l do not forget that when that
tine came every one of you was entitled
10 be mustered out of the service of the
nited States, and / can never express
the joy it gave my heart when you sent
word that you would remain until a new
army could be formed to take your places.
Like the American Soldier.
That, members of the First North Da-
koa, was an example of personal sacrifice
and public conservation rarely known in
the annals of war, but it is just like the
soldier. No matter where he
comes from, he never lays down his arms
III the presence of the enemy and he never
lowers the flag of his country until he has
numphed over enemies who assail it.
am glad to see the veterans of 1861
with the veterans of 1898. It is all the
same kind of patriotism you got from
your Fathers. 1t is a patriotism that never
deserts and never encourages desertion.
'Nts Wy ACtlOW CltlNtHS anu members OIL
the First South Dakota, you have JUST
come home and 1 know you want to get
nearer home, and shall not detain you a
moment longer; except to say that 1 thank
you for your splendid services to the
country; l thank you for standing faith
tul on the battle line; l thank you for
preserving our flag stainless; 1 thank you
Tor waiting In the trenches until the relief
came; / thank you for having transferred
this banner to those who succeeded you
without dishOnor and without blot. And
where that flag is it stands for liberty,
and civilization"
Secretaries Gage, Long, Hitchcock and
Wilson and Attorney General Griggs also
spoke Secretary Wilson in closing his ad-
dress said:
We have some little men in the United
states who wonder what we wanted with
any more territory. The territory came as
territory never came to any other country
under the sun. There was no precedent in
International law whereby a war should
De Waged in the interest of humanity sole
y and simply. The coming of that terri
-ory was but an incident; but you have
1een over there consecrating that terri
DRY. 1t is ours. 1t is going to remain ours,
ust as much as South Dakota"
Inc train bearing the presidential party
eit Aberdeen at 11:S0 a. m. for Huron
5. D.