The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-14
HIGH PRAISE FOR THE ARMY.
PRESIDENT LAUDS DAKOTA AND
OTHER VOLUNTEERS.

Has Fixed 1t 65,OOO Troops
VIII BE PIaccd-Fev, If Any, Par
nIIeIs Found in History to the Re-
sDOnse Made to the Call to Arms.
FOrbenrnncc Of the Troops Praised
by the President.
Fargo, N. D., Oct 13.--Over 10000 people
greeted President Mckinley and his party
when they arrived here tonight al 7:35
O'Clock. The President had been accorded
hearty welcomes at stations along the
route. He made a number of speeches.
Entering carriages, the party was driven
to a reviewing stand through lines of the
First North Dakota Volunteers who re-
Gently arrived from the Philippines The
President was received with wild demon
strations In his address he referred re-
peatedy to the situation in the Philip
pines. When he declared the United ates
government would send 500 soldiers to
the Philippines TO uphold the American
flag where the volunteers had placed it,
the crowd approved the declaration with
Wild applause. The President spoke a fol-
lows
My fellow citizens: For the past eigh-
teen months this country has witnessed i'm
pressive testimony of the patriotism of The
American People. The call for 10000 troops
was promptly responded to by the people
of the United States without respect TO
party, or crowd, or section, or nationality.
The aSacrity of enlistment and the celerity
of execution has few, if any, parallels in
the military annals of the world. We did
not go to war until every effort at peace
was exhaus led, and when the war came
we all thought that the sooner 1t was end
ed the better fer all concerned.
Troops Did Their Duty.
81 have come here tonight. travelling
long distance, that I might meet the peo-
pie of this new and growing state, a state
which l had the honor as a memhe@ of
the National House of Representatives, to
vote to admit as a sister in the national
family. / am proud of this state, proud
OF the vote l gave for her adfaiSson.
came here to speak of the patriotism of
the state of North Dakota NOT only the
patriotism of the men who entered the
Philippines, but the patriotism of those
other brave soldiers of your state, less
fortunate than the MlEila volunteers,
who were not able to see fighting ser
vice in the field, but d,l th"ir
I duty as you did yours. I have come es-
peciallv that l might look into the faces
of the North Dakota volunteers, who saw
service on the battle line in Luzon. I
came that I may speak to them welcome
and say well done You did your duty and
you filed my heart with joy when, with
other volunteers and regulars, you sent
me word that you would not quit the battle
line in Luzon until could create a new
army. and send it there. You refused to
beat retreat or shirk your colors in the
presence of the enemy. No matter who
wanted you to go home. you said we will
stay and keep the flag stainless in the
presence of the enemy.
Delicate and Trying.
'No soldiers of any country ever had
more delicate or trying duty. This army,
of which this fragment from your state
formed a part, remained in Luzon waiting
first for the treaty of peace. which was
being prepared in Paris, then for its rati-
fcation by the Senate of the United
States, then until the exchange of the rat
ificalions between the United States and
Spain, waiting all through that long Pc
riod, accepting the insolence of the insur-
gents with dignity, because they We're or
dered by the executive of the nation that
they must not strike a blow pending the
treaty of peace, except in defense. They
accepted, therefore, the insolence of the
| insurgents with patience sublime
1--WE never dreamed that the little body of
insurgents whom we had just emancipated
from Spain-we never for moment
thought that they would turn upon the
flag that had delivered them from Spain
Then il was the insurgent leader made an
attack upon our men, and then our boys
Lot Tltrt I Irg4 -, l,1,r-
were quite ready for it, Great applause)
l want to do them the credit of saying
here in the presence of their neighbors
and friends, their fathers and mothers.
that those boys forebore all things rather
than disobey the order of the government
they were serving
Never n Bribe for Peace.
'The leader of the insurgent forces says
to the American government: You can
have peace If you viii give US independ-
ence. Peace for independence, he says.
He had another price than that for peace
oEce before, but the United States pays no
gold for peace (Applause) We never gave
brbe for peace in all our history, and
we never will. Great applause)
"Our flag is there where you left it, you
boys of the North Dakota volunteers. You
left ii there in the hands of those who
took your places, without blot and without
stain. And wherever that standard Is rais-
ed, whether in the Western or the Eastern
hemisphere, it stands for liberty, civilza-
ton and humanity Our flag stands for
liberty wherever it floats. And we pro-
pose to put 65Oc0 men behind that flag in
Luzou to maintain the authority of the
United States and the honor and glory of
the republic in the interest Of civilization
and humanity. We accept the responsible
ity of duty at whatever cost"
attorney General Griggs, Secretaries
Long, Gage, Hitchcock and Wilson ana
Senators Hansbrough and McCumber
spoke briefly. Thesexercises were limited
to speaking and the review of the First
North Dakota Volunteers.
At $50 O'Clock the presidential train was
transferred from the Northern Pacific to
the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railroad, and departed for Aber-
deem, S. d.
NOISY WELCOME AT DULUTH.