The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-11-29
GALA DAY AT MCNcADA.
Presentation to the Presidents, of Colors Pre-
scented by a GAR Post.
Manila Times Special Correspondence.


Manila Times Special Correspondence
AIoNcADA. Aug. H.
One of the six flags sent to the 18th L.
S. Inf. by Lafayette Post, ,140, Depart
ment of New York, G. A. r., to be pre-
scented to the local Presidcntes here, was
presented to the Presidente of this place
to-day. The day was a gala day for the
natives, and they We're entertained by the
18th Inf. Band from Bautista. The fol-
lowing program was rendered:
Presentation of colors presented by La
fayette Post, No. 40. Department of New
York, to Presdente of Moncada, p. l.
Concert by the 18th Inf. Band Mt the
quarters of Commanding Officer: Parade,
Co. Il, 18th Inf. and native police; music
(band). Trumpet March, Phi. Egner; adj
dress, Padre Eusebio David; music tbandl,
Aguinaldo's March, Percs; address, pre-
sentaton of colors. Major Roach; music
band), StarSpangIed Banner.
Maj. Roach then made the folio wing adj
dress:
1T is a pleasant duty I have to per-
form to-day i'll conveying to you the in
structions of my superiOrs. and to show
to you the confidence which they have,
through me, in the support you have Civ
en- me since | have been in command of
this station. AT no time have you ever
failed me i'll any call / have made on you
for duty. Possessing Il most excellent pO-
lice, diligent and efficient always, it has
been Il pleasure for our men to be assoc
ciated with you in duty. During the month
of July IL arrests were made in the juris-
diction of Moncada, nearly all being hard
ened characters, murderers or carabo
thieves. But a few months ago rapine
and murder was rife all through this sec
ton. To-day but few Ladrones are left,
and those are rapidly being hunted down.
To-day as we stand here under the dome
of heaven, and under that sun which
shines alike for you and me, whether it
be under the sun of the Philippines or that
which shines over our own beloved home
in the States of the American Republic,
let us think that out Of the storm of bat
tie which has brought peace great good
has been evolved which will in the end
unite both people and will in the end make
both stronger and better able to help each
other.
There is much to be done in which we
can do little to assist you except with our
counsel and advice. Your task is to build
up your schools, bring more of your chill
dren into your school-rooms, and to see
that they have teaching both in the Span
ish and English language. Bring your
fields under cultivation not only in the cui-
tiyatiOn of rice and corn, but in other
cereals and fruits. But q very small pOr-
ton of your arabic land is under cultiva-
ton. Why not put it all under cultiva-
ton, and then reap the rewards of your
labor?
MY friends, we are here to help you,
not to Cypress you; to show you the light
and the way, that you may become strong
er and better able to fight the battles of
life with the people of other Nations about
you. War is not altogether an evil or to
be deplOred. No war of any magnitude
has ever been waged but that some good
has been evolved and the people ennobled
by the struggle through which they passed.
So with you and your people; after hun
dreds of years You hive thrown off the
mantle of darkness and walk, again in the
light of day. The rule of CASTLE and Ara
gon is ended. The yellow and-red of Spain
has been supplanted by the scarlet, white
and blue of the Stars and Stripes, and in
a new glory of its own odd Glory" floats
over the seas of the Pacific and on the
shores of the Atlantic. A few years and
your towns and cities will be'teeming with
the plants of many Industries bringing la
Dor and wages to your labOring men, and
your fields will be n,Ied with your farmers
gathering the fruits of their. labor in the
rice fields, gardens and orchards.
'Ihirty-nine years ago the United
States was engaged in n war of great mag
nltude such as the world had not seen in
modern times, 1t was that the slaves
might be free; that we might hare free
and independent Government with equal
rights for all. This war lasted for four
years, with father fighting against son and
brother against brother. Over 100000 SOL
diers were killed or wounded in the Fed
eral Army, and at the close of the war the
Federal Army had a million men under
arms. The right prevailed, however, and
to-day we have in reunited Nation a
free and happy people. 1t is those old
soldiers of that grand old army whose hair
has turned gray and who honor that grand
old flag of ours, which they followed
through those four long years of battle.
No. 40, Department of New York, G. A.