The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-12
SPEAKS TO OLD SOLDIERS
Ohio Party Chagrined Becal1se of Their Neglect. {
Governor Nash and the Congrsssx11 from the Buckeye state Have Their Car Attached to
 Another Special. s<'

Del Monte. Cal. May 11.--The ProG1- dent and his party today enjoyed e comparatively quiet day. having codn6 here for two days of rest to prepoxe for the trying program next week TT San Francisco. This afternoon tho party was driven over to IaonteQ9ys two miles from the hotel, and the Prc6- ident made brief speech. The en<irt population of this historic old town turned out to welcome him, and th&to was the usual display of flowers. III speaking took place at the point whoro the. bear flag. the standard of the arr republic of California, was first raigo1 The party then proceeded to Paqf4e Grove. small neighbsring town wh@f~ the annual encampment of the depart. ment of California and Nevada. Q. Ar R., is being held, and here the Pres7z dent met his old comrades. He was iu~ troduced by George N. Mott, Depart ment Commander of California, and Al-' though he addressed them at first m q light vein, he was visibly moved al hG proceeded and spoke of the perils and sacrifices they had endured together. He said:
 T am greatly pleased to meet with the veterans of the civil war and mi comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic War in memory is to be preferred to war in motion. The shelL that has exploded Is safer than when unexplOded. 1t is a good deal more comfortable to talk about the war than to take part in the war, .Qaughter and applause) and very much safer. Q1aughter).
 The Results of War.
 There is not nearly so much peril in 1t, and the events of war lose notA4 tng by time. We rarely ever under state the story of our achievemeutx.' Naughter). We fishf our batf1es over. but we flght them at long distance. and none of our heroic adventures gre fof- gotten. Uau@hterl. The nation ron served so well owes you debt of Grat~ itude which 1t can never repay. You saved the jewel of freedom for the family of the nation, You preaerFeu with your sword and your sacrisiceA the freest Government on earth. The South went to war rather than fhAt: the Union should live. The North erl- gagged in the war rather than see the
 
 umphed. We consider less (great and appalling as 1t was) what the war cost US in life and treasure when we see what the war brought us in liberty. equality and opportunity. Americans never surrender but to Americana. Tho men who yielded after four and a hRn years of struggle, who were blcad of our blood. finally yielded to their own fellow citizens, and we are today Q nation reunited.
 'T have passed within the last ten days over the track of many ok the battlefelds on which you fought have been greeted by the men against whom you fought. I have seen the beautiful sight, beautiful to every lever of his country, of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic walking arm in arm with the ConfeAeratp Veterans (great applause) carrying theA American flag and giving welcome ana each vieing with the other in the warth of that welcome to the President of the United States. and each demon strating in friendly rivalry their devo- ton the government and to the flag z that shelters us all. And so you are to be congratulated today upon what you did, upon what you suffered. upon what you sacrificed, that liberty and union might not perish.
 His old Comrades.
 "It cost a great deal. More than n half million lives were given up as q sacrifice for the preservation of the Union. Some things are so precious and so good that nations which get them pay only with blood. And what blood this Union has cost us! But what Union 1t is now! 0Great applause. , ' cannot tell you what pleasure if gives me to be with you today. I have been welcomed by all of my fellow country men. but this Is the first time in my long journey that have felt the warm heart touch of so many of the men with whom kept step from '61 to '65 Enthusiastic applause and cheering. ) And having saved the Union, it Is the duty of all to keep it saved We will not always be here, but the sons of the veterans on both sides of our war will be here and their sons win follow and the priceless heritage will be transmitted to our next generation.
 Indeed. what you won and what We mean to preserve belongs to civilIza- tion and to the ages" (Long continued applause.)
 It had been the intention of the Pres ident to take the famous seventeNh mile drive along the ocean front after
 
 posed and he decided to return to the hotel. The members of the eaksHs.s however, enjoyed the long drive through the park of 10000 acres. 1t is a natural park filled with ancient moss grown cypress and live oaks ana abounds in deer and game of all kinde. Along the coast the party saw a herd of seals on the rocks and a whale about sixty feet long spouting of shore about a third of a mile. On the re- turn trip a big rose tree in Monterey was pointed out by the guide as fha growth of a little bush which it IS sajd 4 General w. T. sherman and his SpAfsA E sh sweetheart planted there when n ET was lieutenant serving in the de- partment of the Pacific. This eveT,4 ng after dinner the President held art reception in the hotel parIofx 1t which the guests of the hotel were present. Tomorrow the party will rest here quietly.