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TALKS TO VETERANS.
President Roosevelt Welcomed to
indianapolis.
HIS ADDRESS AT TOMLINSON HALL.
He Points Out That We Are a Great
World Power Declares We
Must Back Up the Monroe
Doctrine.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 24.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was accorded a recep-
ton by the people Of indianapolis
Tuesday that was sincere, enthusiastic
and entirely lacking in partisan bias.
Men OF all political faiths united with
one accord in doing honor to the ma
tons chief executive and in extending
to him welcome such as only the
people of Indiana's capital city know
how to offer. For miles along the line
of march thousands of people massed
the sidewalks and cheered the passing
Of the presidential party.
His ARRIVAL
President Roosevelt was met at the
station by Gov. Durbin, who was ac-
companied by Mayor Bookwalter, Sem
ator Fairbanks and nearly 80 members
of the reception committee, the per-
sonnet of which included many of the
most prominent citizens of Indianap-
oils. The escort consisted of a squad
of mounted police, battalion of the
Second regiment, indiana national
guard, and Indianapolis light artillery.
The line of the parade was banked with
people. Women predominated, and iE
response to continuous applause, the
president lifted his silk hat time and
again.
Speaks at To1nlinson Hall.
The president was escorted to Tom
linson hall, and found the vast audi
torium packed with cheering citizens.
When order had been restored Gov.
Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter, in brief
addresses welcomed the president to
the state and city. Senator Albert J..
Beveridge formally introduced the
president. The president was received
with deafening cheers, and during his
address was forced to pause repeated
ly because of enthusiastic applause.
He drew from our experiences in Cuba
and the Philippines lessons on the need
of being prepared for war. He contin-
| ued:
Great Destiny Before Us.
Gas result of the Spanish war we
| took world position. which had never
hitherto been ours. We now have be.
| fore us destiny which must be one. OF
great failure or great success. We
cannot play a small part in the world
No matter how much we might wish to
we shall be obliged, willingly or un-
willingly, to playa large part. All that
we can determine is whether we will
play that large part we'll or i'll.
Large Army Not Needed.
Owing to our position, we do not
need large regular army. Two or
three years ago, you remember, how it
was prophesied by certain people not
altogether serious alarmists, that it
was the intention of those in power
continually to increase the size'of the
| regular army until it should become q
menace to our people at home. How
comic the prophesy now seems. AS ;
matter of fact, at the present time ad
| vantage has been taken of the Philip
| pine peace to reduce the army to but
| little more than two-thirds the NUM-
| Der allowed by law. Our army is sma II
but the individual units composing it
we believe to be not inferior to th4
best of those OF any foreign nation.'
II don't have to say, when speaking
to audiences like this that stand b,
| the regular army, and am proud O
them. Every good Americans prout
of them, and those that fought by thei
side the proudest. Normally, how
ever, in any contest we must expec
that in the future, as. in. the past, tn
bulk of the American army will b
composed Of volunteers. 1t should b
our object in every way to encourag
to build them up to the highest poin
Of efficiency.
Must Back Up Monroe Doctrine.
81 believe in the Monroe doctrin,
with all my heart. ! believe in as
sorting it because believe the Ameri
can people are willing to back it uE
But it never can be backed up by word
alone. If it become the interest o
some great power to violate it, mos
assuredly that great power would d
SO, if it was thought that we woul
| only buster and threaten, or il j
was believed our force was too weak t
be formidable in a fight. A good nav
is absolutely essential If we intend
treat the Monroe doctrine as we Shout
treat it, that is, as the cardinal fea
ture of our foreign policy. The flee
is, in peculiar, sense, the propert
of the nation as whole. Every Amer
can, whether inland or on the sc
coast, if he is both far-sighted an
patriotic, should be peculiarly jealo,
about the efficiency of the navy. III
navy must be built up, and it must h
continually exercised and traine
so that the officers and men may a
tain the highest degree of excellenc
in handling the great war engines i,
trusted to their care"
Mhen President Roosevelt had col
cluded his address the audience aros
! en- masse and cheered him time an
again, the cheering being led by GEL
Coryell, who waved great bunch {
American beauty roses in order I
mark time.
Rumors of Royal Troubles.
r Paris, Sept. pa telegram receive
here from Algiers, Algeria, Saturda
reported that Grand Duke Paul Ale: