Evening star., 1902-08-28
SPEECH TO VETERANS.
President Addresses 5000 People at
Weirs II H

THE WEiRS- y II. August 2S-Furlv
30" people joined in welcoming tie Presi-
dent Of the United States on his visit to
the encampment OF the New HAMPSHIRE
G. \ r here today. = special train came
II a Few minutes after noon. Gov. Chester
Jordan and Congressman Frank D. Cur
r-er. who had boarded the train at Con
cord. were with the Presidents party. The
Manchester batteries signa.ed the arrival
O the train by the first gun OF a presidea-
t.aI salute
An escort made up Of two companies of
the National Guard. together with large
number Of civil war veterans were drawn
up AT the station. The column escorted the
President 10 the Hotel Weirs from the
steps ot which the President held a review
After luncheon the President was escorted
L. the camp ground, where the speaIlinc
TOOK place President Roosevelt was intro
uuced TO the .eteransp and when he could
MAKE hiElstIt heard he began his address,
speaking as follows.
Speech to Veterans.
The President sad: ANY American who
las proper sense OF the relative proper
tion of things must realize that TO the mon
who fought for the Union in the dark days
Of the civil war there is owing a greater
debt Of gratitude than to any others. Great
were the deeds You cid and vital the need
OF doing them Many were the lessons
taught the rest Of US, both bv what Won
accom- llSAed III the war and by the Nray
in which. when the war was over. YOU turn
cd to the work Of peace with the same
spirit which had led you To triumph on the
tented fields
During the lifetime Of our repubIic each
generation has had its allotted task States
man and soldier, The man in public life and
the man in private life, each has had work
To 90 FOR the nation. We have moved for
ward swiftly OF have stumbled and halted
according a the work s. "A whole u-4s ,N-eT
or i'll done.
We have encountered many crises Of i'm
purtanCe and from time to time have been
brought face 70 face with great problems
upon the righttul solution Of which most of
the nation 5 future welfare depended Rrt
u you alone i, was given 10 face with
victorious va!or the one crisis in which moi
merely the nations wcllbeing but the ma
lions life, was at stake.
Solved a Vital Problem.
To you it was given TO solve the one
problem which. If not solved Alright. meant
death for our people. All of the work of the
men who founded this republic would have
gone for nothing had you not done your
part well II was the statesmanshIp of
Lincoln. the soldiership of Grant and the
loyal valOr of those who upheld the arms
of the one and followed the sword of the
other which made permanent the work Of
Washington, of Marshall and their com
peers Ii would have prOfited little to us or
TO mankind at large If the experiment of
free government By the people and for the
people had been founded upon this CONT
nent only 10 go down in bloody wreck on
the question of slavery. You saved the
Union and you freed the slave and therehv
freed the slaves master from the worst OF
all thraldoms. You did us the service of
struggling In cause and for a reward in
that war. based upon naught that was mere
~ material We pride ourselves, and prop