Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07

will give you trouble It IS too fine a force
10 be dtsbanded easily He reasoned IRON
we were maEing new precedents. Sine
then the world has learned the lesson o.
hat hour. The normal condition OF the
republic Is peace, but not the neryless peace
Of helplessness. We do not need the over
grown OF Europe. our ads
miEabie regular force; with It's perfect arli
In the world IN proportion to population, Is
sufficient Tor our ordinary wants, but WheH.
the occasion calls, when the vital interests
or the honor OF the country are threat
eDed, when the national conscience %
aroused, an army will spring from the soil
so vast, so docile, 50 intelligent, so tor-
midable, that II need not fear to try con.
illusions with any army on the race OF the
But that was only half the lesson: the
other half was equally important-that
when that citizen army has done Its work
of disbandment, but melts away into the
vaster body OF the nation. as the Foam
crested, sunht wave melts BACK lnto tne
profound depths Of the ocean. The great
host OF 1865 ceased to exist as an armed
force: but in every town and hamlet Of the
land IL lived as a part of the body polite,
a nucleus everywhere OF courage, patri-
otism. and self-sacrihce. This was a. new
product the republic might proudly show
able heroes | breed from great wars
When the cheers which succeeded Mr..
Hays speech had subsidized General Ell Tor
rance, commander-in-chief OF the Grand
Army, was introduced to respond to the
words Of welcome. He spoke warmly In APP
probation OF the reception given himself
and his comrades, which had been. he said,
all that they could expect. Referring to the
fact that the ex-soldiers Of 1861 had dis
proved the predictions Of European pub
liclsts that they would be a menace to the
peace of the country, he declared that there
never had been the least danger.
1--WE we're good soldiers because we had
been good citizens" he said. w had been
made good citizens at our own hresldes. and
there never has been the least reason to
spprehend harm to our national institu-
tfons because Of our soldiery.' p
He closed with an expression Of the de-
sire Of the old soldiers for the prosperity
and perpetuity OF the republic.
Moody Has Some Regrets.
Secretary Moody was next introduced.
He spoke for Secretary Root, who was de-
Sained by oficial business. Mr.. Moody ex-
pressed regret that the shallowness of the
Potomac should have prevented the bring
ing Of some OF the specimens Of the new
navy to Washington for the inspection Of
the old soldiers and then dwelt for a few
moments on the example that the heroes OF
1s61-5 has been to the soldiers OF the pres
ent day. He said that Captain Clarke Of
the battleship Oregon had told the men
under his command when at Bahia, Brazil,
that they might meet the Spanish feet and,
after reminding the men OF the strength
OF the opposing feet, had said to them:
III we do meet It 1t will not look 80 we'll"
Captain Clarke had related this incident
TO him and had added: 81 was. with Farra-
gut, you know"
Tkz IL - L-l - lAs-
Dewey how he had felt IN contemplating
the mines and ~torpedoes in Manila bay
the night before attacking the Spanish
feet in the harbOr of that city and that
the admlral's reply was that he simply had
asked himself what Farragut would have
done II confronted with similar conditions.
The secretary said that men inspired by
such traditions as these never could turn
their backs on the flag.
Governor Bliss Of Michigan spoke very
briefly. Mr.. b.. f.. Bingham, commander Of
the Department Of the Potomac. delivered
the welcoming address on behalf of the To-
cal Grand Army and was followed by a
few words of thanks by Colonel McElroy
for their assistance in rendering the occa-
sion SO marked a success.
A fine specimen of the national colors
was then unfurled from q tall pole sur
mounting the platform and, with the firing
OF q salute of twenty-one guns, the cere-
monies ceased. The music for the occa-
sion was supplied by the George w. Cook
Drum corps Of Denver and the military band
stationed AZ Fort Meyer, both Of which
played a number of patriotic airs. which
the audience applauded literally.
Parade of Automobiles.
Ona NJ the intarastin1 avants 80 ,ko A.,
was the automobile parade. in which many
handsomely decorated vehicles participated.
The start was made at 10 o'clock from
Scott circle and the line extended for
many blocks. After passing through the
principal streets the procession was re-
viewed by several cabinet officers and a
number OF invited guests from the judges
stand. erected near the White House.
The George w. Cook Fife and Drum corps
OF Denver, Colo. one of the most famous
organizations Of it's lind in the country, ar
rived here today. The band. accompanied
by its founder, General George w. Cook
who was a drummer boy in the civil war
serenaded President Roosevelt at the tenn
porary White House, Postmaster Genera
Payne, Thomas f. Dawson of the Associated
Press. an old friend Of General Cook, and
the local newspaper offices.
AT the Postonlce department the postmas'
ter general and Assistant Postmaster Gen,
eral Shallenberger gave an informal reoep,
tion to the bandmen and for twenty rain,
utes the band played q variety of selections
In the corridors OF the building, with 1.OO'
government employees as an audience. Thu
baod was here at the last encampment, theI
numbering thlrty-six members. 1t is nov
seventy strong.
Commander-in In Chief Torrance spent tn,