The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-25
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
10 GUARDSMEN
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and 1 want to see the artillery with the
three-point-tTo gun of the regular army
I am happy to say that a bill has been
passed through the lower house which
will enable the national government ma
terialiy to aid the National Guard Of
the different states. At the next session
I firmly believe that We wiz get il
through the United States senate and
then l can guarantee the signature Of
the president.
4 think our people have not always
appreciated the debt they were under to
the National Guard. A man who goes
into the National Guard and does his
duty fairly and squarely there. puts the
whole country under an obligation TO
him. Always in our history it has been
the case as it viii be in the future that
il war should arise, it is to be met mainly
by the citizen soldier, the volunteer SOL
der. We have, in the regular army,
officers as it is and filled with the type
of enlisted men we had IN It. an army
which 1 firmly believe. for its size. is
unequaIied in the civilized world; and 1
am sure that 1 can challenge the most
generous support from the National
Guard for the regular army OF the Unit
ed States. But that army is, and OF
necessity must be. SO small that in the
event Of serious trouble in the future
the great bulk of our troops must come.
as in the past they have come. from the
ranks of the people themselves; and in
forming these regiments the good done by
f,,
served faithfully in the National Guard
cannot be over estimated. These men
are ready. They know what is expected
of them. They train others to do the
work that is needed. And another thing,
ladies and gents, the same qualities that
make a man a success. that makes him
do his duty decently and honestly in a
National Guard are fundamentally the
qualities that he needs to make him
good citizen in private life
Veteran Grasped His Hand.
on the way To the governors cottage,
a veteran of the civil war and a Grand
Army man, rushed up to the president
to grasp his hand. President Roosevelt
greeted him cordially and said:
'One Of the many good results OF the
Spanish-American war is the appreciation
we Of the younger generation now have
of the value TO you old veterans of that
little button which you wear on the lapel
of your coat
At S:15 the presidential party boarded
the special train and amid the cheers of
the assembled thousands started again
for Atlantic Highlands, arriving at
o'clock. At 4:05 the party left in the
steam launch for the Mayfower As the
president was about to board his launch
he met and recognized Raymond Morse,
a fireman on the Presidential special,
who had served as a sergeant in troop
G of the Rough Riders when Mr.. Roose-
Welt was colonel. They greeted each
other cordially.
The arrangements for the reception of
the president at Seagirt were excellent
in the main. but for almost two hours
Mr.. Roosevelt was without his usual
guard OF secret service officers. five Of
whom were with him on the trip The
military contingent absolutely refused
to recognize the authority OF badges or
passes of the secret service operatives.
and in two instances the soldiers used
their bayonets against the operatives to
enforce the commands OF their officers.