The Lamar register., 1902-07-30
PRESIDENTS SPEECn
EuLoelzes NATIONAL GUARD.
Review of Troops at New Jersey Mill
tary Encampment-Prcsident Te''s
What Is Expected of National
ouardsmen-Expects to Sign Bill
in Aid of the Organization.

in Aid of the Organizatioh.
Sea Girt, y. j.. July 25.-No Fresi-
dent ever received more sincere.
heartfelt and patriotic welcome than
thot given President Roosevelt yester'
day by the people of New Jersey.
The President. on invitation OF Gov
Franklin Murphy. visited the encaIip-
ment Of the Second brigade. New Jer-
sey National Guard, at Sea Giri. Ac-
companicd by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss
Alice Roosevelt. Mr. and NJ $. Emlcn
Roosevelt Miss Christine Roosevelt
and Assistant Secretary Loeb. the l'res-
ident left Sycamore lIlil at o'clock
yesterday morning and boarded me
Mayiiowcr. his official naval vessel,
from n launch.
Ten thousand people visited the
President at Sea Girt station. Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the other guests
were escorted in carriages TO the gov
ernor's cottage. adjoining the military
encampmcnt, less than half n mile from
the station As he arrived nj the cot
tagc n presidents salute OF twenty
one guns was fired.
After n brief rest and informal re-
ccption at the cottage. President Roose-
welt and Governor Murphy and staT
reviewed the troops in camp, tile l'res-
idcnt being mounted on mnEnihceht
chestnut bay. which he sat perfectly.
At the conclusion of the review, l'res-
idcnt Roosevelt was escorted to stand
adjoining the parade ground ana there
addressed the assembled troops ana
the multitude which had gathered ana
which by this time numbered nearly
$1,000 Governor Murphy Introduced
the President. and after til" dcmonstra-
tion that followed had subsidized Iresl-
dent Roosevelt spoke as follows:
In opening his address. President
Roosevelt complim"ntcd the national
guardsmcn of New Jersey upon their
sodicrly bcarimg AMI proficiency. and
continued:
"A man Is of use as Il national
gunrdsman for just exactly the same
reasons as he Is of use as n citizen; ana
that Is. II he srts Ia work with his
whole heart to do his duty for the time
being, to make himself thoroughly pro
ficient in the line of business he has
taken up. \ national ruardsman who
joins only to have good tinic pretty
generally does not have n good time
and certainly makes n poor hand as Il
gunrdsman.
81 earnestly believe" continued the
President "thnt ynu VIII never get
into battle. but If you do il Is going to
be mighty important 10 hit the other
fellow: and you are going 10 he able to
do it largely in consequence of the way
you have put in your time knowing
| your rifle until 1t IL Just part of your
| self until you can handle. take care or
| 1t ana use 1t. II has been the pride OF
the American army in the past that our
| troops have always used their rifles ef-
| hclcntly. We have pridcd ourselves on
| having an army of marksncn, our
army has given Us n just pride in 1t,
| bccaiIsc its constant and Jealous effort
| has been to take care of itself in me
field and in all that pertains to the du-
| ties Of Il soldier.
IL think. gentlemen. that much help
| can he given to the national guards of
| the states by tho action of the govern
| m,nt. | want to see the national guard
| armed with the best and most modern
wcaponS. | want To see the Infantry
with the KraG-.Iorgpnsnn and want
to see the artillery with the fhree-
point-two gun of the regular army.
81 am happy to say that n bill has
been passed through the lower house
which will enable the national govern
mcnt materially 10 aid the national
guard of the different states. At the
next session firmly believe that we
will get II through the Senate. and then
| can guarantee the signature of tl.
President
Il think our people have not always
appreciated the debt they were under
to the national guard. 4 man who
goes into the national guard and does
his duty fairly and squarcly there puts
the whole country under obligations to
him. Always in our history II has
been the case. as it will be in the fu-
ture. that If war should arise. it is to
be met mainly by the citizen soldier.
We have in the regular army, Ofiicered
as it is and filed with the type OF en-
listed men we have in 1t. an army
which | firmly believe. for its size, is
uncqdalcd in the civilized world; and
] am sure that / can challenge the
most generous support from the ma
tionI gunrd for the regular army of
the United States. But that army is
and must be. so small that in the event
of 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 the
presence in them of men who have
served faithfully in the natiOnal guard
cannot be ovcrestimatcd. Those men
are ready. They know what is expect
ed of them. They train others to do the
work that is needed. And nnothc-
thing ladies and gentlemen, the same
qualities that make n man success.
that max" him do his duty dcccntly
ment, are Fundamentally the qualities
that he needs to make him a good cit
zen in private life"