New-York tribune., 1902-08-29
PRESIDENT TO G. A. R.
HE TALKS TO NEW HAIMPSHIRE
VETERANS.

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for the first time. travelling from Maine to
Hampshire There were hearty receptions
in Nashua. Manchester. Concord. The Welrs'
where the annual State Veterans encampnnent
is being held and Newbury. Tonight the Pres
ident is spending with Secretary Hay He Is
going to Newport. N H. to-morrow morning..
and will spend the dav with Senator Proctor,
hunting in Corbin Park.
Nashua was reached this morning at o'So
o'clock. The local militia company led the
party through the business section of the city
The President spoke in part as follows
am glad to have the chance to be greeted By
you this morning and 10 acknowteage hIS i9a+risf
centres the prosperity of which has meant Ins
prosperity OF the whole e9uI5fy & ,!EtT during the
fifty years. aside from our expansion WestNsIsa
extraordinary industrial progress which has bull
up such cities this in which am now spea
We are living in era of great prosperity
Your city has had it's fun share of that prosperity
You are not going to be happy without il
are not going to be happy II you t 1 % he I ffe basis
The material well being must be the folndauonS
kindly brotherhood all striving for decency in pub,
lie and private life, or but scant VIII De the goo"
OF prosperity
W A Iarned a congratuIatory message over
his victory in the tennis tournament at New
port The President said that Mr. Larned was
in his regiment and was good fellow
Manchester was the next place the President
visited the line of the parade there being CON
fined chiefly TO the milling districts Dyers' IN
Jerseys. followed the President In Monument
Square one hundred Spanish war veterans gave
the President bouquet
THE MANCHESTER SPEECH
A. tho start two refractory horses had TO be
taken out of harness. and the President misSeu
for the first time riding behind four-in-hand.
His speech was as follows-
ago that Molly Stark's husband had q Ss5Sr1in Sail
mere o6aK la & Gt here but when the country called
10 arms ne going to do his duty OF iy thSas T<s
yoa Who their DUTY II modern v6psivea 5ss m
Mt REPRESENTATIVES Stark and the men wno 9 dou9o
I'd cur republic And gsnflen&gn; & o,r 5eous hsvs
done in the Philippines. Those who went ouI t1s.s %
were our brotners IrleIos, coi S r-r,sy
Well We aren't ali Of US imInaeuats At home hon
10 wrongdoing punish the wrongdoer. be ne soldier
al any soldier who did wrong he has been punished
But the fact remains that you and those IKE you a
in the Philippines have written new page e IN a. tas
honor roll OF American history ana Snae 10, 70 US as s
preciate what YOU have done
asf ARd non sf es .oFd & s 5ib Is ons @ of sss
mas meant the building up Of the material pros
to be some evil in any great movement forward
Our material progress has been accompanied BY
produced such great corporate and Individual wealth
no1 itS VIZ t5 II I'M aIn @ a., 5 5; = Con
instruments of industrial activity at present.
There are evils. Let's try to get rid Of them.
devote our best thought and best energies to md
in the body poiftfc But let US above y al T fhi m eT b
ware in using the knife not 70 handle 1T that it
to the evil attacked
For one minute the train stopped at Concord
on the The Weirs- About a thousand
persons hurrahed for the President as he stood
on the platform of his coach. The reception ar
The Weirs strictly a soldiers welcome
Bands played and cannon doomed as the Presi-
dent stepped from the train All the State vet
Grams passed in review and d company OF Ma
tional Guard escorted the President UP high
hill to the hotel. where luncheon was served.
After luncheon the President walked from the
hotel 10 a stand built under grove of birch
trees about seventy-ive yards from the hotel
Governor Jordan welcomed the President
behalf of the State. and there were also
marks by the Mayor OF the town
PRESIDENT TALKS TO VETERANS.
The President then delivered a speech about
the army which made the grim faces of the
veterans beam with smiles of appreciation. He
said. in part:
Any American who has a proper sense sense Of. Of the
the men who fought for the Union in the dark DAYS
gratitude than any others, Great were the deeds
you did and vital the need or doing JnsTn, ana
many were the lessons taught the rest of us. both
by what you accomplished in the war and by the
10 the q work of peace with the same spirit which
had led You to triumph the battledeIds- Dur
has has had its allotted task Statesman and soldier
the man in public life and the in private life.
each has had work do for the nation. We have
moved forward swiftly have stumbled and halted
according as the work as a whole was well or III
DS rG ha rms q0 a T 6ae bfa @ es 3
face with great problems. upon the rightful solu
tion of which much Of the nations future welfare
with victorious valor the crisis IN which not
merely the nations weLoeins put ,11 me nations
the one problem which if not solved Alright meant
who founded this republic would have gone for
nothing had you not done your part we'll II was
Grant and the loyal valor OF those who upheld the
arms Of the one ana Ionowe4 eh9 SMorS 70 9r .hs
fngTon OF Marshall and their coTnpeers
We won in the great trial of the Civil War and
came through the fiery furnace unscathed. We
sprang level to the height of our opportunity In
bseas e' in the early sixties You and those ike Won
in the oer OF YOUTH 5 a@ how e6y t Dr2 cepfsn ss 1
more than material welloeing, more than life It
during those four years receive far less than he
driven to your work BY the lash Of your own hearts
You were spgTps snps Of eat and generous SOUL You
fet instnctivey that there were causes far greater
than anything that had to do merely with wealth
all for the prize of death in righteous war
A TIME, OF ABUNDANT PEACE
Wa ars NOW in a time OF abundant peace. and
@ ot IN 1 ;dea1s as lofty as yours. and If do
live up them as you hveo Gp 70 SEes % ~ ne ths
DARK I, Gays "a Srnph Gn Courage and loyalty the
deterinstion TO 9 90 fxae' and the Common sense to
70 strrsse r 1T IN practical fashiona these quail
ties must show @ yon nG~ showed m them When IN the
days of your youth and and insty serengrn- f bs y4q