The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-25

MAKES A FAT SPEECH
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seasirt. N. J.. July a.-No President
ever received a more sincere. heartfelt
and patriotic welcome than that ACCORDED
today to President Roosevelt by the peo-
pie of New Jersey. From the time ne
landed on New Jersey soil at Atlantic
Highlands pier at 1870 this afternoon I'M
I'll he left in the launch for the yacht
Mayfiower. anchored several miles OH the
pier, he was the recipient of a contihu-
Gus ovation.
The President visited the encampment
| Of the Second Brigade of the National
Guard of the State at Seagirt.
Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss
Alice Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. En-
lin Roosevelt, Miss Christine Roosevelt
| and Assistant Secretary Loeb the Presi-
dent left Oyster Bay after O'Clock THIS
morning on the Maytiower and ABOUT
five hours later came within sight OF AT
lantic Highlands The vessel came to an
| Choir there, as the water was too shallow
| to admit of her approaching the pier.
| Just as she anchored the Frencn liner
| La Savoie, with Secretary Root. General
Horace Porter, Ambassador to France
and General Leonard Wood on board
passed out to sea. The Mayhower hred
salute of seventeen guns in honor OF the
| Secretary of War. The liner responded
bv dipping her colors while the passen-
gers crowded her upper decks and cheer-
| ed the President enthusiastically.
The Governors Greetings.
Mai. Frank Murphy, Jr., and Captain
| Parker of the Governors staff boarded
| the Mayfiower from a launch and con-
veyed the greetings of Governor Murphy
and the people of New Jersey. Soon al
| terward, at lbs, the President and party
landed at the pier. while the harbor re-
sounded with the din of steam whistles
and cheers of the people.
As President Roosevelt and his party
stepped upon the pier they were crested
by Governor Murphy, Senators Kean aad
Dryden, former Secretary Cornelius N.
Bliss of New York and the GOVERNOR
staff in gorgeous uniforms.
The party was conducted on a special
| train of Pullman cars in waiting and
| started Immediately for Seagirt. The run
was made in forty-fve minutes. AT every
| town along the route elaborate prepara-
lions had been made for the reception of
the President and the stations were
thronged with people who cheered and
waved flags enthusiastically as the train
| passed. Ten thousand people greeted the
Presidential party at Seagirt depot. Pres
| ident Roosevelt and other distinguished
guests were escorted in carriages to the
| Governors cottage adjoining the military
camp, less than half mile from the sta
ton AS he arrived at the cottage
Presidents salute of twenty-one guns
was, fired.
Reviewed the Troops.
After a brief rest President Roosevelt
| M ufaff ryad
| the troops in camp. At the conclusion of
the review Mr.. Roosevelt was escorted
to a stand adjoining the parade ground
| and there addressed the assembled troops
and the multitude, numbering nearly fif-
teen thousand.
Governor Murphy introduced the Presi-
dent and after the demonstration. which
followed President Roosevelt spoke in
| part as follows:
"A man is of use as a national guards
man for just exactly the same reasons
as he is of use as a citizen and that
| IL ne sets to work with his whole heart
| to do his duty for the time being, to
make himself thoroughly proficient in
the line of the business he has taken up
national guardsman who joins only
| to have a good time pretty generally
does not have a good time and certainly
makes a poor hand at being a guards
l n.
| be given to the national guards of the
State by the action of the United States
| Government. / want to see the national
| guard armed with the best and most
| modern weapons. (Applause) l want to
see the infantry with the krag-Jorgen-
| sen and / want to see the artillery with
the gun of the regular army. am hap
by to say that a bill has passed through
| the lower House which will enable the
National Government materially to aid
the national guard of the different States.
At the next session 1 firmly believe that
we will get it through the United States
| Senate and then / can guarantee the
signature Of the President
Debt to National Guard.
II think that our people have not al
ways appreciated the debt they are I'M
der to the national guard. Always in
our history it has been the case as 1t
will be in the future, that If war should
arise. it is to be met mainly by the citl-
| zen-soldiers-the volunteer soldier. We
have in the regular army. ofticered as 1t
Is and filed with the type of enlisted
men. an army which 1 firmly believe. for
its size is unequalled in the civilized
world But that army is, and OF neces-
sity 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 nave conle lroul tho
ranks of the people themselves; and in
forming those regiments the good done
by the presence in them of men who have
served faithfully in the national guard
cannot be over-estimated.
mo doubt some of you were in the
Spanish American war" "A voice-Yes,
yes many of us THE only trouble
with that war was that there was not
enough war to go around" Laughter)
A voice: You got your slice"
81 did" continued the President. Il
was one Of the lucky ones.
! After relating the anecdote of the am
bilious soldier who entered camp at
Tampa. Fla, at the beginning of the
Spanish American war and was set to
work digging kitchen sinks. President
Roosevelt continued:
Soldier and Citizen.
Just as it is in the army 80