Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-23
ROOSEVELT IN DETR0IT
Presidents Address at Reunion of
Spanish War Veterans.
DEPENDS PHILIPPINE ARMY.
Declares That He Has No Apology II
Make For the War Against
Spain and Against the
FilipinOs.

Detroit. Sept. 23.-In his address ia
the Spanish war veterans, who are
holding their third annual reunion here
President Roosevelt spoke OF the late
war and said that the only complaint
heard was that there was not enough
war to 60 around. The spirit that
drove the men on in this war was the
same spirit that made the memorial bic
meeting of Lee and Grant at Appomat-
toX possible.
One of the first lessons all had to
learn was that there was an enormous
amount OF hard work that preceded
any chance for heroism. The amount
OF hard work man did had a great
deal to do with his attaining heroism.
IT man has not the stuff to endure
hardship on the march. the president
said, he has not the stuff in him to at
tain herosm.
The president said the spirit he want
ca to see in Il man was that spirit
which makes him do his duty, great or
small. He liked particularly the ways
80 W A'SL phl .NpuIlS lucll went lIltO lDt
ranks to do their duty as they saw il.
lie thought it a good thing that men
OF different callings should be associ-
ated together to learn the lesson of
equality and brotherhood among Amer
leans
Plea For State Militia.
The president told of the needs of
the state militia for better weapons
and said he hoped in the future to see
them armed with w to date gums. In
conclusion the president said:
And SO il is now. our people went
forth in the Spanish war. went forth
10 free Cuba. to give Porto Rico a hap
plhess it has never had and to bring |
.he light of civilization into the dark |
places in the Philippines. We are
proud of the men who did that work.
We intend that their work shall I've
hone htneticrltly and for Il good pur- /
pose. Through the advice and the
help of the civil and religious teachers
~ rNli'%"'hNn among our people and
II the islands we are going to get the
nest results for the people of the is
ands and of what has been done
we are going TO make them more
prosperous than they have ever dream
"a OF being during their recorded his
DRY. and now we guarantee to each
nan his life his liberty and his pur-
ult OF happiness as he never could
ave had it if he had been under the
domination of cruel oligarchy work.
hg through the society of Katipunau. {
The Army In the Philippines. II
don't make any apology for our
ololers on the score of good citizen
mp and don't make any apologies for
nc spanish war or the war In the
'hlllpplnes. There have been occa
ohal deeds Of wrong committed
mere We're 10000 men there and L
one of them did not behave as 1hey L
HHht' llHv" we all always been i'm $
'aculatt ut home: If Il man does t
rohe. punish him. of course. but don1 d
axe the mistake of fixing the eve on n
ie uhlnrortant and losing sight Of y
10 great blaze. II
I'VE have no apologies to make for
" " '"'''i' mas dtllt III Illt past | "
lr years. we are proud of ii. We Il
Z PROUD or the great work for hui It
amt! ana civilization that has been Al
NE ankle in the islands of the tropic
- ana IN the islands of the tropic CO
pst. We are proud of what orr II
oops have done. We are proud of III
nat our civil authorities are doing I'll
er there in the Philippines. and we ID
proud of You. my comrades. wlo TIE
your duty when the country called IN
II TO arms. who initiated those villa w
IN 1851 to l>'"' did their duty and
}" now are initiating the men who ST
hahocd IN lSd1 10y coming back into at
ii III" with the firm resolve to do IN
III duty AS citizens Just as fajthfu,1v III
ever tlIey dld it as soldiers. Thanh, III
!. TN
'lter me convention adjourned til.
Sldeht ANA party drove to the steon.
laSlilnoo, Which was boarded for .
= Oh lle river. In addition 10 tha =,
Slufhti"l party there Were several i'
i'feo delegates to the reunion
ara the steamer. The Tashmoo re-.
aed with the party Just in time TOR ,V'
president to review the big parade .<,n
'e1erahs and local military.