Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-23
DEFENDS AMERICAN ARMY.
Presidents Address Before the Con-
vention Of Spanish War Veterans
Day at Detroit.
Praises the Work Of the American
Army in the Philippines and ID
Proud Of Men.
Reviews Parade Of Military and Vet.
Grams and Passes Strenuous
at Detroit, Y n

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Detroit, Sept. 23.-The blue and gray
uniform Of the Spanish war veterans.
whose third annual reunion is being
made memorable and historical by the
presence Of President Roosevelt, is
seen at every turn in Detroit Addis
tional delegates and veterans who havs
come to attend the reunion are arrir
ing on every train. The opportunity
to see and cheer the president has
brought to Detroit thousands OF peo.
pie from nearby cities and towns.
They began arriving on early morning
trains and every train until afternoon
brought it's quota of visitors.
The delegates began gathering in
Light Guard armory, the convention
hall, soon after o'clock. When Act
ing Command Chief Urell calle>.
the delegates to order the floor of the
armory was crowded with uniformed
soldierly-looking men. The galleries
We're packed with men and women,
who had come to hear President Roose.
velt's address to the veterans.
President Roosevelt was given a tire.
mendous ovation when he stepped out
Of the Hotel Cadillac and into his car
riage to begin the drive to the armory.
Washington and Michigan avenues
We're jammed with people, who made
the air ring with their cheers as the
president drove briskly away from the
hotel. A squad Of mounted police rode
before his carriage and d squad Of Of
ficers on bicycles circled about it.. It
was q continuous cheer that greeted
the president on his drive, which took
about FIVE minutes. /.
A stir at the door announced to
those in the arInory that the president
had arrived. AL stood upon their feet
and as the presid Dental party entered
and walked down the main aisle to the
speakers platform q great shout went
up that made the armory ring. Again
and again the veterans cheered the
president and ne bowed his thanks re-
peatedly Nor were the people ID the
galleries behind in their applause It
was many minutes before quiet was
restored. s
When quiet had been restored and
the presidential party had found seats,
on the platform General Urell, acting
commander-in-chief, introduced Mayor
William c. Maybury, who eloquently
welcomed the Spanish war veterans to
the city. When he concluded the pres
1dent was introduced and every SOL
der in the room rose to his feet and
a trQmpnHnnS nhopr ,1n
President Addresses Veterans.
The president expressed his pleas.
ure at having the chance of being
greeted by his comrades and greeting
them in return. The men who served
in the Spanish-American war, he said,
II they did their duty well, are com
rades and brothers from now until the
end OF our days He said he did not
need any urging to accept the invita-
ton to attend the meeting of the Span.
1sh Waraveterans. The president spoke
Of the late war and said that the only
complaint heard was that there was
not enough war to go round. The spir-
It that drove the men on in this war
was the same spirit that made the
memorable meeting of Lee and Grant
at AppomattoX 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 president said the spirit he
wanted to see in man was that spirit
which makes him do. his duty, great
Or small. He liked particularly the 4
way in which our young men went into 1
the ranks to do their duty as they saw
It. He thought it "a good thing that
men Of different callings should be as. 4
ISOLATED together to learn the lessons
Of equality and brotherhood among
Americans. In conclusion the presi-
dent said
And SO 1t is now. Our people went
forth In the Spanish war. went forth to
free Cuba. to give Porto Rico q hap
piness It has never had, and to bring
the light Of civilization In the dark
ness of the Philippines. We are proud
Of the men who did that work. We In
tend that their work shall be done
beneficiently and for q good purpose.
We have no apologies to make for
what the country has done In the past
four years. We are proud Of it. We
are proud of the great work for human
ity and civilization that has been done
alike in the islands Of the Tropic East
and in the islands Of the Tropic West
We are proud Of what our troops
have done, we are proud OF what our
civil authorities are doing over there
In the Philippines and, we are proud OF
you, my comrades. who did your duty
when the country called you to arms. I .
As he finished and thanked the vet
Grams a storm OF applause broke forth
that ended in three times three cheers.
While the president was speaking
Miss Clara Barton entered the hall and
took a seat on the platform General
Ureil, after calling Tor three more
cheers Tor President Roosevelt, told
The soldiers that their good angel was