The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-24

every man hold his head higher in pride
and JOY. The navy must be built up ana
II must be continually exercised ana
trained. so that the officers and men may
attain the highest degree Of excellence IN
handling the great war engines intrus'ed
TO their care.
and now in closing want TO say just
one word on. the lesson of citizenship
taught by the men who fought for their
country. These are lessons which we OF
this generation get by following your ex-
ample. In the first place, 1t is not the brave
man armed who is quarrelsome, who seeks
fight. There is no danger to the peace OF
a country from having a big navy, such
a navy as we have, such navy as We are
continuing to build up.
"Our navy is the surest guarantee OF
peace this country could have. We don't
intend TO modest anyone or wrong anyone,
but IL know my countrymen Alright neith-
er do We intend TO submit to wrong by any
one. "A Quarrelsome man is always a null
sance-but isn't always a good fighter. Isn't
that so? Yes. / prefer the quiet man who
does not brawl and does not want TO quar-
rel. but who. If he gets into tight place.
stays put. That is the type of man want
to see.
I'VE don't intend to bluster threaten
anyone: We wish scrupulously to regard
the rights of others, but We intend that
others, In their turn, shall regard their
rights; and making 1T known that that Is
the policy up to which we intend to live,
so far from being provocative OF trouble
II will do more than anything else to make
all the nations of the world keep peace
with Us. l speak for peace and not for
war when l praise the deeds that you did:
believe too, that our people are proud ana
not ashamed of what has been done Tor
here to-day because you risked life itself
| when the country called to arms in 1861.
THE crisis we faced was much smaller
one, but a nation We are prouder, we
have a greater position in the world. be-
cause In 1898 we dared strike the shackles
| from Cuba and appeared in the islands Of
TO rescue them from tyranny, because We
appeared in the Philippines to rescue them
| from that worst of all possible tyrannies,
| the tyranny of a bloody anarchy.
I'VE are not sorry for 1t; we are glad We
| did 1t in that way. We are proud of the
men who did it. We know it was better
for this Nation, and we know it was bet
ter for the people of the islands who came
under the American flag.
And now just one word in closing. We
can be good citizens in private life by
| showing fundamentally the qualities that
make good soldiers in military life. The
man who is a good soldier not only needs
to have in him the touch of the heroic to
he needs to have in him the spirit that will
respond to the call of wearisome duty.
month in and month out, right along, in
preparing for battle.
| DAYS IN CAMP.
Those among you who saw most fight
ing-and. mind you, 1 am speaking to men
who, as whole, have seen infinitely more
fighting than any soldiers In any part of
the world since the days of MARLBOROUGH
were the men who saw more fighting than
| any others for the past ninety years. and
yet with you the days of battle were al
ways outnumbered by the days in camp,
| by the days on march when you were pre-
pairing yourselves for battle The man
| who waited until the battle before he tried
to become good soldier, was not good
| soldier then.
| Il remember one of those experiences that
all or US of the Spanish war had. When
was organizing my regiment at San An
tonic big fellow Joined. He was bub-
| ping over with enthusiasm, and, not hay-
Ing formed any very cellar idea of a sol
dier's life, came to me after three days and
said: Colonel, 1 have come down here to
| fight with the enemies of my flag, and they
have put me TO digging kitchen sinks
| And L turned him to his captain
who was large man from New Mexico
and the captain explained to him that he
| that that was his duty at the time being ano
IL he didn't do that duty he would have
small chance TO do others that would bt
more to his taste.
1.-THE man that is a good soldier, he 1:
the man that does his duty straight along
as the duty presents itself. Isn't that So
1T Is just the same way about being goot
citizen. The man who waits until he think.
some heroic crisis of a spectacular type
shall arrive before he starts to do his duty
as citizen, not only neglects his duty be
fore that. but is apt to make but a poor
use of the heroic occasion when it does
| come.
THE man we need in this country is the
man who will go about the work Of citizen
ship as you went about your work wher
you put on Uncle Sans uniform; the mar
who goes in not with a hurrah spirit, but
goes In to see the thing through. who goes
in not to pick his duties. but to do the duty
that is needed at the moment.
IF man will do that. If he will make
up his mind that there is any amount Of
duty to be done and every need of doing IL
if he will turn his attention to the instant
needs of each day as they arise, then h,
can feel that as you were good soldier.
when you laid down your arms, so he car
claim to be a good citizen when his las
work Is done / thank you"
While the President and party, followed
by the members of the reception commit
tee. left the stage and the hall. the peopl,
stood cheering and enthusiastic. Then In
an instant IL seemed the great auditorium
was emptied of its burden, and men an(
women FASTENED to the street to watch tn,
progress of the President to the Columb biz
Club. From then until the time he wa.
taken to ST. Vincent's Hospital the street.
were a mass of humanity
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