The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-29

which you taught and practiced in the four
grim years that began with Sumter and
ended with Appomattox- In the old simple
America Of our forefathers-the America
which still for our good fortune exists
in country districts-there was comparative
freedom from certain dangers to which the
country as a whole is now necessarily eX-
posed. The growth Of great cities and of
Individual and corporate fortunes-the ten
dency in great cities 10 divide men INTO
groups and classes-naturally diminishes
the realization Of that essential underlying
brotherhood which ought to be deep in the
heart Of every American.
EACH MUST WORK FOR ALL.
Looking into the mists of the future we
see dark problems looming up before us.
We can solve those problems Alright only if
we keep constantly in mind that each must
work for all and all for each. In other
words, we need to feel in our being the
sense OF brotherhood
1T was exactly this sense of brotherhood
which all of you showed. What you want
ed TO know was whether he would stay put
in time Of stress and whether this metal
would ring true in the supreme hour Of
danger. Well, that is exactly what we
want TO know in civil life 1t behooves us
TO realize what is essential and what is
not essential to the worth of any man. In
the lifelong struggle for clean and honest
government and for social betterment we
Americans must strive onward and In the
which have made our country what II is
1--WE have just brought TO a conclusion
war in the far East-a war which sprang
up as a sequel to our short struggle with
Spain. The army which has done its work
so well in the Philippines has had task
small indeed compared with yours. but
neve9heless was fraught with hardships
and difficulty peculiarly its own The men
who, after three years of painful, harras-
ing, incredibly laborious warfare in the
tropical jungles against treacherous and
90 haxr firna N
order and civil government in the Philip
pines, are your sons, your successors. They
claim their share in your glory by inherit
ance and by their valor, and their steadfast
endurance have added new laurelS and luS-
ter to that glory. They have been cruelty
maligned, even by some who should have
known better.
"In an army, in the best army, and espe-
cially in an army doing its work under such
well-nigh intolerable conditions as those
which confronted our troops in the Philip
pines, there are bound TO be instances of oc-
casional wrongdOing. The temptati ton to re-
taliate for the fearful cruelties of a savage
foe Is very great, and now and then it has
been yielded to- There have been few. and
only a few, such instances in the Philip
pines, and punishment has been melted out
with untiinching justice to the offenders.
But the real marvel is that under such con-
ditions there should have been so little
wrongdoing. As time goes by. and we get
things, these instances will be forgotten,
but there will remain for all time new
pages on the honor roll of our history be-
cause of what has been done for the Ma
tion in the Philippines.
''Our officers and men on the march and
in battle showed themselves not unworthy
of you, the men of the great war. They
have added to the memories of which
Americans are proud, and by their labor
they have brought a peaceful light of civil
iZation into one of the worlds dark places.
We feel that we have a right to demand the
support of all good citizens for the army in
| the Philippines because of what il has done,
and we ask it also for the evil officers of
the government. who with faith and wis
! dom are building a structure of orderly
/ liberty on the ground made ready for them
! by the sOldierly courage of the troops wear
! ing the American uniform"
AT the conclusion of the address the Pres
| ident turned to his train and started back
] n Concord