The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-09-27
NO APOLOGIES TO MAKE.
President Roosevelt Addresses the
Spanish War Veterans at
Detroit, Michigan.
WA GIVEN A TREMENDOUS OVATION.
The President Commended the spir-
IL that Carried the Men On In the
Iate Wnr-oniy Complaint Whs
THAT There wssn't Eneush War.
10 Go Around.

Detroit. Mich Sept. 22.-president
Roosevelt was given a tremendous
ovation when he faced the veterans
OF the spanish-Amet'iean war at the
light Guard armory. shortly after
nine o'clock Monday morning.
GEN, urell, acting eommander-in-
chief. declined 10 make amy extended
introduction of the president, simply
saving: Il have nothing to say Mr..
President"
President Roosevelt bowed his
thanks To his former comrades. smil-
ingly. and said IN part.
The Presidents Address.
The president expressed his pleas
ure at having the chance of being
greeted by his comrades and greet
ing them i'm return. The men who
served in the spanish-Amcriean war,
he said, if they did their duty well
they would he as comrades and
brothers from now until the end Of
our days Applause. He said he did
not need amy urging To accept the in
vitation 10 attend the meeting of the
Spanish war veterans. The president
spoke Of the hate war and said that
the only complaint heard WIS that
there WAS not enough war to go
around. The spirit that drove the
men on in this war was the same
spirit that made the memorable meet
ing of Lee and Grant at Appomattox
possible. One of the first lessons all
had 10 lenrn was that there was an
enormous amount of hard work that
"a man did had great deal to do
with his attaining heroism. II "A man
has not the stuff To endure hardship
on the march, the president said, he
has not the stuff In him to attain
heroism.
The president said the spirit he
wanted 10 see in man was that spir-
it which makes him do his duty
great and small He liked particular.
ly the way in which our young men
went into the ranks to do their duty
as they saw fit. lie thought ii good
thing that men of different eallings
should be associated together To
learn the lesson of quality and broth
erhood among Americans
II is 4 gery good thing for an Amer
ican to learn by practical experience
in a way that will bring home to him
the underlying truth upon the full
knowledge Of which depends mainly
eaeh Americans being of real use in
the body polite. The fundamental
truth of testing yourself and all Of
your neighbors by the essential in
stead Of the non-essential qualities in
each.
lie spoke Of the spirit in which the
people of Michigan went into the
war. 1t was the spirit shown, he
said. by the older among his audience
when the great war was fought.
II was the spirit in which the peo-
pie of the state and throughout the
union will show, should ever the need
arise. II is the spirit that will make
America even greater in the future
than America isnow. Applause. The
president told of the needs of the
state militia for better weapons and
said he hoped in the future 10 see
them armed with up-to-date gums.
In conclusion the president said:
"And so it is now. Our people went
forth in the Spanish war, went forth
TO free Cuba, to give Porto Rico a
happiness it had never had and to
bring the light of civilization into the
darkness in the Philippines. We are
a .srI,s.
We intend that their work shall pc
done beneficently and for good pur-
pose. Through the help of civil and
religions teachers Of civilization
among our people and in the islands
we are going 10 get the best results
for the people of the islands and Of
what has been done.
I'VE are going 10 make them more
prosperous than they have ever
dreamed Of being during their re-
corded history and now we guarantee
to each man his life, his liberty and
his pursuit Of happiness as be never
could have had il II he had been un-
der the domination of cruel olig-
archy working through the society
OF katopunan..
Il don't make any apology for our
soldiers on the score Of good citizen
ship, aud don't make any apologies
for the Spanish war or the war in the
philippines. There haze been occa-
fional deeds Of wrong committed
There were 10000 men there and
some Of them did not behave as they
ought Have We always been i'm.
maculate at home? Applause and
laughter.l II man does wrong, pun
ish him. of course. But don't make
the mistake Of fixing The eye on this
unimportant and losing sight of tho
great blaze.
I'VE have no apologies TO make fol
what the country has done in--th,
past four years. We are proud Of it
We are proud of the great work fol
humanity and civilization that hai
been done alike IN the islands Of tn,
tropic east and in the islands Of tn.
tropic wesf. We are proud of whai
our troops have done; we are PROUD
Of what our civil authorities are do
ing over there in the Philippines anc
we are proud Of you, my comrades
who did their duty when the country
called them TO arms. who initiate
those who, from % % %, did thsi1