Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-03
CHILDREN SING FOR CHIEF
RuSSian-G Germans Arrange Pleasing Wei
come for President to Kansas Home.
REGULAR SOLDIERS DUBBED VOLUNTEERS
Roosevelt Reaches sharon Springs for
sabbath Rest After Busy speech
Making Day An sunhOwer
state.

SHARON SPRINGS, Kan, May 2.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt wound up a busy days work
when his train reached this place at $50
tonight. He will remain here until Mon.
day starting then for Denver and other
points in Colorado.
He made many stops and short speeches
during the day and was greeted everywhere
by large and cheering crowds. At sew
eral OF the stopping places cadets Of tho
various colleges were at the station and
several times during the day he spoke Of
the advantages OF agricultural and other
education.
Children sing to Chief.
The most interesting scene Of the day
occurred at Victoria. a small town inhab-
tied mostly by Russian Germans, who still
retain many of their old customs. Several
hundred we're at the station as the train
pulled in. The women were on one side OF
the track and the men on the other. The
children we're with their mothers and when
the president appeared on the platform Of
his car they sang very swectly the RED
White and Blue"
Then a number Of little girls approached
the car and handed him bouquets.
Mr.. Roosevelt was much touched at the
greeting. LET me thank you" he said,
~ AAA Ag h0ali " YIN hNAN
to greet me. / have not enjoyed any meet
ing more. 1 congratulate you and I con-
graduate the United States that we have
such citizens In It. congratulate you
on what you have done here on the farms,
In business, in all your work and I con-
graduate you especially on the children, on
the way they are being brought up and on
the way they sing and the tunes they
sing.
at did me good to see such frst-class
young American citizens here and I am
pleased and proud 10 have had the chance
Of seeing you"
Another interesting scene occurred at
Junction City. which Is close TO Fort Riley.
A number OF the troops were drawn up at
the station and a presidential salute was
fired as the train approached.
Army Men Volunteers.
Here the president spoke OF the splendid
record made by Kansas troops in the Span.
lsh war and in the Philippine insurrectlon,
He also said:
Oncers and enlisted men in the regular
army are our fellow citizens who have
volunteered to wear the uniform which Is q
badge of honor to them and to US, and no
body of men In oil the country. deserves
more of the entire country than they do.
They have added fresh pages to the honor
roll of the republic by what they have don
in the philippines. by the courage and sol.
in those islands and by the extraordinary
moderation, self-restraint and humanity
with which they have carried themselves IL
one of the most difficult and one of the
most righteous contests ever wagei by any
/ am glad to have the chance, not merely
of greeting you this morning, but of asking
you to. listen to a few words from one OF
nation at the present time is blessed, and
as great a war secretary as any nation has
ever had. ] Introduce my FRIEND and your
servant, Elihu Root, secretary OF war.
Root Talks of War.
Mr.. Root spoke of the fine records made
by Kansas troops and continuing said:
! beg you to remember that you are also
a part Of the army of the United States.
These men In uniform are but the commit
organize the army which Will fight the
battles when war comes, as war always
army. You women will be looking out
eagerly for the news from camp and held
where brothers and husbands and fathers
and their health, their lives, their success,
their victories. their glory will depend o.
the relations between them and this or
ganizing COMMITTEES OF war.
All citizens are members OF the SAINT
great army Of the future, and SO when
Junction City, ! see but two branches OF the
military post, the organizing committee AMI
the body of the army itself. ] bespeak
from you kindness and good Fellowship
| with the men of the regular army, and /
enjoin upon them the cultivation OF the
duty OF citizenship, of kindly relations with
| their fellow citizens. in order that when
times of trial come, all Americans, all
| American volunteers, regular and militia
shall get together in strength and eff !
cheney to fight the battles of our beloved
country.
stops also were made during the day at
| Ellsworth, Chapman, Manhattan. Abilene,
Russell, wakeeney, Dorrance, salina and
Hays.
Secretary Root left the party during the
day.