New-York tribune., 1903-04-08

and will O = well I'm the future as III nus
in the past, because it will be backed up 4"
the future IL has been in the past.
CARRYING OUT RIzAL'S PURPOSE.
Remember always that in the Philippines the
American Government has tried and Is trying 20
carry out exactly what the greatest genius . ailo
most revered patriot ever known In the fn,LP dPs
pine Islands-Jose Enthusiastically advocated
This man, shortly before his death, in mes
sage to his countrynen, under date of December
I6 1896 condemned unsparingly the insured
ton of Aguinaldo. terminated just before our
navy appeared upon the scene. and pointed ou,
the path his people should follow TO hperty ana
enlightenment Speaking of the insurreclioh
and OF the pretence that Filipino independence
of wholesome character could thereby De oo-
tanned. he wrote
When. in spite of my advice. movement was
begun. l offered of my accord not Only my
services but my life and even my good name 70
BE Esd If the an hey oah Of the
which would follow the success Of the
I could block the progress of such useless
My countrymen, 1 have given proof that, was
one who sought liberty for our country. and sllii
Seopmens SeSa M U Of the people In order that by
Of education and Of labor they might ] sGGprs wo shs
make them worthy Of it n my my Writings ,r haws
which our redemption does not exist. :, can
not do less than condemn and do condemn. this
back which dshonors before the FiIipinos and
discredits us with those who in ana
disavow any kind OF connection with it. regretting
men have allowed themselves to be deceived Let
them return then. to their homes I ano s.h may ooo
WILL NOT FINCH FROM DUTY.
This message embodied precisely and exact
ly the aYoweG policy upon Whlch the AtheIIcdii
Government has acted in the Phiipplnes. What
the patriot Rial said with such force In SPEAK
ing of the insurrection before we came to the
Islands annIies with tenfold greater force to
those who foolishly Wickedly opposed tne
mild and beneficent government we were lnsii-
jIrdO af
r1artyred public servant, Rizal, whose birthday
the Philippine people celebrate, and Whom they
worship as their hero and ideal sets foftn tne t
duty of American sovereignty, a duty from
which the American people viii never finch
While we have been doing these great and
beneficent works in the islands we have yet been
steadily reducing the cost at which they are
done. The last Congress repealed the law 1or
the war taxes. and the War Department has re.
one hundred thousand allowed under the law
TO very nearly the minimum of sixty thousand.
GREAT REFORMS IN THE ARMY.
Moreover the last Congress enacted some ad-
n1irable legislation affecting the army. passing
first of all the militia bill and then the bill TO
create a general staff The militia bill repre-
sents the realization of a reform which had been
championed ineffectively by Washington. ana
had been fruitlessly agitated ever since. At last
we have taken from the statute books the
obsolete militia law of the Revolutionary days
and have provided for efficient aid to the Ma
tional Guard Of the States
/ believe that other great country has
such fine natural material for volunteer SOL
diers as we have, and it is the obvious1duty of
the nation and of the States to make such pro-
vision as will enable this volunteer soldiery TO
be organized with all possible rapidity and eff
help in every way the National Guard in time
Of peace. The militia law enacted by the Con-
gress marks the first long step ever taken in this
direction by the national government
The General Staff law is of immense i'm
portance and benefit TO the regular army. In
dividually I would not admit that the Ameri-
can regular either officer or enlisted man, is in
ferior to any other regular soldier in the world.
In fact. if it were worth while to boast |
should be tempted to say that he was the best.
But there must be proper training, proper or
ganization and administration. in order to get
This is particularly the with such small
army ours, scattered over so vast a coun-
try.
SMALL BUT EFFICIENT ARMY.
We do not need large regular army. but we
do need to have small regular army the
very best that can possibly be produced. Under
the wornout and ineffective organization which
has hitherto existed a sudden strain is abso-
luteIy certain to produce the diSlocation and
fusion at the outbreak Of the war with
Spain. and when such dislocation and confusion
occurs ii is easy and natural, but entirely i'm
proper TO blame the men who happen to be in
office. instead of the system. which is really
responsible.
Under the law just enacted by Congress this
system viii he changed immensely for the bet
ter. and every patriotic American ought to re-
ioice for when we come to the army and the
all our people. and when such is the party
lines are nothing. and we all stand shoulder
TO shoulder Americans. moved only by pride
in and love for our common country.
Notwithstanding yesterdays severe blizzard
the weather clear and bracing. and the
programme for the reception of President Roose
Welt carried out according to plans. The
/ special train arrived here in the early morning
| and at $50 o'clock the local reception commit
| tee waited the President. and, after a briet
| and informal reception at the train, escorted
! him in carriages through the business portion
| of the city. A notable incident the welcome
given by the children of the city. several thou
sand Of whom were assembled where the Presi
! dent was able to greet them. After the drive
| the President escorted TO a stand I'm front
| of the Waldorf Hotel, where he delivered his
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