The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-02
THE PRESIDE MT on
GETTYSBURG FIELD
Memorial Day Grafton on the
Famous battle-ground De-
Iivered by Mr.. Roosevelt.
AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
Urges Emulation by Americans Of To
day Of the Virtues Of Those Who
Saved the Union-MemoriaE
Day Elsewhere.

Gettysburg, Pa, May &o.-Tresident
Roosevelt Il party reached the his
toric battle-ground at $50 today. At
Penmar, Pa, where the special train
was sidetracked during the night, 4
crowd began to assemble early this
morning ana before leaving the prcsi-
dent appeared on the rear platform of
his private car and was given III en-
thusiastic reception. He spoke briefly
saying:
y will not attempt to speak now, as
l ala 70 speak later in the day, / shall!
merely repeat how glad am TO see all
OF you, especially those who Wear the
button that shows You nave q right
greater thar any Of the rest of us to
be here n to rejoice in all this me-
1norable day means
When the train stopped at Gettys-
burg the presidents party entered car
riages and started on a drive over the
battlefield.
Viewing the Battlefield.
AS the president and Mrs, Roosevelt
alighted from the car they We're greeted
by Governor Pennypackcr n the re-
ception committee, The drive over the
battlefield occupied three hours and a
quarter, FREQUENT ston4 vera made r.
enable the president to study at close
range some important features of the
historical field. He manifested familiar
ity with the details of the battle and
expressed the deepest interest in var
lous incidents r~ecounted by General
9. Q. Howard II General Daniel e
Sickels, both Of whom participated il
the three days engagement on Little
Round Top.
While Howard and Sickels were talk
ing Major Robbins who served as major
IN he fourth Alabama, in Laws
brigade, during the secOnd and third
days fighting, joined the party and
greeted the president.
He wa recognized instantly by Sick
els VINO remarked eagerly:
Their is the fellow who tried to take
the hill, but found Il too high"
Yes" Robbins .t2rn rh,rr-
ed I'M mis- mn hut von n,nT,e3 NC 80,
IT. -,arc - ~" - l.
tiAc SASS we 'oudu not STAND IT and
We MAO 70 get oacA.
The major then recountcd some in
tereStiHg details of the part of the CON
test in which he pa-ticiDated, After
hearing the crosse fro of eranbic ia
scrirtICre fro,, hoth vnt
= 80 Gn'on ahu Coh-
~ 800. - ~ 't""'e'el' iS-
This country is all right so long as
We can rave his kline OF talk on Little
Round Ton"
TIL p.o,iLo~ua o
1"'-"NS S'dU'SH'
The president was escorted to the
cemetery on the battlefield by q BODY
of several hundred veterans of the rivil
war and several r,iI;+or,, @ ,nfan.ian
CDrHaa. " go
~ 1 80! L"lhIL p1SStIeo At me
celeulohieS' "hlch were held IN the
rostrun on cemetery hill. After the
memorial services of the G. A. r. had
been COMPLETED ard the school children
rad sfreWD f0WeTs 0Ter no Srs-s6f, ~
tborsonds of dnod ~ ~ u y
Ito"o@Huo u uedu, -. Eu"diL everett
HAZE, chaplain OF the United States
senate pronounced the invocation. The
president was introduced by Governor
Pennypacker and was accorded an en-
fhusfasttc receDtion.
Tha n-oeido,4 rot5. -rbo
IA paeStoSi't IN a pidct "Here we
u We% ~ fn q ngh 49, nr " If 19qn'4 edSl'hct!0I:
tteLv VIZ iouSnN ono oi tle great OaitIcS
De - II faw siu anr,ac 1Iu Whicr s ~ Ipnhch one OK
the ages. a S iong as TINS republic en-
cures or ~ nlstoIy ls hIoWN, SO long
non Iie LtSaAoty VI 'ao oIt'lC oI NtttyS-
as l4Hs a nne GnSi-9i .UHsue Is ulleT-
GtooH, 50 tons shau [pianai Lincolfl )
GettyHoHls @Pesrn min me heartS Oh
utIiAIiui - ~
riEhteoJsnnss "A war wared r1r W. Tha 10 ~
blest ideals, but waged also in thorough
going, practical fashion. 1t was one of
the few wars which mean, in their sue
cesgful outcome, a lift toward better
things for the nations OF mankind. Some
wars have meant the triumph of order
ever anarchy and RIGHTEOUSNESS mas
Uuerading as liberty; some wars have
meant the triumph OF liberty over tyranny
masquerading as order: but this vic
toriOus war OF ours meant the triumph OF
both liberty and order. the triumph of
orderly liberty, the bcstoWaI of ciyil
rights upon the freed slaves. and al The
same time the stern insistence on the SUI
premacy Of the national law throughout
the length and breadth of the land. More
! over, this was one OF those rare contests
In which 1t was to the lmmeasurable in
terest Of the vanquished that they should
lose, while at the same time the yictOrs
acquired the precious privilege of trans
mitting to those who came after them,
as a heritage of honor forever. not ONLY
the memory of their own valiant deeds.
but the memory Of the deeds of those who
no less valtantly and with equal sincerity
of purpose. fought against the stars in
their courses, The war left to us ali as
fellow Countrymen. as brothers the right
stored In indestructible shape In a country
where slavery no longer nlocks the boast
of freedom aud also he right TO rejoice
with exultant pride in the courage tho
self sacrifice, and the devotion alike of
the men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray.
A p,4.io+;. ....
he IS put q poor American VINO, looking
at this le!d, does not ieel within himself
a deeper reverence for the nations past