The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1904-07-30
MILITARY AADoa APATnfTlc.
A Pensacola Citizen Endeavors To
Arouse q Patriotic Sentiment In
the Cause In That City.

the Cause In That City.
Pensacola, Fla, July 90, 1904.
Editor Pensacola journal:
The inspection Of Companies /
and h, of the Florida State Troops,
Thursday, is one fraught with seri-
GUS Importance to the citizens of
West Florida, and especially of Es-
Gambia county. These two com
panles are familiarity known as the
Escambia Rifles and c. l.. Is. and
have at different times been crack"
companies; but from some unknown
cause there is spirit of Indifference
amongst many of their members and
the young men who have never been
members exhibit feeling anything
but friendly 10 the cause.
1t is unfortunate that this is so, as
the inspection Thursday night may
result in the disarmament of the two
companies, leaving Escambia county
without a single armed organized
body Momentarily thereafter two
companies in South Florida will be
accepted, as their application has al
ready been filed with the Adjutant
General. With the acceptance of
these two companies there will be
enlisted in the State Troops the full
number of companies allowed by
law; and then if the people of Pen
sacola and Escambia county wish a
military organization they will have
to learn the same lesson in patience
that these South Florida companies
have learned, VIZ: Await the time
for the members of some military
organizations to lose interest, and
the community in which they be To-
Gated, become 80 deadened TO their
own welfare, that the Adlutant-Gcn-
eral is compelled to call an inspec-
ton and disband them for not com
ing up to requirements.
And while you are learning this
lesson iii patience, riot may run rife
and what the moral influence of an
organized body Of sixty men might
prevent, would, in all probability, be
at the cost of hundreds of lives and
the destruction of untold wealth and
property,
The apathy in military affairs IN
this city is as much the blame of the
citizens in general as any one else.
There was a time when our promi-
nent business citizens visited our
halls, contributed to entertainments,
offered prizes and medals and even
contributed toward fund for the
boys to go to New York.
Are even the members dead? If
still smouldering, can we not fan
then into IA blaze: 1t was conf
IDENTIFY hoped that when the Dick
bill went into effect, and the State
Troops armed and accoutered the
same as the regular army under the
same regulation and discipline, with
splendid opportunities for State en-
campments and afterwards national
encampments, such as we will have
this year at Manassas, that the
young men especially would be de
lighted with the improved condi-
tons and new opportunities. Then,
too, the men are fed and paid at
these enCampments the same as a
regular soldier
How many young men can spare
| fifty or a hundred dollars for shor,
summer outing: You quickly an.
swer, very few. You can hardly get
one for less amount How much
nicer to 60 to Manassas with trans
portation paid-no board to pay, ;
nice, clean tent with clean bed with
out cost to you-in fact, everything
free except electric car fare and you,
tobacco 1t seems to me that her,
is an exceptional opportunity tina
almost any Young man would b'
anxious to avail himself Of.
Let each one Of us who has tn,
interest Of our community at hear
see that we are instrumental III hav
ling At least one Young man enlist.
CITIZEN.