The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-15
CANAL WILLIE SUCCESS
President Speaks of Panama Pro-
let Before Physicians.
PAID TRIBUTE TO GEN. WOOD

Mr.. Roosevelt Declares That, Despite
Calamity Howlers, the Propose !
Canal VIII Ce a succcsc-seores
klarmltt Report.
Oyster Bay, =. Y, July l3.-Pre +
dent Roosevelt delivered "A notable AZ
dress before the Associated ihys.ciaij
OF Long Island. he discussed, IN t.
course Of his speech, the relations pa
sicians sustain with the people OF IN
communities in which tAey reside, al
the work TO be done by thesmad.c-l
experts in connection with tne co..
struction Of the Panama canal. detidr-
ing that despite all difficulties Cn Ia =
isthmus and here IN the United State ,
the canal would be- a success. IL -
referred to achievements OF tie SAM
tarv engineers WHO cleaned tae clu-S
of Cuba Tor the first time IN iyj years,
and closed by paying a tribui' To me
services of General Leonard Wool.
whose career as a military o.Acer, ne
said. was houtcd by some cr,dcs be.
cause he once had been doctor.
Spcaking about tao Panama canal,
the president said
Tine scientific nan who is really a
hrst-class scientific man has a claim
upon the gratitude Of all the country.
Tie man VINO Is h-stclass nciBlbOr,
and is always called in time OF trouble
by his neignbOrs, has an equal clai 4
upon socItty al large. But the doctor
has both claims. Take, for in3talcn,
Just what Is being done in enc Oh the
great works OF this country az IT,
present lime. digging the Panama
nal. That is work that only Di
nation could undertake, or that a Di ,
nation could do. and II Is "A work Tor
all mankind. And tie condition p.ecc-
dent upon success In that work Is ha.-
ing the proper type OIL medical Wlr .
as a preliminary.
That Is the first condition upon t.
meeting OF what depends our slccts ;
I'm solving the engineering and admit
istratiye problems OF the WORK itself.
/ am happy To say that the WOE. Is b -
ing admirably done. and / an g2rCcr-
larly glad to have this chance ol 81. p
ing IT, Now and then some alarms.
report will come froh Panama. Jd'.
a couple OF weeks ago there sccac ,
to be a succession OF people oon.ni
up from Panama, each one OF wl)l
had some tale OF other 10 toll. loi
viii always find IN any battle. even
il is a victorious battle. that IN Oh
rear you meet a number Of gen..ano1
who are glad that they are hol ~
front. whom. If they have unlortunat'
~ gotten at the front, have com
away. and who justify their abs nc
from the front by telling tales OF no"
everything has gone wrong there.
Now. the people who fee from
Panama will carry up here just such
stories as the people who fee from the
forefront Of battle carry to the rear
with them. The people TO whom this
country owes and will owe 80 much
are those who stay down there and dc
not talk. but do their work, and 40 II
well. or course. in doing great work
like that in the tropics, in a region
which. until this government took hold
of II. was accounted to be a region eX'
ceptlonally unhealthy we are going tc
have trouble have some yellow fever
have a good deal of malarial fever
and suffer more from the latter than
from the yellow fever. although we will
hear nothing like the talk about it.
We will have every now and then
troubles as regards hygiene. just as
we will have trouble in the engineer
ing problems. Just as occasionally we
Will have troubles in the administra.
tive work Whenever one OF those
troubles comes there will be a large
number OF excellent. but timid. men
who will at once say what an awful
calamity IT is, and express the deep
est sorrow and concern. and be rather
inclined to the belief that the whole
thing is a failure. II will not be a
failure: II will be a success; and IL
will be a success because we shall
treat check not as a reason for aban-
dOning the work but as a reason for
altering and lettering our plans so as
to make it impossible that that par
ticular check shall happen again"