Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-18
Aid From Civil War Soldiers.

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| Col ]. Edward Browne late commander
| of the Union Veteran Legion, said the old
soldiers of the civil war would lend their
fullest assistance TO Company C and the SOL
| ders of the war with Spain to have each
| July II recognized by the government as
| Santiago day.
you boys of 1895" said Col. Browne
| freed a struggling little nation from the
| iron hand of tyranny from which 1t had
| suffered for over 400 years, and transformed
| it into a land of liberty like our own"
Major ]. II. Stine president of the United
States Historical Society, said he had such
| high appreciation of the soldiers of 1893
that one-third of the officers of the hstori-
cal society of which he is the head are Span
| ish war veterans. He favored more holidays
| as holidays stimulated Patriotism. He was
working, he said, to have the anniversary
| of the birth of Abraham Lincoln made a
| national holiday and said Santiago day
| should be similarly recognized by the gov
| eminent
president Roosevelt said the major lis
| today settling the differences between two
| powerful nations. He is great man and
you men of the Spanish war should feel
| proud that you have such a distinguished
| American as your comrade."
| These sentiments of Major Slime caused a
| hearty outurst of soldier enthusiasm and
| applause
| Capt. Michael ]. Hackett, commander of
the Army and Navy Union, said the organi-
cation he represented originally admitted
| only regulars to membership. Now how
ever, its doors are open to all American SOL
| diers who have Honorable discharges.
| When Capt. Domer called for Col. NJ EN-
| met Urell, late commander-in-chief of the
| Spanish War Veterans, the soldiers present
| sprang to their feet and cheered vigorously,
| the demonstration continuing while a COM
| mittee went to the rear of the hall and To-
| Gated the modest colonel who was concealed
| In a bunch OF soldiers. AS the committee
! escorted him to the platform the cheering
| was renewed.
| Col Urell's Remarks
| when 1 look backward seven years." be-
| gan Col. Urell, 'as we were lined up in the
| trenches before Santiago, in memory 1 can
| hear the strains of the Star Spangled Ban
ner,' 1t was played by the band of the
| First District Regiment in honor of the sur
render of Santiago. 1 tell you. boys, that
| music sounded as sweet and as grand as
| any the Marine Band ever played. The
| Spaniards heard 1t and mentally they said
| to themselves The First District boys and
| their band have arrived in the trenches and
we had better give up the struggle, for we
| are goners now Then when the dons
| heard Bugler O'Connor's taps that settled
It."
Col. Urell directed some of his puns at
| the venerable veterans of the civil war
| who sat on the platform as Company C's
guests of honor. We young fellows of
| the late war with Spain have heard Won
| old fellows brag of your four years service.
| but want to tell you that Libby prison In
| Richmond was a frst-class hotel COM
pared with Santiago The people of Rich
mond gave you the best they had, but
| down in the tropics they gave us nothing"
Col. Urell said the list District Volun-
teers was one of the best regiments in the
| service in 1898. He described it's march I'D
| to Siboney and how the boys straightened
| up and moved forward with eagerness as
they heard the booming of the guns OF
| Capron's battery at the front.
| Had gotten Into the fight then no
added. our boys would have given good
account OF themselves"
| He also described Spanish flag which
| was flying on the works of the enemy d.
| rectly in front of the District troops, and
| said nearly every man in the regiment had
| his eye on that red and yellow trophy, and
| had hostilities been resumed that flag would
| have been captured by them.
| I'VE didn't have any Johnny Rebs In the
works before u.s. or the surrender would
! not have taken place as soon,' concluded
Col. Urell. But we had sons of Johnny
| Rebs in our ranks fighting under old
| Glory, and they, like their sires, proved
| to be the bravest of soldiers
| REGULATIONS and Songs.
| Mr. Kenneth OConnor followed with reci-
| tations and songs, and Capt. Domer called
| on Col. Richard A. O'Brien, late of the
LIST District Volunteers and now Of the
/ D. C. N. G. He said he remembers the
famous wet night" in Cuba just as the
venerable Irish people remember and refer
| to 1.-THE night of the big wind" He de-
scribed Col. Urell's shack on wet night"
1 and said the water from gully ran down
through the colonels collar and came out
| of his pants leg" He also described the
| stampede of government mules at Tampa,
/ and urged the Spanish War Veterans as "a
| patriotic duty to become members of the
| District National Guard He said he was
| In the guard because he loves his country
| and his city and spoke of the difficulties
| this country would encounter in getting
| ready 100000 to 800 600 soldiers in the
event of big war with some important
foreign power. The National Guard. If in
| creased, will help to solve this problem.
Capt. Harry Walsh. late commander of
the Emmett Guard. gave some interesting