Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-30
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In Last Analysis Must Depend on
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Portsmouth. Va. May 30. President
Roosevelt joined the people Of Virginia
today in a beautiful aud Impressive
tribute 10 the nations dead Under
the auspices Of the Army aud Navy
union the organization Of the officers
and enlisted men of the United States
army and navy, the president delivered
the Memorial day address here to an
audience numbering thousands
Immediately after delivering the ora r.
ton Of the day, President Roosevelt
unveiled n monument erected I'm the
naval cemetery by the Army and Navy
union to the memory Of its dead com
rades
The procession consisted of several
thousand men from the North Atlantic
fleet, army and navy union organiza
| lions, Grand Army veterans, camps Of
confederate veterans and many other
societies.
At ii O'Clock the exercise opened
with prayer hy Bishop Van DcVyVer,
Of the Catholic diocese Of Richmond.
After music by military band. Pre'i-
deut Roosevelt was introduced By Col.
j, Edwin Brown, national commandpT
of the Army and Navy union The
presidents address follows.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS,
This day is hallowed and sacred IN
our history for on this day throughout
the land We meet To pay homage TO
the memory of the valiant dead who
fen in the great civl war. No other
men deserve so well Of this country as
those to whom we owe il that We now
have country. Moreover the men 10
whose vHlor We owe it that The Union
was preserved have left us country
reunited in fact as well as in name.
They have left us the memory OF the
great deeds and the self-devotion alike
of the men who wore the blue and of
the men who wore the gray In the con-
test where brother fought brother with
equal courage. with equal sincerity OF
I conviction. with equal fidelity to a
/ high ideal, as # was given to each Ia
see that ideal.
ARMY AND NAVY MEN BEST.
Moreover it is a peculiar pleasure 10
speak today under the auspices suf
the Army and Navy uniun, Of the
Union which is meant to include the
officers and enlisted men Of the regular
forces of the United States Exactly
as there Is no other body OF men to
whom in the past we have owed so
much as TO the veterans of the civil
war, SO there is no other body Of men
among all OF our citizens Of today who
as whole deserves quite as we'll Of the
country as the officers and enlisted
men Of the army and navy OF the Unit
ed States Every man who has served
well and faithfully, atoat OF, ashore.
I'm the service of the United States. has
shown that he possesses certain quail
ties which entitle him I'm a peculiar de-
gree TO the respect Of all his fellow
citizens, while every man who Is now in
the service can not but feel himself up
lifted by the thought that in any time
Of future crisis 1t may be that the
honor of the whole nation win depend
upon his bearing There rests upon
each Of you tremendous burden Of
responsibility. and therefore to you be-
longs the proud privilege Of bearing
that load Of responsibility we'll
EFFICIENCY OF THE NATION.
This audience is composed largely of
veterans OF the Civil war, largely Of
men who have served In ror are serving
in the army and the navy Of the United
States. They are concerned not only
with the duties of the soldier and the
sailor but with the duties Of the civili-
an. with all matters affecting The plain,
everyday citizen as he does his every
day duties. For we must always re-
member that In our country our army
and navy are an army and navy made
M Of volunteers; all our forces are
volunteers. our regulars, aloat and
ashore, are merely our fellow citizens
who OF their own free win have taken
up this particular task, The task once
through they return to the body Of our
citizenship; and exactly as the efficiency
Of our military service depends chiefly
upon the efficiency of the average en-
listed man. so the efficiency Of the ma
ton as q whole depends chiefly upon
the way in which the average man per-
forms his plain. everyday duties.
LEADERS RESPONSIBILITY.
This does not mean that the leader.
whether IN military or civil life. can
escape bearing a peculiar burden Of
responsibility. To him has been given
much and from him much win be de-
manded. II Is right and proper that
the man In high position, whether his
position be that OF a high civilian off,
cial I'm time OF peace or OF high mill
tary or naval officer in time Of war
should receive marked degree of cree
dit II he performs his difficult. deli
cate, and responsible task well. and
should, on the other hand be held to
An especially sharp accountability for
any shortcomings In any time OF cri-
sis the man in high Office In civil
lie. the man IN high command In mill
tary life. can II he be weak or incom-
petopt. paralyze the actions OF a null
tiude of brave and able men who are
under him on the other hand. II IN
intellect, and above an ia character
he IL able to rise level 10 the need OF the
moment. he may so combine and direct
the actions of the many under him az
to make their joint effort irresistible
Tbs first duty OF a leader. ciyil or mill
tlry. is to lead and he must lead we'll
Exactly as the people must demand the
highest grade Of integrity and efficiency
from their leaders In civil affairs SO In
military affairs they must insist upon
every officer devoting al the best that
there is In him to fitting himself In the
duties Of his profession. to caring foi
ana drilling and training those under
him, 20 that alike In point Of person.
moi ana IN point OF material the army
and navy of the United states may
reach as high point OF perfection as is
humanity possible This Is the work
that orly the leaders can do; and lc
they shirk II their shame is unspeak-
able.
MUST HAVE MEN TO LEAD.
Nevertheless II remains true that no
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