Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-31
COuntry's Welfare is in Hands Of the
Rank and File.
TRIBUTE TO THE CITIZEN soLOIERN
Efficiency of the Army is Due to Fact that
Il is Composed of Volunteers.
SPEECH IS DELIVERED At PORTSMOUTH
Chief Executive Unveils Monument at
Naval Cemetery and Addresses
students at Hampton
Institute.

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, May 30
This has been a notable Memorial day in |
the commonwealth OF Virginia. President
Roosevelt joined with surviving members OF |
both the blue and the grey in paying APP
propriate and impressive tribute to the ma
tion's dead. In the morning the president !
delivered patriotic oration in the beau
tifuI grounds of the naval hospital at Ports |
mouth and directly afterwefd unveiled a
handsome marble shaft erected by the !
Army and Navy union in the cemetery
Joining the army and navy hospital
grounds TO the memory of their fallen com
rades.
The services in Portsmouth were under
the auspices Of the Army and, Navy union
The memorial exercises were preceded by
an imposing parade. Nearly 1900 sailors
and marines OF the North Atlantic fleet
participated in the parade. In addition
there were organizations representing the
Army and Navy union, the Grand Army OF
the Republic the United Confederate vet
Grams and many civic and patriotic socie-
ties. Portsmouth was elaborately decorated
with wealth Of patriotic colors. Business
houses and residences were blaze OF bunt-
ing Thousands of people, not only from
Virginia, but from adjoining cities as we'll
thronged the quaint old town and extended
to the president most cordial greeting. His
audience numbered many thousand and the
naval contingent in white uniforms formed
under the giant pine trees in hollow
square rendered the scene particularly pic
turescue.
speech at Hampton Institute.
In the afternoon President and Mrs.
Roosevelt. after an informal reception at
tne resluence % .esr '. - 1,,,1 M "a ,,,s,tnd
iihbeohf 0o''oNe " -
Hampton institute The president delivered
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Indian students OF the institute, sterwero
90 .t. .ohool He went aboard the Nav
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flower, anchored Just on this poiht' Al o'"o
This evening. The vessel weighed anchor
. en8- ssfysdks AZ y o,cFock for -Washington
w.. ..,s... "a t,s D.rtv yre sxnecteI
Inc pfesluehb anu hiS P@iS @iS o~P0NA
to arrive in Washington navy yard tomor-
,ov, r,ornins at 10 O'Clock
-
President RoOseveIt,s Address.
At IL o'clock the exercises were opened
with nraver nv Bishop Van Dever of the
r -.,. ,s,..,s, s,o...o :, p,chr,ond Actor music
Cathono diocese Oh rienihohu' AieeI iius,o 9,.
s,ss ,ntroduced bv Colonel Edwin J. Brown,
s,., :, - - .h. Arr,,, ana NaNv
hes'o''~, l'Sa,,,.s aSdrass soIio,vs.
This day Is hallowed and sacred In our
history. Tor on this day throughout the
land we meet to pay homage to the mem-
ory OF the valiant dead who fell in the
sreat sivh war NO osheS tn men y. Stbn e Se
owe Il that we now have country. More
over, the men to whose Valor we owe II
that the union was preserved nave leIl US
a country reunited IN fact as Wen as IN IN
the great deeds and the self-devotion aike
OF the men VINO wore the piue ana Oh .lS, .ns
Rse where wU bTotSeq fought Brother With equal
courage, with equal sincerity Of eonVlc-
ton, with equal fidelity to a high deal
Moreover, IL is a peculiar pleasure 70
speak today under the auspices OF the
Army and Navy union, OF the union whleh
Is meant 10 include the officers and en-
listed men OF the regular forces OF the
United States. Exactly as there Is no no other ,eG
owed so much as 10 the veterans OF the
civil war, so there Is no other body Of men
whole, deserve quite as well OF the coun-
try as the officers and enlisted men Of
states Every man who has served well
and faithfully, ahQat or ashore, In the
service of the UnNed states has shown
that he possesses certain qualities which
enutle him ia a peculiar degree 70 the re-
speet of all his fellow citizens. while every
feel himself uplifted by the thought that
i'm any time OF future crisis 1t may be that
the honor of the whole nation win depend
Of you a tremendous burden OF response
bllity. and therefore 10 you belongs the
proud privilege of bearing that load of re-
spOnsibility we'll.
soiaieFs are 'i'iSenS' roe
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