Arizona republican., 1906-05-31
PRESIDENTS PART
 IN MEMORIAL DAY
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in the average individual the leader snip by itself can avail but little.
 THE VOTERS BURDEN.
 Now it is easy to say this in words which shall imply merely flattery of the average voter or of the average en- listed man. l certainly do not intend my words to be so taken. It is sure sign of weakness in any man if he is always wanting to be flattered, and especially if he lets his head be turned by flattery. The average voter needs to learn and to keep steadily in mind the fact that if in the last resort tha real power is his, so in the last resort the real responsibility is his. He can not cast off on any one else the re- spons1bility for our governmental shortcomings. Nothing is cheaper than to say that the people are all right but that the politicians are all wrong As a matter of fact politics. and there fore politicians, will in the long rup represent faithfully either the wishes or the indifference of the people: and If the people are indifferent the results are Just about as bad as if they delih- efateIy choose to go wrong. So if is Wlth the enlisted man. When I call attention 10 the high place he holds. and must ever hold in the esteem o~ every sensible man, I do it less with the intention of emphasizing the re- spect due him by outsiders than with the intention of making him realize the burden of honorable obligation rest ing upon his shoulders. By unwearied effort he must learn to do his duty. whether that duty lies afloat or ashore whether it lies in the cavalry or the in fantry, in the gun turret or in the en- gine room. He must be able to handle himself and to handle the foruidab- and delicate mechanism intrusted to Els care in such manner that if ever II becomes his fortune to take part in battle for the flag another page shall be added to the many which go to make up the long honor roll of American his tory.
 PROVED CAPABILITY.
 In closing I ask your attention to the fact that our soldiers and sailors are able to do their duty in great emer- gencies even other than those of war. Recently the most appalling disaster that has ever befallen any city in our country the most appalling disaster that has befallen any city of the same size for century past, befell the great and beautiful city of San Francisco In the midst of their horror and pitv and sympathy the rest of our people were rendered proud and glad by the courage, the seli-reliance. the self command shown by the men and wo- men of San Francisco themselves under the sudden and awful calamity which had befallen them. We had yet an other source of pride in the fact that the first Americans outside the city who were able to extend relief and help were the officers and enlisted men O. the garrison and the ships in the imme- diate neighbOrhood of San Francisco. ! The alertness, the instant response to the demand made upon them, the mix ture of self-reliant initiative with or deTly obedience and coherence of ac. ton, the high personal valor and the steady endurance and strength shown by the soldiers and sailors of the regu- lar army and navy in coping with this ! disaster, were as great as if shown in ] time of battle. Such a record should ! make every true American proud of the army and navy and should make | every true American resolute to see that through our national authorities !. at Washington We make such provision {. by law for the maintenance. the SUD- ] port and the training of the army and ! the navy that they shall ever stand IT. l the forefront of their respective pro- ! feSSiOns