Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-01
THE PRESIDENT
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| accountability for any shortcomings. LII
any time OF crisis the man in hlgh Once
| i'll civil life, the man in high command in
| military or naval life, can, If he be weak
or incompetent, para |! re the actions OF "a
multitude of brave and able men who are
| under him. On the other hand. II IN IN
| tellect. and above all, in character. he IS
able to rise level to the need Of the mo
| ment, he may so combine ana oirect ~, y
actions of the many under MN as r, ~
make their joint effort irresistioie. Inc
first duty of a leader. civil or nintaIH. rs
| to lead; and he must lead well EXact.y
as the people must demand ,,,. 5ne iren.
| their leaders in civil AFFAIRS. SO IN nt t,:ls
aft airs they must insist upon every omcer
deyoting all the best that there IS IN hin
Ito fitting himself in the duties Oh MS pro,
fession. to caring for anu f that ,;, anu IN
point Of personnel and in point of ma,
terrell the Army and Navy OF the United
fection AS is humanity possible. This is
| the work that only the leaders can do;
and ii they shirk it their shame Is I'M
spcakablc. A.. go
leader can accomplish very much unless
he has the right kind of men to lead
Unless the enlisted man has the right
stun in him it stands to reason that no
officer can get it out of him, because it is
not there to get out 20 n ots, n me and
Idncolns they could. nevertheless. make
no permanent improvement in our citizen
ship unless the average citizen had i'll him
the capacity for such Improvement In
the last ANALYSIS II IS the man penno IN
as it is the man behind the gun who
counts most iE military life.
We can not too II ghiy honor the mem
ory of the leaders in the civil war-of
Grant and Lie. of Sherman and Johnston.
of Stonewall Jackson and Sheridan. of
Farragut and of the captains who fought
under and against him But after all the
man upon whom the chief credit must
rest was the plain man IN the ranks, tn"
man in blue or in gray who went in to
see the war through. ana who dio see Il
through. He had the courage to stand
skirm.shes and the hanmcrinG of tn"
great fights: he hal the steadfast enGur-
ance to bear with uncomplaining resolu-
ton the hunger and the heat and tn"
cold. the scorching days and the freezing
nights. the grinding heartbreaklng Ia
tiguc of the marches. the "e%1s2me
suffering of the field hospit as. S? in TIL
Army anil the Navy today. in the last
analysis we must depend upon having tn
right stuff in the enlisted man ana th.n
rpon having that stuff put into proper
shane So again IN our Republic as .
whole it is just us true IN peace nGN as u
was fnrty-fivc years ago IN war mat ~ Is
the character of the average man that
must be the determining pow-r IS NJ, 81
ing national success or going down 10
national disaster. Leadership is nec"s
| results out of Il high average OF ind
yidral character; but without the hgh
character IN the avcr1g-' individual th3
leadership by itself can avail nut Httle.,
which shall imply merely iiattcrT OF thr
avcragc voter or Of the avrrag" cniisted
man. | certainly do not intend m! words
to be SO taken 1t is : sure Snsn Q, ya Win
| to be fattarcd. and especially II ne Iota
| his head be turned by hattery- IN, IN.
average voter needs to learn anu TO kesp
| steadily in mind the fact that II In inc
| last resort the real power is his, SO III tn
last resort TIE real responsibility IS ny.
He can not cast off on anyone tiS" tnH
IreSncnsiLil'ty fer our governmental snort
cominrs. Nothing Is che lper than 70 say
| that the people are all right but that Tn
It.,tticiarS arr. all wrong. as u II; utter OF
fact POLITICS; end thrrni"i. p3 9,i,Sfn rS
| either the wishes nr I'll, Indifference Oh
the people: and If the people ar" ind!iter'
emit the results are just about - nan -
lif they deliberately choose 10 go w oh'
60 II Is with the enlisted man Nhen
call attention to- the high plhc" ne Holds
land must ever hold in the "st en- 81 every
| sensible man. do IL less with the u
| tentian OF emphasizing III. respect gu
HIN b.: outsiders than Hith the intcntlor
1f making him rciliZe the burden 81 h'i,
ora bic obligation resting upon ms shouin
crs I,y unT.aried effort he must am y
Al his duty wh"trer that CUT licS On ~
or ashore whether il lies in III" cavalry
or tn" infantry. in the FUN 'u nn .bIa ~ ~
handI.. himself anh I" handle the iorinn
able and delicate mcch*rtsm inttn-trd !.
his care in such manner that II eN'r ~
| hrcours his fortune tn tax" part IN ojt
| no for tho flag another page shail u.
/ added 10 the many which 20 10 in lke ul
Tho long honor roll OF American history:
| In rInsiur | ask your Intention 10 M
f,ct that Grlr soldiers and 5lilorS are 2Di'
to dn their duty IN Er at em' ,set'r
oven other than those OF war Rec"nl1,
the most appalling disaster that nas -,
lhefaIIen anv city in our country: INC mo-
| annaiIinc disaster that has belAlen my
| city If the Same size for century pdsL
| hefelI the great and beautitnl Guy ~
| G., francisco In the midst OF tneli
horror and pity and sympathy tn" rest OF
our neople were rendered proud i:nd GE.e
Ihv the courage. tho celf-reliancc. tnt So,
command shown by the inem I ,,der IN.
ISu5,Ien and awful calamity whlch hau pe
fallen them We had Yet Hno.nc' ss,;
Of pride In the fact that the mrs, AM.
Icars mt aide :ho CITY who were apie u N
tond relief and help were the ottcerS IN
enlisted men of the garrison ana me SIP r
in the immediate neEhborhoou VI &c
francisco. The alertness. t,e NOV them
tSn mixture of self-reli3nt initiative vi,
Iorder,y Obedience and conference OF ALL,
the high personal valor and lne ~,
andur,nca and strength shown ny tn'
,nit;..rs and sailors of the Regular RIW!
Ind Navy in coping with ms ulHiH
were as great as If shown IN LIT U, cvcr,
| tIc such !, record should maze ".
TN IN american proud of the Army and tn
Navy and should make every tine o M,"r :,
Ic.n resolrIt,, tC see that through our it1
tional authorities at washington W, W.
make such provision by law ior 10" r n
he Army and the Navy that they ~, sh ~
ever stand in the forefront OF thei' 'e
ISpect've PROFESSIONS.
v,en the President had CONCLUDED
bia address a procession was formed U
the cemetery adjoining. where he uh
yelled the beautiful shaft erected D.
the Army and Navy Union.
The President and Admiral harrihg
ton. followed by Mrs. Roosevelt am
Mrs. Harrington. then returned 10 IN
navy ward, where they were the guest
of the admiral at luncheon. At : o'clocl
the President left OH the Mayhowe
for Hampton. where he late in the al
ternon delivered a brief address to tn
students of Hampton Institute.