Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-31

He had the courage to stand without flinching the pickering of the slSir- mishes and the hammering of the great fights; he had the sueadfast en- resolution the hunger and he heat and the cold, the scorehing days and the freezing nights, the grinding, heart breaking fatigue of the marches, the wearisome mSnotony of the camps. and the slow suffering of the field hospitals. So in the Arn md the Navy today, in the last analysis we must depend upon having the right stuff in the enlisted man and then upon having that stuff put inro proper shape. So again in our Republic as. whole It is just as true in peace now as it was forty-five years ago in var that it is the character of the :. craze man that must be the determining factor in achieving national success or going dowr to national disaster Leadership is necessary in order that we may get really good results ont of high average of individual char actr': but without the high character iI t':e average individual the leader sh Ry itself can avail but uttle.
 Now it is easy to say this in words -lch shall imply merely flatery of l-e average voter or of the average listed man. I certainly do not in- tend my words to be so taken. It is sure sign of weaKness Tn any .uan if he is always wanting to be flattered, and especially if he lets his head ee turned by flattery. The average yCIer needs to learn and to keep steadily in mind the fact that if in the last resort the real power IS h.s, Al tua sL resort the real responsibility is his. He can not cast on anyone else the responsibility of our governmental shortcomings. Nothing IS lntap
 than to say that the people are all right but that the politicians are all wrong- As a matter of fact politics, and therefore politicians, will Ill the long run represent faithfully either the wishes or the indifference rs tbe people; and if the people are indif- ferent the results are Just abGlt- as bad as if they deliberately choose 10 go wrong. So 1t is with the enlis;ed man. When l call attention to the high place he holds, and must ever hold in the esteem of every sensible man, do it less with the intention Of emphasizing the respe, t due him by outsiders than with ILe .Etention of making him realize the burden of hoE- orable obligation resting upon his shoulders. By unWearieI effort he must learn to do his du-y, whether that duty lies afloat or ash ore, wheth- CT it lies in the cavalry or :he infantry, in the gun tuTret' or in the engine room. He must be able to handle himself and to handle the formidable and delicate mechanism intrus>ed to his care in such manner that If ever it becomes his fortune to take part ia battle for the flag another page shall be added to the many which gn to make up the long honor roll of Ameri- can history.
 Tn closing l 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. Rencently 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 a century past, befell the great and beautiful city of San Francisco. In the midst of their horror and pity and sympathy the rest of our people were rendered proud and glad by the courage, tha s9if-Teliarce, the self command shown by the men and wom- en 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 of the garrison and the ships in the immediate neighborhood of San Francisco. The alertness, the instant response to the demand made upon tkem, the mixture of self-reliant ini- 1 tive with orderly obedience and CO., herence of action, the high personal vaIor and the steady endurance and strength show by the soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy in coping with this disaster, were as great as shown in time of battle. | Such record should make every true American proud of the Army and :he Navy and should make every true American resolute to see that through our national authorities at Washing ton We have such provision by law for the maintenance, the support, and the training of the Army and the Navy that they shall ever stand in the fore front of their respective professions.