New-York tribune., 1906-05-31

ing and training those under him, so that alike
In point of personnel and in point OF maoerlei
the army and navy of the TINTED s,ares s"ss ~
humanity possible. This is the work mat only lne M
leaders can do: and if they shirk II ther Shame
is unspeakable.
MAN BEHIND THE BALLOT.
yavertheless II remains true that no leader
oa,, occoronItsh very much unless he has the
,Sgtt kind Of men TO lead Unless the ENLISTED
man has the right stuff in him IL sIs.os L...e 20
reason that no officer can get 1T out OF nm De
a~,se q, is moi there 10 get out. So in civil life
~ an our leaders were Nashingtohs anu LII LIN
coins they could. nevertheless, make no per-
1a-Dert irnproyement in our citizenship unless
the average citizen had in him the capacty lot
s-,ch ,,,1nrovenent In the last analysis X is
g. 49,, behind the ballot who counts most in
civil life lust as Il IS the man behind the gun
who counts most in military life
we cannot too highly honor the memory OF
.pa leaders IN the Civil War-of Grant and Lee,
oT sherman and Johnston. of Stonewal Jackson
and sheridan. of Farragut and of the captains
TT-I,o fought under and against him. But after
an the man upon whom the chief credit must
rest was the plain man In the ranks, the man
a. tue or I'm gray, who went in 10 see the war
tbrouch and who did see IL through. He had
the courage 10 stand without finching the bick-
ering of the skirInishes and the hammer1ng OF
,ba Great tights: he had the steadfast endurance
20 hear with .uncomplaining resolution the
,,,,r,er and md heat and the cold. the scorching
ss nd the freezing nights the grinding.
heartbreaxing fatigue OF the marches, the weari-
some monotony OF the camps. ana the SLOW
FufIGrlnE
and the navy to-day, In the last analysis we
must depend upon having the right stun IN the
enlisted man, and then upon having that SUI. SUI,
nut into proper shape. So again IN our repoehc
SIS whole. IL is Just as true in peace now as
II was forty-fve years ago in war. that II is me
character Of the average man that must De lhe
determining factor in achieving national success
or going down TO national disaster LeaoeIsIip
is necessary in order that we may geI ;,ay reany
good results out of high average of indiVldual
character: but without the high character IN
the average individual the leadership py ltseh
can avail but little.
RESPONSIBILITY OF VOTERS.
Now. IT is easy TO say this in words which
shali imply merely fiattery OF the average Sotsl
or OF the average enlisted man. l certainly uo
not intend my words TO be taken. 1t is a
sure sign of weakness in any man If he is al
WAYS wanting TO be hattered. and especially if
he lets his head be turned by fiattery. Inc
average voter needs TO learn and 10 keep steadily
in mind the fact that If in the last resort the
real power is his. so in the last resort the real
responsi bility is his. He cannot cast OF on
any one else the responsibility for our govern
mental shortcomings. Nothing is cheaper than
20 say that the people are all right, but thar
the politicians are all wrong. As a matter OF
fact, politics, and therefore politicians, VIII IN
the long run represent faithfully either the
wishes or the Indifference of the people; and il
the people are Indifferent the results are just
abotit as had as il they deliberately choose TO
20 wrong So IL is with the enlisted man.
When 1 call attention TO the high place he holds
and must ever hod. I'm the esteem OF every SEN
sible man, ] do il less with the intention or
emphasizing the respect due him by outsiders
than with the intention of making MIN reanZe
the burden Of honorable obligation resting upon
his shoulders. BY unweared effort he must
learn 20 do his duty. whether that duty lies
afoat ashore. whether II lies IN the cavalry
or the infantry. in the gun turret or In the
engine room. He must be able 20 handle hlIn-
self and 70 handle the formidable and delicate
mechanism intrusted 10 his care in such manner
that If ever il becomes his fortune 10 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 history
In closing. ! ask your attention 10 the fact
that soldiers and sailors are able 10 do their
duty in great emergencies 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 a century past.
befell the great and beautiful city of San Fran
cisco. In the midst OF their horror and pity and
sympathy, the rest Of our people were rendered
proud and oiad by the courage the Self-reliance,
the self-command shown by the men and women
OF San Francisco themselves under the sudden
and awful calamity which had befallen them
We had Vet another source of pride in the fact
that the first Americans outside the city who
were able te extend relief and help were the
officers and enlisted men of the garrison and the
ships in the immediate neighborhood OF San
Francisco. The aertness the instant response
20 the demand made upon them. the mixture
Of self-reliant initiative with orderly obedience
and conference of action the high personal valor
and the steady endurance and strength shown
by the soldiers and sailors Of the regular army
and navy in coping with this disaster. were as
great if shown i'm time Of battle. Such
record should make every true American proud
of the army and the navy. and should make
every true American reSOute to see that through
our national authorities at Washington make
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
ADDRESS AT HAMPTON.
At Hampton Institute the President spoke ex-
temporaneously and with deep earnestness. He
began by saying, after the students had given
him cordial welcome that they were no more
anxious for him 10 visit them than he was TO
visit the institute Speaking directly 10 the
negro students. he said:
Now, the first thing upon which wish .o
lay emphasis is that a school such as this which
strives 10 raise the colored man and the colored
woman 10 make them better men and better
women, better citizens, is pre-eninently in tht.
interests OF the white man. There is nothing
that can be done better for the white man who
Is 10 live side by side with the colored man
than 10 train that colored man up TO be a good
citizen. The good man who is a white man
by his presence is a benefit 10 every colored man
IN the community and the safety of the white
man Is IN having the colored man grow to be a
good and decent man.
From the standoint Of the white man ths
safest and best thing that can happen is TO
have the colOred people around him become
thrifty. industrious, home makers and home
quantity OF criminals from a people or locality
where the average type the home maker
and home keeper So from the standpoint of
the white man nothing better can be done than
70 give TO the colored man that real education
that real training, which he gets here at Hamp-
ton and in similar institutions.
From the standpoint OF the colored man the
only real way 20 help him is 10 help him help
himself In the long run, in this world no hll-
man being can be carried. What this institution
does is 10 train young men and women to walk
by themselves. The colored man who helps his
race most is he who helps teach the mem Ders of
ms race how 10 conduct themselves with self