New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-28
PRESIDENT ON TOGO.
HIS ADDRESS CITED.
Dir. Roosevelt COmmends It's Teach
ingS to 44rmy and NaUy.

Washington. Feb 27.-Presdent Roosevelt has
addressed 10 the Secretary OF War. who has pro-
mulgated it in general order. letter recitlng the
achievements of the Japanese admiral, Togo. In
the between Japan and Russia, and repeating
for the benefit of American soldiers and sailors
the address issued by that admiral at the end of
the The point of the Presidents letter is the
need of keeping the personnel of the army and
navy at the highest pitch in time OF peace in order
to be prepared for
The text of the Presidents letter Is as follows
In the recent in the East Admiral Togo
TOOK MS place among the great sea lighters or all
he commanded on the occasion Of It's dispersal at
me close of the war is so noteworthy that deen!
II proper TO have It inserted in general order OF
The qualities which make formidable fighting
man. on sea or on shore, and which therefore make
a formidable army and navy. are the same for
hgh5ing edge there must be in them e9gTage de-
Willingness TO learn and subordination OF self. to-
gether with physical address, in order that they
good armies and naves are made but in addition to
this there must be preparedness; there must be
officer and enlisted man. whether serving, in the
the fact that he will not be fit thoroughly to do his
work in the event of unless in peace he has
in peace the soldier and the sailor abandon them,
VIII go down before rivals who have been less self
who should constantly remember these facts. In a
great, self-governing republic like the army
the people wish them to be- The citizens Of our
country owe it to themselves and to their children
ana their chiidren's children that there shall be
no chance OF having the national honor furnished,
the national flag stained with aught that is dis
creditable The men of the army and the navy in
any great crisis such as even the most peaceful
nation may at times have 10 face, will be those
upon whom the especial responsibility will rest of
they cannot do this If the nation does not exercise
fOrethOught their behalf We must have an
size; they must be provided with the most effective
mechanism in the form of weapons and other ma
IN time Of peace train themselves that they
may be adopts in handling the mechanism, and be
fitted in body and mind unfinchingly TO endure the
tremendous strain and bear the tremendous re-
sponsIbility of
The President here quotes the address Of Ad-
miral Togo, emitting, he says, certain illusions
having no bearing conditions. and ends az
follows:
I commend the above address to every man who
IS or may be part OF the fghting force OF me
If ever unhappily' war should come IT should be
nation
The portion of the address of Admiral Togo
quoted by the President foIlows
The war OF twenty, months duration is now a
Completed it's functions is to be herewith dispersed
But our duties as naval men are not at all light
the fruits or this war TO promote to an ever greater
height of prosperity the fortunes of the country me
stand between the empire and shocks from abroad.
must always maintain its strength at sea and must
be prepared to meet any emergency. This strength
does not consist solely in ships and armament; It
consists also in material ability utilize such
agents. When understand that gun scoring
100 cent OF hits is match for hundred of the
eneIny's guns each OF which only per cent,
| II becomes evident that sailors must have re-
course before everything to the strength which Is
over and above eXternalS.
The triunphs recently by our navy are
largely to be attributed 10 the habttual training
which enabled us to garner the fruits of the fight
ing. II then we infer the future from the past we
recognize that though war may cease we cannot
abandon ourselves to and rest. soldier s
" hole life IS continuous and unceasing battle,
there
should vary with the state of the times. In days
of crisis he has to display his strength; In days
of peace to accumulate II, thus perpetualiy and
uniquely discharging his duties to the full II men
peace they will learn the lesson that however nne
IN appearance their engines of war, these, like a
house built the sand, viii fall at the first APP
! prOach OF the storm. When in ancient times we
! conquered COrea that country remained over four
hundred years under control, only to be lost
! Immediately so soon as our navy declined. Again,
/ days ornaments were neglected the coming OF
/ a few American ships threw us into distress. On
! the other hand, the British navy, which the
battles of the Nile and OF Trafalgar not only made
/ by thenCeforth carefully maintaining It's strength
and keeping II level with the worlds progress,
I has safeguarded that countrys interests and pro-
I NOTED its fortunes For such lessons, whether an
cient modern, Occidental Oriental. though 10
some extent they the outcome OF political hap
. penings, must be regarded in the main the
! natural result or whether the soldier remembers
in the day Of peace. We naval men who have
I survived the must plan future developments
/ and seek not to fall behind the progress of the
time. If, keeping the instructions of sovereign
diligently, and putting forth our full strength await
/ what the hour may bring forth. shall then have
discharged our great duty of perpetUally guarding
! our country.