Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-01
THE PRESIDENT
Addresses Immense Aud
fence at Portsmouth, Va.
Under the Auspices Of the
Army and Navy Union.
Also Unveils Monument Recently Erected
in The Naval Cemetery.

Portsmouth. Va. May 31.-Under the
auspices of the Army and Navy Union.
the organization of the officers of en-
listed men of the United States army
and navy. President Roosevelt yester-
day delivered the Memorial day ad-
dress here 10 an audience numbering
thousands
Following the address the President
unveiled a monument erected in the
Naval cemetery by the Army ana Navy
Union to the memory of its dead com
rades.
President Roosevelt accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt, his sister-in-law, Miss
Carew. and two of his children, Miss
Ethel and Master Quentin, made the
trip from Washington to Portsmouth
on the cruiser MayhoWer, which
arrived off Portsmouth at S.4J A. NJ.
The exercises took place i'm the great
woods Of the Naval hospital grounds.
y temporary stand had been erected
for the President and distinguished
guests. Around this the organizations
which participated in the parade
formed 4 hollow square. Several thou
sond citizens and invited guests attend
ed the ceremonies.
1t II O'Clock the exercises We're OPEN
eJ with prayer by Bishop Van de Wy
yer Of the Catholic diocese of Rich
ii,Cnd. After music by a military band,
President Roosevelt was introduced by
Col. j. Edwin Brown, national COM
m;.ndcr of the Army and Navy Union
The President said:
This day is haliOwed and sacred in our
history, for om this day throughout the
land we meet To pay homage TO the mem
DRY of the valiant dead who fell in the
great civil war;. No other men deserve
$" well of this country as those L" whom
Moreover, the men to whose valor we ow.i
il that the Union was preserved have
left lis q country reunited in fact as well
as il. name. They have left us the MEM
DRY of the great deeds and the Self-devO-
ton alike Of the men who wore the blue
and of the men who wore the gray in the
contest where brother fought brother
with equal courage, with equal sincerity
Of convection, with equal fidelity 10 a high
ideal. rs it was given to each To see tnat
ideal.
Moreover il is = peculiar rleasur. To
speak today under III" auspices OF III"
Army and Navy Tniun OF the Union
which is meant to include the officers ana
enlisted men Of The regular forces OF the
United States. Exactly as there is no
other body of men t. whom in The past
we have owed 50 much as t. thu V"tcran.'
nj the civil wal. 50 tn. re- il NJ Other body
Of men anon. al of our citizens of today
" ho as Il whole deserve quite as well OF
the country rs the officers and enlisted
| men of the Army and the Navy Of th'-
United States. Every man VINO la :
served well ana faithfully. afoat on
ashore. in the service IF the t'nit'd
States, has shown that he possesses GER
tain qualities which cntitir him in q pc
clIl:ar dtSrt" to The r"STrrt OF all his Eel
low-citlZerS while every man who IS now
in the Servic" can not but fee himself
nplift,d Nv I'll" thought that in any time
Of future criSi; it MAY i,' that tn" honor
of the whnl" nation VIII depend rpon his
bearing. Thcr" rests upon each Of You Il
trem" ndols burden of responsibility and
therefore To- you belongs the proud priv
leg" Of bearing that load - responsibility
well.
This audience IS composci largely Of
veterans OF the civil war, largely of men
Army and the NAVY Of tho United StItcS.
They are concerned not only with til" du
tbs ,f tho soldiers and The sail"r. bnt
with the duties If the civilian. with al
matters affecting the plain. eye: yday citi-
zen rs he do3- his eVnfVdt" duties. For
we must always remember that in our
cnrntTy our Army and Navv ar" an army
and navy mad" M oi volunteers, all ni,r
forces are volunteers: nur regulars, ahoat
ana ashore. are merely oar frllnwcit2ens
who pf their own fire." will have takcH up
through they return To the body Of our
citizenship and exactly as tn" efficiency
Of aur military service depends chiefly
upon tho cfiio i,ncy of the aver zee enlisted
man. 50 the efficiency Of tn" nation as q
whole dcponds chiefly upon the way in
which the average man performs his
plain everyday duties.
This does not mean that the leader,
whether in military or civil life. can es-
cape hearing peculiar burden of re-
spnnsibilty. To him has been given
much and from him much will be de-
nh ndod II is right and prcner that tn"
man in n high uoSitiou. whSt her his TOSi-
ton be that If 4 high civilian official in
time of neHco or Of n high military o.
naval officer in time of war should re-
onivn q marked degree Of credit ii he
ocrforms his difficult, delicate. and re-
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