The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06

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ehcprrd for NEARLY thru" minutes. A. hs
attempted 20 -.ill tho multitude sGma ono
called Tor thrce cheers e. him. which were
fnlshrd bY three rr-uunding d~s--hoIm-ahr.
Ttpn came the cheers for the President.
Col Appleton then went through the
motions 81 trying To I'M ro,luce Secretary
TAFT. Few persons could hear what he
said. hut tie Secretary slowly stopped 20
The rostrum and shook hands with the
Colonel. While this was going on a signal
was given to the trumpeterS and they started
NY Country, "Tis Of Thee" AZ once the
entire crowd Joined In and the song was
sung with fervor .iich as II probably never
got in this city before.
When 1t was finished the bugler again
sounded Attention" and Secretary Taft,
lifting up his voice to Its highest pitch,
aaid TO the regiment and its guests, h
had punched themselves In the southern
half OF the room; .
SECRETARY TAFT's SPEECH.
Col. Appleton. aud men of the Seventh
Regiment: II has sometimes been thought
that a republic or n government based upon
popular suffrage could get along without an
army. OF course, war il hell, and il must
be avoided by every honorable means. That
one-uuarter of the life of this nation has been
spent in war il we'll known. and therefore
we need an army,
IL IL rains one-iourth Of the time il is a mark
Of wisdom for the prudent man to repair the
roof of his house and to have ready umbrellas.
An army is not for show; an army IL not for
looks an Amy in This country is not the sym
boil of a king an army is TO fight. If we could
be sure that we are 10 have no more war, then
there would be no need of an army. but II we
ha We an army at all we must have an army
that can fight.
The statute books of the nation call for q
regular arhy Of o .ooo men; 1t actually has
an. army OF 5000 meh. or these at least
n, eoO are employed constantly in the various
forf ifications of the country. so that We have
only 5000. men as the skeleton of an army
for actual military duties. Remember that
this army reaches from the coast of China
TO Panama and from the Boring Sea TO the
Atlantic.
Now that army is not enough for war. 1t 81
OF best a mere skeleton. TO be expanded in
= NV " N'F'A sA'b an ~ w clllNi |
In case of trouble with foreign nations or
domestic instruction. In time OF war we
must therefore draw upon other sources. !
One IL the volunteer army. which does not
exist. and the other is the national militia.
Now the national. militia is under the control
OF States, hut the constitution reco gnizes
1t as part of the military establishment Of
he country.
Secretary Taft then went on to explain
tha difficulties in the TINA IF tho piyiI wnR /
and the war with Spain incorporating
the militia In the fighting force Of the ma
ton, and spoke Of the law OF 1902 which made
the militia q part Of the real fighting force
of having trained soldiers, and said that a
bill was pending in Congress to increase
ths million dollar appropriation to the
VARIOUS States for. their militia by another
million dollars which should be used TO
perfect the militia in rife practice.
He declared that the troops under Grant
and Sherman that marched down Penn
sylvania avenue in 1895 were the best drilled
troops in the world, but that it cost four
years OF blood and treasure to make them
90, and he declared that II was impossible
TO recruit an army for this country over
He added:
Remember that it Is most important II we
are to meet the issues that are to come to
have our inilitiamen know how to act and to
drin and to fight. Therefore. the President
dir eesrtf-+Y1e to- represent hin here tonight |
at tffis centennial of the most conspicuous
militia, regiment In the United States (Three
siss-boom -ahs), He regards this centennial
celebration az OF great national Importance. |
The best disciplined National Guard regi-
mept and the mother Of many other reEi-
ments Ia certainly worth the consideration of
the head of the nation and the head of the
War Department, The Seventh Regiment IL
onesof the host valuable military assets that
thisf66Untry has. D.
l congratulate Col, Appleton and the entire
regiment upon it's splendid record. No one
could have Of served that parade to-day with
out feeling a heart thrill. not only on account
of tho regiment itself, but also on account Of
the Veterans who in their splendid align
ment and military bearing showed that they
constituted the bone and sinew OF this POM
munity Therefore we congratulate this
regiment on. its patriotic showing. and l
havh no hesitation In saying that 1t is one
of The splendid bodies of disciplined troops =
thsy we shall look to In case this country !!
ever aRGin shonld face the calamity Of war. =,
Gem Horace Porter, late Ambassador
10 France, put everybody in good humor
by his witty remarks.
This, said he, us tho most enthusiastic
gathering ever attended, except one in the
Far West. where the audience got up and
vooiferog> y oheered the, opening prayer.
oI~A,n clad TO taLa part In thso splanl;I