Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-01
BLUE AND GRAY HONOR DEAD
PATRIOTIC MEMORIAL DAY ORA.
TIoN ny ROOSEVELT.
President Unveils Monument and De.
livers Address TO Students at
Hampton Institute.


was a notable day in the common
wealth Of Virginia. President Roose
welt Joined with surviving members
Of both the blue and the gray in pay
Ing appropriate and impressive tribute
to the nations dead.
In the morning the president deliv
cred a patriotic Grafton in the beauti
ful grounds of the naval hospital al
Portsmouth and directly afterward un
yelled handsome marble shaft erect
ed by the army and navy union In the
cemetery adjoining the hospital
grounds to the memory OF its fallen
comrades.
The ceremonies at Portsmouth were
under the auspices Of the army and
navy union. Nearly 1000 sailors and
marines of the North Atlantic fleet par
ticipated in the parade. In addition
there were organizations representing
the army and navy union, the Crane
Army of the Republic, the United
Confederate Veterans and many civic
and patriotic societies.
Portsmouth was deliberately decorat
ed with a wealth Of patriotic colors
Business houses and residences were
blaze of bunting.
In the afternoon the president ant
Mrs. Roosevelt, after an informa
luncheon and reception of the officer:
Of the Norfolk navy yard at the resi-
dence Of Rear Admiral p. F. Harring
ton, commander of the yard, visited
Hampton institute. The president de
livered an address to the hundreds Of
negro and Indian students of the insti
tute, afterward making a tour Of the
various departments of the school.
Hampton, Va. A notable address
was delivered to the students of Hamp
ton institute Wednesday evening BY
President Roosevelt.
The hundreds of negro and Indiar
students of both sexes were assembled
in the front of the administration
building Of the institute and received
the party with a cordial welcome o.
song. The buildings were handsomely
draped with flags The president wa:
escorted to the verandah of the admin
istration building, from which hi
made his address. Before the address:
the students sang with remarkable eff
feet some characteristic songs. At thu
conclusion of the hymn "The Grea
Camp Meeting in the Promised Land,
the president applauded heartily ant
shouted: more, more.'
The students in response sang, "Wt
Are Climbing Jacobs Ladder
DR.. Frissell, the principal of the in
stitute, introduced the president, say
ing in conclusion: 1--WE believe II
you; we honor you; we love you. W.
believe you are come to bring peace
on earth and good will to all men"
President Roosevelt spoke extern
poraneously. He said:
Nov, the first thing upon which
wish to lay emphasis Is that schoo
such as this, which strives to rails
the eolored man and colored women
to make them better men and women
better citizens, Is prominently in tn,
interests Of the white man. There Il
nothing that can be done better for tn,
white man, who is to live side by sid,
with the colored man, than to trair
that colored man up to be good citi
zen. The good man, who is a whit,
man, by his presence, is benefit t.
every colored man in the community
and the safety OF the white man Is IL
having the colored man grow to b,
G. good and decent man.
From the standpoint of the whit,
man, the safest and best thing tina
can happen Is to have the colored PEG
pie around him become thrifty, indus
trious, homemakers and homekeepers
for you never yet had any formidabl,
quantity Of criminals from a peopl,
or locality where the average type wa!
the homemaker and the homekeeper
So from the standpoint of the whit,
man nothing better can be done thar
to give the colored man that real edu
cation, that real training which HI
gets here at Hampton and in similar
institutions"
Young Brothers Are Drowned.
saltwater. MINI, Emil and VIII