The San Francisco call., 1906-08-13
GENERAL SMITH INTRODUCED.


General James F. Smith, who is to
become Governor General of the Philip
pine Islands, concluded the exercises,
speaking in behalf of the soldiers who
had crossed the seas to the Philippines.
General Smith spoke as follows
After the speech of presentation. the
speech Of the presiding. officer. the
speech of acceptance and the speech of
his Excellency the Governor there is
hardly anything left for me to say ex-
cept to, declare how deeply the Califor
MIA volunteers, in whatever organiza
ton enlisted, appreciate the splendid
monument to patriotism erected by
a grateful people. The volunteers value
beauty, for the virtue of the cause to
which, it is dedicated. They value 1t
nersed 6er Their dead aS comrades who have
the shade of the trees. Still more do
they prize it for the generous kindness
which found time in the midst of dis
aster to raise this splendid handiwork
Of mans genius in commemoration of
those who respondedsto their countrys
call in the hour of need.
1t is a monument to the dead, to the
dead sons of California who one fair
May morning bade farewell forever to
all that they held dear and to the
strains of martial music sailed away
to return no more.
INSPIRATIoN FOR FUTURE.
To their country these men gave
their lives and all they had. Men could
do no more. Their eyes are now closed
In death, and the hearts that once beat
high with hope will never puise again.
The memory of their patriotism Still
lives, however. and into this monument.
less metal, their devoted sacrifice has
breathed the breath OF life and made
Of 1t living image, whose mute elo-
erous deeds when those now group ed
about It shall haye crumbled to, their
q nd q o1d II ion cfet.
may be curses sent to torment man
kind. But If they be, let it be said for
them that from their Christening hands
often, flow the blessings and virtues
that help to make a perfect people
When the war with Spain broke out
all selfish interests were abandoned,
desk and shop all became matters of
secondary secoin Importance, and all Cali
ed IN tRe tmRen women as and dsd nait
together by one common patriotic pur-
pose, became as one family. Grief tore
the heartstrings Of those who stayed
mon sorrow made all the world akin.
HEROES OF PEACE AS WELL.
Let this, then. be. a monument not
Only Only to the California volunteers who
sha shsd their bn4 blood for their their countrys
women who. though. unenlisted, freely
sacrificed their interests. their homes
ana their money that success might
bless the American arms. Let it be a
monument m to the mothers, and sisters.
the sweethearts and wives who volun-
tarily laid the wealth of their affection
kon the altar of their country and for
many long months bore the burden of
sorrow and suspense for the absent
ones nghting under a tropical sun more
than 1000 miles away.
Ihe war with Spain and the insurrec-
ton which followed it brought much
OF sorrow and exacted many q painful
sacrifice. But who will say that they
were not the preparation which made us
smile in the face of ruin on the 18th Of
april and in the instant of crushing
disaster gave US courage to restore
the fortunes of a lifetime, shattered in
moment? Beside such courage as
this the courage of the soldier Is
dwarfed to insignificance. Let the mon-
ument to it be a new city more splen-
did, more glorious, more beautiful. but
not more beloved, than the old
"FIRST TO THE FRONT"
The monument was erected out of
funds remaining from the money sub
scribed. for the entertainment of the
California volunteers on their return
from the Philippines The monument
represents the fallen body OF soldier.
above which Is Victory upon q winged