The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

gray who went in to see the war
through, and who did see it through.
He had the courage to stand without
flinching the pickering of the skirmish-
es and the hammering of the great
fights; he had the steadfast endurance
to bear with accomplishing resolution
the hunger and the. heat and the cold,
the scorching days and the freezing
nights, the grinding, heart breaking ia
tlgue of the marches, the wearisome
monotony of the camps, and the slow
suffering of the field hospitals. So in
the 2rrny and the navy to-day, in the
last analysis we must depend upon
I having the right stuff in the enlisted
man and then upon having that stuff
put into proper shape, SO again in our
republic as whole it is just as true in
peace now as it was forty-fve years
ago that it is the character Of the av-
erage man that must be the determin-
| ing factor in achieving national success
or going down to national disaster
Leadership is necessary in order that
we may get really good results out of
a high average of individual character;
but without the high character in the
average individual the leadership by IT.
self can avail but little.
Now it is easy to say this in words
which shall imply merely hattery of
the average voter or Of the average en-
listed man. 1 certainly do mt intend
my words to be so taken. It As a sure
sign of weakness in any man 4 he Is
always wanting to he flattered, and es-
pecially if he lets his head be turned
by fattery. The average voter needs
to learn and to keep steadily In mind
the fact that if in the last resort the
real power is his, so in the last resort
the real responsibility is his. He can
not cast off on any one else the respon-
sibility for our governmental short
comings. Nothing is cheaper than to
say that the people are all right, but
that the politicians are all wrong. AS
a matter of fact politics, and therefore
politicians will in the long run repre-
sent faithfully either the wishes or the
indifference of the people; and II the
people are Indifferent the results are
Just about as bad as If they deliberate
ly choose to go wrong. So 1t Is with
the enlisted man. When l call atten-
ton to the high place he holds, and
, must ever hold in the esteem of every
sensible man, do it less with the in
tention of emphasizing the respect due
him by outsiders than with the inten-
ton of making him realize the burden
Of honorable obligation resting upor
his shoulders. BY unwearied effort he
must learn to do his duty, whether thai
| duty lies afoat or ashore, whether II
lies in the cavalry or the infantry, II
/ the gun turret or in the engine room
) He must be able to handle himself anc
: to handle the formidable and delicate
mechanism intrusted to his care ir
such manner that If ever it becomes HI!
l fortune to take part in battle for thu
flag another page shall be added to thu
{ many which go to make up the Ions
$ honor roll of American history.
i In closing ask your attention to thu
, fact that our soldiers and sailors arr
/ able to do their duty in great emergen
= cies even other than those of war. Re
Gently the most appalling disaster tina
I has ever befallen any city in our coun
( try, the most appalling disaster tina
g has befallen any city Of the same siz
: for a century past, befell the great ant
t beautiful city of San Francisco. In tn
d midst Of their horror and pity and sym
g pathy the rest of our people were rem
6 dered proud and glad by the courage
8 the self-reliance, the self-comman
$ shown by the men and women of Sal
y Francisco themselves under the sudde
9 and awful calamity which had befallel
G them We had vet another source 9
d pride In the fact that the first Amerl
$ cans outside the city who We're able t
n extend relief and help were the officer
e and enlisted men of the garrison an
If the ships in the immediate neighbor
+ hood of San Francisco. The alertnes'
IS the instant response to the deman
: made upon them, the mixture OF sell
If reliant initiative with orderly obedi
y ence and Conference of action, the hig
-e personal valor and the steady endur
l. ance and strength shown by the sol
diers and sailors of the regular arm
r, and navy in coping with this disaster
$ were as great as If shown in time
= hattie Such a record should make CIV
n erv true American proud of the arm
= and the navy and should make ever
Vt true American resolute to see tha
is through our national authorities
i washington we make such provision b
+ law for the maintenance, the supper
r, and the training of the army and I'll
Of navy thatthey shall ever stand in tn
i forefront of their respective profei
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