Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09

deep appreciation which the veter7 rs feel
for his interest in their behalf.
Commander Mitchell introduced Public
Printer Stillings as a man who nrrrowly
escaped being q soldier in tine Spanish war
MIR StllinPs said. in part:
I feel particularly honOred in being your
CUES. this evening, because l hava a very
warm feeling in my heart for the Spanish
wa" veterans.
~ was my privilege for many sars to
be connected with the Volunteer Militia
of Massachusetts, and 4 the break: out
of the Spanish war l vas a member of
Troop \, LIST Battalion o. Cavalry
MASSACHUSETTS, did rot fvr7ish any cav
airy for the ia ,ioaal service and hence. L
am deprived of the great rr.vilCgn of be-
longing TO your honorable association.
Wise to Select This City.
"You have done we'll in choosing the cap
ital city in which to he'd your tn ri an
nua1 encar pment, and idgicg from the
large number of gentlemen whom l have
seen in blue and gray uniforms @p3n our
streets today l predict for you the most
successful and en- husi,s lc gathering you
have ever experienced
when the first news that war was likely
to break out came to US III the early
months of 9S l well remember that \ our
own troop OF cavalry orders came to every
man to arrange his business affairs so as
not &c.
THE spirit among young and Old alike
veterans and civilians was such that if ten
times the number Of men had been needed
they could have been had without con-
scription and without rcsorting to draft
methods.
while war is always to be deplored be-
cause of the suffering it entails upon the
helpless ones at home, as well as upon
those who wounded or otherwise
manned yet we have this to be grateful
for. that the campaign of '9S brought our
southern brethren and our northern breth-
rem closer together; it brought to us a
keentr realization of the immensely of this
great republic, and it welded together the
south and the north. the west and the east
with bonds that can never be broken.
AS did the veterans CT 81 to 60 You,
in 9S, performed your duties faithfully:
you were ready to endure the supreme test
of loyalty and self-sacrifice by Offering your
all. your business interests, your personal
comfort and your life, If necessary.
You have the enviable distinction Of
claiming for your comrade man whom
We all honor, man who stands pre-emi-
nently before the American people for his
straightforward and manly dealings; man
who stands for the doing of things and
doing them rightly and promptly. You ALI
know To whom refer and IN this we have
common interest, that we are loyal to
your chief and to mine-Theodore Roose-
vek. President of the United States
II have found in past years that those
who have had military training, and par
ticularly those who have been through the
harishfps of active campaigning are
usually the most reliable men in the per-
Torrance of the everyday duties that come
TO all OF us, and you will feel glad but not
surprised. to know that those of your COM
rades who are serving their country in the
government printing Office can always be
depended upon by their chief at any and at
all times.
when l needed a man who knew his
business thoroughly and could be de-
pended upon to secure accurate results in
a certain division of the government print
ing office appointed Spanish war vet
erIn, and it IS not necessary for me to say
that he is doing now as he did in '9s-hiS