The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-28

vincibie upon forisn soil. The lessons which their conflicts taught did not have to be relearned in 1898 but gave and equipped. made up in many in- stances of the men of both of the great armies of ihe sixties and their sons. making are the Comrades of the Blue and the Gray then responsible fov. |.
 The cry of an oppressed people IS dizement, a united united people people amid an tn. stantaneous burst of patriotism and in less than thirty days from the dec- laration of war organized q great army an effete monarchy was driven from our American continent and Cuba was liberated; Porto Rico became pros- porous and happy country. dotted all great instruction was suppressed in the Philippines and the largest meas ure of ciyil government possible was
 Next came the Chinese insurrection and the United States, first to scale the walls of Pekin, was first to dictate the policy of retirement and, through It's macy, became a worldwide power. All dent of the United sfAtes. Theodore Roosevelt our connrade of the Spanish g.,iga between Russia and Japan.
 This advanced position of our nation ,a...sn has cast upon all new respensibiIities to teach in time of peace the obliga- ton to be prepared for war. Nobody of men Is better qualified by. experience to teach this great principle. Of peace than those who have suffered by the
 Foes Not All Foreign
 Our foes. however, are not all foreign and we are called upon now, as never civil lives, for patriotism ism and good cit izenship must be and are synonymous. We have yet to control and guide the srGensr bSsiness which h would s oss sscrice indi vidual and national character to per- sonal gain. The great Influence of greed and graft must now be recogniz- Wisdom and patriotism must control, guide and direct us in controlling these influences. No power will be capable national development that Is not in spired by character and patriotism. Therefore, 1t behooves us to teach the development of individual character and patriotism. for as the individual, the nation and. in the up-building of char acter and patriotism we are throwing around our nation safeguard which E Fol snre s as H atoas tss srasP sne so
 Then all the beautiful tribute of the poet Kinney to our National Emblem be realized:
 Flag of the Union, float and fly, Der land and sea. in al lthe sky,
 And as thy state-stars multiply
 Group them together all so high That they shall blaze one sun on high"
 No one more completely exemplified this sentiment than him in whose mem ery we meet today: courageous. re- sourceful and loyal to his cause in war; upright, steadfast and incorrup- tible in time of peace, deeply beloved and revered, his memory will ever lin- ger with us christening and refining Influence as pure as the fragrance of a beautiful flower.
 I was honored in being present at the White House when the martyred President Mckinley appointed General Wheeler a Brigadier ueneral of the regular army. and I saw there before me. two great men who. in the past. in deadly combat who had. peace being restored, resumed the duties of citi- zenship climbing the ladder of fame and. at a time of the National conflict with a foreign foe, one as President and Commander n-chief was great former antagonist, and the other was great enough to lay his life and skill as a soldier upon the National altar
 come therefore today to do that which my great kinsman would have been proud to do, were he living, to lay peighbor, our comrade and the Nations hero, General Joseph Wheeler, my hum ble tribute to his lasting memory as a citizen and a soldier of the Nation. , The closing of the exercises was made by Taps and "ReveilIe." sounded by bugle and the pr5nouncing of the ben- ediction.