The Washington times., 1907-06-10
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nection with your gift TO the noble bat
tleship named after your State. Our
battleships and great armoTed cruisers,
our lighting craft, are named after the
states Of our Union, and this sym
bolizes the fact that the navy is COM
mon possession OF all of US, ard that
its honor and it's triumphs are as dear
To the heart of a true american who
dwells anywhere inland as to a true
American who dwells anywhere on the
seacoast
The Navy is our surest guaranty
for peace, and ii war should ever
come il will be the greatest safe
guard for our honor and our in
tePest. As Is likewise true Of our
Army, Il Is manned by a VOlun-
teer force; for il must never be for
gotten that all our soldiers and
sailors, whether regular or not, are
volunteers. Every encouragement
should be given TO cur Navy. and
no public servant should be par
dOned for failing to do everything
in him to see that we have the best
type of ships and Of guns, and that
the officers and enlisted men are
held TO the strictest accountability
for so praetieing with the ships and
guns that no navy afloat shall, ship
for ship, squadron for squadron, he
our superior. II officers and en-
listed men do their duty-and j am
thankful to say that in our Navy
the cases where they do moi do
their duty are relatively few in
number-tbey put us all under a
deep obligation TO them, and we
should give them all the reward
and encouragement in our power.
The higher a man is in the service,
the greater should be our insistence
upon having the best kind of man.
We should have a system of pro-
motion either ny elimination or by
selection. so that mediocre officers
could not come to the top.
Watch Responsible Officers.
The officers in responsible positions
should be watched with peculiar care
Each captain Of a ship must do mis-
duty just as emphatically as the en-
listed men must do their duty. and the
way they do their duty will largely de-
pend upon the way he does his. lie
must keep his officers and men in good
order. and ne must remember that Il is
ordinarily his fault II they go down hill,
IL they deteriorate in discipline or be-
come discontinued. Modern wars are
! in reality decided long before they are
fought. j earnestly hope that we shall
never have another war; but II we do
its result viii have been determined
in advance: for its outcome will mainly
depend upon the preparation which has
been made to meet II in time OF peace
Preparedness in Civic Life.
This lesson OF preparedness does not
relate merely to war; it is just as true
Of our ordinary civic affairs. II is as
true of the nation as of the individual
Each of us does any given piece OF wcrh
well or M, largely according TO how he
has previously trained himself 20 do Il
| The nation. which Is but the aggregate
of the individuals composing II, viii
| rise or fan to rise in any great crisis
according TO the ideals and standards
/ that IL has kept In mind in ordinary
days, and according to the way IT
which IL has practically trained Itself
! to realize these ideals and come up tC
these standards. We must insist upon
justice and fair dealing as between mar
| and man. We must strive each OF IA
TO treat his fellow with an eye single
| 10 what his conduct warrants. We mus
work hard and bear ourselves cheerful
| ~ ard valiantly. We must be kindly
and considerable, and Yet show that al
need we have iron in our blood II W.
live our ordinary everyday lives after
this fashion. we need have no fear thai
the priceless git of free government
will wither in our hands.