Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-25

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state ct Virginia u hers4n provided,
- international n&yal, naE4ne ana
military celebration. beginning Nay
18th. md eadang act LATER thaA sov-
enhev /. 1907.
The act appropriated s25aae&0 for
the expense Ut the celebration. which
includes 5000 for o permanent mo
aaEnsnt upon the place Of the first
permanent English settlement nj
jamestown. and authorized the presl.
dtnE TO issue a proclamation If The
celebration setting furth the evenG 10
BE- eommamorated. inviting foreign
nations TO participate by sending
their naval vessels and such repre-,
sentatons Of their military organixa,
tons 10 may Be- practicable. and to
have such portions of our Army and
Navy assembled there during the said
celebration ~ may be compatible
with the public service" The militia
Of the several states were also tnvit,
Cd 10 participate.
This celebration. directed by COZ.
gress. 10 I'm close proximity, both In
time and place. 10 the jamestown
Ter4Centennial exposition organized
under the Law Of Virginia. and IL was
undoubtedly intended as an aid to
that exposition. but the two arrange.
rasnts are entirely separate In CON
troll and In character. Congress en-.
tered into direct national participa
ton In the exposition by a Law pas
sed I'm 1906. which will be- presently
explained.
Officers Of the army and navy are
obedient 70 Law. the loyal servants d
the people and they do not indulge In
concentration or criticism Of thel,
rulers. But 1t may not be- imprope,
for n Of them to point good reas
Qua for the act OF congress and tho
Appropriateness Of participation b,
the Army and Navy In the great ma
t'onal event, but keeping I'm view that
their presence will not be the main
feature but will be collateral and sub
sidiary TO the arrangements and oh
tects OF the jamestown Ter-Centen
Mai exposition. a congregation OIL
peace and for war.
1t may be affirmed that there woult
be no exposition I'm 1907 but for th,
past services OF military and nava
bodies. Had the English navy beer
crushed by the Spanish armada IL
1888. the English settlement of Vir
gInia would not have been effected
and a history OF this land MAY hay,
been made by another people. In tn,
Colonial and Revolutionary wars o
our country. the military and naya
forces have borne honorable parts, OF
ten OF decisive Importance, The stor,
of America cannot be written withou
many chapters upon the real service.
and devotion of those men who MI
on he uniform of the ARMY and Nav,
or wore that OF the citizen soldiery
The celebration of the birth and
growth of the nation would be incom
plete without the presence of thos,
arms which made the commemorative,
possible. Congress recognized tn,
Army and Navy and the Militia a. al
element of our national life and his
tory worthy of representation at
gathering of citizens Of all states. t,
1oice over the past and gather ira
ternai and patriotic spirit for tn
future.
War Is a calamity always to be de
plored. but not always to be avoided
War Is to be judged as to its object
its necessity or possibility of homo
rable avoidance. No American will
affirm or admit that the war of tn,
revolution a on the part of tn,
colonists. an I'm. ust war, that 1t di,
not possess the elements of homo
and d~necessity which secure the an
proal of mankind There are right
eous causes of war, end wars of gros
injustice. The hopes Of many peopl
are fixed upon peaceful settlement 0
international disputes, a hope held
perhaps not more earnestly tha1
those who. In the event war. will
have to do the fighting. But as Ion,
as wars of ambition cf annaxat;,