Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30

case was dismissed: If ne answered that
Ii, was an American lie was fined or i'm
p:jSoned or bnth.
Since 9S the treatment of Americans
has changed IN the istnmus OF Panama
for tho little war Of that period created
conditions which have caused al nations
Ia respect the rights of American citizens
Tie small war with Spain has compelled
foreign military critics to recognize tn"
claim that American soldiers and sailors
are. at least uncNcelled by the defenders
Of any other natl ion.
1t also caused distinguished foreign
medical authority 10 state officially that
American wonianhood produced The finest
army nurse in lac word They attribute
her Supario: qualities 10 her sympa the'ic
natur" and her devotion 10 the cause she
serves. The peerless record Of til" Ameri-
can woman. il peace and war. entities nrr
10 greater recognition than she has yet
received.
THE principal foreign governments have
instituted orders for their diSi inSEish"d
women. Austria has the order Of the
Starry Cross; Bavaria. tie Order OF Eliza
beth: Spain. the Order 81 Maria Louisa ,
Portugal tho order of Isabella: Prussia.
tho Order 81 Louisa: England. line Order
Of Victoria ANA Albert. The cmbl"ms of
these orders are treasured and held more
valuable than diamonds 70, they pro
ella i'm a royal recognition of the mot her
hood of nations.
4IiDuLc u SldId Dbl tOI
Mai. Hodsson paid tribute 10 the worth
% Clara Barton Of Red Cross fame and
decried he homa e. hat is paid to tho IN
dian maiden. Poca hontas. vino accom-
plished great deed for the bene-
ft Of mankind while Clara Barton has
saved The lives Of thousands II" added
The Spanish war eliminated the last
yestige of sectioua1iSm which tim" iri'!
not erased since the civil War.s The sou
of a Confederate veteran. a hoy who had
served in our army during the wal with
Spa n told me that when he returned 10
his home in Tennessee" after the war that
his father said To him that the proIidcSt
moment OF his life was when his boy re-
turned home ana hung his uniform III
plu" by the side of the fathers old faded
uniform Of gray. When American
father teaches his son to revere ard fight
for tho old flag il makes no difference
whether shat father Wore II uniform OF
blue gray.
The civil war. the result Of the failure
OF The statesmen Of our country 10 agree
upon a plan for the preservation of the
Union that question involving the sal
Walton OF our country was submitted TO
that element whose decision Is final and
irrevocabl..-the soldier. So the soldiers
OF the north and tn" soldiers of tie south
took the sword OF war. dipped ii in their
own blood and wrote: Union Forever.
THE soldiers OF the Spanish war, the
sons of the blue and the gray. took the
sword of war. dipped il in their blood
and countnrsigncd the agreement Of their
SrcS.
In comlnenloration of this solemn pact
some time we will have one Decoration
day for Ill Scction of our country. when
the people of he north and the people of
the south VII together StTaW tn" fiowe. $
Of peace on Inc graves Gf the fallen. wit h
the prayer in their hearts that God may
bless and preserve our flag and our coun-
try
The services at the amph.th"ate were
e, Included with The. following numbers:
Ghopns Funeral March, Marine Band:
American Hymn. Gaelic Chorus. or sinal
poem. Edith Sage I'm. rSon. "America.
by the ba nd. Gaelic Chorus and assembly:
benediciion. Rev. John Van Schaic X:
Taps" by a Marine Band bugler.