The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-10-23
ARM0RY DEDICATED
Magnificent Home of Company q, II.
N. O., Is Formally Opened
With Fitting Exercises. o..
Addresses by Officers of the National
Guard and Others and Grand
Terpsichorean Diversion.


pany G, Minnesota National Guard
was dedicated with beftting ex-
ercises on Thursday evening of last
week. The prearranged program
was not carried out in it's entirety
in consequence of the inability of
some of the speakers to be present,
but it proved to be adequate and in
teresting. Besides the speakers
named below, Colonel Johnson of
Duluth, Capt. Johnson, Capt. Galley
and Lieut.. Bulls were seated upon
the stage.
The exercises were opened with an
excellent selection by the Third
Regiment orchestra of Duluth, and
r. @. Dunn followed with a short
address. He said in part:
In behalf of the boys of Company
G, and our citizens generally, to the
strangers who have so kindly graced
this occasion with their presence I
extend cordial welcome. We trust
your sojourn among us will be
pleasant and that you will carry
back with you to your homes agree
able recollections of your visit to
Princeton.
I am sorry that Governor Eberhart
cannot be with us. Owing to
previous engagement for this even
ing, he could not come.
We are proud of this beautiful
,,,,o ,,, L,,;lIipo Moro rrotonfiO
towns. would have reason to feel
proud of such building. ,y-..
1t was my privilege to take an
active part in securing the enact
ment of legislation that made this
armory possible. ~
Princeton is patriotic little
village. In the war for the union
Princeton, then struggling, frontier
hamlet, furnished it's full quota of
brave boys to battle for the old flag,
and they were all volunteers there
never was a draft in Mile Laos
county in the sixties.
In 1862 when trouble with the In
dams threatened, and hundreds were
fleeing to St. Paul and Minneapolis
for protection, the people Of Prince
ton and vicinity built stockade
and held their ground, resolved to
defend their homes and tiresides to
the last.
Again in 1898, when the Maine was
sunk in Havana harbor, this little
village was one of the first places in
the state to furnish company OF
volunteers. Fortunately the boys
saw no active service but they were
in the ranks ready to fight and die
if need be, for the honor of the flag.
While I do not believe in large
standing armies, such as are main
tanned by European countries, the
millennium has not yet arrived anC
the nations of the earth are not yet
prepared to beat their swords into
ploughshares and their spears into
pruning hooks, and the best way tc
avoid war is to be prepared for it
Hence 1 believe that the United
States should have a navy that
would command respect for the flag
in every quarter of the globe. anc
a small, we'll equipped and thoro
ughly organized regular army, sup
plemented by an efficient nationa
guard in every state of the union.
War, as General Sherman said, il
hell. but war is preferable tt
national dishonor.
There is trouble brewing for us il
Mexico If we insist upon the Mon
roe doctrine we must protect tn
foreigners as we'll as Americans II
that distracted country; either tina
or we must abandon the Monro
doctrine and permit other nations t.
protect their citizens in Mexico. l
/ trouble should come, regardless 0
party utilization, the country must
as one man, stand behind the presi
dent. The. motto of every loya
American citizen should be: I'M,
country, hoping she may ever be ii
the right, but right or wrong, m,
country 49,.
Our County, ~.
''To her we drink, for her we pray
Our voices silent never;
For her we'll fight, come what may
The Stars and Stripes forever
A selection, rendered in an ad
mirable manner, was then discourse
by the orchestra.
Chaplain Will Emery of the Thir
regiment followed with a disserJatio
on t'The Necessity of Law and La,
Enforcement. He cited a numhe
OF historical facts to prove his cor
tention and, among other things
described the pilgrims, thei