Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
WILSON ADDRESSES
VETERAN HOSTS
On FIELD OF
GETTYSBURG
President Points Ont Mani
fold Blessings Which Have
Resulted from Sacrifice Of
Men Who Fought for Union.
SEMI.CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION ENDED
[By Lcasoa wiro % Eseninr Ifrrala.l

NA4tGoAA4AuN GNUGu
I lny Lcrsce wiro 20 Etcnsn. lfcraid.l
Gettysburg. July f.--Thc train
bearing President Wilson arrived al
the station IN the tava I Gettysburg
at ii:20 O'Clock. THE pr,s'aoiu was
escorted To an "a. liDubila uns accom-
I panied by GOvurh1r Tear passed
through the towa 10 i've icmmitsbuga
road and ther prvcscsed over that
thoroughfare TO the camp.
The army OF veterans began to dis
solve today and only the presence og
President Wilson kept thousands ln
camp. Before noon clOso TO $1,000
Of the men who were here Thursday
had departed for their homes The
grand rush will begin tonight and to-
morrow and the ailroada OF Gciiys-
burg will have their hands full spe-
cial trains viii have b be run ont
az short intervals to take care OF the
men who wish TO hurry away
President Wilson spoke ~ part as
follows: II need not tell you what
the battle OF Gettysburg meant. These
gallant men In blue ana gray slt all
about us here. Many OF them met
here on this ground Ia grim and dead
~ struggle. Upon these famous llelds
and hillsides their comrades dind
about them. In their presence Il
were an impertiRence 10 discourse
upon how the battle went. how Il
ended. what Il siRnihed But nifty
years have gone by since then and
crave the privilege Of speaking 10 you
for a few minutes of what those nifty
wears have meant. What have they
meant They have meant peace and
union and vigor, and the maturity and
night OF great nation. How whole
some and healing the prace has been
How handsome the yigoF. the ma
turlty. the might Of the great nation
we love with undivided hearts; how
fun of large aud c0nhdent promise
that life will be wrought out that
viii: crown IT. strength with gracious
Justice and with happy welfare that
will touch all alike with deep con
tentment We are debtors TO those nt-
g. crowded years: they have made
, us heirs to mighty heritage. But
do we deem the nation complete and
iinlshrd9 These venerable men crowd
ing here Ia this famous field have set
us ~ kIfMN fAMMANAN w NNNNAANW w"
, utter sacrifice They were willing 20
! die that people might live. But
: their task ia done Their day "
turned into evening They look "a
us 10 perfect what they established
. Their work n handed on to us. a
I be done In another way but not In
p another spirit. our day is not over
b n ii upon us In fun tide.
81 have been chosen the leader o'
Y the nation. cannot Justify then
choice by any qualities OF my own
q but 80 It has come about. and her.
y I stand. Whom do I command The
2 ghostly hosts who fought upon these
battlcheids long ago and are gone
y These gallant gentlemen stricken IL
e years whose nRhting days are over
= their glory wonP what arc tho or
q ders for them and who rallies them
y 7 have In my mind another host
: whom these set Tree ~ civil strife II
d order that they might work out u
j. DAYS of peace and settled order IN
y life of a great nation. That host y
the people who themselves. tho great
j. est and the small, without class o
" difference of kind. or race OF origin
: and undivided IN interest " we haV
q but the vision 10 guide and direc
them and order their lives Alright u
Ia what wa do our constitutions ar
Ia their articles of enlistment The or
10 ders Of the day are tho laws upoi
a our statute hooks What we str'v
for h sheir freedom. their right &
,, uft themselves from day to day an
~ behold the things they have hope
for. and 80 make way tor still bette
l. DAYS for those whom they love wn
"a are 90 come after them The recruit
D. are the little children crowding n
The auartermaster's stores are !
ia the mines and forests and fields !
i, the shops ana factories. Every da
4. some thing must he done To push "a
m campaign forward. and u must p
"A done by aud with nn eye 10 som
great destiny
,d How shall we hold such thought
,y la our hearts and not fe moved
a. would not have YOU live even "a
day wholly In the past but would WIS
10 stand with you In tie light thi
streams upon us a9w out of that gre'
DAY gone by. Here " the nation Go
AZ has buiided by our hands Wh'
~ shall we do with ~ Who s,nn'
ready TO act again and always Ia IN
~ spirit OF this day Of reunion ana hot
and patriotic ferver2 The day of OF
~ oountry's nfe has but hroadened in'
Y, morning. 10 not pat uniforms D
e Put the harness of the present o
~ Iift the eyes 10 the great tracts
life yet to lee conquered in the inie
~ esta Of righteous peace ot thai pro
perlty which lies in peoples hea
ou and outlasts all vars aud errors
~ men Come. lei az become conrad
80 and soldiers yot Ia serve our fello
~ men In quiet counsel. where the bla
of trumpets w neither heard ~
y Needed and where the things "a
nd done which make blessed The natio