The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
NATIONS RULER
DECLARES HE ENVIES
MEN WHO DIED
lcostIaurd dom raEe osel.


just the same, are men for a nation
10 be proud Of gi
Morally speaking, disaster and Fri.
umph are imposters. The cheers OF
the moment are not what a man ought
TO think about. but the verdict OF his
conscience and OF the consciences OF
mankind"
The president then made his refer
ence TO war ana the difficulty OF per-
IntLhlns dutN under sneers lie con-
cIuIed his speech as follows
30 when ! look al you ! feel as IL I
also and We all were eDlisted men.
Not enlisted In your particular branch
or the service but enlisted 10 seiVe the.
country, no matter what may come.
what though We may waste our lives
IN arduous endeaNor We are expected
- put the utmost energy OF every pow
OF mat we have into the service OF our
Fellow men. never sparing ourselves.
NOT condescending 20 think OF what Is
going TO happen 20 ourselves, but
rehdy need be. 20 go 70 the utter
length or complete self sacrifice
As | stand and look at YOU today
ana tnink OF these spirits that have
gone from us, I know that the road is
clearer Tor the future. These boys
pave shown MS the way and II Is easier
20 walk on IL because they have gone
oeiore and shown us how
May God grant TO all OF US that
in solemnity and grief and pride Is
sciences"
In opening his address the presi.
dent said:
I know that the feelings which
characterize all who stand about me
and the whole nation at this hour are
not Feelings which can be suitably ex-
pressed a,od,i IN terms ,S Of attempted oratory
] have a singular mixture OF feeling
The FEELING that Is uppermost is one
OF profound grief that these lads
should have had 10 20 10 their death
and yet there IS mixed with that grief
a profound pride that they should have
gone as they did, and II I may say II
out OF my heart a touch OF envy OF
those who were permitted quietly-so
hobly-to do their duty.
Have YOU thought OF II. men, here Is
the roster OF the navy the list OF the
men. officers and enlisted men. and
marines. and suddenly there swim 10
stars out OF the list--men who have
suddenly gone into ornament or
memory, where we shall always see
called upon us 10 admire them, but
because they served us without, ask
ing any questions and in the perform
ance OF duty which Is laid upon US
as we'll as upon them.
Duty is not an uncommon thing,
gentlemen. Men are performing IL in
the ordinary walks OF life all around
us all the time, and they are making
great sacrifices To perform II. What
gives men like these peculiar distinc-
ton is not merely that they did their
duty, but that their duty has nothing
To do with them or their own personal
and peculiar interests They did not
give UP their lives for themselves.
They gave up their lives for us, be-
cause we called upon them as a ma
ton 10 perform an unexpected duty.
That IL the way in which men grow
distinguished and that Is the only way
by serving some one else than them
selves. And what greater thing could
you serve than nation such as this
we love and are proud OF?
Are YOU sorry for these lads? Are
you sorry for the way they VIII De
remembered? Does IL not quicken your
pulses TO think OF the list OF themY
hope to God none Of YOU may join
the list, but II YOU do you Will join an
immortal company.
So, while we are profoundly sorrow
full and while there goes out OF our
hearts very deep and anecuonate
sympathy for the friends and relatives
OF these lads who, for the rest OF their
lives shall mourn them, though with
a touch OF pride, we know We do not
20 away from this occasion cast down,
but with our heads lifted and our
eyes on the future OF this country,
be worked out--not only upon the
mere vague future OF this country, but
the immediate future.
We have gone to Mexico to serve
mankind IL we can ind out the way.
We do not want TO fight the Mexicans.
can, because we know how we would
like To be free and how We would like
TO be served 81 there were friends stand :
ing by ready 10 serve us war or