Arizona republican., 1914-05-31
FLOWERS WERE LAID
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speak. In the course of his remarks. which were frequently interrupted with bursts of applause, he told of his en- | listment in the confederate army, and of four years of service under Lee and | Jackson. He referred to the conditions l which the confederate soldiers had to I face on their return from the war; and to the problems and struggles of the fifty years that have passed since that time He praised the manly men. who, | in that struggle fought as men should 1 for what they believed to be right In conclusion, he pledged the loyalty of | the men of the south to the stars and i stripes and said they would be the first | to respond to the call for arms. ! Col Geo. Leroy Brown, professor of military science at the State Univers- ] ty, and for 45 years in the regular l army. with eloquence inspired by deep est patriotic feeling, made the speech of the afternoon.
 Colonel Browns Address | Mir Chairman Mr Governor. MT. ] Mayor, ladies and gentlemen l thank you one anl all on the part Of these my comrades. the old soldiers who are still w.th you. l thank you fo:' yorr kindly aid to us this day in pay i..S our respects to those who wore tho blue and the grey, who fought as l all true. men will ever fight for what they believe to be just and what 1 they believe to be right rIonora bla soldiers, all who. in their last camp now rest in peace.
 | IL is meet and proper thd: the l great hearted men, our Govainor and your Mayor. who are coura ageOusly striving for the betterment of city and state. should bear testimony to the service rendered by the soldiers whose last resting place has this day been decorated with flowers. I, as an old soldier, on the part of these. my comrades. thank them for their elo- quiet tributes to the partiot dead. Through the ages devoted men have marched forth with banners fly ing and martial music quickening their ardent hearts, marched forth and left behind them loved ones to patiently wait for their return or to mourn because they returned not. | as heroes on the battle field All hail to the memory of the patriot mothers al hail to the memory of the patriot sweethearts.
 If our glorious flag was stained red by patriot bloodshed on stricken fields, then was it washed white in equal parts by patriot tears shed in desolate homes.
 II Honor is due the mothers and sWeethearts not only that they have suffered and mourned, but because also they have inspired manly virtues in the hearts of men. Patriot women have ever striven to develop in hus- bands, sons and lovers the qualities that make true soldiers.
 And my comrades let us not forget to thank, let us not forget to bear | testimony to the service of the young soldiers who are with us here today, the National Guard. The citizen sol dlers Of this state and the citizen sol diers of all the states deserve honor . and praise for their service They have given freely of their time and energies, they have denied themselves pleasure and they have striven bravely under many disadvantages and lack of proper encoura cement to train themselves to do their part honorably when their country calls
 To be ready to march forth and battle for the right march forth and battle that the emblem of freedom shall continue to float oyer a free an honorable and a progressive Ieople; over people whose ances- tors fought for high ideal of a just government, founded on the equality or man under the law A govern
 ment thus fought for shall not be oyer thrown. shall not go backward
 toward the ideal of other days when
 the masses of men were slaves. NO,
 Our young men inspired with patrio-
 tlsm oy loving and courageous
 mothers and sweethearts, will con-
 tinue to train themselves in the man
 ly art of war
 Comrades, shall I tell them the
 qualities of good soldiers, proven out
 on the march, on tented field and or
 the field of battle?
 The qualities these young soldier.
 are striving to cultivate and must ac.
 quire. tO be efficient and trustworthy
 are cleanliness and strength of body
 a kindly and charitable heart. a dis
 cipllned mind, a habit of obedienc,
 to properly constituted authority
 loyalty. faithfulness and honesty i,
 the performance of duty, and un
 daunted soul and courage to do tn,
 right and to shun the wrong. The,
 must learn to shoot straight and f,
 be straight
 say to you good people within th
 reach Of my voice today and m,
 heart cries out to good Americans al
 over this free land of ours, encour
 age the young soldiers to learn tn
 rules of the game, that they ma,
 successfully fight for the mainten
 ance of right and for the redress o
 wrong
 Why were the masses of men hell
 TOT ages in abject bondage to th
 sovereign few? Because those fey
 had learned the rules of the gam
 and could control themselves am
 could control others. Every Ameri
 can father should be a king. ever
 Amerlcan mother a queen and al C..