The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-11
ADDRESS
TO IMMENSE CROWD
At NAVY YARD
Continued from First Page.)
and they are making great saerI-
fiess to perform u.


fess to perform Il.
"What gives men like these %.
euIiar distinction 10 not merely
that they did their duty but that
their duty had nothing to do with
them or their own personal and
peculiar interests. They did not
give their lives for themselves.
"Thsy gave their lives Tor No
because we called upon them a.
nation TO perform IN unexpected
duty. That 10 the way in which
men grow distinguished and that
10 the only way, by serving some.
body else than themselves. And
Inst greater thing could you
serve than . nation such 20 this
We love and are proud of
Are you sorry for these lads? Are
you sorry for the way they will be
remembered? Does It not quicken
your pulses to think OF the list OF
them7 I hope TO God none of you
may Join the list. but II you do. you
will Join an immortal company.
80 whilc we are profoundly sor-
rowful and while there goes out Of
our heart a very deep and affection
ate sympathy for the friends and rel
atives Of these lads who for the rest
Of their lives shall mourn them,
though with touch of pride, we
know why we do not go away from
this occasion cast down. but with
our heads lifted and our eyes on tho
future Of this country. with absolute
confidence Of how 1t will be worked
out. Not only upon the more vague
future Of this country. but the imme-
diate future.
WE HAVE GONE TO MEXICO TO
SERVE MANKIND.
I'VE have gone down to Mexico
to serve mankind " We can find
out the way. We do not want to
fight the Msxieans. We want TO
serve the Msxieans u We can, DO.
cause We know how We would
like to b free and how We would
like to b served " there were
friends standing by ready to
serve 10. A war Of aggression 10
not . war In which Il 10 . proud
thing TO die, but . war Of service
10 . thing in which Il 10 . proud
thing to die.
Notice that these men were Of our
blood. / mean of our American blood,
which Is not drawn from any one
country. which Is not drawn from any
one stock. which IL not drawn from
any one language Of the modern world !:
but free men everywhere have sent
thir sons and their brothers and their
daughters to this country In order 10
mako that great compounded nation
which consists Of all the sturdy elo-
ments and Of all the best elements OF
the whole globe.
II listened again to this list
with . profound interest at the
mixture Of the names, for the
names bear the marks Of several
national stocks from which these
mon oams. But they are not Irish.
men or Germans or Frsnohmen
or Hsbrsws any moro. They were
not whom they went to Vera Cruz;
They were Americans. every one
Of them, and with no difference
In their Amsrieanism because Of
the stock from which they came.
EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS 4
TRUE AMERICAN.
Therefore they were In a peculiar
sense Of our blood. and they proved /,
by showing that they were Of on,
spirit-that no matter what their
derivation. no matter where their
people came from. they thought and
wished and did the things that wer,
American. and the flag under which
they served was a nag In which all
the blood of mankind In united tc
make a free nation.
WAR, gentlemen, 10 only . sort
Of dramatic representations
sort Of dramatic symbol Of a
thousand forms Of duty. never
went. ! never was under fire, but
fancy that there are soms
thines just 20 hard to do 90 to