The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-08-12

Il am tired of fear-this fear Of
power, this talk of the unprepared-
ness for war. The man who says
that we can raise an army Of a mill
lion men in day does not weigh the
quality Of that army. What kind Of
an army would it be? What could It
do? Nothing at all until it has been
trained and drilled and taught at least
the rudiments Of war 1t takes at
least year to do these things.
There is only one place where We
have developed the citizen soldiery
and that is in the national guard. Ana
it is the citizen soldiery upon whom
We must depend II we must go to
war. Now il the time to make that
soldiery and Canon City young men
now have the opportunity to be an
integral part of that army. The boy
or young man who joins the national
guard and thereby gets back OF the
state and the country win be recog-
nized as worth while; he win be
looked upon much differently than the
boy who spends his time in pleasant
ries- And am here to assure you
that the government Of this state win
not fail the national guard. but win
get back OF it and will stay with you
through thick and thin. Il know that
the militia boys job will be protected
for him during the time he is called
on duty. The whole nation, the whole
'ate. the need of the country is back
of it
I'VE have picked out Canon city
as the leader in this movement TO
raise the standard and the number OF
the national guard In Colorado. We
have selected this town because Of
the known patriotism Of its people.
Of the civic pride and high degree
of citizenship which resides her..
We want at least one hundred men,
bers Of the militia here and I'VE a
sure we will get that many.
Captain Harry Insley. who is activ
in organizing the company here an
who is being helped greatly by d
c. c. Cattermole. an old regular arm
man, a veteran of the Aguinaldo figh.
ing. Mr.. Arch Livingston. Warden Ty
nan. T. D. Harris and others. sal
that he had never found a town
full of patriotism, where the citizen
and the business men were SO imbue
with the spirit of law and order
hey are in Canon City. He paid n
markable tribute to the citizensh
of Canon City.
Ex-Governor Peabody, Col. T. 81
Harris. A H. Davis. Arch Livingstch. |.
H. NJ. Andrew and Warden Tynn 4
spoke. most enthusiastically about the
militia and its power for good.
! Mr.. Davis explained that all sup
, plies and accoutrements were fur.
nished by tie state and that drill
hall and all necessary expenses were
financed by Colorado. He said no ex.
pense was attached to joining and
that every man who Joined was under
no financial obligation whatever.
General Chase paid glowing trib.
ute to the drum corps of q. s. Grant
Circle. G. A. r.. which played several
patriotic airs in welcoming the gov.
ernor and his party to Canon City.
He lauded the old soldiers as a
whole and said that you would never
ind them in the ranks of anarchy.
but always among those who recoe.
nized and upheld the constituted au.
thority. He mentioned the fact that
during the late unpleasantness Incl.
dent to the strike about three thous.
and old soldiers had volunteered their
services to him, saying IF you need
US, just ask US; we can stili stand
and shoot
The speaker gave out the terrifv.
ing Information that many. II no, all.
OF our coast defense guns cannot
shoot and that they could be- outsbot
by the guns OF the dseadnaughts %
any foreign nation. He said that Z
radius of 1o4 miles covered every arm.
munition factory which We have
General Chase said that the uns..
tion with the young men should noe
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