The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-26
COLONEL READY TO STAND WITH
 PRESIOENT--IF
Big Bull Mooser Shouts His Plans Were He Executive
 in Present Crisis.

P1attsburg. N. Y, Aug. 26.-Theo- dore Roosevelt, speaking last night on the drill plain of the United States Military Instruction Camp, denounced the hyphenated American, the pro- fessional pacifist, the poltroon, the "coIleee sissy" and the man with mean soul" Later he gave. out for publication a statement in which he said Americans should stand by the President, but only so far as he was right, and spoke contemptuously or ''elocution as a substitute for act1on
 Just before leaving the camp Colo neI Roosevelt dictated the following statement:
 s'I wish to make one comment on the statement so frequently made that we must stand by the President heartily subscribe to this on condi- ton and only on condition that 1t IS followed by the statement so long as the President stands by the country
 s'It is defensible to state that we stand by the country, right or wrong; it is not defensib1e for any free man in a. free republic to state that he VIII stand by any official right or wrong or by any -ex-ofhcial
 ..Even as regards the country, while believe that once war is on, every citizen should stand by the land, yet in any crisis which may or may not lead up to war, the prime duty Of the citizen is, by criticism and adV1ce, even against what he may know to De the majority opinion of his fellow cit | izens,l to insist that the nation take the right course of action
 There is even stronger reason for demanding of every loyal citizen that after the President has been given ample time to act rightly and has either not acted at all or has acted wrongly, that he shall be made to feel that the citizens whom he has been elected to serve, demand that he be Ieyal to the honor and to the in- terests of the land.
 s"The President has the right to have said of him nothing but what is true; he should have sufficient time to make his policy clear; but as regards sup porting him in all public policy, and above all in international policy, the right of any President is only to de- mand public support because he does well; because he serves the public well, and not merely because he is President.
 Presidents diffe<, just like other folks. No man could effectively stand by President Lincoln unless he had stood against President Buchanan If, after the firing on Sumter; President Lincoln had in a public speech an nounced that the believers in the
 
 instead of action there had been three mon tihs of admirable elocutionary cor Irespondence- with Jefferson Davis, by midsummer the friends of the Union would have followed Horace Greeley's advice, to let the erring sisters go. in peace-for peace at that date was put above righteousness By some mistaken souls, just as it is at the present day.
 '"The, man who believes in peace at any price in substituting all inclu- siVe arbitration treaties for an army and navy should instantly move to China. If he stayed here, then more manly people will have to defend him, and he is not worth defending. Let him get out of the country as quickly as possible. To treat Nelocution a substitute for action, to rely upon high sounding words unbacked by deeds, is proof of a mind that dwells in the realm of shadow and of sham Colonel Roosevelt speech was de- | livered before the officers and men of the regular army on duty at the camp, the 1,4o0 bankers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, and others who make up the Business Mems Regiment, and 2,0oo civiians-a crowd of more than 5000 persons all told.
 The speech came at the end of a busy day for the Colonel. After he had seen all there was to see within the tented city he raced off. to the drill plain of sP1attsburg Barracks and watched the Second Battalion of the. Bushes Men work out a problem. Then he went over to the south in an automobile to see the finish of a com bat problem in which the First Bat l talion had the leading part. He ate camp chow for luncheon, and later watched the cavalry, engineers, and field artillery at their work. Return ing to P1attsburg Barracks. he saw the entire regiment pass in review. Then he returned to camp for an old time army supper, and later delivered | lis speech