Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-21
Iowa" Mr.. Mcfarland extended a
most cordial welcome to the city's
guests.
Clarke in Most Effective Address.

most cordlal welcome 10 the cltys
guests.
Clarke in Most Effective Address.
Admirers of Governor siarke said
last evening he had rarely, if ever,
been heard in a more effective speech
than was his tribute to the old soldier
and his exposition of and eXhortation
TO true .Americanism. These are some
of the things he said:
"When we come to realize that so
many men can be gathered together
who were soldiers in the war that
ended more than fifty Years ago. we
find it surprising that it can be true.
That wal was fought by the boys
of the country. And hin Of the
fact that the great names of the war
nave all passed away long aso. Grant
died thirty-one years ago when he
was So years old. Logan passed away
thirty years ago when sc. General
Sherman died on Feb. II, 1891, twenty
five years = when he was Il. And
yet we are here tonight to meet and
mingle with men whom they led
Governor Clarke had some figures,
soon to be published by the state
censu department. as to the ages oil
the surviving veterans in Iowa, and
the vital statistics he presented in
terested his audience. The youngest
of them is just "a years old and they
range from that age up to SO. The
greater number are ranged from 20 to
-. There are 1871 of 70; 1853 are
Il: los are -: 100 are IS; l,lo2
are "A: 924 are IS.
There are 246 veterans who are 81
years old: ~thirty-one 50: sixteen are
go; fourteen are 81; seven are g.; one
is 90: four are "a; three are 50: "
are 90: one is 81; n is SO. and TWO
left with us have lived 80 years.
In a fine passage of eioquence, the
speaker dwelt on the potency of son
~iustancing The MarseiflaiSe," The
Star Spangled Banner" adding that if
we were all filed and vocal with Hal
Columbia" we would become an in
vincible people. Governor Kirkwood
in his o~veralls. at Iowa City got the
word that Lincoln wanted men and
questioned himself if Iowa could raise
one thousand men. but Lincoln had
called not, in ain and 10000 men from
the prairies of Iowa responded. That
the kind of stuff hat was in the
men III are before me tonight when
they were boys
In closing Governor Clarke said:
IN the interests of good govern
ment and good citizenship. we shoul
rise out of ~provincialism and take a
and inspiring view. think in
terms of the whole country. We
should think and speak in nothing
smaller. The really good citizen will
yield something every day for his
if he can not give up some
thing of himself. of his individual
needs and views. he lacks something
being of the highest order Of citi-
He should sustain and glorify in
his people. He should love his W
state. but he should also love ali the
He can have great pride in the
Mississippi valley, but he will also
the states beyond the Rockies and
the Alleghenies on either side. The
interest of every one state should be
the interest of all. That is what I call
A~mericanism in the highest and deep
est sense. If it can be found any
where. it should be found among the
men OF the Grand Army of the Re-
puDllC. we are All one people, anu
TO one country"
Judge ]. NJ. Parker dwelt on the
campfire institution n its lessons.
The Iowa Male Quartet. composed of
P. 7. and Wallace H. Arney, F. A.
Smith and F. D. Dennis, awoke the
enthusiasm of the audience by its
ringing singing of Where Are the
BOYS Of the Old Brigade" and while
the crowd cried for more the quartet
over TO the annex campfire TO
it.
Miss Patience Wallace gave a reci-
tation ~recounting the worth of the
plain private in the army.
Commander MontFort Speaks.
The last Two speakers Of the eve
ming were the national heads of the
g. A. r. and the w. r. G.. Commander
il -Chief Elias K. Montfort, Of Cincin-
natl. and Mrs. Carrie Alexander Bahr-
emburs, of Belleville. i'll.
In the course of his interesting and
eloquent address, Commander Mont
fort said he was glad to say the Am
erican soldier is not in favor Of the
milirarism of the European world" He