New Britain herald., 1916-06-13

United States have so admired some great military man as to make him
 president of the United States, when
 he became commanderin- chief of all the forces of the United States, but he was command chief because he was president, not because he had
 been trained to arms, and his author 1ty was civil, not military. I can teach you nothing of military power, but I am instructed by the constitution to use you for constitutional and patriotic purposes. And that is the only use you care to be put to. That is the only use you ought to care to be put to, because after all, what is the use in being an American if you do not know what it is.
 You have read a great deal in books about the pride of the old Roman citizen, who always felt like drawing himself to his full height when he said I am Roman but as compared with the pride that must have arisen to his heart, our pride has a new distinction, the distinction of carrying certain lights for the world that the world has never so distinctly seen before, certain guiding lights of liberty and principle and justice.
 we have drawn our people, as you know. from all parts of the world, and we have been somewhat disturbed re- gently, gentlement, because some of those-though I believe very small number-whom we have drawn into our citizenship have not taken into their hearts the spirit of America and have loved other countries more than they loved the country of their adOp- | ton.
 What Americanism Is.
 We have talked great deal about | Americanism. It ought to be mat 1 ter of pride with us to know what | AmericaniSm really consists in. Amer 1 icanism consists in utterly believing | in the principles of America and put l ting them first. I believe that the 1 American test is a spiritual test. If a l man has to make excuses for what he l has done as an American, 1 doubt l his Americanism. He ought to know 1 at every step of his action that the l motive that lies behind what he does is motive which no American need be ashamed of for a moment. We l ought to let it be known that nobody 1 who does not put America first can l consort with us. But we ought to set | them the example, by thinking Amer i
 
 ican purposes, and those thoughts and | purposes will stand the test of example | everywhere in the world, for they are | intended for the betterment of man. | kind.
 The Monroe Doctrine.
 You have heard of the Monroe | Doctrine, gentlemen. You know that l We are already spiritual partners 1 with both continents of this hemis- phere and that America means some thing which is bigger even than the United States and that we stand here with the glorious power of this coun- try to swing into the field of action whenever liberty and independence and political integrity are threatened | anywhere in the western hemisphere.
 And we are ready-nobody has au- ,horized me to say this, but I am sure If tive are ready to join with the l other nations of the world in seeing that the kind of justice prevails that | we believe in.
 "So that you are graduating today ] gentlemen, into a new distinction, Glory attaches to all those men whose 1 names we love to recount, who have made the annals of the American army distinguished. They played the part they were called upon to play with honor and with extra ordinary character and success. I am congrat- ulatlng you, not because you will be l better than they but because you will l have a wider world of thought and | conception to play your part in. am an American but I do not believe that any of us loves a clustering na- tionality, and a nationality with chip on it's shoulder, nationality with its elbows out and it's sWagger on. We love that quiet, self-respect- ing, unconquerable spirit which does not strike until it is necessary to strike and then strikes to conuuer Never since l was a youngster have I l been afraid of the noisy man. I have always been afraid of the still man. have always been afraid of the quiet man. l had a classmate at college who was most dangerous when he was most affable. When he was mad dest, he seemed to have the sweetest temper in the world. He would ap- proach you. with a most ingratiating smile, and then you knew that every red corpuscle in his red blood was up and shouting. If you work things ,i in your elbows you do not work them off In your mind; you do not work them off in your purpose. So my conception of America is conceo- ton of infinite dignity, along with quiet, 'unquestionable power, I ask you, young gentlemen to join with me in that conception, and let all in ou- several spheres be soldiers together and realize it.
 President Wilson arrived here at 9:3O a. m., to attend the graduation exercises at the Military Academy. When the naval yacht Mayfower car