The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-09


locution. made reference To the
southern battleffelds over which the
northern soldiers fought. having
himself gone over much Of &c during
his later service i'm The army. Ha
explained that monuments now erect
ga mark out The positions of most Of
the regiments engaged in the noted
fights, and that for "a nan of miIitarv
understanding it is easy to trace me
progress of the fights and maueu-
vers.
Richard Hubbard. the first of Ihe
Spani9h-American war veteran to
speak. expressed in a Wen told story
of how small "a part the war was as
compared with the one i'm which .Le
older men had been engaged. In
Greetings from the Spanish-Amar-
lean Boys Frank Fuller followed
with a good description of soldier life
over i'm the Philippines of being
chilly on the occasion of his FIRST enc
gagement with the enemy. Wheu tie
temperature was 100 i'm the shade
He closed with a glowing eulcgy of
the opportunities and duties of the
men about to embark on the great
unknown enterprise, turning their
hand for the first time to the grim
work of war.
Mr.. Kellogg spoke briefly. Her
man Kruger was not present. nor
was Capt. Roach. being on duty un-
der orders of the adjutant general.
Lieut.. Walden assured the men and
Madison that the men could be trust
ed to maintain the honor Of the city
and the flag.
Former home guard. Nj. II. Col
grove spoke at some length Of the
reason Of the older men not going to
the front, to whom the first brunt Of
enlisting was designated and express
ed a willingness TO go if called or
needed. He explained carefully what
We are fighting for, and why, and
told of the plans of the m|ilitarists Of
the enemy for the past 40 years.
Irving Lee. Fred Kurth, ir., Lieut..
McCreedy, Frank Peck and III. l..
Peck spoke as past members of the
home guard. relating anecdotes and.
facts connected with their camping
service. Lieut.. j. r. Wethe gave "a
short synopsis of what the local com
pany is doing. saying hat the COM
pany now numbers of Madison men
SO men and three officers, with 80
men and one officer at Howard.
Blaine Rowland explained how ~
Would If / Could. but / Can't" Joa
Brorby would not divulge the sensa-
tions of How 1t Feels TO BE y
Rookie"
Judge ID. D. Holdridge was called
upon to give My Compliments TO tho
KAISER He bewailed the made
quacy of language. and his inability
TO use what we have TO express his
fun regard for hat monarch. He
told of who would defend the coun-
try. and assured the assemblage that
these old geeZers might go home
feeling perfectly safe from German
militarism. OF the kaiser's personal
tastes he drew a grim picture. OF
the character Of that princes bloody
ambition the grim denunciatiOn had
the force of anethema, the fierce old
prophet hoping TO see the boys bring
the kingly scalp home ON "a lance and
the skull back on a bayonet. RE
closed with the observation that his
listeners might infer from his re
marks that he did not like the kaiser.
G. II. Westaby spoke at some
length on the history of the growth
of the country under the caption Of
My Country" I. A. Johnson and
Geo. II. Waskey spoke briefly. The
latter showing the later unity of the
north and south in sentiment and pa
triotism.
Closing the evening. Nh. Robert
son thanked the committee, S. r.
May and +. J. Sutton, and laid spe-
cial emphasis on the assistance of
the ladies in giving this mark OF ap-
probation to the young men going
into the army of defense.