Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08
PENNYPACKER TELLS WHY HE
REVIEWED TROOPS FROM BAROUCHE
On One Occasion the Governor Told Private That
His Bayonet Was on Wrong-Setting
y. S. Army Colonel Right
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II THE course Of the sum- er made ar
address before the Sons Of the Revolution
at Neshaminy: before the gri duatns class
at Franklin and Marshall College and at
the dedication Of the monument TO old
Joan Burns on the battlefield at Gettys'
burg. At Gettysburg | said:
His Gettysburg Speech
We have come together upon one Of the
battlefields Of the most momentous in its
consequences Of all the American wars.
We meet upon the field where the issues
Of that war were determined. and. with
them, the fate OF great nation, and II
may be the future OF the peoples OF the
world for the ages yet 20 come. 1t Is
field made famous by tho sword Of George
Gordon Meade and Cousecrated by the
words Of the modern psalmist. Abraham
Lincoln. Throughout the centuries yet
10 be Americans will come to Gettysburg
10 gather inspiration Tor the struggles
Of life a. the Greek went to Marathon,
a. the Briton goes TO Waterloo. as the
followers Of the prophet tur. ed to Mecca.
Upor the anniversary Of that tremen.
dOUs contest, surrounded on all sides BY
the memorials erected BY grateful peo'
pie, with all things to suggest the more
than 10000 mon who were here stricken,
we have come to dedicate q monument 10
man who held 10 rank. who wore no
uniform and who belonged 10 no army
II is most impressive occasion. II is
an event OF no ordinary signlncance
II means that upon the citizen ana ms
character the State rests,
This quiet Pennsylvania town, typical
I'M its repUS' aS well As in it's strength
and It's everlasting fame OF the great
Commonwealth wherein IL was tost"red'
had sent forth its young men TO do bat
tie in tn. cause of their country ana
they were carrying their muskets in the
Army Of the Potomac. When invasion
was threatened and the storms OF war
began TO roll near II, It contributed
company TO n regiment which, by
strange fatality, was sent here ana was
the first force to encounter on thls
ground the army Of Lee, and when the
cannon roared and muskets ratified
through its streets, the old constable OF
the town. q hero Of two earlier wars ana
hoary with the frosts Of over seventy
Years. plunged into the fray and Was
thrice wounded. II was fitting tnat
PENNSYLVANIA should rise TO repel the in
vaders. II was meet that at every vital
point in this most fateful OF contests,
fought upon her soil, her sons should be
TO the fore. Happy is that land, ana
much has the future in store FOR II, Whlcil.
when grave dangers thr rhaten. can call
upon young and old, soldier and citizen,
TO come to the rescue and call not IN
vain: while such courage ana such virtue
characterize its people, il need rear
neither aggression from abroad nor uls'
sension at home.
Reviewing the National Guard
IN July. along with Judge John stewart,
OF Franklin County, | inspected the Con-
gumptive Camp at Mont Alto, and during
the same month the Quarantine Station
ma.rtainediby by the State on the Delaware.
Tine Governor is Commander-inChief of the
army and navy of the state and the army
consisted Of the National Guard Of three
brig ades. numbering about ten thousand
men The guard is to a considerable extent
supported by the United States. under an
act of Congress which provides that II may
be called into the national service. The
money was, OF course a temptation, but the
system is wrong in principle, and would
never have been established had been Gov.
ernor at the time. The guard was estab'
lished under IIartranft for the defense OF
the State and has been maintained by it
for many years at great expense. Should
the State ever be invaded and the occasion
arise for its use, it will just when it is
needed, be part Of the national force, sub
;cat to national control and perhaps called
to q distant point. The nation ought 10
have been left 10 provide its own army
and militia. The arrangement was besides
another step in the direction Of the oblitera-
ton of the States, a tendency which good
sense will ever be on the watch tc resist.
In Iuly the First Brigade went into camp
at Perkasie, the Third Brigade at Mount
Gretna and the Second Brigade at Somer
set At each camp ! inspected and re-
viewed the troops and lived in a tent. To
me the object appeared TO he not one OF
formal display. but that the Governor
should he enabled TO gain a knowledge OF
the force, and be in a better position to use
it il needs be, and, in the meantime, to pro
vide for its wants. Therefore | went on
foot through the camps looking into the
tents and their appointments and into the
kitchens Therefore I accompanied the
inspector general, Colonel Frank G. rwee
ney, a keen-eyed fellow, along the lines. see
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