Trench and camp., 1919-02-13
WHO IS THERE. TO TAKE
ROOSEVELTIS PLACE? THEY ASK
Gen. Schindel and Senator Sterling Point
Out Strong Features in Life Of Soldier.
Statesman and Cowboy.

welt came out of the great west 1t
is 4 great west and | am glad to have
come out of it, too. 1t was on
ranch on the Little Missouri river in
North Dakota that I first heard of
the colonel 1t was then that he
wrote of tne western country in the
Century Magazine.
"Then. as later. there were two things
that dominated him-duty and patriot
ism
"It is the same with you men before
ME. You came forth to fight for your
country willingly, and the things
which made you do it We're duty to
the nation and the love which you
bore it.
The late Senator Hoar. the grand
old man of Massachusetts. once said
in speech in South Carolina that
duty was the great inspirational
motive behind the gerat forward
movements of mankind. He pointed
TO the battle cry of the French under
Napoleon, when the Little Corporal
stood at the pyramids and declared
that he felt the weight of forty cen
turtles bearing down upon him. and
that the rallying word was France.
awake to glory
"To Arms" They Cried.
80, too, with Britain hundred
years ago, when the French attacked
the fleet at Trafalgar, and Nelson's
speech, England expects every man
to do his duty brought about the
victory which placed England at the
head of the great nations of the
world. 1t was a greater and stronger
watchword than that of France"
Senator Sterling then sketched
briefly the career of Col. Roosevelt.
beginning with his service in the
legislature of New York, when he re
n nf Mission
to the bosses of the republican
party. He declared that he organized
the Rough Riders in the Cuban cam
paign because he realized that the
cowboys were good fighters and
would rush the Spaniards off their
was modest enough to refuse the high
command. and left that to the more
experienced hand of Leonard Wood,
afterward chief of staff of the Army.
Col. Roosevelt put life into the
civil service. according to the sena-
system of New York city. He carried
his ethical ideas into the police force.
he said, and when Mckinley needed
man as assistant secretary of the
navy he chose Roosevelt because it
was seen that the colonel possessed
the moral qualities of leadership
which would give the Navy the proper
touch. The colonel he declared, sue
ceeded in training the Navy. SO that
it was ready for the war with Spain
and equipped to begin the WORK of
protecting world power.
Wished to Serve.
'The thing which was uppermost
in his mind" he continued, was
service, service, service. He Joined
the republican association in his
home town. against the wishes of his
friends. Who said he was going in
with a crowd of drunkards and low
brows. His answer was that he was
mingling with the governing classes
ment was that to improve the gov
ernment the right principles had to
be instilled into the governing class.
Great acts were passed during his
administration as President. The
pure food act came into being. the
effects of which we are feeling to-
day. and the corporations which
sought to corrupt the people for their
own selfish purposes were made to
take place where they belonged.
THE Panama canal, of course. will
be asmonument to him forever. 1t
was through his genius that this was
built after the plan had been project
ed for 400 years and without sue
cess"
The senator concluded his address
with the reading of beautiful
poetical tribute to Roosevelt written
ly Samuel Ballantyne Coale. in the
- Outlook.