The Coconino sun., 1925-06-05
INSPIRING MEMORIAL
ADDRESS BY SEN. RUNKE
(Continued from Page One)


call new army rises up. to take it's
place among the living to receive the /
adulations of the living and to watch I
with patience and forbearanee the I
manner in which the children of the I
new generation care for the heritage /.
which was made possible by their
heroism and sacrifices. We ali some /
times, yes too often note occasions
when we see the youth Of our land
sacrifice a beautiful, noble and use
ful life for the sake Of absorption in
immediate pleasure.
"Iife ever crowds tomorrow upon |
today with its major and lnslStentl
problems and with such great demand
that We hardly have time to draw
from the experiences of yesterday the /
lessons for the future. Let US today
Of all the days Of the year take one
long, lingering and loving look into
the past, mindful and appfeciative of
It's heroism and Of the sacrifices whiQh
made possible the gifts Of life in our
nation today; and then with a look OF
determination and promise into the
future we each and all resolve that we
will give more than we get and leave
more than we take.
eve are slow TO take arms in bat
lie because with us a war is a war OF
the people and they know and they
hesitate to undertake the sacrifices
and hardships which a war entails
and win not willingly do so unless the
.ause is just and the proVoeation
great; but America is not afraid and
we know how to fight. In fact we are
he most warlike people on earth and
ne most desperate in battle. The flag
of our country which has floated over
)ur homes and our battlefields at
home and abroad for nearly cene
! Jury and half has never trailed in
iefeat, because when America goes TO-
var the hearts of her people go with
aef soldiers.
Il know of no better way, fellow
.itiZens, to render to our soldiers an
adequate acknowledgment than to
emulate the devotion shown by their
sacrifices and services. Those who
lied did not die to secure cur compli-
nents; they did not shed their blood
o obtain our flowers. They died to-
make us the ffeest, manifest and
I nightiest race among all Christian
lom. If we fail to cherish, if we fail
10 exalt, if we fail to eXemplify the
I deals for which they warred we viii
1e guilty of the basest in9ratitude.
The word or token which you and ]
nay bring and leave here today, with
/ II its feeling, with all its symbolism,
with all its beauty, does not crown
/ loes not complete our duty. We must
/ inish the unfinished work of these
| nen.
"Their moral efforts have ceased
I but the influence and the spirit of
I heir work and example are here and
| about us still. They afford the most
loquent inducement and most power
4 ful incentive to consecrate ourselves
I with renewed devotion to the ideals
| Tor which they died: the upbuilding of
| American nationaEsm, the elevation
If American character and the firm
establishment Of equal rights. We are
/ ulrounded and confronted by our civic
/ duties. 1t is not with us as it was of
our dead. There is no present occas-
/ on for our military services. But we
! 10 have our domestic responsibilities
md social obligations. Our duties to
he law and the young, to labor and
4 20 commerce, to government and re-
igion and IL we meet these duties and
| perform them in the right as God
! gives us to see the right we will not
/ have dishonored our dead
~ am satisfied that America is do
/ ing her best today to inculcate and en-
courage a high type Of citizenship. ]
I'M firm in the faith that the people
Of our country are highly resolved
never to forget and never to belittle
or belle the principles for which our
warriors battled and gave their prec-
ious lives. / am in great hopes that,
| The citizenship which cur heroes cher
ished will more and more, from year
/ to year be honored and enobled by
| their fellow-countrymen.
''The world is crying for peace and
America joins in the cry Our man
mood fought to protect our rights and
preserve our institutions. Neither the
selfish pride of nations nor the
/ schemes Of worldly politicians car
| long deny that which the world so de-
voutly Graves peace and opportunity
70 heal its wounds and forget the he'll
| The future. League of nations or no
league. Her demands viii always be
Simple and exact justice which no self
respecting nation can deny.
eve can, therefore fittingly unite
all in saying; Sleep on proud heroes
Of all our wars. The fight which you
have made has been blessing to all
mankind. Americans in America now
see in their liberty new light which
towers and shines into the most re-
mote and darkest recesses Of the
world.
Your fight has not been in vain.
! We may weep because You are our
/ kin, but we are proud that you so
nobly fought and nobly died and wo
rejoice chat you are in Gods keeping.
! col fRTH0ITSE DDITT0N