The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-10
PRESIDENT AT ARLINGTON.

Washington, D. c., June 1O-Neath
a cloudless sky, standing in the beau
tiful white marble amphitheatre which
adjoins the tomb of the unknown sol
der, Calvin Coolidge, president of the
United States, on Memorial day, May
80, paid a nations tribute to the men
who have served their country in time
of war. He spoke of the men who
served in 81, Of those who partici-
pated in the Spanish war; he spoke Of
the soldier in khaki, the sailor in blue,
and the marine in olive green; he
spoke Of those who had made the SUI
preme sacrifice.
Grouped around the chief executive
of the nation were Gold Star mothers,
fathers, widows, sisters, brothers, and
other relatives; there were generals,
admirals, and officers of lesser rank;
there were ~privates and petty off
GERS. The grade in which a man serv-
ed meant naught. All were assembled
at Arlington, the national cemetery,
to pay their respects to the comrades
who had passed beyond. General
P~ershing, leader of the American ex-
p~editionary forces, stood by the presi-
dents side. To the left were the
white uniformed nurses, brave women
who nursed the sick and the dying.
Old GlOry-the nations flag-re-
Elected in all its beauty the rays of
the afternoons sun. The ceremonies
were simple but beautiful, and after
the benedictiOn had been pronounced
and the bugler's taps had been watt
ed Ger the green Virginia hills, all
present stood with bowed and uncov-
cred heads, as a last mark of respect
to the dead.
"This is the day." President Cool
idge said, con which the American
people each year acknowledge that
they have such a debt. It has been
set aside that a grateful Nation may
do fitting honor to the memory Of
those who have made the greatest and
most voluntary contribution to it.
Here about us, in this place of beauty
and reverence, lies the mortal dust of
a noble host, to whom we have come
TO pay our tribute, as thousands of
other like gatherings will do through
out our land. In their youth and
strength, their love and loyalty, those
who rest here gave to their country
all that mortality can give. For what
they sacrificed we must give back the
pledge of faith to all that they held
dear, constantly renewed, constantly
justified. Doing less would betray
them and dishonOr us.
ITO such a memorial as exists here
we can only come in a spirit of hui
mility and gratitude. We cannot hope
to repay those whom we are assembl-
ed to honor. They were moved by a
noble conception of human POSSIBLE
ties and human destiny. But we can
undertake to find what was their in
SEPARATION and make it u guide. By
that they will be recompensed."
In speaking Of conditions existing
throughout the land, of our duties to
our government, and to ourselves, the
president said: "Ours is a new land,
1t has had an almost unbelievable
task to perform, and has performed il
well. We have been called to fit the
institutions of ancient civilization to
the conditions of a new country. In
that task the leaders Of the nation
have been supported by a deep de-
vOtion to the essentials Of freedom
AT the bottom of the national charac.
ter has been a strain of religious ear
n%estness and moral determination
which has never failed to give color
and quality to our institutions. Be
cause our history shows US thes,
things, We dare make honest apprais.
al Of u shortcomings. We have no
failed. We have succeeded. Becausl
we have been privileged to rely up
on generations Of men and womel
ready to serve and t. sacrifice, W.
have magnificently succeeded
IN the closing words Of his address
President Coolidge pointed out tha
Tor the nation to continue en- its sue
eessrui way there must be respect Ed
enforcement Of the laws Of the Land
he said: "Our gathering here today !
IN testimony Of supreme obligation Il