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Show Duties of Leaders, Sb'.Ciers end Citizens Subject of Chief Executive's Speech at Portsmouth, Ma.; decoration Day ' Observances at Other Places. - - - ,. . ; - . 0 : SP02TS BARRED ON MEMORIAL DAY. . . ' TI.L1 "' ; " ': . ! I ' LINCOLN. Neb, May 80. Memorial day In Nebraska waa today more , ; (.quiet than Sunday. The new State )w forbidding outdoor tmi r of any aort on the oldiera' day waa In effect today for the flrat tlma and g (Z) there wai a strict observance over the 8tate, In citlea and to-na the cm- w ' eera were on the alert and aport of any khd was not permitted. s S of Stonewall Jackson and 8heridan, of Farragut and of the captains who fought under and against him. But after all the man upon whom the chief credit must rest was the plain man la the ranas, tn man in blue or In gray who went in to see th war through, and who did see it through. Ue had the courage to stand without nlnchlng the bickering of the skirmishes and the hammering of the great nghts; he had the steadfast endurance en-durance to bear with uncomplaining resolution re-solution the hunger and the heat wad the cold, the scorching days and the freest ng nights, the ' grinding, heartbreaking fatigue fa-tigue of the marches, the weariaome monotony mo-notony of the camps, and the alow suffering suf-fering of the field hospitals. So In the army and navy today, in the last analysis analy-sis we - must depend upon ha vine -die right stuft in the enlisted man and then upon having that stuff put. into proper shape.- 8o again In our republic as a whole It la Just as true In peace now as It was forty-live years ego In war that it Is th-character of the average mar that must be the determining factor in achieving- national success or going down to national dlaastef. Leadership- Is ssc-onsary ssc-onsary in order that we may set really two results out tit a hig average d in-, dividual oharactrt without ibhHa. ctaractfac?!-the -average ' tndivrduar ta leadership by Itself can avail but little. Imty of the Voters, . " Now it' is easy to say this in words - which will imply merely flattery of the average voter or of the average enlisted man. -1 certainly do not intend my worda to be so taken. It is a sure sign of weakness weak-ness In any man if he is always wanting to be flattered.' and especially if he leu his head be turned by flattery. The average voter needa to learn and to keep steadily In mind the fact that If in the last resort the real power is his. so In the last 'resort the real responsibility is his. Ue can not cast off on anyone else the responsibility for our governmental shortcomings. Nothing is -cheaper than to say that the people are all right but that the politicians are all wrong-.. As a matter of politics, and therefore politicians, poli-ticians, will in the long run represent faithfully either the wishes or the indifference indif-ference of the people; -and if the people are Indifferent the results are just about as bad as If they, deliberately choose to go wrong. So itis with the enlisted man. When I call attention to the high place be holds, and must ever hold In the esteem es-teem of every sensible man, I do it leas with the intention of emphasising the respect re-spect due him by outsiders than with ths Intention of making him realise the burden bur-den of honorable obligation resting upon his shoulders. By unwearied effort he must learn to do his duty, whether that duty lies afloat or ashore, whether It lies In the cavalry or the infantry. In the gun turret or in the engine-room. He must be able to handle himself and to handle the formidable and delicate mechanism Intrusted to his care In such manner that If ever it becomes his fortune for-tune to take part. In battle for the flag another page shall be added to the many which go to make up the long honor roll of American history. . ' v Disaster at 'Frisco. In closing I ask your attention to the fact that our soldiers and sailors are able to do their duty tn great emergencies even other than those of war. Recently the most appalling disaster that has ever befallen any city in our country, the most appalling disaster that has befallen - any city of the same else for a century past, befell the great and beautiful city of San Francisco. In the midst of their horror and pity and sympathy the rest of our people were rendered proud and glad by the courage, the self-reliance, the self-oemmand self-oemmand shown by the men and women of San Francisco themselves under the sudden and awful calamity which had befallen be-fallen them. We had yet another source of pride In the fact that the first Americans Ameri-cans outside the city who were able to extend relief and help were the officers and enlisted men of the garrison and the ships in the Immediate neighborhood - of San Francisco. The alertness, the Instant response to the demand made upon them, the mixture of self-reliant Initiative with orderly obedUnce and coherer ce of action, the high personal valor and the steady endurance en-durance and strength shown by the soldiers sol-diers and sailors of the regular army and navy In coplns; with this disaster, were as great as If shown In time of battle. Such a record should make every true American croud of the army and navy and should make every true American resolute to see that through our national authorities at Washington we make such f provision by . law for the maintenance,-he maintenance,-he support, and the training of , the crmv and th navy that thev shall ever stand 4r. the forefront of their respective professions, PORTSMOUTH, Vs., May 80. President Presi-dent Roosevelt was the orator of the Memorial day programme here, which was In, charge of the Army and Navy union. A vast throng waa present and the exercises were most impressive. President Roosevelt said: . . President's' Address. . ' ' -' This -day is hallowed and sacred in our history, for on this day throughout the land we meet to pay homage to the memory mem-ory of the valiant dead who fell -in the great Civil war. No other men deserve so well of this country as those to whom we owe It that we now have a country. More-. More-. over, the men to whose valor we owe it Irthat the Union was preserved have left us V. a country reunited in fact as well as In name. They have left us the memory of the great . deeds and the self-devotion siike of the men who wore the blue and of the men who wore the gray In the contest . where brother fought brother with equal , courage, with equal sincerity of conviction, convic-tion, with equal fidelity to a high Ideal, at. it was given to each to see that Ideal. Our Army and Navy. t.'i'fvt ' Moreover,' - peculiar ftleaswra epeak today under the auspices of the Army and Navy union, of the union which Is meant to Include the officers and enlisted men of the regular forces of the United States. Exactly as there is no other body of men o whom In the past - we have owed so much as to the veterans of the Civil war. so there is no other body . of men among all of our citlsens of today who as a whole deserve quite as well of the country as the officers and enlisted men of the army and the navy of the United States. Every man who has servea well and faithfully, afloat or ashore, in the service of the. United -States, has shown that he possesses certain aualUies i which entitle him In a peculiar degree te ' the respect of all his fellow-cltlsena. while every man who is now in the frc" not but feel himself uplifted by the thought that in any time ot tvtun crjt Jt may be that the honor of the wholeNa-tion wholeNa-tion will depend upon his bearing.. There rests upon each of you a tremendous burden bur-den of responsibility, and therefore to you belongs ths proud privilege - of bearing that load of responsibility weiL Duties of the Civilian. This - audience ' Is composed largely of : Veterans of the Civil war, largely of men ,'who have served In or are ferring m i the 'srmy and the navy of the United States. . They are concerned not only with the du- - tie of the soldier and tn, aar, but with toe (duties of the civilian, with U l mat-ten mat-ten affecting the plain, everyday clUxen as Lht does his everyday duties. For we irU&t always remember that in our coun-V.Hl coun-V.Hl our army and navy are made upVof volunteers; all forces are :&arS. 0merelyofelfowtn. throughtteFreturn to 'the body jf our clanship; and exactly as the eclency of ourmllitary service depends chiefly up- or. the efficiency of the average enlisted so the efficiency of the Nation as a whSl'e depends chiefly upon the way In i which theaverage man performs his plain, everyday duties. Dutle of Leaders. This does not mean that ths leader, 1 whetherln military or civil life, can es-1 es-1 carS Tbearmia peculiar burden of re-scblUty. re-scblUty. To him has been given nKch anY from him much will be demanded. de-manded. It is right d proper thfvthe man in a high position., whether his ppsl-Son ppsl-Son be that of high civilian official in t me of peace or of a high military or na-vai na-vai omcsrlntlms) of war should receive a . 'marked degree of credit if h J ' difficult, delicate, ."''Vt well, and should, on the other nana, be h$StS an especially eharp untt.1 for any shortcomings. In any time of 'crisis the man in high life, the man in high command in military or I,.v.!llVcaii If he be weak or incompe-Unparthe,,2ctions incompe-Unparthe,,2ctions of a multitude of brave and able men who are under him. ion the SuTe? hand, if in Intel lect. and above all, to character, he is abls to rise level to the need of the moment, be may so combine and direct the actions of the under lilm as to make their Joint - Xrt "irVeslsUbTe. The first duty of a tader civil or military. Is to lead: and Jfe must ead well. Exactly as the people 'must demand the highest grade of integ-mtv integ-mtv and efficiency from their leaders in rfvU iffalrsf so in military affairs the must tartrt upon every officer devoting all ft- best that there is In him to fitting himseff in the duties of his profession, to caring for and drilling and training those .."5 vli r that alike in. point of per- troops from Fort Sheridan, militia, Grand Army posts and naval reserves participated was held and was witnessed wit-nessed by thousands of people. For the first time in this city many of the veterans, vet-erans, feeling themselves unequal to a march of several miles -through the streets of the city, rode In carriages. HEROES IN ARLINGTON, TO NUMBER- OF 20,000, 'REMEMBERED ON DAT WASHINGTON. May, 30. Memorial day services in this city were on an elaborate ' scale. As In the past the principal exercises were at Arlington, where an Immense crowd gathered. The day was ideal. . Twenty thousand graves In Arlington were decorated. The ceremonies began with a procession, proces-sion, participated In by various G. A. R. posts, the old guard, the District militia mili-tia and the Spanish wsr veterans. Upon arriving at Arlington the exercises exer-cises first centered around the tomb of the unknown, where 2000 of the dead DECORATION DAY IN ' - ':' CHICAGO IS OBSERVED " ." IN THE USUAL MANNEE i CHICAGO, '. May i0.Decoration day in this city was generally observed, the majority of the' business houses being closed for a part of, and many of them for the entire day. , ... - v-.-,. The usual services were held In. all the cemeteries of the city under the direction di-rection of the -different Grand Army posts, and the grave of every man known to have taken part in the Civil war -or the late wsr with Spain was appropriately remembered. The weather was not propitious, being be-ing dark and showery, but late tn the soldiers are burled, arter which the principal ceremonies were conducted in the amphitheater, where addresses, recitations and music were heard. Representative Rep-resentative Blrdsall of Iowa delivered an address. The orator of the day wis Rev. D. J. Stafford of St. Patrick's Roman Ro-man Catholic church. All business here was practically suspended. ; Impressive Day at 'Frisco. SAN FRANCIS CO. ' May 30.-Memorial day was observed in Ban Francisco in an impressive manner, A military and civic procession, including in its ranks Grand Army- -veterans and comrades of the Mexican and Spanish wars, proceeded through the Presidio grounds to the National Na-tional cemetery, on a hillside facing the Pacific. Here, after brief religious services ser-vices and an oration by S. M. Shortridge, ths graves were decorated with flowers - , . . 1 ... K - Entail ..mil... ' sbrinel snd In point of material the srmy ind navy of the United States may reach , high a point f perfection as to human-poalble7l.Thls human-poalble7l.Thls is the work . that only -7 the leaders can do; and If they shirk it vtheir shame is unspeakable. Nevertheless it remains true that no Icider can accomplish very much unless v he has e right kind of men to lead UnlesVths enfistsd man has the right stuff in him it stands to reason that no Slnrer can get it out of him. because It f. not thtre to get out. So in civil-life ' if our leaders were Washingtons and Llncolns they could, nevertheless, make no permanent improvement n jwrdtU senshlp unless ths average cltlsen. had in tm the capacity for such Improvement i mthe last -nalysis it Is the man beh nd 7r- ballot, who count mot In civil life, I li st ss It Is the msn behind the gun who . comta most in mllitsrv - ' , - We can net too highly onor the mem-orv mem-orv of the leader- in the Civil war-of |