| OCR Text |
Show FAREWELL ADDRESS General Pficrose Summers Comnuid or the S.i.efeDiu Irifantry. UK 11 UK- MinH AKH I II F- Ihlrty-tir- Y nr of .n'h.l anil III. Ilngtti Ii d cnlr. ( oIobi I ( . la t Harare. tienarai W. H. 1'enr ia ' f Ih Hix-Uenth Hix-Uenth Umied rt aiea lo'atitry, retire, 'n m tha r rn.al a-rvic uf n "iter at i.o. a belay, after davotlmt thirty-live thirty-live years of tnsllfa to the work of brave aid .H-iinKiillied il iKr. In autioipstiDii of in irneral's retirement re-tirement the c rmniaalunrd and nu-cammUaloncI nu-cammUaloncI i Hlcr lu lull ui.ir.trm and lb laales of Ih military city gatheied In tli Kurt Amute-mei.l Amute-mei.l Hall to hear bltn d-liver d-liver hi fan well address and Ij bid him tfoud bye auJoiOKtatulata him on his reiiremiot under such lavuratiie cirrumtaocr. r-e famotia rtixtenth Inlaiitry ban. I, u iar 1'inf, Klein, p ayed the Htar ripairtld liauiar, after Which deueral I'euloea delivete.l Ihe lolluwlr.K B.tdraaa wlilp'i wa Uf lened to with proiouud alteutluu and leahuy: Dflloer and Holdter, ComraJra, Hutetnili U. rt. lif.ulry: A (er ibitty-tive year of aimoat totitlnujut aoiiva serviu ,ihe i ut ha co.fiu w huu hy operation of law I muat aurren Jer my command, au i b I farewell lo my , compaiiloua lu aim. The time and : oocaioo call I.i mind many lie dent, both of war aud peace; ul many daer irlenda, of many kbIibiiI e-.uia who laid doan ihelr hvs that their blnvd Country mUhi live, thai our Rlorloua flag nnrthl proudly tl iat over a (re and united people. It it impoaaihla fur me iu oon lemplat ibeae lbliin, and tn know th-tall Ihea I lee a r lo ha severed, without feel I ii of deepewt rerr, amj especially I Una ao lu rrtfatd to you, my o rurade, wllh whom I have len au Inllmately aa olatej for vral years paal, flrat as your llsute aol c ilouel, aud aince a yuur oiltnal. For your loya.iy to ma I most alnrerely thank tou. Vour ditctpllur la Worthy uf all oomnienJatlmi, au houor to your goveroraonl aud y. ureva, I have an jeaverad lo eriorm my duty to my sjovernmeni and to thua uuder me, with ahtolut Juttlce, and lb kindest feellma to all. If 1 have auecwaded, 1 nan but basatlafled. And now, comrades, com-rades, la last word muat be tpnken. If you will bear me In aa kind re mem h re tie aa I always snll you, ihr will evr b a tod of union between ui, Krewll." In oonoluBlon the rerjmant nod nost wer turuvd over lu l.Uutenaut Colo nel Coaiaa who will remain In o m mand for lha present. Th undrr tandlRK la that flaneral H. A. Thaa-kr Thaa-kr of Ih Fourteenitt Untied Mtate In'autfy wnl aucreed Unral Fen roi. In "cn-ptina; Ih Imp.rte"! haru Colonel Coatea reaponoad briefly brief-ly and appropriattly alter which lien ral Panroe ion. unpad that he would b pleaeed to ehka bai.Ua with lha laoies and on m rede left hhlnd. Tn opperiunliy waa gladly taken ad-vantait ad-vantait of and with In farewell woni war being spoken lb baud rendered a nuiutar uf stirring aud familiar air and th closing aeenee to an old and brave anuiier'e Ufa war for ii. nrrsenl, over, Ueueti letinand i lamlly will move to thi oily aonie ' lime next weak what they tin pose to take up their permanent irelUei us. |
