| Show I I I SECY SECt BONAPARTE TO GRADUATING CADETS Mil Md 1 Sept 1 Secy S C of or orthe the time Navy Nam Bonaparte today t da delivered to tot tor toH t H r of or the time first class the tho th diplomas which they the have ue earned by bya 11 a special summer lummer course e n lood of ot waiting to 10 graduate with their class elaN mates matel next February Secy Bonaparte In his address said Mill III In part hart Young Gentlemen Vou begin helln to today toda today day da the work ork of oC your Our profession for Cor three years tara you ou have hae tried to learn how ho to do this thu work With what hat sue tuc uc ecu the days daa before you ou will 11 show how Hereafter you OU belong to your our profession Ion aba and amid In my mr TO trespass on your our atten attention lion tion this morning I J shall hall say U hut a tI few rew words as all to what that profession Jon 1 it First It II is III time the professIon of a gout gen To sa say y this in your our case ca canot U It not any ebullition of ot snobbishness but hul the time statement of A II matter of or law For each faeh on one ft of you OU It Is legal Ucal duty dut to be behave b bhae behave have hae as III a gentleman and each of oC you youma ou may ma he tried and ant punished ai M for a U crime if it tie Ito fulls In III this duty Solute Sont lithe time timmie sice ce I hail hall no ito difficult I I sustaining the tim e fun hi of an 1111 a mm iii i I board buard an alt officer who lund had nut th time till and nit i of lf f i ml IS I lItI mell title Willi ills ella I for Cor Now No what In ii I u a Tho mu limo I II In lii I well 1111 ticked t fur for the tho word Is rob In lii common U JO It 5 mm tel I mimes much iii u elm and amid I I I I h and us uti nothing As a 11 muted lit in time the amid our it itoc ts II U is that you 1111 Hint your our have hao lu ilu duo ties tics beyond the nf of limit you IJU have hUft oblIgations which do not hot re reon rest on Ott nil all members m of a 1 community of you QU IU QUmire mire u It of or self Keif control H It I e for Cur self olf a IJ In III honor which It tt might ought b h Iii neither to 10 nor char chari charitable table to 10 of or all nil your our fellow citi cRi citizens zens Moreover whatever else olle 1 mu II may or may not be he lie In itt Inand t and Is thought of ur always and every everywhere over eor where as imi n a man mali In 11 II entitled to In I res respect pool itIs It ItIs Is It a part purL of ot your OUr professional duty n it purl of It f time the service erIte due your our country Rt at your our a n part of oC the time and eternal obligation n of your our oaths that hunt IH lH you OU be hue known for Cor such simplicity mind and truth stint modesty ot of demeanor such liuch purity hunt of life lire n nil as will wiil for you ou time the respect of ot good 1000 goodmen men From others othra the fO o things manY be 1111 demanded by Ii h religion or 1 phy ph from you 00 they arc aio but hut time the ful fulfillment Cu of or your promise without them you ou will whit 11 not hot be gentlemen III In that font wherein every good must also alo be a II gentleman Secondly Your profession l n Is time the pro fenlon of ot arms arias R you rou h huts f chosen cho on n It military life Your profusion profession Is a n nI school Chool I a I lifelong school hool of lice and anel obedience o and anti never ma th time teaching of such a n school been moro more timely lamely I to our mCi happiness and honor hOllor titan Ihan It IH Is today tolay I saw MW w not long ago the tb rr that thai in III 40 41 years l rs war w r would be a lost loat art I lam am not Ilot prepared to Nty Pl Nt that bat war will never become b n a lost art for tor or I J am ama amnot amnot not gifted with that thai confidence In iii my myown m own which haR b been en vouch safes to some seine among my In countrymen but 1 I am ama ready to 10 say aa 18 that this happy happ consummation will not be bo at attained I tamed In 40 0 years or M 50 or until Inn have become either better bUer n 11 worse than moan men menThe The tIie fh old I h chronicle In III mt not li iti In time the death of or an early oar Norman king rays I S piously May In God train grout him peace for he ime 10 1 peace The Th king kin In III loved peace M so II that he lie fought welt uell utah hl hi his hole life to get Itt and keep it As s with this so to II it In is I with will time II great nM of or modern moslem times It If they timey Ihl love 1011 peace an III after all alt every III and ond good goes man doc clI they till muni t fight when and be bl ready t to fight n needful in to t get II amid ancl keep n II on justice Ju and good faith honorable to IJ I h and useful to 10 o mankind Xo No o nina mAn loved 10 IM peace 10 such as a this thu more truly 1111 than Goore Washington n and amid none warned his hum countrymen more earnestly Ia rn OE 1 and aim frequently that limit only lion for foe war at III any atm an time and nt mit all could assure the Ihl peace pl ea lie he loved And In you amid your comrades young gentlemen I r greet reel with tience Inc Iho those o e who will M FI see e r that America enjoys such ouch peace and amid only on such peace OK as II Washington would wish liens here lo to huo hun cc |
