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Show JOHN A. LOGAN'S DEATH. John A. Logan, son of the famous fighting general of the same name, was j killed while leading his company, the Thirty-third regiment, in- an engagement engage-ment at San Jacinto, in the island of Luzon, a colony of the imperial repub- lie. . Before leaving for the Philippines he made the following statement: If it is ordered that my life goes out on the battlefield, I hope it will be leading lead-ing my men against the enemy. - His hope was realized, alas, too shortly short-ly after he uttered these words. ' And when the Filipino bullet' found his breast and he fell bleeding and dying upon the newly acquired territory of the republic, the hopes of a fond, proud mother, who loved her boy with all the intensity of a strong nature, were dashed pitilessly upon the rocks of fate. And when the- news was carried to the wife, who had prayed for his safety, the cry of the broken-hearted was uttered. The little ones who gathered 'round her knee could not realize that the good, kind, manly'father, so full of life and buoyant hope, lay under the stars which "blazoned forth the glory of the southern cross, with the calm peace of the dead upon his handsome face; While his death may be a battle cry for his comrades, and his courage may be sung by poets and his deeds recorded record-ed by the historian of the future, yet the" dull pain around the hearts of those j who-loved him and reckoned on his protection, will not be Jess, and the thought will grow in the hearts of his countrymen ' that His life might have been spared until the full fruition of his manhood had wisdom prevailtd in the councils of those who sit at the head of the government. After all it is not the part of a great nation that stands, or claims to stand, for liberty and enlightenment, to .war against the weak and take the liberties of a people from them. Who can say but what the Filipino war would be a things of the past if those people had been promised their own government, in the due course of events. We prate about destiny. Destiny hkas lead more than-one nation in to. the throes of dissolution. dis-solution. It has made of more than one nation a ' ragtime divertissement. A scenic production remembered only by the dead. We carve our own fortunes as nations. na-tions. If we step beyond the confines set for us we are sure to grasp problems prob-lems too large to control, and then destiny des-tiny plays savage pranks with us for our folly. Every yoth who dies as John Logan died is a loss to his country. There are many who have gone to their death in that far off country. There are many j more whose names will be written on j the fateful record. -It is not a war the soldiers are proud of. The American j who fights in the Philippines does so because he tnints it his duty, not because be-cause he believes the war is right. And while we pray for peace we should work for peace. And hoping for eternal justice we should be willing to grant justice. Peaceful rests the young soldier on the lap of mother earth. No more Will he lead the flag to victory, no more encourage en-courage men to deeds of bravery. Never again will he clasp, in loving embrace, the dear ones in the home nest. He was in love with life and cruel death kissed down, his eyelids while his heart beat tumultously with the strength of youth. And this cometh of war. Seek ye, our countrymen, the paths of peace. . I |