| Show TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS president believes admiral bogos address will benefit them washington feb 27 Pros president ident roosevelt has addressed to the secretary of war who has promulgated the same in a general order a letter reciting the achievements of the japanese admiral togo during the late war between japan and russia and repeating for the benefit odthe of the american soldiers and bailors the addressed issued by the admiral upon the conclusion of I 1 the war the point of the presidents I 1 letter Is the necessity of keeping the I 1 personnel of the army and bavy at the highest pitch in time of peace in order to be prepared for war the portion of the address of admiral togo quoted by the president follows the war of twenty months duration on Is now a thing of the past dast and our united squadron equa dron having completed its functions is to be forthwith dispersed but our duties as naval anon are not at all lightened for that reason mixson to preserve in perpetuity the fruits of this war to promote to ever greater height of prosperity the fortunes of the country the navy which irrespective of peace or war has to 10 stand between the empire and shucks from abroad must always maintain its strength at sea and must be prepared to meet any emergency this streng strength ti does not consist wholly in ships und and armaments it consists ilo alo in material ability to utilize such auch agent when we understand that one gun which scores per cent of hits Is a match tor for a hundred of the guns each of which scores 1 per coal cent it becomes evident that we sailors must have recourse before everything to the strength which s g over and above externals the triumphs recently won by our navy are largely to 10 bo be attributed to the habitual training which enabled us to gather the fruits of the fighting if thim we ue binfet the cje future from the past we recognize that though wo we may ceale we cannot abandon ourselves to ease ase ind rest As a soldiers whole life Is oni ewt continuous and unceasing battle and there is no reason why hla his responsibilities should vary with the of the times in days of crises ho he has to Jl splay his strength in days of pence to accumulate it thus discharging his duties to the full if men caling themselves sailors grasps at the pleasures of peace they will learn the lesson that however fine in appearance i their engines of war like a house built on the sand will tall fall at the first approach of the storm when in ancient times we ne conquered korea that coun ry remained over years under our control only to be lost immediately so soon as our morale declined again Ag alij when under the sway of the in modern days daya our armaments aers neglected the coming coining of a few ships threw us its into al stress op on the other hand ilia british navy which won the battle at trafalgar not only made england as secure as a great mountain but also by thenceforth carefully maintaining its strength and keeping it on a level biffi tho WOOLs wor as P progress has safeguarded that count rys inter cats and Dro promoted its fortunes for such auch lessons whether hether or rood mad ero ern occidental or oriental tal though if to some extent they are arc the out outcome conic of political happenings must be regarded as in the main the natt natural ral insull of uli whether ether the soldier remembers war in the day of 0 peace we naval men who have survived the war must ilan lt ture developments and seek not to fall beyond the process of time if keeping the instructions instruction of our sovereign engraved on oun our hearts we so earnestly and diligently put forth our ful and await r what the hour may bring forth we stall shall then have discharged our great duty of perpetually guarding our country signed TOGO |
