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met the Rough Riders in a reunion in Colorado last year. 

 Parson Uzel was asked to deliver the address. 



He dwelt on the real hravery of the men who carried for- 

 ward the anmiunition ; the men who carried the wounded from 

 the field ; the night pickets, and all others who were exposed to 

 fire, without taking part in the engagement. "This required 

 real courage," contended the parson: "These are the real 

 heroes of a battle, these are the men and boys to whom I take 

 off my hat with more profound respect than to the General 

 himself, who leads the charge." 



This so pleased our sportsman President that he went on 

 the platform and said, "That's the kind of talk I like to hear, 

 but not everj'one is sportsman enough to admit it." 



No wonder Colonel Roosevelt, like King Edward VII, is 

 so thoroughly loved and respected by the people. He is first 

 and last and all the time a genuine sportsman. Play fair 

 and fair play are his cardinal virtues. Snobbishness is foreign 

 to his nature. Thus the executive mansion has been con- 

 sistently graced by a democratic man, selected by a democratic 

 people to preside over a democratic nation. 



Long live Colonel Roosevelt! Long live his example as 

 a President, as a sportsman, and as a man! 



