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by our countrymen in that terrible war vaged in the cause of Liberty and Right,
the euccese of which me,nt the preservation of the United Staters. It 11'1 true
that f rom time t o t Li:le a few brief sk etches hav e been given through our magazines
and the Evening Telegram, but the details ve re very limited , and thus we hav e lost
this opportunity of doing full justice to our brave seamen vhc hav e covered tbem _
ee Ive e wi t h gl ory, f i ght i ng in the cause of Fr eedom. und er a fore ign flag. The
same may be said vitb regard to our cOWltr.rmen ....ho fought in the Cuban War of
I n depe nde nce, &9 \1e11 as that of Oht Le and other countries .
Actuated by an unbor n
love of adv en ture , nurtured amongst the icefleldt'l of their cvn coast and that of
Labr ador, they sought the scenes of danger, and distinguished themselves upon al l
occasions by t heir bravery, heroism, hardihood a nd determination • . From childhood
they cber-Lebed a l ove of eeafaring life.
It vaa second nature to thenl, and their
f ame for agility and seemanehfp 'Was vot-Ld-r-enovned , and their services wer-e eager_
ly sought a fter and availed of by ever y country in case of emer gency.
Where danger
or adv enture 'Wa s at i t s heights there 'Wa s to be found the Nevfoundland seamen -
e ve n 1n far off J ll.psn.
And 'We hear the same spirit of advent ure and corrteept, f or danger animating
our eailormen of t he pr esent day a s t,ha.!-._'Whi4ch animated our brave countrymen of
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half a century ago, or as far back as the eeverrteent.h century, chen they cef'end edour
Shores successfull,y against al l attacks of a foreign foe , both by l and and s ea .
As I eadd befor e ve have devoted considerable space in chronicling the
B:lorlouf' achfeve ae nt .e of our immortal Royal Nevfcundkand Regiment on the fields
of Callipol 1 , Egypt, Belgium and France , 'Which have von for them the tit le of
"Bet.t.er- than the Best ll , and ve hav e a Lso r ecorded in hietory of the Titanic
s t ru ggl e, whi oh hall drawn to a victorious concluef.oa for the Empire and her allies,
t he de eds of heroiem dbplayed by our gallant wboTs in bkue'", who have se rv ed and
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