03/06/1906
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"I want to thank you and my comrades of the Spanish-American War from my heart;"
"The pioneer days have gone, but the need for the old pioneer virtues remains as great as ever."
"I am deeply touched by the beautiful gift you have given me."
"When 1898 came and the war which President McKinley in all honesty and in all sincerity sought to avoid became inevitable, and was pressed upon him, he met it as he and you had met the crisis of 1861."