Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-29

was approaching. ~ vi" hot ho"o wv
approach the town where was at the
time but visited two adjoining villages.
Fifty or more people were killsd by that
terrible cyclone. So with treason ii is
black and must at all times be fought
against by the patriots of the land we
can forgive the men or woman who with
honest purpose may advance princip"l
concerning government which in our
judgment is wrong, and while we can
not praise their motive yet we have no
harsh words for such advocates of AN
unri~htous cause, but we cannot tolerate
the comprehension which was ripe in
in the old days at the North and which
attempts to sow the seeds of discomfort
among our soldiers in the Philippines.
Memorial Sunday. and Memorial Day
are the occasions when we seek to eau
tion our people against such trt asonable
acts 1t is grand to work in behalf of
ones country. Either to write for it;
speak for it; work for it, and die for it.
We who have enlisted and been ready
to die in behalf of the land, well know
the love that all should have for the
Republic. When thousands of youths
will give up life itself for the ila-, there
is abundant proof of the forces at work.
When we find youths ready to pass over
| the line to the uncertainties of death we
we'll know what sacrifice and devotion
they are showing in defence of the coun-
try. Death entered our ranks wheE we
were on the field of Chckmauga. Not
the death that comes from the shot or
the can2on ball, but the death from the
slow miserable disease. The boys here
will recall the first death in our regi-
ment and how under the twilight we
gathered around the coffin of Uomrade
Spofford of Company X, and when the
words had been spoken the regiment
sung "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" After
this first death the funerals We're only
} held in Il company street and only the
company present, because it was feared
that ihe scenes might have Il depressing
effect on the soldiers.
On my recent trip west | was greatly
impressed with the greatness of this
, country, and have no fear of the fu-
ture, for we can depend on the youths
cast and west to protect the Republic
The veterans of '6l know this to be sc
for you find yourselves tlankcd on the
, one side today by younger men, them
/ selves also veterans, and on the other
, by still younger mcn, the Hi III School
! boys, ready to do their part in the future
if necessary.
, was in a western school few day,
AGO, and after seeing the scholars rrcitt
in various classes the president oi the
/, institution asked if | would not like t1
: see the school together. | said yes, ,an(
f the entire school were called to the
, ROOM A glee club of thirty young
L men stepped out and rendered "A SON
4 entitled 1.-The Flam Wihou. Il Stain"
: noticed one young man in the group O.
A singers and on inquiry as to who h'
. was the president told me that he was ;
s member Of Roosevelt's troop of Rougl
,r Riders and was the first man to raise
IS wire to let his comrades pass at the bat
a tle of San .Juau. He was singing 9Th
If FLAG Without Stain" He had Tough
e for the country and was now storing ii
!. mind with knowledge, which is educa
IS ton. On my return trip went to tn
n top of the largest Soldiers Monument i
O the country, that at Indianapolis.
"a razcd from that height of 100 feet in a
,e directions Looking at the great city thu
"a is laid out like Washington. When
,e had once reached the eyrie looked
p rho side of the monument. On on
m pauel was the scene representing peace