St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-06-03

shape our country's life to nobler issues.
and to hasten the day when reason and
the will OF 6 ID shall prevail.
The exercises closed with the singing
of america and the benedction pro-
nounced by Rev. DR.. Barnes.
The camp fire in the evening was held
in Music Hall and every seat was taken
before o'clock. Nearly 100 came litter
that hour, many of whom stood through
the entire program. Capt. E. L. Hovey
presided and the following interesting
program was given:
overture-National Airs-America,
Arranged by Theo Moses
Chorus-The Bird let Loose, Beethoven
The Flag of the Free,
School Children.
| Ouartette, The Blue and the Gray,
Arranged by Mrs. Geo. w. Kyburg
| The Marcians.
Reading-Public Speaking in slabville, Locke
| Mrs. Anna Spencer Frost.
Saxophone Solo-Rocked in the Cradle of
| the Deep.
Arranged by Robinson
| J.H. Moore.
Address-our Army in the Philippines,
Solo-My Own United States, Edwards
| Professor May.
Reading-A Dance in 1916. Anon
! Mrs. Frost.
Quartette-Ben Bolt, Friebel
| The Marcians.
Crusaders March-From Maid Marion.
DeKoven
Orchestra.
The Marcians, Mrs. Frost and Mr.
May were heartily encored and generous
| ly responded to an encore. Judge 1de
was gwen round Of applause as he rose
to speak and his address is here given in
full:
Mr.. Chairman, Soldiers of the Grand
Army, Neighbors and FRIENDSHIP is a
great pleasure to me once more to meet
face to face you whom have during all
my lifetime known and respected. One
of the greatest pleasures of travel or
sojourn in distant lands is the satisfac-
ton OF returning once more to ones own
home, to the scenes that have been famil-
lar from boyhood, and to old and we'll
tried friends. have been glad to accept
the invitation of the Chamberlin Post of
the Grand Army Of the Republic to take
part in the proceedings OF this campfire,
not only because it gives me an opportu-
nifty to meet SO many OF you, but also
| DSSduoS H. 1uOluS Liz al
of expressing my high appreciation
of an organization that has done so
much to keep alive the spirit OF patriot
ism, and to revive the memories of heroic
deeds. l was boy when the civil war
called you forth in the defence oil. your
country, and did not have the honor OF
serving in your rapidly diminishing ranks;
but my brother you all know
enlisted as private at the beginning OF
the war, served for three years. then
re-enlisted for the war, and at the final
muster out at Washington, in 1865,
was Major of the First Vermont Cav
airy. Through him, and through his
! loyal and patriotic services, I may at
least claim a relationship to your hon.
orable and distinguished body.
| have been asked to say something
, in regard to the army in the United States
in the Philippine Islands. The time has
not yet come Tor writing the history oil
: the work OF that army, nor is this a
: a fitting time to engage IN the attempt
, to give such history. l can speak only
, as one who has been engaged with the
civil government in the Philippine Islands
+ in attempting to work out the great
task in which the army likewise was
engaged. That work was the pacifca.
4 ton OF the islands, and the institution
e of an orderly and well conducted gov.
: eminent among the people, which should
D protect the rights of every individual
e and secure to the inhabitants of those
a islands the blessings that come from
: American institutions. For considera
e BILE time the newspapers were engaged in
r the discussions OF great controversies
? that were said to have existed between
$ the civil and military authorities in the
. Philippine Islands, and of the barbari
l. ties alleged to have been inflicted by the
e armies OF the United States in the wal
d IN the Philippines. l am certain thai
IN the war which the newspapers created
II between the civil and military authori
e ties, no barbarities were inflicted by
ii either side upon the other. That Difficult
n ties OF administration should arise, tt
e some extent, was unavoidable unde
q the circumstances. The civil and mill
le tarv authorities were exercising powe
it to some degree throughout the same ter
I'll ritory, and the civil administration was
Is by direction of the President of the Unite,
n States. gradually supplanting militar,
authority. Such situation was inevi
r. tably one of great delicacy and one tina
}. might have involved serious conflict
lie and difficulties. That the difficultie
h were so slight, that they were so easil,
lie adjusted and made to harmonic witt
lie the ultimate purpose for which boil
1t authorities were in the Philippine Islands
a is due very largely to the discretion
rs wisdom, tact and good sense of the Mil
as tary Governors on the one hand, Ger
as erals Macarthur, Chaffee and Davis, an
al the civil governor and president of tn
n commission, Gov. Taft, on the other side
d. When the history of those DAYS shaI
h, been written impartially and fairly, i
We will appear that most satisfactor
r. results were secured from harmoniou
corporation of the authorities I hav
ne named, and from the discretion wit
Us which powers entrusted to them wer
ID exercised. The minor difficulties tina
e. arose were far less than could have bee
nr expected, and all worked out to ult
~ mate good.
* 1t would be unbecoming in me as
'e civilian to attempt to pass judgmen
or upon the operations of the miIitar
u, authorities in the Philippine Islands
I'd though as an outsider, but one who wa
40 upon the immediate scene of action an
p. knew from day to day the events tina
st occurred, and was in immediate an
no interested touch with all that transpiret
pe i venture to express some opinions. NJ