The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-31
A TRIBUTE
TO VETERANS
Memorial Day Exercises In
!. Barre Yesterday.
ADDRESS BY REV. BROWN
Graves of Veterans of Three Wars Dec
grated in the Forenoon, Followed
by Public Exercises in the
iCty Hall.
ADDRESS BY REV. BROWN
Graves of Veterans of Three Wars Dec
Grated in the Forenoon. Followed

The 3sth Memorial Day anniversary
was most appropriately and successfully
observed in this city yesterday by the
r. B. Crandall Post, No. So, G. A. r.,
and Spanish War veterans.
Though the annual Memorial Day rain
did not fall, threatening clouds hung
part of the forenoon.
The Parade.
The parade was participated in by
nine different bodies Of men who were
formed at Depot Square under the com
mand of Capt Joe. w. jackson, chief
marshal, assisted by C. NJ. Wiley, Ned
J. Roberts and Alex. Bruce, as assistant
marshals. The procession was formed
as follows: Marshals; police force,
Chief Brown and Patrolmen Hamel,
Faulkner and Carle; Transatlantic band;
Company f, ". n. G., under command
of Capt. p. j. Rogers; st. Alderman
Commandery, Knights Teniplar, DIR. f..
B. Whitaker in charge; Modern
| Woodmen, Chief Forester Gilbert Phil
| lips in command; r. B. Crandall Post,
@. A. r., A. +. Dodge, commander;
| Spanish American War veterans, in
charge of Capt. E. ]. Badger; Mayor
| William Barclay and the city council
men, J. j. Mckenzie, Frank Burke, b.
Albisetti, e. j. Sowden, Alexander Milne
and James Adie in teams, followed by
teams carrying Grand Army veterans
| to feeble to walk and the flowers for
| decorating the graves
The number Of graves decorated in
the three cemeteries of the city are as
| follows: Elmwood, Revolution, eight;
\ War of 1912, forty two; the Rebellion,
| fifty-five; Spanish American War, two;
| Hope cemetery, the Rebellion eight;
Spanish American War, three Catholic
cemetery, the Rebellion, three; Spanish
American War, one The Williamstown
cemetery, Spanish American War, one.
The procession marched to Elinwood
cemetery where they broke ranks until
the graves were decorated, and after
| giving salute to the dead, the return
| march was made to the City Hall, where
exercises were held and the orator OF
the day, Rev. G. J. Brown Of Cabot,
gave his address,
The Address.
The exercises in the hall we're begun
at 11:15. They were poorly attended,
there being scarcely 200 people present.
The stage was prettily decorated with
I flags and flowers. Seated on the stage
were Commander A. T. Dodge, Ad-
jutant L. II. Thurston, Rev. c. j. Brown;
Rev. G. G.. Conner, Rev. X. +. Lowe,
Charles A. Wishart and the quartette
| of the Congregational church, Mrs. B.
w. Braley, Miss Maude i. Harris, III. S.
| Chapman and George Ingliss. The order
OF exercises was: Reading of the general
order by Adiutant L. H Thurston; sa-
| lutte to the dead by the G. A. r.; tribute
to the unknown dead by Chaplain A.
j. Baldwin; selection by the quartette
by Charles Wishart; prayer by the Rev,
9. 9. Conner; singing, America" adj
dress by Rev. G. J. Brown.
MIR. Browns remarks were most in
teresting, as well as most impressive
He paid glowing tribute to the Grand
Army of the Republic and to the noble
work done by the Vermont troops in
the war and also spoke of an urgent
need of more general observance oi
Memorial Day BY the public. In open
ing his address he said: My heart il
full of sadness when / look into this
great room and see so few people, but
there is one bright fact and that il
that there are so many young people
present, who are to be the future citi
zens of this country. | am a stranger
in strange city. | was never in yom
city until this morning. | need youl
sympathy and you need to bear with
me"
This is a sacred day, declared ths
speaker. There is no day more sacred
than this. | believe that there should
be a law enacted to make this day sac
red and to forbid there being anything
done on Memorial Day that is not al
lowed on sunday. This day is set apart
as the nations mourning day, and il
should be so observed.
Continuing, the speaker said we may
talk about the loss of our great mer
but | want to tell you that look
| upon you with just as much feeling as
i do the generals who ordered you to
face the bullets. | believe that the
greatest heroes of a war are the com
mon soldiers. l like to think Of the
great generals and their triumphs but
also Ike 70 pillik OF youf YOU NhO AZ
one sense made their glory. The Army
of the Potomac, said he, was the best
army that the world has ever yet seen
Give General Mcclellan the honor of be-
ing the greatest organizer and driller
of the war, though he was too tender
hearted to lead his army against the
enemy.
| He spoke of the loyal, patriotic wom-
en- in the homes who, he said, bore more
suffering. and sacrificed more than you
did in the field. You went down there
to work for SIS month, while at home
there were men eager to grasp all the
chances to coin money and at night
would sit around the fire with their
fragrant cigars and wonder why Nc
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