The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-31
VETERANS
H0N0RED
Successful Celebration Of
Memorial Day Yesterday
CONG. HASKINN SPOKE
Large Crowd Saw Line Of Soldiers and
Escort Went its Way to cemetary
Where Graves Were Decorated
Banquet to Veterans.

The weather man let 90 his wintry
grasp Just enough To allow for pass
ably comfortable day yesterday and the
memorial exercises held under the uus-
pices Of r. B. CrandalI POST No. So Il.
A. r., and Camp I.amson, United Spanish
War Veterans, were most successfully
carried out Not for several years has
So large crowd of people lined the
streets to witness the parade as was
lseen yesterday
Not being able to have the Montpelier
band in the morning the parade did not
form until 1850 o'clock In the afternoon
Under the direction Of marshal, DR.. Joe
Jackson, and aid, G NJ. Wiley, the par
ade was formed at Depot square and pro-
ceeded from there to Elmwood cemetery
After the decorating Of the graves by the
Veterans Of Crandall Post and Of Camp
\ Lanson, and the salute to the dead had
been given the return march was made
~ the city building where the address
Of the day was given by Congressman
kittridge Haskins.
The different organizations IN the par.
ade were well represented and were form
ed in the following order. led BY the
lmarshals: Chief az Police David Faux.
I ner and twelve patrolmen and special
police, members Of fire department !;
Montpelier Military band; st. Aldemar
! Commandery, Knights TempIar, NJ. q.
Love. eminent commander; Uniform
Rank, knights Of Pythias, Charles Ber
4 ger0n, captain; teams with flowers; q.
a. r. veterans, 81 in line. Emory j..
Smith, commander; United Spanish
\ American War veterans, 20 In line,
Capt. Il. J. Badger in charge, hacks car
/ rying the speaker and Mayor John
Robins. board Of aldermen and feeble
Yeterans.
The exercises in the hall were very
good and were attended by an audience
that well filed the auditorium. The
stage was prettily decorated with flacs
land potted plants Seated on the stare
were those who took part IN the pro.
! gramme The order Of exercises previous
Eto the address vas as follows: Selection
| by the quartette 81 the Congregational
church, composed Of L. G. Griiiiths. Mrs.
lib ny. Braley Miss Mande +. Harris and
4 William Robertson; reading of the gem
teral orders by Adjutant L. IT. Thurston ;
salntes to the dead by Commander F. l..
Smith and post; selection BY the quar-
ltette; tribute to the unknown dead by
a. J. Baldwin; reading Of President Lin
coins Gettysburg address By Jerome X.
Berry of Goddard; selection by quar-
ltstte, prayer by the Rev. G. E. Freeman;
singing Of America address by Con.
lgressman Kittridge Haskins.
Congressman Haskins' Speech.
Col Haskins in Ills address took IN
nearly two hours, giving an able dis
lcourse that was followed with much in
lterest by bis hearers lie said in part :
"On this, Memorial day. here as veil as
lin many Of The states Of the Union the
great mass Of people turn aside TO the
shrine Of the nations dead and pay
honor 70 their sacred names. AS the
people gather and the procession wends
its way 70 the cemetery, and the sweet
est flowers Of May are placed upon the
4 graves OF the heroes. some people may
ask the question, Why this customY In
answering we may say that the G. 4. X.
is body composed of the honnfably dis
charged soldiers aud sailors who fought
in the great rebellion that stirred the
world and whose object was of the great
est importance to humanity.
In 1867 the 30th day Of May was
set apart as a day ia which to COM
linemofate tho memory of thnse who fell
in this strife. Gen. John A. logan, the
first commander Of the g. A. r., asked
that the graves Of the dead comrades
be kept green and strewn with flowers
on this day. II we did nothing more
than 70 keep green the graves Il would
be sufficient TO keep us In one common
bond Of patriotism ard love for our
country. There were enlisted III this
war three millions OF the best blood Of
the country and 100000 met their
death on the battle fields III hospitals
and 10 the prison pens, and every day
since the close Of the war the great roll
OF our patriotic dead his been swelling.
Memorial halls, bronze monuments and
beautiful cemeteries that have been con
structed are all fitting tributes 10 Keep
green the memory Of the dead. We
should honor tie dead soldiers so that
the motive for which they fought shall
bc remembered 10 the end Of time
The speaker said that the rebellion has
been erroneously called by many public
speakers and by writer's as being war
between The north and the south. Such
o statement he said, Is grossly mislead-
Ting and historically untrue. The north
did not make war; it ever remained true
10 the articles Of the constitution The
federal union accepted war ana fred the
first gun on Fort Sumpter defying the
very laws Of the union He declared It
was no sectional war, brt war between
that southern section against the nat.
lional government testing whether the
power or sovereignty Of The nation was
greater than that Of the states. This
lquestion he declared had been discussed
for years and was at the hottom Of tho
cause Of the Civil War, and was settled
Iby the war.
1t was to establish n perfect form 81
government and an indissolnble union Of
states That the patriots vent into the
battlc and preserved fer the nation q
government 81 tts people, BY the people
land for the people he vigorously up
lhcld the United States II the var with
Spain and tbe werk II was row doing to
enliglten and educate the Philippine is-
landers.
This country has a wonderful rise. lie
said. and is now one Of the foremost