Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-11
WELCOMES VETERANS
Governor Hughes Extends Greet
 ing to Grand Army Men.
TELLS OF FLAG IN PEACE.
Urges Official Patriotism at Forty-first Encanpment at Saratoga and Says Nation Can Never Forget It's Mis- sion--Archbishop Ireland Speaks.

Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 11.-With the formal welcome of Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York state the for ty-irst national Grand Army of the Republic encampment was opened in the convention hall in this city. Six thousand veterans, members of the Women's Relief corps. Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and other patriotic organizations filled the, hail to overfiowing. Governor Hughes as we'll as the Grand Army of the Repub lie officers was given an ovation. Ad- dressing the assembly, he said ill part:
 "The state of New York welcomes you to this encampment, and on be- half of the citizens of the state it is my privilege to express their greeting, their felicitations and their affection ate regard. Your meeting is at once a memorial, contrast and an inspira- tion. ~
 An inspiration to Public Service.
 T congratulate you upon the lasting affection of united people, upon the blessed memory of painful and conse- crated effort and of highest duty well performed. By your courage and en- durance, by your steadfastness in de- feat and magnanimity ill victory, by the heroic service of your leaders, by the noble humanity of our martyred president, by the work of all who at home or in the field, in humble station or in great place toiled and sacrificed for the life of the nation our people have been pricelessly endowed. The nation so preserved and so enriched can never forget its mission,
 Your meeting, with its imposing re- hinder of patriotic sacrifice, cannot but serve as an inspiration to fidelity in public service. The same flag which f1oated over the armies in the field floats over the public buildings in which are gathered the chosen serv- ants of the people. That flag for whose honor you were ready to give your lives demands the same loyalty s in time of peace. Patriotism is not Elimited to times of conflict. but is equally expressed in every form of service where love of country rises above love of self If the same gener- ous ardor, if the same readiness to put the cause of the Union above all per sonal considerations which character ized your service on the field of battle is displayed in the administration of every department of our government and in the maintenance of the cause of the people against every form of cor ruptioa and oppression, we may look forward to, victories of peace no less Significant ana notable than those in which you won and conferred last ing glory"
 Speakers of Note.
 In addition to Governor Hughes many speakers of note in the Grand Army of the Republic made addresses. including Robert Bruce Brown of Zanesville O., national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic; James D. McNulty, president of the village of Saratoga; Harlan J. Swift of Rochester, department commander of New York state; James Tanner of Washington, former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public: the Right Rev. Archbishop Ire land, chaplain in chief of the organi- zation. and United States Senator Ma comber of South Dakota.
 Indications point to the election of Charles c. Burton of Nevada, Mo, for commander in chief to succeed Com mander Brown.