Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-08
Was the Climax OF New York
States Champlain Tercenten.
ary Celebration.
GREAT MILITARY DISPLAY
Federal, Stnte and Canadian Truors
Join In the Dcrnonstration-Pres.
TAFT, Ambassadors nnd GOver-
nors Speak MT the Various
Exercises.

Plattsburgh n. y, July New York's
tho discovery Of Lake Charnplain reached
its climax to. day. Tomorrow the scenes
Of pageantry. the parades. the speech.
| making. the Interchange OF compliments
among three nations OF France. Great
Britain and the United States, who
shared in the history making OF the
Champlain country will ali be trans
felTed acroes .he lake to Vermont and
Burlington VA have it's 1rg.
Governor Hughes Of New York and
! Governor Proutv Of Vermont, I'm their
specchmal>ing tours to-day. indulgcl in
a good deal OF pleasantly az to the RI
yalry between the two States whose
boundaries skirt the lake. Whereupon
! Ambassador Jusserand n. the Platts-
burgh barracks this afternoon. speaking
III splendid English. and with the attrac-
| tive accent OF his native tongue was led
| to declare amid an outburst of laughter:
! "Gentlemen, Champlain discovered both
sides Of the lake st the same time. He
! looked on one side and then the other.
He saw New York and he saw Vermont
and he liked them both
| Hresdent Taft. Ambassadors Jusserand
of France and Bryce Of Great Britain,
| with Governors hughes and Trouty.
again made three speeches. concluding
with brilliant banquet a; ,he Hotel
| Champlain tonight. Senator Root add
cd to the distinguished guests to-day
made the historical Grafton OF the cele-
| bration at the ceremonies at plattsburrh
! barracks. Postn1aster-General Rodolnhe
Lemieux Of Canada also smoke M the
| barracks and with Seuator Root and the
others again tonight at the banouet.
where the expressions of friendlv GOOD
will among the three great nations oar-
ticipat,n0 in the .erren,annrv were e,,.
! phasized
! Mr. Ie,nieux and An,I,as o1or r,,sear-
ana .,.,,. took President 'r,cs r,r q -,
ject and IN tho'r rcmarfs SrV" :i' equal
prominence with 'hanplain Nh JUS
s'rahd declared that both Champlaln and
the president knew VIVA. II was 10 plant
nag III II faraway land
| THE spirit and all that was best in
Champiain. declared Mr.. Jusserard.
| lives again IN President TAFT And
| there Is people IN distant archi-
| p"IaHo VINO ie"l IL ana VINO for CEN
| turtles VIII bless his name.
| CANADA HAS rApc1, ctr>pE
'"''au@ hau largo snare III to-day's
| ct'epratoil' ana on the American mill
| 'aiy reservation al flattshurgh barracks
| 'ilS "luerh"oh the fresloent and the
| o'hcr EueS'S Witnessed parade of
American ana canadian troops which
| ""' spectacular 10 degree seldom at
tanned IN tins country. regiment of
| !ile!llah"els III soariet coats furry heads
ana plhld kltles' ana other regiment of
| the GoVernor-GeneraI foot Guards in
uniform or almost equal brilllancy. all
fulN armed ana with bands playing
| British ana scotch marches and melo-
| dies pAtlcipated In the military dis
play. Two regiments and squadron Of
cavalry from the t. :. forces and
| regimen or New YORK state National
Guard-ill in the modest blue of the
Americh army formed the contrast for
the vtid lines Of colors, which the
| foreigNrs presented
Tho ive regiments first were drawn |
| up IN reg,'ncntal front across tho wide
| spreading parade ground or the oarra clIs
oppose IN President reviewing stand |
Raok If the soldiers lay the Placid lake.
above which n cloudiess sky and over |
the 'ermont hills lowered tine peaks
Of IT, Green Mountains The spcech-
! makig and exerciscs mt the stand had |
been completed and the sun was sett-
| Ing hen the buSos began the stirring
OF ''sseirbly." Almost In nm instant the
raggl fringe OF soldiers was transferred
,ntoa rigid line which stretched from
ono snG of the vast parade ground to
the pther.
Vile all of the three troops, Canada
andAmericah "hke' stoou IL. "''e''io"'
nnts ., tho evening call. When the last
| -, he martial tones had died away tho
| hol RI ,he Eifth Infantry crashed into
| ,n,"Star sponpl,3 Rann.r and the big
-, Oar hegan to dron slouly from ,ts
low star Tho President and those
| o,u, n,,r stood facing the nag with
| ,,ad hats
.yt came the review and IN compony
On, tha 0va rep,ments and the SQUAD
;, ~ cavalry marched nv. their bands
rvine rationnl airs their officers and