The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-31
Mastery Appeal for Partial
Disarmament
MADE BY REV. F. A. POOLE
Memorial Day Exercises in Barre Were
Largely Attended Yesterday-yet-
erans Decorated Graves Of
Their Comrades

IhlthJut 70 hhflr 0ubY OF remembering
their dead comrades on Memorial day,
the gray-haired and fast aging Veterans
Of R. B. crandall post, No. 56, G. A. R.,
Of this city yesterday morning held one
Of the most inspiring and impressive OBJ
seryances Of the day that they have
had in several years past. At 10 o'clock
a parade was formed under the command
Of Capt. Joe W. jackson, a. marshal 81
the day, at Depot square and marched
to Elmwood cemetery, where the vet
eraus decorated what few graves had
not already been decorated and then,
forming in a hollow square, gave the sa-
lutte to the dead.
The procession was made mp AZ fol-
lows: Barre police force; Barre Citi-
zens band; ST. Aldemar commandery,
No. ll. knights Templar; Canton VIM
ton, No 8, r. NJ; veterans Of the @. a.
r.; carriages ID which were Mayor James
Muteh and Rev. Francis a. Poole Of
Worcester, Mass, who delivered the ad-
dress of the day and veterans too feeble
to make the march 70 the cemetery.
Returning from the cemetery, the vet
Grams went to the opera house hall
where the following order Of exercises
were carried out: Selection BY quar-
tet comprised Of Il. g. GriHiths, Miss
Marguerite Cornell. William IngIis and
Miss Jessie Robertson; reading Of gen.
eraI orders BY Adinfant !. Fl. Thurs
ton; salute to the dead by Capt A. f.
Dodge selection BIZ quartet; tribute TO
the unknown dead and reading of Lin
coins Gettysburg address By comrade a
J. Baldwin, selection BY quartet; prayer
81 Che Rev. Edward c Downey; singing
Of America; address "The Glory Of
War and the Glory 81 Peace" the Rev.
r. A. Poole.
The speaker is wen known TO Barre
audiences, having been until recently
pastor Of the Congregational church in
this city, and be was greeted with an
audience yesterday that nearly filed the
auditorium Of the house The attend
ence numbered about 800 and was much
larger than the usual attendance at Me-
mortal day exercises. As was expected.
Rev. Mr. Poole gave one Of The most
eloquent, inspiring and masterful Sd
dresses ever heard on Memorial day IN
Barre, and be was given great oyatiAn
at the close.
He said in part We are gathered
once more on the day set apart to com
memorats the nations heroic dead II Is
sacred day II VIII be to our shame
if We ever for a moment forget The men
who fell in war for our country's honor
We call them our nations heroic dead,
and truly so they are They are the
men who risked their lives to vindicate
the country's fair name and to preserve
its honor. There Is halo of glory
around this saeriiicos For there is glory
in The battle, when man meets man, TO
shoot each other down.
Where is the veteran Of our Civil war,
who can remain unmoyed when the name
of the beloved commander under whom
he fought Is mentionedi There are
names Of battles that caused a thrill.
And how many Of these battles and he
roes have been celebrated IN verse and
Song There IS bright halo. which
shines above All great wars. II is the
glory Of winning great contest in
great way Il is the glory Of fame se-
cured through superior ability courage
and skill When glory and hotior are
at stake. man win not hesitate to risk
his life, for man at his best has rare
for self sacrifice.
The most graphic description Of war
Is ehell.a One Of the greatest generals
has So depicted it. and he knew whereof
he spoke 1t is the sphere where human
brother faces brother to strike each 9th
er down Some 70 down in instant
death and others liuger in suffering and
anguish before the end relieves them,
and still Others are MANNED for lift.
Sometimes there are those who are most
anxious for war, but are the least will
ing to bear its consequences There have
been wars promoted and waged purely
by men who are TO be commercially
benefited BY It, and to both 81 these
kinds Of men, say, selfish, despicablc
nowaTdsn
There are many ways in which war
Is akin 70 hell and so must It not stand
out ia bright relief that there is still
more glory IN peace even than in war2
Blessed are the peacemakers Therefore
Is there not d shining glory awaiting
The men who are striving for arbitra
tion and the settlement oi all interna
tional questions IN ! peaceful manner2
Once, mans house was his fortress.
II had to be walled Ia and guarded and
armed in readiness for battle To-day,
would we not consider it absurd sor
4 man to 80 equip bis home And So
say, is It not just equally as absurd to
equip the nations home TO the great
extent that Is now being carried out Is
such an enormous expense7
Small wonder L IS tbnt the great srm-
iment Of the nation IS called satire On
civilization It has been cried chat great
navies aud great armies make for peace,
out strangely enough. ii the days when
homes were SO fortified it was not Ia the
lays Of feudal wars, when man was com
-inuouslv lighting. Homes were not
sQuipped with fortressses then, So that
ieighbors could shake hands ia friendly
,oneord over their backward fences
At this point the speaker said that,
although BE vas great admirer Of
Theodore Roosevelt, 9 man whose great
'rX has ever been that righteousness eN-
iiteth a nation. a man who put yitalx-
ng moral blood ia the nation that
,elieve IS destined to cause new era
Il health and yigor in this country, hc