Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-01
BONORED DEAD COMRADES
Annual Observance of Memorial
Day by stannard Post, G. A. R.
Parade, with Exercises at Cemetery
and Y. NJ. c. A. Hall, Including Adj
dress by Judge stanton. Clos
Ing with reception.


day by stannard Post, No. 2, @. A. r..
occurred Tuesday with the usual
parade, exercises at Elmwood ceme-
| 'cry and the Y. NJ. C. A. hail, followed
| by n reception rendered by the Wom-
ans Auxiliary. The day was an ideal
one Places of business were closed
and the parade and exercises drew out
many people During the morning de-
tails from the post decorated the
graves of dead comrades in all ceme
terles except Elmwood
THE PARADE
In the parade. whrch started at two
O'CLOCK were the band and two squad
rons of the 10th cavalry from Fort
Ethan Allen; the Sherman band; Can
ton Lafayette. No. l. Patriarchs Mill
tart, James w. Flynn Camp, No. O.
| nited Spanish War Veterans; Stan.
nard Post. go on foot and - in car
riages); Gen. William Wells Camp, No
| -, Sons of Veterans; three troops of
Boy Scouts of America: carriages and
automobiles carrying disabled veter
ans, the orator and chaplain of the
day. and members of the cty govern
inert.
| EXERC1SES At CEMETERY
The ritual services of the G. A. r.
were conducted at Elmwood cemetery
! by the post commander, J. w. Bout
well with music by the band. decora-
ton of graves, salute to the dead and
taps"
| EXERCISES AT y NJ. c. A. HALL.
The exercises at the Y. NJ. G.. A. hall be
gan about $3.50 O'Clock, with the COM
mander of the Post, John W. Boutwell,,
| presiding. The reading Of memorial or
ders and the salute came first followed
by selection by Shermans band The Rev.
G. Y. Bliss offered prayer. Mayor Robert
Roberts spoke briefly, and read extra cts
from book containing clippings from
the Free Press ard other historical mat
ter. we should undertake the mainte-
nance of peace said Mayor Roberts
I'VE should always be the nucleus Of men
trained to understand the art of war,
but meanwhile let us have peace" After
another selection Ivy the band. Eliot
Staples recited Lincon's address at Get
tysburg.
The Hon z. S. Stanton Of Roxbury de-
lvered a very able and eloquent ad-
dress No man in our history said Judge
; Stanton, arose to a greater duty than
| Webster In his reply to Hayne. Webster
| explained the constitution, what 1t
meant in 1880 and since then the coun-
| try has been a nation. Webster's vic
| tory over Hayne was the triumph of the
north over the south The Puritan and the
| Cavalier met and the former conquered
1t is often said that no other act in
| the history so suddenly crystalized public
| sentiment as the shot on Sumter The
great principle Webster expressed lived
IN the deep spirit Of nationality and
the loyal people said the union must be
| preserved. md It was. Not by the pre-
else arguments of constitutional lawyers
not by the wisdom of the statesmen, the
skill of the diplomat, the scholars learn
ing. or the flash of genius, but by the
brave spirit of the common people, who
produce men in tho virlity of their man
hood, leaving homes to engage in the
terrible duties OF war
The martial spirit was not then preva
lent. War had been made pleasant In mem
DRY by the songs and poets. And 1t was
marvellous that men coming from such
peaceful pursuits formed into armies &c
stand against formidable and relentless
foes.
The world pays the highest tribute &c
the men who feht its battles. History has
brought us to the conclusion that tho
names longest remembered are those OF
the men who fought on sea or land. The
virility of the soldier arrests attention
and this the speaker instanced by mer
Of France. ENGLAND and our own coun
try. saying that the names of Wash
ington, Lincoln and Grant will be the
most enduring. He paid a high tribute tc
Lincoln IN particular.
That the men who fought for the con
fedcracY We're fearless and sincere no one
denies. but tho lesson for us is that OF
in loyalty to the nation made possible the
great achievements that have hroadenet
our life and character and strengthened
our loyalty to the flag. which Is virtu,
not to be overestimated, This day SHOULD
be hallOwed and made sacred, for It (,
laden with the spirit of nationalism,
The audience sang two verses of Ameri
ca, and the bencdictlon was pronounce
by the Rev, e. J. Staples.
NINE DEATHS DURING YEAR
Following the afternoon exercises III,
Post adjourned to the rooms in the Stan
nard Memorial building to hear the re
port of the committee on neurology ant
resolutions.
The neurology report included nin'
names Of those who have died during tn,