The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-01
HONOR GIVEN HEROES
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first Vermont coming to Barre for Me
mortal day.
The march to Elmwood was made b.
way of North Main and Washington
streets. Reaching the cemetery, Their
was a short halt and after the formin,
of the hollow square, the salute to tn
dead was given. Everywhere the littl
red, white and blue banners of the Gran,
Army fluttered over the graves of SOM
deceased comrade. 1t may be we'll t,
give here an idea of the decorations eff
| fected by the post, the camp and schoo
children in various cemeteries about tn,
city. In Elmwood, Hope, Wilson, Maple
wood and the Catholic cemeteries Their,
were decorated the graves of IA men wht
fought in the war for independence, Z:
veterans of the war of 1912, one Mex
lean war veteran, 100 veterans of the
Civil war and 10 of the boys who went
to the front in 1898. Among the Civil
war veterans there were nearly 10 greer
graves to be wresthed for the first time
this year.
Exercises at the Opera House.
Coming down out OF Elmwood, the
| lines reformed and the march to the
city hall was quickly made. The opera
house stage was tastefully decorated for
the day. Well to the front were re-
served seats for the veterans as well as
the band, which interspersed the pro-
gram with selections. The order of the
exercises was as follows: Selection by
the band; reading of general orders and
the salute to the dead. Adjutant J. E.
Harris; selection by the band; tribute
to the unknown dead and the reading
of President Lincoln's Gettysburg adj
dress, Comrade A. j. Baldwin; band Sc
lection; prayer, Rev. j. w. Barnett;
singing, America" with accompaniment
by the band; address, Peace" Rev.
Duncan Salmond; band selection; invo-
cation.
Rev. Mr.. Salmond's Address.
Rev. Mr.. Salmonds address was fine
ly balanced tribute to the men who
fought in 1861 as well as deeply in
teresting sermon on world peace. The
pastor early gained the careful attention
of his auditors and held il throughout
his discourse. He spoke as follows
"Members of r. B. Crandall Post, G. A.
r., Veterans of the Spanish American
War, Sons of Veterans, Ladies of the
G. A. r.. and Friends.
"The subject on which am to address
you to-day is, The Growth of the Peace
Idea
Il have not forgotten that day little
over year ago when | had the honor of
addressing the G.. A. X. and allied or
IDst IN,
that occasion we recounted the achieve
ments Of you men, who back in the six
ties sacrificed so much for the preserva-
ton of the Union. What this entire ma
ton, north and south alike, thinks of
what you did then was forcefully illus
trated some months ago, when on the
field of Gettysburg, victor and van
pushed clasped hands in recognition of
the righteousness of the cause that had
triumphed Great as were the events of
those terrible days, often as they have
been repeated and ought to be repeated
and will be repeated, yet we are going
TO dedicate this half hour to the cause of
world peace subject that must appeal
to the heart of every man that has be-
held .the carnage of war.
"fhe great movement that is now
making for worldwide peace is not as
modern as many of us think History
tells us of the interstate arbitration oc-
casionally resorted to by the several
Greek communities. During the ages,
the pope has not infrequently acted as
arbitrator between ambitious monarchs,
or between monarchs and their more
powerful and turbulent vassals. What
reader OF history has forgotten the great
design of Henry the ". of France;
which design consisted OF mighty
scheme OF federation for all the states
of Christian Europe under common
government. 1t was an essential fea-
ture of this plan that all disputes should
be settled by council.
"The great modern peace movement,
growing out of these earlier efforts be-
gan about the year 1850. At this time
both the American Congress and the
British House of Commons passed reso-
buttons in favor of a great and perma-
nent system of arbitration The activ- |
ty of these two great nations inspired !
men as never before to the study of the |
problems involved. Books on the subject |
IF international peace began to pour
vi w tAphi A'le HitoHs aAA q VI Z
powerful peace societies were formed.
Thus the movement has grown among !
he nations. 1t has taken such deep |
DOT in our own country, that to-day we
nave concluded not less than "a treaties
With as many foreign powers.
at should not he forgotten that the |
Tivil war played a very important part
n shaping the ideal peace idea. In
ecent address. Oscar s. Strauss, former
Minister to Turkey, declared that 'ane
# the greatest events that has brought |
IN the ideal peace idea grew out Of the
1ivil war; England, you remember, al
owed to be fitted out in her dock yards
lestroyers of our commerce. Our min
ster to the court of st. James called /
ttention to this fitting out of privateers, n
md finally when he reached the end of
he informed England that the
'uilding or the fitting out of any more
-essels would mean war. At first Eng II
and would not arbitrate, for she said
Ter honor was involved Finally arbitra-
ion was arranged, and the Civil war
With all its suffering and death gave TO
he world powerful illustration of the
ower of diplomacy to prevent war"
''In speaking of the growth of the
eace idea, We are not forgetful of the
iscouragements by which we are sur