The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-07
"os -ERSo AT ANNUAL BANQUET.
There Were Few Dull Moments When
Spanish War "Vets" Got Together.

Memories Of '9s, the first, fine care
Ilessly eager patriotism awakened by thu
Icall to arms, then the sultry days al
lChickamauga, "the park" with its color
full lights and drab shadows, and lastly
the long road home with never glimpse
of actual strife, memories OF all sorts
were revived at Hotel Barre last evening
lwhen near two-dozen of the old boys
got together for their annual autumn
banquet. Washington county veterans OF
the Spanish American war numbered %
men from Barre, Montpelier and North
field, when the first call totdinner sound
ed. Then everybody who is anybody in
the county insisted on drafting another
veteran, Just for the sake OF making the
number %. Civil war veterans unavail-
able they would have conscripted a vet
eran of the Fenian raid had not real.
dyed in -the-w wool vet. of the preferred
vintage been persuaded to join the ban
queters. +. b. Hyde of Salisbury. a
travelling salesman, needed no better cre'
dentials than membership ticket in
the hospital corps and an honorable rec
ord in the Philippines to get him past
the outposts.
Business of comparing what the menu
had to offer with the old chuck At "the
park" continued until someone suggested
that il was time to eat. What those %
survivors of our last foreign war did to-
the edibles was exactly what any per-
feetly normal 23 would have done under
similar circumstances. Excellent service
went with superiority in cuisine and over
Al h.. -
ing down the last quarter, the early fin
ishers were not at all remiss in shower
ing their best encomiums on the fare.
A brief business session offered the
association secretary. A. G. Eaton, an
for reading his annual re-
port. a record of doings which reflected |
favorably on the diligence Of the officers /
in providing recreation and refreshments
on a certain anniversary in mid-May.
In it, impctuousness, the committee
forgot 10 procure POSTMASTER. but /
Of the old volunteering habit
a number Of the veterans 10
pfFer themselves up on the altar Of after
aanquet oratory Because he consistent
" shamed his volunteering comrades by /
stunning the publicity of such a posi- i
ion. William Wishart was appointed and
'seorted to the big end Of the board.
To make the banquet the ecstatic sue
'ess that il surely was. the chairman
vent down the line on one side and up
he line on the other side, until bit Of
eminiscence. the ghost Of a forgotten
ong. or a lifting measure Of poetry had /,
zen extracted from every last member.
rom Mercer aud DR. Joe. ". Jackson
ang brooklyn Bridge and "Sambo in
BE- Oneysuckle Paitch." Pop Eaton Sc
.cted a well-poised 1.-THE poise was Pops
iece Of didactic poetry as his 1918 con-
rihution 20 the good things in rhetoric
nd song. George Tilaen spoke. az did
y. ". Russell and Col. o. y. Clark Of I.
lontpelier and W. q. Pattee Of the capi. /,
n Everybody sang "Tipperary" aud \
lmeone was having something 60 say =
bout singing Il Didn't Raise Ny Boy
8 Be q Peace Nut. when q warning In
,ot from g. v. engine somewhere n
~ in tho ofinr suggested to the Mont i
siier delegates the idea Of going home. =
The following roster compares faithful \
with TIRE lineup when the fun began 1
p Mrreef. Y. q. Eaton. A. B. Goneo. !.
llasm Wishart Clastpn Neaker VI VI. n
ussell. William Milne. George y. TIL II
ii. Ben SaWtelle. 1ames Sullivan n
aafies Wheaton. iir. Joe. W Inrksan. !,
aEt5siieT. Karl Fursfll q B Rorce
H 0.D Clark A. o. Eaton. D. s 81.
fias VI. A. paftae. - H rruufv. !,
srfthflf. = A. Crrrua.nua. SALISBURY /.
M HTdt. - AHsus. Col = 81. Nor =