The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-29

and blue and white;
The one fiag-the great fiag-the
flag for me and you,
Glorifies all else beside. the red and
white and blue"
STARS AND STRIPES UNFURLED
Amid the applause of the great audi
ence the flag was then unfurled by
Sergeant H. ]. Stockder and a color
guard consisting of Sergeant T. G.
Rohn and Privates Jas. c. Peabody
and C. n. Conrad stepped forward to
receive it. Following a return to the
ranks Jas C. Peabody marched to the
front of the speaker stand and made
formal response for the company to
the presentation of the mayor in which
he thanked the people of Canon City
for their confidence in it and prom
ised for himself and associates to bring
back the flag unstained and unsullied.
Ex-Governor Peabody then delivered
the following address:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Fellow
citizens. l feel deep-seated and
very solemn responsibility in speaking
to you upon this casion; facing as
believe we are, one of the great
every day that there is going to be
no war"-and l hope to God that it
may be so, but we must in large de-
gree act in the present, judge the fu-
ture by the past. We know that the
sun rose this morning and we are
certain that 1t will rise again tomor-
row. We know that wars have over
taken us in the past. and we have am
pie reason to believe that they will
occur in the future-and it may come
suddenly upon us.
Are We prepared at this time to
meet such an emergency?
.'In the Civil War we met an
enemy as unprepared as ourselves
war together.
ENEMY is PEPARED. =.
mot SO in the present anticipated
danger and possible conflict. We will
be called upon to face those men who
have been trained in war and have be-
come hardened to the fatigue and dan
ger OF weary marches-sent-y duty
and even battle.
"It behooves us. therefore, to make
reasonable preparation for the conflict
We should at this time. and at all
times, foster and promote the true
military split and training. | do not
mean quarrelsome, "chip-onthe-shoul
der" bragadocia spirit-but the true
patriotic American spirit. that will de-
fend home, family and country when
called uron.
Ladies and gentlemen-these young
men have bravely come forward at
their country's call-our sons, brothers
and misunderstanding all that they
have-even to their lives-to defend
US against the murderous banditti on
our southern bord er-who have in the
past, repeatedly murdered our citizens.
assaulted our women. and destroyed
our property What would happen
then to you. to us and our loved ones,
should that enemy prove victorious?
NO PEACE AT ANY PRICE.
I'VE should with enthusiasm and
with one accord impress upon the
minds of our young men. that they
have a duty to perform-an obligation
, 20 fulfll-for Heaven knows that IL
any race OF men lose the fighting,
patriotic spirit-and are willing to
accept Peace at any price'-such
condition marks the decadence of that
people. | am not believer in mill
tarism as the Peace advocates persist
iently call any move towards Prepar-
iedness-but it is our profound duty
/ besides a wise policy, to foster and
promote proper military spirit by en-
couraging our boys to learn the ele-
ments of military training.
Every one who has had military
training respects our iiag-obeys or
, ders-and upholds the laws of our
country to a greater extent than he
who has not
APPEALS TO EMPLOYERS.
I'VE should take a sensible view OF
this matter call upon you Merch-
ants. Bankers and all employers Of
labor. to make your patriotism evident
by not alone permitting the young
men in your employ to enlist in this
present emergency-bu through every
means encourage them to join the
militia and assure them. that they will
be carried upon your pay roll during