The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-26
LAKELAND VETERANS
ENDORSE WILSON AND
RESENT NDIGNITIES
TO OUR FLAG

June "a. 1916. c. L. Willoughby
commander in the chair.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Commander Chapman,
and the roll was called, the follow
ing members being present: Allen,
Chapman. Childs, Hutchinson, Math-
ews. Mcselan. McClelion. wsllough-
By, Crazy and Webb.
The application of Wade H.
Stalls for membership in Camp 1543
was continued over for full commit
tee report. The Camp ordered his
name in the meantime to be placed
on the honorary roll.
C. l.. Willoughby, commander,
offered a resolution endorsing the
recent actions of President Wilson
calling for militia troops to aid in
thO SoptuiC anu punishment VI MCA-
lean outlaws and to assure our from
tier citizens protection. Commander
Chapman, McClelion and Gracy
made short talks expressing their
personal endorsement of said resolu-
ton. Commander Willoughby fol-
lowed with a good speech support
ing his offered resolution. While he
declared he was for peace, not war,
from a personal standpoint he
deemed the time had come, after
long patience and forbearance on
the part of the government of the
United States, for direct, decisive &C
ton. After voting on it, the resolu-
tion was carried by unanimous vote
The resolution reads as follows:
Whereas, the government and
people of the United States have for
more than three years been COM
PEELED to maintain guards along the
| dividing lines between this country
and Mexico in order to protect our
border people from the depradations
of the half civilized bandits now
overriding Mexico, the same out
laws having robbed and even muir
dered our citizens almost at their
own will, and, because they we're
not punished for it they have grown
holder and brought on an actual
state of war, killed and captured an
United States detachment of cavalry
engaged in pursuing outlaws with
! out declaration of war; therefore,
be it
/! Resolved, it is our belief that our
! government should hesitate no long
err about sending our army into Mex
leo, not only to avenge our many
wrongs, murders and outrages but
| to conquer these lawless bands and
for us to establish a government able
to quell these, since it seems Mex
| leo cannot or will not do so, and
thus to insure to Mexieo's neighbor-
ing nations peaceful relations and
commercial trade. While we do not
advocate war, we desire our people
and flag protected at all hazards
| at least by resenting such insults.
With this end in view and, II neces-
sary, fighting to put an end to such
| indignities to our flag, we unite in
offering our services to the govern
ment whenever they can use us to
aid our government in putting an
end to these insults and injuries
heaped upon us by the marauding
bands of Mexico.
There being no further business
before the Camp it was closed by
Comrade McClelion with prayer.
Just following the Camps closing
session we were informed that the
u. G. Daughters were by committee
waiting in an adjourning room of
the City Hall holding a surprise for
us. Such 1t was. An agreeable lunch
was brought in and served by those
noble women personally waiting on
us. We had hot coffee and sand
witches and on each plate dainty
rosebud lying in delicate green for
our coat lapels. And / imagine
young manhood would have admired
| and perhaps envied such a gift as
this was to u.s. of course our COM
mander and one or two of us other
comrades did what we could in a
few stunning words of thanks, re-
, spending to this eloquent surprise
given us by these noble women.
And IL should be here recorded
and remembered, LAS kind words
never die. much less kind deeds do
not" so long as the pyramids of
Egypt last, perhaps longer. Thank
God. these United Daughters of the
Confederacy will live in these mar
| BILE shafts standing from North to
South. East to West, as undying
| self-monuments to themselves, in
sublime self-abnegation and self for
getfulness they reared these memoir
iaI shafts to the memory of the
/ dead who wore the gray. But in