Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-29
sEDcW1cK POSTS Ex-cHAPLAIN
 RAs MESSAGE FOR SOLDIERS Thoush Jast Out of tne Hospital He laoes 10 Praise Their Stand for Country.

The NswbuTgh, N. Y. News of interest since Rev. MT. Huntingdon 1 referred to therein was a former Nor l wich man, was caarIas1 of Sedgwick l Post No. T. 6. A. R. during the first 1 years of its history an6es at ths pres- ent time a member of the post, hav- ing retained his membership Curing the 3S years he has been away from the city, although repeatedly urged 10 transfer to other posts ia cities where he has been located. It said:
 There was a rather unusual incident in the armory on Saturday afternoon, when the Rev. George ". Huntington visited there. Dr. Huntington, who is a veteran of the Civil war, only re- recently left a hospital, where his throat was operated upon and he is unable to speak. He is nightly proud of Newburgh boys, however. and he wanted them to know that as Q Civil, war veteran he was rejoiced to know that love of country is still dominant.
 Ae he could not speak the words him. self, he wrote them and had Captain Egan read the message. Dr. Hunting
 ton went to the armory in a carriage and was assisted to the floor where the men were assembled, and where he was introduced to them, and some thing of his mission explained. The
 veteran was warmly greeted by the
 men when they learned of his pur-
 pose and the effort it was causing
 him, and they listened with unusual attention while Captain Egan read the greeting which was as follows:
 Comrades and friends in the Ma tional Guard: To the veterans of the | Civil War, what is now taking place
 recalls events of which few here pres I ent have any adequate conception. fearful tragedy nothing is hid. They see the long drudgery, the privation.
 the weariness, the pain and the agony that may be ahead. In their own time i they have seen other generations march out of the sunshine of the first hours and then on to the darkness of the camp, battlefield and hospital. Be-
 hind all that is brilliant, stirring, ap-
 pealing, they perceive that which is l terrible. Yet seeing all this, the sur vivors of the Civil war can put it all aside to rejoice that the spirit that existed when they enlisted in defense | of the nation, still survives and that the same starry flag is carried today by hands not less worthy and defend ed by hearty not less indomitable. The glory of war that consists in the tin sel, the uniform, the pomp and the ceremony is an empty sham. The real glory of the war is seen when duty, ! sacrifice, unselfshness, submission of the individual to the common welfare I dominates the individual and the na- tion. Such glory is an enduring fact, and it is this fact that throughout I our broad land is revealed today in all of its true nobility. To you, my
 friends, who have buclxIed on the
 sword and shouldered the musket, ] I say, be assured that we who must
 remain at home, 'tarryfng by the stuff, will follow you with our prayers Il and best wishes for your welfare 1 God be with you till we meet again.
 Rev. MT. Huntington has been un-
 dergoing heroic treatment for the past
 four weeks because of a malignant
 carbuncle on the back of his necl
 but is now steadily regaining his nor
 nal health which has been remark. ,,.l ably good for a man of his years.