Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-23
FALL DINNER Of LOYAL LEGION
COlOnels Rivers and Reeves the
Principal Speakers.
Former Discusses the maintenance OF
Order In the Philippines, While
Latter Tells of Experiences on
Mexican Border.


Loyal Legion, was served at the Hotel
Vermont Friday night with members and
guests to the number of SO in all in at
tendance. The dinner was Immediately
preceded by H reception in the hotel pur-
Tors, where the guests were received by
Colonel J. +. Dickman, tic commander
President and Mrs. Ira l.. Reeves OF
Mortified and Captain and Mrs. 8. A
Howard
Before the reception there was a meet
Ing OF the commandcry Mt It's head
quarters IN Stnnnard Memorial hail, Mt
which sherman Il. Jenne of Hartford.
Conn., was elected to membership and
memorial papers were presented on
kittredge Haskins, who died at Brattle-
burO August T. 1916
THE BANQUET
Seated at long table at the east side
of the dining room were Colonel Dickman,
Colonel W. G. Rivers, L. g. A. Colonel
and Mrs. Reeves General and Mrs. s. i.
Jocelyn. General and Mrs. G. p Miller,
Chaplain and Mrs. d L. Fleming. Captain
and Mr., s. \. Howard, Colonel n. S.
Foster, ex-Mayor and Mrs Robert
Roberts. George s. Howe, the Rev. and
Mrs |. e. Smart and Mrs. +. NJ. Barstow.
The national and state flags lanked the
oommandery banner on the wall at the
rear. The Second Cavalry orchestra fur
nished music while an exceedingly
palatable dinner was being served,
Shortly before ten o'clock Commander
Dickman arose and read n letter from
General j. u. Schoonmaker vicc-president
Of the Tttsburg & Lake Erie railroad
and a resident of pittsburg. General
SChoonmallcr was invited to be present
nj the banquet but owing to the press OF
business was obliged to send his regrets.
He was guest In burlington at the re-
union of the Army Of the Potomac July
"A and H. last. The first speaker was
Colonel w. G. Rivers. L. s a. at present
attached to the Second cavalry and sta
toned at Fort Ethan Allen. His subject
was the maintenance of Order in the
Philippines" and his address was as fol-
lows:
COLONEL RIVERS ADDRESS.
Ii is a pleasure to be with YOU again
tonight, and for anyone who wears tho
blue it IS an especial honor to be called
upon TO address a gathering of veteran
officers such as this
have attended many veterans meet
ing before. but never until came to
Vermont last year have | been present
at formal meeting of veterans of the
uniun army because all my people
/ framed the fields with Stonewall and
/ climbed the heights with Lee. when
+ they were struggling for the right TO
| secede-one which were ii now offered
nc q off, ,ve u.ouId reiect as we would n
proposition of suicide to quote the
words of the great confederate artiller-
| list, Gen. l.. Porter Alexander in a speech
once heard him deliver
cno,i,irc of wearing the uniform Of
,bo ,.n,,,,tr, ,,e,, remenber when as a.
lad u.,s tbirking Of entering West
pob,t mot one dav in tine streets of
nay, tovr "a coufaderato veteran who stop-
! nnd mo a,,d said "yeu SON hear YOU
ara tbiulsirg or wearing the blue 90
IVA, en- e. I car mako II replied.
! u,,.i,,,. 80 ,yaor tho biue-,o wear the
ti',o y,oil roc,,on Us alright" he said
milf aloud os no walked away looking
',.a ,,,,. La'd INTO mo dist,uce
,rbis f.. NOT onlv nv drst tour Of duty
j., Nor. t.,,,,,,d t,, .be nrst time ever
/ ,.i.i,ad ,,,is ,,ar, ~ ,ho country and I
,.,,,, 60 ,,,,i., ro,,. ,.,rar,,s ,bou, New.
/ ,,,cl,,,i ,fora nr,coadirp 10 fine sub
/ ioc, ,ssipnad me in the nroeram. Last
vaar I rod. at the head Of NV small cav
,l,,. oo,,,,o,,d ,cross Nau. England three
,,,,,o, f,..,, tho IaI,o IN tho region Of Long
leland snl,rd-.ach limo taking a differ
ont road and tho iourpevs we're most
intarastir,, ia mo hod read and heard
that the reopIe I'm New England we're
cola and distant never found people
mora bnsri,onle and more easv and re-
lsponsiv,-mor. apDroachahle and willing
to he'll, or trorc genuinely interested in
doini go
Sevcral tbfrps ,nodo lasting impressions
ou ,ro--tIa ucutuess and order of the viii
Ilaacs tb,. libraries in even the smallest
towns hc enIeud,d condition of the
school no,ses and c.neteries all these
Il rc,nerbcr. and vbot q soldier could
NOT fnrpct-th. attention given to the
graves Of the soldier dead. and the SOL
dior ard s,ilo, monument in even The
small villages 10 commemorate the deed,
and ,ras.,y.c tho names of those who had
,,ono form i'm defence of the country.
And + tho arat limo learned the sig
nifcarc. of Tho word .comrade" as used
IN ya,,,. or,auiya,ior was here in his
Nan hoard if often enouph-and grew
~ Ina :, r,oro ana wore IN marching
h,c,, and f,rtb ,cross Nov, Eru,ond
,,.ho, ,,. ,..mrod in = town was it the
ilocal oricials ,rbo met ms ard asked what
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