Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
sEDoWIcK CAMP HOLDS
 eET-ToeETHER MEETING.
Division Commander AIcorn and Past Division Commander Roberts Among the Speakers.

The "get-together meeting" of the erans, held in the Buckingham Mem orial, Monday evening. was very well attended. A clam chowder supper was served at 6.3o and the meeting was called to order at o'clock. Com l mander Arthur L. PeaIe acted as toastmaster.
 Division Commander AIcorn, of Hartford, spoke on the tremendous work of the order in keeping the mem ory of the veterans fresh in thel ] der Is In position to grow and do some fine work he is going to keep in touch with 1t to see that it Is done, | he said.
 Past Division Commander Roberts, of Hartford. spoke on the organization as a working force rather than, as it was thought to be pray. Some of the members lay down and quit when l they realized the work that has got 1 to be done, he said. Some time ago it 1 welcome by the G. A. R., but that Is not the case.
 The best way to carry on the work I of decorating the graves of the veter- ans Is to get @ chart of the ceme- tories and mark the graves on this chart. In a number of towns and cities, said Dr. Roberts. the graves of the veterans of the war of 1776 have been forgotten or else the people have got indifferent, The country owes a great deal to these men and the veter- ans of the Civil war and their graves
 should be kept up ana their memory kept alive. The order that they have
 become members of was organized for
 that purpose and that every member
 ought to do dis duty. The G. A. R.
 do that work now but who will do 1t : when they are gone if not their sons ? asked Dr. Roberts. The patriotic life of this country Is at stake. when the
 question arises the hypnen turns his back on this country and faces his . fatherland. The children are thirst z ing for patriotism ana 1t should be gioen to them, he said.
 What Is to be the condition of things when the last of the veterans
 are old and feeble, who is going te take care of them in their last days ii
 not the sons of veterans? With its 2 two thousand members each doing his duty the order has got to prosper. !. Sedgwick Post Commander Orrir \ M. Price gave, on behalf of the c. A 2 R., @ welcome to the camp1res and the | meetings. He also hoped that the To- 1 cal order would become more active 1T " the future than the past.
 ' Junior Vice Commander Cook. 0, I New London, told of the work being ! done by his camp and how 1t wa. Frederick W. Cary, of the loca
 camp, gave few remarks on thu . work done by the camp.
 q mortal Day committee of Hartford 2 spoke on the duties of the organiza. tion in keeping the memory of thu
 veterans. Memorial Day should bt . given to that cause rather than tt 2 sports and arnusements. He salt ? there were four orders working to
 gether in Hartford and that they al = had an equal representation on tn
 committed. In that way they kep l- perfect harmony. Twenty years ast al they were invited by the G. A. R. |, is come to their meetings and in tna @ way they have become familiar wit 1t their duties and what thoy are to d. 1t when the veterans are no more. Tn of way to carry on this work in tn Id best possible iS to get in touch wit Ir the undertakers and men in charge 0
 the cemeteries and impress 1t upol = them that they ought to notify tn
 order when soldier is buried. Il
 found on Memorial Day.
 - Commander Duncan, of Hartford
 gave Q few remarks on his camp. F
 w. Storrs talked on the sanp cam 6 as did E. W. Riemann.
 The meeting was closed by the sing
 R. T. AIcorn, c. W. Roberts, H. E
 Sage, D. T. Duncan, H. W. Storrs, E
 w. Riemaan, W. H. Koehler, Georg
 Smith, Edward Daniels, Arthur Jones
 H. D. Slate and John Broder, of Hart
 ford, c. l.. Cook, H, F. Taft and I
 guests from out-of town. The Hart
 ford delegation, which is known a
 the Flying Squadron, made the trt
 by automobile.
 The committee in charge of the af i fair consisted Of H. B. Cary, c. ( aT46 fH Yya1