The Republican journal., 1916-06-15
.o-,ns' Meeting in Morrill,.

al '1~ .,osnbere around Honesty Grange
tDs s "a fully charged with the spirit OF
Io ' and welcome.
fa ~, morning meeting of the associa-
ia" onaned at eleven o'clock, Presi-
'lO' Trask in the chair. The records of
Gen. ast meeting were read by Secretary
l,.on The president appointed Com
gun" . Crockett, Whitcomb and Bowen
l"1 nittee on the time and place. The
,nom;pc comrades were reported as
.-ng crossed the Great Divide since
p' last meeting: Eldrige Pierce, Co.
18th Maine, Belfast; Andrew D.
make Go E., 10Th Maine, Searsport;
.,a-g K. CHM, Co. E., 10Th Maine,
! p.,so4ct; Mayo Bickmore, Co. c., 10th
,.i,s Montville; Charles P. Knight,
~, Maine. Belfast; Thomas H. Smalley,
,o,c Belfast; Isaac Fletcher, 26th
.,... Clement Stevens, Co. l., 4th
,..,.. No further business appearing
,t meeting was adjourned for dinner,
o,sr 230 veterans and their families
,sra cared for in the dining room.
-,,srs we're literally furnished to the
rsterans as they left the dining hall,
.rd he usual smoke talk followed.
The afternoon meeting was held in the
,,rrcb. and it was packed to the doors.
II was opened by singing America, fol-
opaa BIZ prayer by the resident pastor,
Pew Nathan Hunt. The school chill
ir-r led by their teacher. Mrs. George
nav. marched in from the vestry bear
mg Tags. with Mrs. Nathan Hunt at the
,rg.r, and took their places upon the
n osrarm, and sang very sweetly well
H ,oasrg song, followed by solo by one
ii t.er number, White, "Veter-
.rs Day IS Here" The address of well
,s-.s as then given by Gilbert r.
His as follows:
q behalf of Honesty Grange and the
citizens Of Morrill,, wish to extend to
roa All very cordial welcome, and es-
5s.aIg 50 to the members of the Waldo
uJy Veterans Association. 1t is our
wUsge on this day to do honor to the
rave men who answered their Presi-
lei. aai fifty-fve years ago, and faced
4-s.a ,p save their country's life. 1t is
lr privilege to welcome you to Morrill,
IFS Tst day OF June, where you have
g.J in the month of roses for so many
,-ass.
!, stening to your tales and remi-
ls,a7tes of a by-gone era, it seems al
rQst impossible to realize that such
mnzs are going on at the present time,
only q hundred times more hideous, a
ared times worse. In Europe,
ng1ry war is being waged; great ma
ions are graphing at each others
4oats, all doing their share to wreck a
ointment. The sturdiest blood in Europe,
England, is fighting for her honor and
her traditions; the proudest blood in
Europe, France, is fighting for her very
u- Germany and Russia, Austria and
Italy, 50 it is down through the Europ-
"a nations, their brotherhood forgot
.=l and making mockery of their re-
.gou
Mexico is torn by revolutions, overrun
b! oaadlts, ground into the dust by ty-
rats and butchers that have control of
that pItlful, unfortunate country. At
The present time United States troops
are hunting down bandits there who
have ralded and killed citizens on Ameri-
Tan territory. Mexican bandits who
have the sympathy and aid of their peo-
pie and are at any time liable to cause
Val between this country and the South
FRI Repubic.
And there is no telling what such
Wal might start, for we have MANY
enemies, we free, proud people of
ha-tIca. Newly made enemies in
Europe; IN Germany, because of huge
la0ttes of ammunition shipped from
ta.s country to the British, and our
sos@ neutrality; France, because we did
no. openly join the Entente Allies. South
Of Is Is Mexico, with its universal hat
Tsa Ior the "Gringoes;" and, possibly,
great Eastern power, Japan, country
Wal must have more territory, and bit
j7rs resents our refusal to allow the
yellow race to overrun America.
Do II IS especially important FOR US to
entertain these veterans today, to re-
lt-e and keep burning the spirit of
' and 1861. For just as surely as it
vs. needed when Washington led his
weary barefooted soldiers against the
6ai.Sa, just as surely as it was needed
Vie ark, unpromising days of '63 and
y, Nvrhaps even before these white
a..s men who have seen such times be-
ave passed over the one way trail
.. hall need that spirit again. WHY
.'- 24r great men preaching prepared
less from coast to coast frnr, ,,o,,b
- s5lth and east and west? Whv are
5manding that We pay instant at
5auul to the better defense of Ameri-
ca is because this country mas got
f. &4ke up; it is because we have got TO
tFaI14 what an invasion by a foreign
-'s "ouid mean; it is because the young
.-FN Oh today have got to train them
s+'Vea so as to be able to defend their
.9Ges and families from the atrocities
haJ such war would bring.
nat IS why this rich country of hun
fed million people needs a mighty citi-
1 NJ army and an all-powerful navy.
what could our small army, assisted by
1e militia and few unframed volun-
5SeFs 40 against such forces as devasted
D7Iglum and Serbia? We must have the
l.A'lreds of thousands of trained men.
we guns and knowledge of how to use
Itm oefore we could put up an adequate
License.
No We must keep the spirit of the
" NJ IN the Civil War still with US, and
be REPAIRED" And if the time comes
ofea Young Americans must march
away defend, and if need be, Law down
.5E ives to save their country, even as
D7se men SO nobly saved it, may we