St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-06-27

OF the facilities the United States has
for carrying on the conflict He re-
ferred to the bill for $60O,0OO,O 900
which is now before Congress, with
which airplanes are to be built and,
furnished. The speaker explained the
wonderful help large fleet of the ma
chimes would be in the European bat
tie fields, and said that if the govern
ment would supply them there were
thousands of young men ready and
willing to take up the work. THAT
department should come first" said
Judge Fish. He added that the young
men who were trained to operate the
machines might, after the war, become
Il large factor in the transportation
system of the country. The telephone,
automobile, modern locomotive, had
not been dreamed of twenty years ago,
but today they are large part of our
existence, and, said the speaker, the
airplane may become just such fac
tor in the worlds work. Ju26s Fish
received hearty applause as he re-
resumed his seat. President Cosgrove
then Introduced Robert L. Newcomb,-
Of Boston, representing James III. Hus-
! tic, president Of the Boston and Maine
! Railroad.
| Robert l.. NeWcOmb
Mr.. Newcomb began his address by
| giving his version of the reasons why
| this nation is at war. 1t is a war be-
| tween Autocracy and Democrat said
| the speaker, and either one of them
must get Off the earth. We are at war
that the government which was insti-
| tuted years ago in this country may
| live on. Either this government or the
| German government will remain but
| both cannot
! Mr.. NeWcomb referred to the ter
rible freight congestions of the past
| eighteen months, telling that the rail-
! roads had too big a proposition for
them to handle and that they had fall
len down on their job. Now, said the
speaker, comes the added work of
/ transportation of war munitions. They
must be transported, and the railroads
| have not the additional equipment re-
/ quired, Mr.. NeWcOmb explained, and
therefore passenger service and the
! transportation of luxuries must be cur
tailed if the people of New England
and other sections of the country are
not to go hungry and suffer from lack
of fuel the coming winter.
! Regarding the war situation Mr..
Newcomb spoke of the seriousness of
the situation. France is dead, her
young manhood is wiped OUT said the
speaker "England cannot last much
longer, and Russia may be discount
ed No man living can bring order
out of the chaos which prevails in that
country. Germany will be able to re-
move a million and a half men from
the Russian front shortly, and If they
break through the allied lines with
their reinforcements, they will not
stop until they are in Boston and New
! York harbors."
This is no Spanish War picnic"
Mr. Newcomb claimed eve are fight
ing terrible nation" He asked the
people to cooperate in the endeavors
of the government and the railroads,
and to realize that the war has got to
be won if the nation is to live.
Mr.. Newcomb closed by saying I'VE
must do these things or government
of the people, by the people and for
the people will cease to be-" He was
! given an ovation by the gathering.
James Cosgrove took the floor and
said that in his long residence here
he had noticed the great wastefulness
of the people. He urged conservation
of necessaries in the struggle. The
meeting was closed by the singing OF
| America" accompanied by the band