Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-10-05

ing boys stood for an hour or more in
the lobbles Of the hotel and thronged
around the windows Of the Addison AZ
Onlookers during the banquet
The Rev Mr. Manner made brief
speech at the diHner telling the boys 10
conduct themselves nobly On foreign
soil, and enjOned them to appreciate
the sacrifices which other people were
making In the common cause, and con-
cluded with verses Of "The Rose that
Grows on Our Neighbour Vine,
Finally after the singing Of "Oyer
There" and other patriotic songs, the
dinner concluded early with the recita'
ton In unison Of Sir Walter SCOTS
famous ode opatriotism,
| The ladies Of the Red Cross presented
the boys with their comfort kits and
sweaters and they spent the late even
ing with their families and swrethearts.
/ THE PARADE WEDNESDAY
Bombarded by the falling leaves,
stepping to the marshal strains Of the
band music, the final procession
marched TO the station Wednesday
morning to see the boys away The
Bristol Boy Scouts under command Of
Senior Patrol Leader Hugh Mullins,
consisting OF % boys in uniform, Joined
in the parade, made up OF the commit
tee in charge, this members Of the Local
Selection Board, the G.. A. r., the
Spanish War Veterans, the children Of
the schools who sang many patriotic
songs, and the boys of Middltbury Col
lege who marched down in body
headed by drum corps led by Fletcher
Chapman and Kenneth Gorham.
The crowd at the station was not
quite ~ big as on the first "send.oN +,
but probably included over 1000 persons.
, The new army boys were escorted TO a
place that had been rOped off for their
convenience, and the fearful scenes
that were witnessed before were re.
+ peated when the near ones Joined for
q the last embrace, There were three or
, four mothers who were nearly pros
= trated by the ordeal, but courageously
! they bore the parting,
( President Thomas made the only
e speech at the station, giving the boys q
3 practical talk on army life. Fully 90
a per cent OF all the soldiers in this wal
X, come back alive, he said in minimizing
r the danger of death on the battle field
:. but the real danger lay in booze anc
v other temptations which the soldier
Y abroad would likely meet.
e Standing on a box in the roped aren't
with the boys, DR.. Thomas causeC
n something of sensation when he cIieC
o out TO the crowd,
n THE man who gave booze to any
h of you boys last night or this morning
r ought to be in the Addison County Jail. =
}, There were one or two Of the boy
- who very plainly had been drinking
# heavily. DR.. Thomas indictment wa
d not one aimed at the boys, but to par
,. ties who had given them booze. II,
e pointed his finger as he shouted his in
y dictment, and his strong words received
J. the hand-clapping endorsement Of tn,
J. mothers and fathers who heard him.
!. 1t was the first instance Of any sign
6 of intoXication among any Of the boy
e who have left, and though il was some
e thing that marred the otherwise sobe
e occasion, the lesson it furnished throug
If Dr. Thomas strong arraignment will b
n well remembered Many of the boy
m themselves joined in tie applause, 70
IS the boys generally were a sober am
IT clear-eyed crowd of which Addiso
4, County was justly proud.
If The 1926 was only little late, an
D. when it pulled in there was the usua
\. final breakdown of many mothers, on
in or two Of whom suffered so much in tn
n parting that it moved large crowd o
10 onlookerS to sympathetic tears Tn
If ladies of the Grange had provided boxe
Is lunches for the boys to take with ther
ID on the train, and with those and thei
& comfort kits tucked under their arm
% they climbed aboard while the crow
If stood waving them the last goodbye.