Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-12-21
.OUIET StND.OFF OF LAST SIXTEEN
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Continued IRON rage lJ
ccmm4 our virgin forests for our, cyll-
| ,lation. n was mo- light thing that our
ImrrstoIs did m lighting the Revolution
lars WA that our free government nlehl
/ be- established, n was uo light lhlnR
| thc Green Mountain Boys did u defend
| inc thrir homes Zoo tine day of Uggrcs.
sion n was mo- light thing oul fathers
did md some ot them Wc here WIN
|us today, huWy veterans oI % war That
| wn- f0u-ht chat tine union might bc one
| forever And IT, is mo- Hight thing gene
/ tlcmu, thul yuu uo going forth 10 do'
/ ult mny be- hard foi us lu -or NuN 10y
|scudue yu to Germany We are protect
/ ug our very homes, liui we must learn
| from those who have seen ll' inside of
| the Kn,u's d~llish schemes of world
denominations We're our gallant allies dee
/ fcuicd Wc should have ihc German Meet
m our doors, forcing us 10 pay the ll'
dcmuity Of This war which the Kaiser
/ has 20 wnutouy forced upon us,
owe must mot take lightly tho bless
| ugs We enjoy in this fair land of ours
We must not forget At what price those
| blessings were bought, nor hulk at the
price We are forced 10 pay 10 preserve
them,
Such IN substance was Mr., Holmes
speech, which was throughout an appeal
for true patriotism, The gloycd hands
Of the crowd of two hundred or more
persons gave him a hearty applause,
Upon the arrival of the "droft train
the BOYS were counted of by Col, Cal
houn for the last time and they boarded
their ear without much ado, The Red
Cross ladies had provided hoycd lunches
for the boys some Of the boxes tied IN
Christmas ribbons, aud one of them az.
fcctionatcly labeled, "For Good Boy
The committee also distributed
among the boys portion Of the send
of funds for Christmas use rs they saw
it, in lieu Of giving them q banquet as
| had been done before,
Instead of going 10 Camp Dcvcus at
Aver, This last contingent Of Addison
. County boys have gone 10 Fort Cou,t'
tuition where they will hc placed i'm the
coa, defense. They will doubtless learn
lat Portsmouth how TO handle some of
the biggest gun, ion the service.
Howard Mandigo of Vcrgennes and
William G. Duncan Of Middebury, who
were in the draft, failed to put in an
appearance, and Fred Pierce of Middle
bury and Joseph W. Harte Of Addison,
atemates, had to go in their stead,
Mandigo sent in claim that he was a
Canadian subject, and is at present in
Canada. The whereabouts of Duncan,
who was a lineman for the lIortOnia
Power company recently, are unknown.
Both cases have been reported to the
adiutant general, further action being
outside the jurisdiction of the local
board. Those who did go are as follows,
by order number;
1881 FRED w. LABEAu; Nergennes,
age 80 restaurant keeper Married, wife.
am NEDpY d. WARNER; Middle
bury, K. d. No, !, age %, farmer, EN-
poyed 10y Elmer l.. Wright, Wcybridge,
Married, vi g.
4lG) PETER d. ToDRlFF; Shoreham,
age q, farmer, employed 10y Brown
and Crosby, Whiting, VT, Single.
G22 EDWARD q. DANYow; Ferris
burg. age %, Telephone Operator and
Station Agent, Rutland X. X. Co., \.
/ FerrI,Uurg, Single.
/ U2U STANLEY 5. CLARK; Addison,
agc ~ farmer self, Single.
/ G2D FREDERICK H. BARBER; X. +.
ID. Gudport, age -, farmer, employed
by Louis SWauk Nevada, o., Single.