St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-09-19

In speaking Of drafted men the
speaker stated that there was no dis
tinction made on August 9Th when the
draft law went into effect, that all
were drafted. The only difference he
pointed out being that the militia
were called in regiments while 9TH
ers were drafted individually. Talk
ing directly to the drafted men he
said, THE army welcomes you.
can only speak for small part of the
army. the remainder of the former
first Vermont" He then went on to
urge them to keep up the high stand
ard set by Vermont troops and gav'
personal observations gained while in
the service which paid great trib-
ute to the boys from Vermont.
The speaker asked that the 26th
ammunition train be watched as in
that he said were a large percentage
of Vermont troops and in closing told
the drafted men to remember they
were Vermonters.
Rev. E. C. Drouhin Speaks.
In opening Father Drouhin direct
ed the attention of his hearers bacli
| to ~tlfe-Cfvf@ war and spoke Of the
questions arising at that time, of ths
danger that freedom would be swept
away and that the government would
| fall He then compared the crisis OF
those days with the one of the pres
ent Where there was widespread
agitation then he showed that at pres
ent there is but very little. AS Abra
ham Lincoln seemed to have beel
sent of Providence in 1860, SO Presi
/ dent Wilson today, seemed a PrOvi
Dental man. In closing the speake
said, Go forth, go forth to victory
Even as in 1861 Abraham Lincol1
went forth even SO today you go b.
iours of liberty for the who'll
world
Hon. Alexander Dunnett told tn
boys about to leave to remember tha
wherever they were to remember the.
| were fighting for the old flag an,
were backed by 100,0O0,00O people
He began his remarks by saying
This meeting if I am correctly in
formed, is to testify to the esteem il
| which these young men are held VIII
are going forth to fight the battles o
their country. No man can be S
representative as the man taken fror
the people by lot to represent tn
people of the union. This banque
tonight is to show you that we ar
with you. So that when you are i
danger you will remember all tn
United States under the old flag is be
hind you, and that you are fightin
their battles
The speaker then went on to stat
the gradual decline of autocracy an
the rise of democracy. He spoke {
Germany as the "unleashed tiger
: the generations" which had put tI
;, best blood of the nation to make the
y emperor the conqueror Of the worl
I and in closing said the Stars ar
i Stripes should lead the line until d.
4 mocracy and liberty had been estal
\ lished throughout the world. The
y he continued, 1--WE shall have a peat
4 that is a peace"
y Shane Leslie Speaks.
d One of the most interesting spea]
i ers of the evening was Shane Lesi:
y English writer and novelist. Mr.. LIE
( lie said that without doubt he w
y the only one in the room not
American ClllZGI1. he spoke OIL u
Y diffidence and GOODNESS that up to Il
v last few years had existed betwe'
Z both sides of the Atlantic, but he we
y on to say that it all had be-
n changed and that at present Engla1
n presents a country nearly as dem
NJ cratic as the United States.
|N Mr.. Leslie spoke of the magnifice
NJ physique of the average Americ
N soldier and told of the reception
NJ the first American troops to arri
W over on the other side. OF the re
NN utation the American must uphold
~ France, he said, one was a type re
III resenting all that is wise, gentle a
81 just and the other type that of t
W tighter, the latter type he added "
TX very welcome in France today II
I'll most interesting manner the speal
IN went On to tell of the record of
M country as a conqueror and then %
VI q glowing eulogy to the United Sta
TX as peacemaker and as. to the dual
W of men who have done her fighting