The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-27

of the allies has helped them to win
against big odds, he said, ''but you
can t keep the spirit up without grub.
The band played Star Spangled Ban
ner at this point and Chairman Walker
presented Capt Frank Elliot Of the
Canadian expeditionary force, who was
wounded in France. Mr.. Walker re
ferred to Canada as the personification
Of loyalty and said that the Canadians
had contributed to the war S34 per
capita, while this country's contribu
tions were $1.04 per capita.
Capt Elliot held in his hand during
most Of his address an l8-pound shell
about Is inches long and about two
and half inches IN diameter. $ 4
$50 Liberty bond will buy two Of
| these, he asserted, to give the crowd
an idea Of the cost of war. He said
he was with the Keith circuit III Bos
ton and brought a message from
France to every loyal American. He
then told how 80 BOYS of his regiment
died and why they died, which was
because they did not have shells at a
critical period and by way of a moral
he exclaimed, = You can pay the toll
Of war IN two ways, by the blood Of
Your boys or by money to buy shells. =
| Numerous instances of German dcyas-
tation and barbarism III Belgium and
France, which had come to his personal
notice. were related ''They are q
part of the German policy Of frightful
ness, but they only make US more
anxious to get at them, he declared
! The way 10 keep those conditions away
from this country, said the speaker, j.
. to come across with funds and proven
a she'll shortage, ..otherwise YOU an,
f not the Germans will he guilty o
f numbering your own boys
4 The Long, Long Trail was sung unde
f the direction OF Mr.. Cram, and Nh
9 Walker announced new. subscription
amounting to Sl1 200, also stating tina
a man had offered to duplicate any 500
0 subscription that might he made o
/ the grounds.
5 Sergt W. +. Carson of the 18th reg
z ment, United states engineers. was tn
r last speaker. He is a Northampton
Y Mass, man and was wounded in Franc
e when a companion was blown i'll piece
q SO that only fragments Of his bod
could be found. Laying down his ear
he limped to the front of the platfor
I. and told how the engineers one da
y carried 1000 men to the front an
sc brought back 500 of them, who ha
re been wounded or gassed. He also r
III counted instances of Hun frightfu
le ness and said: ''We've got to go
~ Berlin and YOU folks must make us
=, good road. The more you loan yo
= government the sooner the boys "
-. tack Old Glory to the highest tlagpo
- in Berlin. Sergt. Carson reminded t
Red Cross workers to remember t
= big feet socks when working for t
- soldiers, indicating scarcity of soc
for men of specially large frame
also told them that the Americ
thinks so much of his sweater that
wears it next his skin.
All the speakers were roundly {
plauded, and their remarks were !
tened to with deep interest. While I
band was playing America appli
tions were coming in rapidly. Ca
Elliot himself secured applications
$3.50
During the afternoon the subscr
tions to Liberty bonds aggregat
$4,000. all y but 81 600 of which
. credited atotBPat tlobopo4 81. A pplioatic
given to the Boy Scouts aggrega'
$4,000, to the woman $ commit
sol 200, and Ito others $1,000.
This brings Brattleboro S total
to $300,350 this morning divided as
lows: Brattleboro Trust Co., 500
Vermont National bank. sos, 0
Peoples National bank, sl16,35o
the commercial banks will be open
night to receive applications.
ii Martha Virginia George, 3, was
first to register with the Brattleb
II Trust Co. in the special drive of
L afternoon fbr a Liberty bond, Civ
her own order for lie bond
II County figures compiled by Oh
man Horton u. Walker this n
showed total of 1858. 400 subseri
, which leaves a balance of $l06, S5C
+ be secured III order to reach the &C
" quota Of $695 200.