Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
Universal Training the Best
Argument for a Lasting Peace,
Declares Colonel Cornell at
Dinner of Vermont Command.
cry of Loyal Legion


Wadsworth r. Smith, who died in Bur-
lington February 4. 1918 and Theodore
s. Peck, who died in Burlington March
Is, 1918.
committee consisting of Gen. c. p.
Miller. M. L. Powell, ]. G. Brown and
II. l.. Sheldon, appointed at the Febru-
airy meeting to nominate officers for the
ensuing year. made their report. which
was adopted and the following Off
GERS duly elected:
Commander-Captain George W.
Burleson, st. Adams.
Senior Vice COMMUNICATIONS
Charles Z. Beach. Burlington.
Junior Vice ommander-Captain Ell
win S. Howe. Ludlow.
Recorder--First Lieutenant Carlos d.
Williams Burlington.
MISUNDERSTANDING Joseph T.
Stearns, Burlington.
Treasurer-Companio Charles L.
Woodbury..
hancellor-Companion Henry II.
Hagar Burlington.
Chaplain-Companion Rev. Isaac c.
Smart, Burlington.
Council-General c. P. Miller, Bur-
lington; Companion George S. Howe,
Burlington: Lieutenant H. T. Cushman.
North Bennington; Companion Charles
II. Landon. Rutland; Colonel o. d.
Clarke, Montpelier.
RECEPTION AND BANQUET.
At eight o'clock the officers of the
commandery gave a reception in the par
Tors of the Hotel Vermont to members
and guests. In the receiving line were
Captain Burleson. the new commander.
and his daughter, Mrs. E. l. b. Hill of
st. Adams; Captain Horace French Of
West Lebanon. ~ H., the retiring COM
| mander; Col. j. T. Conrad, the COM
| handing officer at Fort Ethan Allen:
| Mrs. S. p. Jocelyn of this city and Col.
| w. M. Cornell of Fort Ethan Allen.
Romeos orchestra furnished music dur
ing the reception and at the banquet,
which Immediately followed.
| For the banquet the east section Of the
dining room was given over to the COM
mandery and guests, to the number Of
| &c in all. At a long table on the east
side Of the room were seated, among
others, Captain Bureson, Captain
French. Mrs. Hill, Colonies Conrad and
Council. Major and Mrs. H. A. Leon
haeuser, the Rev. and Mrs. I. C. Smart.
the Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Davenport, the
Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Montgomery. Mr..
and Mrs Fl. S. Peck, Mr.. and Mrs Rob-
ert Roberts and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Mmms. Directly behind Commander
.
fanked on either side by the United
States and Vermont flags. with many
other United States flags draped over
the windows and between the pillars Of
the room. At each end of the room were
Red Cross posters. Grace was said by
the Rev. l. c. Smart, chaplain of the
commandery An excellent banquet, to
which Mr.. Hoover could have taken no
exceptions and with roast Vermont tur-
hnx- ~
George S. Howe of the commandery was
chairman of a committee of arrangements
for the reception and banquet.
POsT-PRANDIAL EXERCISES.
Captain G. w. Burleson presided at the
post-prandial exercises in a happy man.
ner There were no set speeches but the
speakers responded to the draft in noble
manner. All the addresses were short and
pointed. All had to do with the present
war and the sentiment was most decidedly
for a war to the finish. a sentiment which
was to be expected in a gathering of the
Loyal Legion.
Judge C. s. Palmer was the first speaker
He said that the whole affair Of the
present world chaos had dazed him. He
couldn't seem to grasp 1t and seemed to
, be surering from a sort of mental
paralysis. For the last six months he had
been near New York in that great heart
of the world. Day after day he had seen
stirring sights Great ships loaded, sc
that there hardly seemed to be standing
? room, with Americas young manhood being
carried overseas to fight in the war fol
the worlds liberty. They had gone away
from their homeland singing and cheering
; the nobility of American manhood ir
times like these. 1t made him feel some.
htnev oil II
to do anything himself. In this time OF
trouble everything came down to the
basic principle. the great question OF
Americanism. There could be no sos
to II. Everyone must stand erect behint
Ola Glory. There were many sad thing
about It but those in authority hat
done a great and magnificent work II
standing as they did. Politics and selfish
interests were fading away. The American
spirit. as ne had seen It of late. surpassed
anything no had ever seen before.
Col. j. Fl. Mimms. the next speaker
said that no person with red blood could
doubt what the outcome would be. VIVA
did it matter to the outcome, II the Ger
man tyrant had trampled under littl,
. Serbia and Roumania and Belgium ant
had made advances through the allie,
l lines and with her gold bought the Rus
sian leaders? She must now face tn,
= young giant of the west and there Woul,
come the downfall of German autocrac,
:, and German principles II such a thin,
i should come that she would win she would
; be In death grip which would carr,
. her down too and then there would be ,
. new civilization. There must be a peace
; dictated by the allies. No peace whicl
would make the world an armed cam,
T. or preparedness could be tolerated. Onl,
a coward spoke of such peace
;. j. l.. Southwick was then called on from
the press. Such times as these brough
b more and more a realization to tn
younger generations of what the men VIII
made up an organization such as tn
= Loyal Legion had gone through. TIL
great mass are slow TO realize that we ar
6 actually In war. Among newspaper.
:, yellow journals are referred to. The pres
\ had remained loyal at this time withou
n single exception. There are about 900
i newspapers in the country and hardl
: n day goes by that some piece c
!, confidential news does not come over tn
: fire fhom Washington and not yet ha
IS there been case where the confidenC
= had been violated. Mr.. Southwick spok
= OF some of the results of the war. On
II thing is that 1t is making a nation c
Il U.S. Even a little thing like thrift stamps
# which we are apt to regard as somethin
>, for the children, have a weighty bearing
>, They would help solve the problem
y socialism, for when a man invested none
J. I'm his home. he was not going
y formulate any plan which would rob hi
!, Of his home.