The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-05
BRITAIN'S URGENT
CALL FOR TROOPS
CONES TO BARRE
Capt. Louis Keene and Lieut.. Clark Ad-
dressed Large Audience at Barre Last
Evening, Saying That the war
Won't Be Over in Three
Months.

t.AShhssS'
WHY Britain needs the services OF her
sons who are here in America, and how
they may avoid the conscription OF alien
Britishers that Is soon to become opera
| tive here were tersely told at an ehthu'
siastic rally in the opera house last even
| ing. when members Of the British war
mission addressed an audience OF about
| 900 people. Moving stories OF lie m
the trenches were told on the screen ana
by word of mouth, and the appeal direct
was made by two of the men who have
been over there. The speakers were
Cant. Louis keene. for the present mill
tarv instructor at Dartmouth college
and the talented author of >S'Crumps,Y
and Lieut. Clarke, who is attached TO
the headquarters of the British recruit
| ing mission in Manchester, \. II.
The officers were accompanied TO Barre
nv Serpt. Holmes, another Canadian sol
dier who went. The latter. having es'
tabished temporary recruiting quarters
at Hotel Barre, will remain in the city
until Sunday to confer with prospective
| recruits. Frank G.. Rowland, county di-
rector of the war thrift stamp campaign,
acted as chairman, and with him on the
stage. beside the speakers, were Mayor
+. G. Glvsson, City Clerk James Maekyr
and representatives of the American
armed forces on land and water, sol
dier and two sailors having been inn
messed from the audience at the begin
ming of the rally.
Two reels of war movies and the Barre
nine and drum band added variety TO
| the program The musicians provided
snirited curtain riser and atterward
plsyed while the film man was unfeellng
a picture of the Tommes as they were
going up to the trenches. 1t was the
second time that Barre audience has
been privileged 90 hear the PLAIN, uh'
vanished recital of British soldier who
could rive "A closeup view of the lighting
ON the western front Upon Capt heene
deyolved the task Of giving narrative
of n soldiers experiences, while Lieut.
Clarke. who has been doing his turn
with Scottish regiment. told something
Of the opportunities awaiting the Brit
ish subject who will enlist before the
draft is used Sergt. Holmes. who was
| in the thick of the fighting at the hrst
Ypres, has vet to recover from severe
gassing. and his expected contribution
| TO the program was omitted
! Cant. Keene enliyened his talk with
! sidelights ON the humorous side oi sol
dier's life in France, albeit part OF ms
message was delivered with an intended
nuneh' He was particularly impressive
h his denunciation Of German propagan-
da and stressed the necessity OF dlscouf-
aging the kind of talk on which propa'
randa OF Teutonic origin thrites lie ae'
scribed as rank propaganda the stories
that Red Cross sweaters, knitted by the
women of America, were being sold, and
cautioned his audience about believing
damaging stories OF this kind As Tor
the duration of the war, he SAID that
England began by expecting the war
would be over in three months. IL TOOK
MANY months of hard fighting before
England solemnly dedicated herself 10
bringing about a successful termination
of the conflict. no matter how remote
might he the end Just now there Is no
thought of peace in England and France,
and The speaker predicted that as the
davs 20 bv even the lukewarm patriots
here IN America viii realize that any
thing short of decisive allied victory
win mean a half peace and an outrage
o,,s COMPROMISE with the horrible theory
/ of German autocracy
Over and over again he stressed the
fact that the war cannot end until Ger-
many is conquered, pipe dreams OF the
| bopinp a gainst -hopers TO the contrary
twithstanding. Capt. keene urged the
conservation of food, subscriptions 70
| the Liberty loan and other causes, ana
voluntary enlistments, that our allles
may not suffer for shortage OF man
power.
Turning then TO mis- own experiences
as A Canadian who went out WIN the
| first battalion TO leave the shores OF
| North America for the battle heids on
France, Can't keene was once more the
animated writer of "Crumps, the doom
that has given and is giving thousands
of Americans most admrapie picture
of conditions over there. Even as
"Crumpsn tells Understandings ana yer
picturesquely, the story OF the soiuier
! from this side who goes INTO the pattie
! for democracy. so the speaker heiu nus
audience closely while narrating some
of his adventures from 1914 until ne
was wounded. Like Lieut.. CLARK ana
Sergt. Holmes, Capt. heene IS over heie
because of wounds
1 The CAPTAIN left Montreal newspaper
o,ice in the autumn of 1914 and joined
nm with the first $4,000 men from Can
ada Since then Canada, he said, has
given IA per cent of her population, ana
| & still giving. Through the ralniest
rainy season in Al years, the young sol
diers lived an aquatic life on salisbury
Plain, in England Capt. keene took MS
Iaudience across the channel to France
with the eallow Canadian boys who lat-
or were added so nightly to the iine
traditions of British North America, lie
told in an intimate, human way oi the
soldiers existence behind and in the
lines. He described his duitie, his TODD
his failings. and his redeeming qualities
OF "cooties." the parasites peculiar TO
some sections of the line. he gave most
lheartrending account. declaring that the
little insects thrive on the most deadly
poison ever compounded The Canadian
and British soldiers in the moments OF
hardest fighting, and the same hghters
IN moments of relaxation were windy
depicted by Capt. Keene. He paid hne
tribute to the part which the British
women have accepted in the war, and
above all he lauded the splendid spiut
shown bv the British fighting man, Who
goes 10 the front with song on his lips
and the devil -may-care in bis eye. 10
Z -. If4 i moi ennurh concluded the