Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-06-25
AT THE ARMORY

women present at the Armory Moi-
dav afternoon to witness the cere-
mony of induction into service of the
141 men who will leave this morning
for Camp Devens
The names of the men were calIeu
off bv Harvey u. Eaton. chairman q
the kennebec District NO. :. Local
Exemption Beard and they were a.
vided into squads under ieadcrerS
named by Mr. Eaton. Badges "er1
pinned on the newly made soidlelS
bv Miss Ruby Walker, Mrs. Lillian
Kennedy Miss Florence Eaton, MISS
Florence Donnelly and Miss Gertrude
Donneiiy.
As soon as this service was per-
formed the draftees, led by the wa
tcryiIle Military Band, marched
through Main street TO the ElmWood
hotel where a fine supper was serV-
ed and where q short post-prand1ai
program vas given after when tfleE
were guests of the management Oh
the Haines theater at a per1oFlhaliNo
Of Hoyt's Musical Revue.
The captains and squad iea1c'9
were as follows. Co. A. Captain Ia
yid Matthieu. Leaders. Squad !. 10
seph Prout; .. George II. Bates
Seward w. Verrlll; 4. John GooIreH'
). L. W. Abbott; 6. Thomas r. hel-
lcher. co. &, Captain, L. NJ. lr1.
Lenders. Squad /, John P. Larkln. =
stuart A, Kenney: 8. Harold ?. .Ah-
drews: 4. Chester c. Ellis; >. Adel2ru
Fortin: s. Robert F. Snow. co. =
CAPTAIN, Charles E. Weeks. Leauers'
Squad |. Ivory L, Soule; :, Wlil'ali
H, Delaney; 3, Joseph Buteau' ;,
hester A. Bigelov; 5. Philip Louoie:'
s, Alfred A. Roy.
Al the close of the supper and altS-
the cigars had been passed. Dr' j. :.
Hill. chairman of the entertainments
committee for the selectlVe serNlo9
men after briefly addressing tn enieh'
introduced Mayor Wardwell. VINO
said:
This var is the greatest calam ~
that ever happened to the hulii'' ,
race since old Noah dropped MS llluu
hook on Mount Ararat. 1t makes "i'
nreyious wars sink into lnslgnlhcdi!eo'
This war was not sought by US W.
We shall either fight the Germans
with the allies or we shall nsht ''ieii'
after the allies are done. 1t IS un-
thinkable that the Germans shouiu
win the war and rule the "orlu'
Mavor Wardwell referred TO some G,
the atrocities that the Germans n0o
nernetrated upon individuals ana nag
tions. and said: ut is up TO you ooS'
70 see that they don't do these
-,,t
lieve it is your privilege to be IN a.
the finish Of this effort to crush ms
spirit Of autocracy.
DR.. Hill then read letter from
Hon. Sherman L. Berry, who was
Obliged to be out OF town IN Wnlch
he wished the boys good luck and Ioo
speed. Mr.. Berry was the donor u
the cigars which had been passed
around at the close of the banquet.
Fred W. Clair was the next speaker
and in introducing him the chairman
referred to Mr.. Clair's nationality MT
Clair said that he didn't know how long
a man would have to live in TINS coun-
try to become an American. he SAID
that his father fought in the CIVIL war
and that he himself was born in Amerl-
ca But there is not a man in TINS
room that is thinking of nationality.
and added, with his characteristic pun
gency. He knows that he's a damn
good little soldier in the American ar
my
The Italians have got Austria on the
run and are going to skin EN- ~ kinds
of ways. There won't be enough lefs
of EN- for a crow to feed on. We must
get Bulgaria. Turkey and Austria out
of the way and then there's be nothing
left but the Huns, and in six months
We'll show them what we can do to
them. You've got to get him or he'll
get YOU
Mr.. Clair spoke specially to the boys
of Catholic faith, saying: Boys of the
Catholic faith, don't forget the Holy
Mother church. 1t has been the saliva
ton of the French army and has allow
ed it to do prodigies and miracles such
AS no army in the world has ever done.
BOYS of French blood. it is not your
families and relatives over here you
are fighting for, but YOU are fighting
to them that we contracted when they
came over here and made it possible
that this nation should today be the
salvation Of the civilized world"
Harvey D. Eaton was then introduced
and s~oke very briefly. He said that
there is no such thing as trying to do
justice to ones feelings on such an oc-
90 oc,n h1 o.;
You boys are interested in action. You
want to see something doing" He then
told them several instances to show
them what they might be called upon
to do
When Rev. Frank L. Phalen was IN
troduced he raised smile by referring
to Mr.. Clair's talk by saying: The pic
turesoue and pungent profanity Of my
illustrious American friend Clair re-
minded me Of the vernacular that is
sometimes used in church. but it was
speech OF passion. power and right in
terpretatio of thc~ occa sion.
This is one Of the most momentous
days in the history Of Watervilie This
is probably the most wonderful day in
your history except the day Of your
birth. This is the most lonely hour you
will see while you are in the service Of
the army of the United States. and It
is the most lonely hour in the homes. In
a week you will be transformed in body
and mind and it will be hard to realiz-
that this meeting was a reality.
1--WE send you from our midst with
full faith in you. Be strong. be Of good