Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-01
BURLINGTON ''YD"
BOYS WELCOMED
to HOME TOWN


over the top" i'm every drive for aid. He
said that always the people of the city
had been thinking of the boys over there
and were every ready to do anything
possible to make it easier for them. In
welcoming "Y. D." boys back to the city,
he declared that this is only the begin
ing of what the city expects to do for
them and that the money now being
raised by the minstrel show and other
projects Will all be used to show the re-
turned soldiers how much the city appre-
ciates the sacrifices they have made.
Major Lykes put the finishing touches to
a very successful banquet by his short but
decidedly lifting response for and to tie
men of the Yankee Division. Paying high
tribute to the folks at home," who had
done so much to help the boys "over
there" he gave them the credit for win
ming the war so speedily, through their
faithful efforts to back up the American
Expeditionary Forces.
The closing remarks of Major I.ykes to
his men were of a nature to make them
proud that they had such an officer and
they showed their pride in the way they
received the sound advice which he gave
them.
You will have to fight the hardest bat
tie of all during the next few months"
said the major. you are going back to
take up the pursuits of civilian life 1t is
up to you to make good there as you have
in the army. Remember that, though you
no longer wear the uniform, you are still
soldiers of this country, and conduct
yourselves accordingly
You are not likely to have the labor
troubles in Vermont that they are hav-
ing in some parts of the country. But
if you hear soap-boX orator standing
in the street and saying things that he
ought not to say, paste him one You
will have the right to do il. and there
will be plenty who will pay your fine
and it will be worth so to hit a man like
that"
In closing Major Lykes, who. it is
understood, now occupies the position
formerly held by Major Ashley when the
outfit Went overseas, spoke feelngly of
his associates with the men of the
Yankee Division.
IF at any time | can ever be Of serv-
ice to any of you in any way, l shall
be glad to be of such service | am
proud to have known such real men as
you have proven yourselves to be, such
men as YOU must have been TO have
through. thank you"
Truly, the boys have come home. That
is. most of them who went with the
Yankee Division have come. Some who
made the supreme sacrifice for those
principles so dear to the hearts of all
true Americans sleep on Flanders fields
and other scenes of conflict where the
glory of the Yankee Division is now "a
of iStn 10
friends of these, there was sadness in
yesterdays JOY. To them it was hard.
But the greater part of our boys are
with us again. Some of them bear the
marks of honorable combat; some will
wear scars for life some lin fact, most Of
them) are in better physical condition
than when they left and it is safe TO
say that every one is more Of man
than when he left.
And they have come home" Only
the boys themselves and those who
have waited for them these many
months know just how much those few
words simple in themselves, but world
wide in their universal appeal. really eX-
press. Some of II appeared yesterday in
the faces of the boys and those who
greeted them. The returned soldiers
are on the threshold of Il new world.
Burlington absorbed yesterday a new
element, and with it she takes on Il new
responsibility. The Veterans of the
World War are with us.
SOLDIERS AT THE BANQUET
The names of the soldiers who were
present at the banquet are as follows:
Lieut.. Col. II. A. Leonhaeuser, com
mandant at the University of Vermont.
Major William Lykes. Ir., Lykesland,
5. c.
Capt. c. l.. Malaney. 20 st. Paul street.
First Lieut.. w. l.. Grace. San Antonio,
Texas
First Lieut.. W. ID. Smith, Fort Ethan
Allen.
First Lieut.. S. r. Pike, Fort Ethan
Allen. 36th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Glen X. Townsend, Fort
Ethan Allen. 36th Infantry
YANKEE DIVISION
Sergt Donald W. Carly, 70 George
street.
Sergt r. a. Hughes 14i Park street.
Corp. Paul d. Bouchard, 1863 North
Champlain street.
Corp Harrison r. Herms, 242 North
Winooski avenue.
Corp Joseph LaFountain, 20 Fletcher
street
Saddler Charles o. Smith. 3l7 South
Winooski avenue.
Wagner W. j. Hayden. 4S9 College
street
Wagner Clarence w. Hughes, al Park
street,
Wagner Joseph Murray, 40 Marble
avenue.
Philip J. Wheel, 1855 Elmwood avenue
Arthur II. Brew, l26 Maple street,
Joseph Rouse. Charles street.
George j. Williams, % Emwood ave-
nue..
c. Seymour. 50 Champlain street.
Albert Girard. 1876 Colchester avenue.
Frank A. Duby. 2s9 North Bend street.
George d. Chase, 1is College street.
Edmund \. Hathaway, ia South Bat
| terry street.
| Fred Carey, A North avenue.
| Napoleon Greene, ~ Bank street
Leland Sharrow, 100 College street.
| Frank II. LaFrance, 67 Park street.
William Bessette, 81 Archibald street.
Nelson Bessette. 81 Archibald street.
j. T.. Wakefield, Shelburne Harbor
Shelburne,
Arthur Hamlin, 1872 North Willard
| street.
Seward T. Nelson, Al Main street,
, Leonard J. Pashby, Al Main street.
Arthur j. Rock. so North street.
John Reed. Plattsburgh. y. Y.
John G. Dykeman, q Voltz street.
Harold f.. Coursey, % Center street.
James C. Kellett. 1877 Park street.
James f.. Donlin, 1873 North Champlain
street
James =. Sullivan, 81 North street.
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