The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12
OVER 900 SERVICE MEN.
/. I llContihued FROM ',,ape III

the sailors who paid the supreme sac
rfice, prayer was offered by Rev. Del
mar +. Trout of the Universalist |
church. followed by the sounding of |
taps and IA selection by the band
Countermarehing, the band and serv-
ice men took positions near the plaza
at the foot of Main street while the
rest of the procession marched to Main
street and disbanded
At the head of the parade was an
automobile containing the ministers
and flower girls. Spread over the ra-
diator was an. American flag The
band was next in line, and then came
the soldiers, marines, sailors and serv-
ice men and one young woman mem
Der of the navy, Miss Kathleen Long
A delegation of Red Cross ladies on
foot preceded three automobiles carry.
ing Civil war vetaralis, and d number
of veterans of the. war with Spain fol-
lowed. ~ 4 IA
ST. Michael S cadets, with Captain
Eugene Moran. in command, had "a
members in line, wearing the regula
| tion cadet uniform. They carried a.
large Americans flag. Twenty mem.
bers of the Boy Scouts were mostly in
| uniform Leland B. Rounds, assistant
scout master of troop and Patrol
| Leader Philip Wheeler were in com
| mand. They were followed by Leo
| Council, knights of Columbus, with
| arm bands bearing insignia.
/ The Masonic bodies had a delegation
| with Major c. Houghton, grand com
mander of the grand commandery of
Vermont, in charge. They wore aprons
and gloves. Wantastiquet lodge, l. O..
o. f., was commanded by Harold L.
Smith, noble grand Each man wore a
small American flag in his hat
Over 30. members of the Vermont
i Wheel club carried canes tied with the
club, eolors, purple and white, and wore
arm bands of patriotic colors. some
wearing a head-dres of red, white and
blue. The Protective Grange was rep
! resented by an automobile decorated
! with corn and American flags, several
members marching behind the car and
being followed by another automobile
in which were some women members in
white.
At different points in the line were
the members of the general committed
of Brattleboro post, Edward G.. Vail
chairman. Alphonse c. Rate, Raymond
l.. Brown. Enrol w. Richardson and
Bernard H. Dunlevy.
Fitting exercises were carried out in
the Auditorium at 2 clock, when a
8 large audience heard addresses by At
torney L. F. Wing of Rutland and At
, torney Melville p. Maurice of Brat
.leboro. The program opened with a
; selection by the high school orchestra
under the direction of Earl A. Braman
! E. c. Vail Mr.. Morris, Julius Z. War
ren, Mr.. Wing, Enrol Richardson and
Alphonse G.. Rate took seats on the
, stage, and two vocal selections were
). rendered by Miss Katherine Dcnning
! hearty applause following each.
Mr.. Warren. chairman of the meet
J. ing. said cit is the anniversary of {
= day which ranks only with ono other. ,.
= He suggested that it was a question
? whether the proper celebration of tn
: day should consist of memorial exercise
y or whether people should be filed will
;, alarm at the chaos which the worlt
y finds itself facing in the problems o.
/ labor. '1It is a dav IN commemoratioI
of victory and it is fitting and prope
that the brief characteristics of tn
celebration should be of a festival no
, dY1fe 'rahsanf fBIiuson nUJhyti -
The chairman introduced Attorne.
Wing, who was a member of the FRS
Vermont regiment and who is a membe
> OF the American Legion. Mr.. Wing
: talk dealt with the things for whic
he American Legion stands The pre-
:. face to his main theme began with tn
presidential proclamation and man
developments which followed closel,
The speaker said America had a yer,
large part in the war; that the mem
beers OF the Legion realize there is an
ether service for them to perform
They have banded themselves togethe
this time not to fight a foreign fo
but to maintain those things for whic
they fought They fought to maintai
the principles of democracy and no,
they purpose to safeguard those priI
ciples Then to bring home to Ill
hearers more clearly the purposes G
the Legion he read the following pr,
amble to the constitution: For Go
and country we associate ourselves t
2 gcther for the following purposes: I
uphold and defend the Constitution {
the United States of America; to maii
tain law and order; to foster and pc
petuate a hundred per cent Anne
icanism; TO preserve the memories an
Incidents of our association in Il
Great War: to inculcate a sense of II
dividual obligation tor the communit
state and nation; to combat the a
tocracy of both the classes and Il
masses; TO make right the master {
might; to promote peace and good WI
on earth; to safeguard and transmit
Tostcrity the principles of justic
freedom and democracy; to consecra
and sanctify our eomradeship by o.
devotion to unusual helpfulness."
He said he did not need to talk
what the service men had done, b.
of what 1--WE may do That the
labors were not finished and their ser
re done but that they had u great
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