Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-11-10
SPIRIT THAT WON
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| them than he did for the service men
Of this State. His reward is the af-
; fection. the esteem and the conf
dence Of the people of the State. IT
, is a great pleasure and privilege
said Mayor Martin. TO present to
you your fellow townsman. Governor
Carl E. Milliken."
! Governor Miliiken; Presiding Officer
Governor Milliken expressed his
pleasure at being present at the
! meeting at which Augusta people
had the opportunity to express them
selves, and stated that this gathering
! was representative of those all over
the Country, He then introduced
the first speaker of the evening.
! Commander Ira Sturgis Randall of
the Augusta Post. American Legion.
stating that 1t was with great plea
sure that he presented touch Of
| the real thing
Commander !. S. Randall, Augusta
/ Post
The purpose and aims of the Am
erican Legion were outlined by Com
mander Ira Sturgis Randall of the
Augusta Post. He spoke OF the ten
tative plans for the American Legion.
drawn up at Paris. The matter was
brought to q head at the meeting a:
St. Louis.
; In answer to the question. What
is the American Legion?" he pointed
out that it is composed of men and
women who took the oath of service
between April 6. 1917. and Nov. IL.
1919. Il is non n-political. Anybody
bet the !. w. W. can belong. And u
persc2's religion is not of conse-
ist 1t now has membership Of
over 100000 with potential men,
bership of 100000.
Mr.. Randall stated that the Legion
is in favor Of taking away the hon.
orable discharges from the service
that the Government had given the
men VINO on account of their religion
could not fight Uhe conscientious
objectors). He spoke of thes alien
slackers. some 4400 men who were
physically fit but did not fight be-
cause they were aliens. To this the
Legion says if they are citizens of
another country and are so darned
proud of it. suppose they go back to
those countries right away.
The speaker referred to the ssrv. :.
men who cid come back from F,,rcc,
and to the 11.0oJ men who still r-!nain
in France. H. spoke of the different
kinds Of heroes: The man who likes
IL ull on every opportunity o. wn<,
he did in France; the man who served
| tu. comes lack and again takes up
hs work without talking of his deeds.
They are heroes, but the greatest he
roes of them all are the 1900 me1 lett
il France.
There is a problem in Physics about
wien an irresistible force meets an i'm
movable body. Commander Ra.oal,
compared the Germans to the ir.-ss:s.-
able force. but stated that when :,lese
for>es Of Won Hindenburg met TIL: l.st.
end and 10Th Divisions they were STOP.
pei. Some people say America did not
win the war. Maybe, America dill no.
win the war. but it came SO near to ::
,ha. it is not worth arguing about
! The American Legion is made VI, II
ren adjrsting themselves 10 the CIVILIAN
life il over again. They do not ,:an:
s.ry CT the ]. W. VS., the Recs or
Bolsheviki in it. They want homes ..oi-
icians i'll Washington. And the
p-l''icians co not realize that the ey-
er i7e men are gong to get what hsy
are after. they are going to put p,l-
j ticians in Washington who will give
the nj what they are after
Commander Randall's address was
accorded warm ap. lause b an en.i,us-
las l, au .ienc,
Musical Selection
A mus cal number tat made !, Jig
1T with all was then introduced. 1t
was bass solo sung by an ex-service
m; H. Caoll Bryce Little of this city.
! Mr.. Little possesses fine bass vo'ce
AMI bis rendition of THE Americans
Gene the song ed:cated to the
French and American soldiers. was
eiven rounds OF applause. He then ia
Vored the audience with an encore.
Hon. Frank G. Harrington
The next speaker was Hon. Frank
q. Harrington. speaker of the Maine
House of Representatives. who called
attention to the joy tlat came over In /.
country with the news of the signing of
the Arm. .st.ce. Some people may have
f'lt tEat Germany hal not been given
\. III i,nt beating. But it is enough :,
Know that the cruel hand Of the war
fas teen stopped ind the Ge,th eng mes
! have ceased their work.
| In Divine Providence. most of :ha
| boys who went &C oss. came back. I,ut
there were some who dill not come / a Il.
or those who did not come back ard
| W.lQ are now resting in France. we are
thinking. Armistice Cay should be :,
cay o. conservation as we'll as ,ov
O. 'ommemoration. for If We are to
preserve the fruits Ct the victory we
rnu do ii as American citizens
The Speaker said to the tx-se, ,I,o
men that your country needs YOU as
| much new as in 1917 and 1918. JUS as
i you fought then YOU must fight ida.
The man who puts into the hear, Of
another man the seed of discomfort is
q Is lshevist. and the politician who
appeals 10 those motives in mo, ar.
Res the red flag. Mr.. Farrng.oa .h,n
j re Id a Tipping from a newspape,. Of
saturday announcing that tie Comrun-
| 'st party Gas the New York Reds .aI,
u emselves) were scheduled to hol, a
| nesting Sunday to celebrate tie .ec-
Chd anniversary of the Bolsheyis. rev
ciuton. Here in Maine It is bar,, =,
I believe that such conditions exist Rnt
! New York is not the cnly place wa.rc
teey exist.