New Britain herald., 1919-06-27
EVERYTHING DATES
 FROM BIG JUBILEE
Plainville People Still Talking
 About This Event
BRISTOL MFG. co. CLOSES
More Service Men Return to Their Homes in ToNn-MaiOr GIassford Makes Good Spccch-Other Items of News Interest.

Makes Good Spccch--Othcr Items of News Interest.
 The welcome home celebration given the local soldiers is still the talk of the town and it proved such a success that several other big times are already starting to be planned by the men who wish to place the town on the list of those where a good time can be enjoyed.
 The street dance given in the cen- ter of the town in the evening was the best part of the entire program if the thoughts of the people are taken as a verifcation. Every min- ute of the three hours was enjoyed and more such dances are now want cd. Joseph Neri, one of the owners of the establishment known as Neri Bros, had offered the use of his electric piano at any time the town wants it to give a street dance in CentralS Square. Another man has offered to pay the expense of hiring two good traffic officers to direct traf- 'tic around the monument and to keep the dancing crowd orderly. The event of Wednesday evening seems but the start of more good times in the town.
 Speech of Major Glassford.
 Local people did not realize that Major Glassford, before brgadier- general but now returned to his for mer rank in the army, was the youngest general the United States army has ever had. He made him. self popular in the town however, and if is with pleasure that his speech is printed here as many people could not get close enough to the stand to hear him. Following is the speech
 T read last night in the newspaper the excellent program produced for this celebration, of the extensive war work activities in which PlainVille people were engaged. This made me fully realize that the 199 who donned the uniform of the army or navy are far from being the only memb bers of this community engaged in the war. We who went to France were with out doubt the tool with which vic tory was carved from the enemy but the handle of the tool was held and directed in this country by our people.
 What the war has done for the world is not yet fully evident. What it has done to men begins to be clear.
 War has changed men in body, brain and soul-nOt only those who went to Europe but to a great extent those who remained at home. We hope that the effects of this war will be for the good of the state and the indi- Vidual.
 The truce between capital and labor and between other political fac tiOns will end with the war The strife will probably recommence with great vigor. But there is one thing this war has developed and it is grounds for agreement conciliation and compromising that never eX- isted before. There is a greater spirit of cooperation. Companionship and associations were formed and devel- oped by active service of the war workers in America. We know more people than we knew before the war and we know them more intimately. We have read their souls and their chara cter in a way that was never be- fore possible. Our communities anw our entire country has become more homogeneous.
 The man who returns from active service brings with him simplicity how could he help it after the simple life he has been leading when every thing needed for his existence includ- ing shelter and food were carried on his person? He brings with him a stronger sense of decisiveness which before the war was but a sense of vagueness. His ideas are more posi- tive and he also bears frank sim cerity. He is more honest in saying what he feels and is more truthful in every way he lives.
 Peace with Germany is nothing more than a suspension of war. Ger many will sign with intended treach- cry to her promises. But Germany is under yoke from which she may not readily rise and whether our enemy is Germany or others we are safe for a few years at least. We possess a potential military power which We never had This power consists of the nearly three million men who were mobilized and trained during she war. You mon who have had this training should keep up your interest in military training and prepared ness until @ new military policy can be adopted by our cOuntry-a new policy which will be an efficient and democratic army with d large and efficient reserve. The history of our. future wars shall not begin like the history of the recent war which read something like this: The opening of hostilities found our army and our country unprepared.'
 The executive committee in charge