The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-12
CAUCUS OF LEGION
ENDS WITH CHEER
I'VE WANT TEDDY"
The Germans in First Note
Declares Daniels
Impossible
ALLIES REFUSE HUNS
Demand That Congress Probe Par
dons of Directors and Deport All
Alien Slackers =
ALLIES REFUSE HUNS

ST. LOUIS, May 12-The final and
third days session of the caucauses
of the American Legion ended at a
p. m. as it began, on the first day of
the gathering of 1000 veterans of the
world war, with a Roosevelt demon
stration.
Saturdays ending was solemn, even
dramatic. Chairman Lindsay was
about to put the motion to adjourn,
when bunch of delegates began to
shout "We want Teddy"
Young Roosevelt was pushed for
ward from his seat on the stage,
where he had been watching with
keen interest the proceedings. The
delegates cheered for several mo-
ments. When the noise let up he
commended them for their work and
wisdom on all matters that had come
before them.
"You decided right in every in
stance" said the chief sponsor Of the
convention. 81 regret that my father
is not alive so that he could have
been here today and witnessed this
splendid gathering of the men who
fought for justice, right and freedom
at home and abroad"
There were more cheers and del
egate asked that the convention show
its respect "for the greatest Presi-
dent of the United States" by stand
ing with bowed barred head in sill
ence for one minute.
Saturdays session was not as bois-
ferrous as the two previous ones. The
only time the delegates took matters
into their own hands was when the
report of the committee on resolutions
was read and the secretary came to
the paragraphs dealing with Bolshe-
wiki and alien slackers, conscientious
objectors."
AS drawn by the committee, of
which Maj. Louis A. rockingham of
Massachusetts was chairman, the
paragraph on the former read:
q Resolved, that this caucus go on
record as condemning those response
BILE for protecting the men who refus-
ed full military service to the United
States in accordance with the act of
Congress of May 18, 1917, and who
were tried by General Court Martial,
sentenced to prison and later fully
pardoned, restored to duty and hon
orably discharged with all back pay
and allowances given them, and as
condemning further the 1. w. WIS.
International Socialists and Anar-
chists in their effort to secure the re-
lease of those still in prison, and be it
further
"Resolved, that this caucus re-
quests full and complete investiga-
ton by Congress of the trial and con-
victions of these parties and of their
subsequent pardon"
Col Herbert of Massachusetts
jumped up and declared that the word
"demand" be substituted for ere
quests" saying, "We are body large
enough and representative enough and
powerful enough to tell Congress
what we want, not to ask il" Col.
Luke Lea of Tennessee seconded Col.
Herbert's motion and substitution was
carried.
Mai. Richard Foster of Kansas
City, staff officer at Camp Funston,
who presided at the trials of more
than 100 conscientious objectors, re-
lated his experiences in dealing with
his class of men. Maj. Foster gave
the law applying to such citizens.
"That act, as you are all probably
familiar with, says nothing about the
l. w. W., the socalled humanitarian,
the Stacker and the anarchist, and yet
for some unknown reason, about 1876
such cattle were shipped out to Camp
Funston, segregated, were not requir-
ed to do military service, were tried
for disobedience to a lawful order in
time of war, duly convicted, sentenced
to prison and large majority of
them pardoned out of the peitentiary
within two months.
"These men are not ordinary, poor,
misguided, fanatical men, but the
large number of them were college
graduates. Seven of them were cases
so serious that the court, of which l
was member, sentenced them to
death. Within three weeks the order
came from Washington restoring
them to honorable duty s1...