Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
CROT0N HONORS
SACRIFICE OF
One ITS SONS
Memorial Service Saturday
TO Private Wendell
Edmunds Lord

numbers Saturday to pay tribute Il
Wendell L. Lord, Co. +, 1O1st Am
munition Train, 2Gth Division, 4. f.
T., who died of wounds in France
Nov. 8th, 1918, and the dedication OF
Il tablet to his memory.
This little Caledonia County tow,
situated among the green hill; OF
! Vermont showed the stern, depend
! able New England character, its toy
atty and patriotism, when the cal
came for overseas service. With a
population of less than 1000, 1G OF
her young lads went into the great
world war, Private Lord being tho
only one to make the supreme S"cri-
! fee.
The program as published in Fri-
days Calcdonian Was carried out en-
tire. Chaplain Chauncey A Adams of
the 1O1St Ammunition Train, who re
| sumcd work as pastor Of his Dan9illc
| parish Oh return from oversees SEP
vice, gave an addrc', that paid elo-
quc:.t tribute to what the boys did
cover there, the call for service in
the fully as serious problems now
before the American people and the
need Of service and sacrifice to CON
Quer in this present battle for the
uplift Of mankind. The speaker
brought out the call; for vicalious
suffering, the giving Of ones self for
others for a cause in which he had no
part in making. Chaplain Adam,
spoke Of privute Lord; devotion to
duty, his readiness; 10 help others,
how h" was prompt and brave in the
calls for service, and the esteem in
which comrades held him. The speak
er referred to the tablet as telling TO
future generations his high sense Of
duty, loyalty and patriotism. Strik-
ing hcme to every heart was Chap
lain Adams earnest plea for service
in the great conflict now before the
American people for the preservation
Of liberty and Justice and the rights
of the Individual citizen. Turning TO
conn AIDES returned from overseas, the
speaker said they would be untrue, to
This cOmlade ard his; sacrifice if they
lid not take up the call for service
Of today.
Rev. +. w. Lewis OF HisiGat.,
pastor of the Methodist church ut
Groton when Private Lord enlisted,
poke Of Wendell as he knew him,
he work of the yankee boys" and
how the German people ought to
nave been made to feel they were
conquered. The speaker said he
:hould always remember Wendell by
his smile and firm hand-clasp. He
noke of the tribute that returning
comrades paid to his soldicrly char
,cter;stics. The speaker outlined how
people abroad and at home said VIC
could not raise, equip and send over
IN army to take part in the great
world war, but eve did it,"
He spoke Of how the yankee
boys" went into battle, never retreat
I'd and helped to bring to finish
he great German attempt to rule the
world. He said the war ought to have
"cen carried into Germany and the
people brought to feel their defeat.
Mr. Lewis spoke with heart full Of
"larity yet he wondered what would
two been The result with Germany in
An,o7irn's r1acc
!"p ',,f'' ej,., fN";n4 j>l:.ru"
niH! ''i3l III Ma s, uilyv!ir,! he II.
'"t .!ih c,..irad,., stood At auto"
ing the ceremony.
Wagner Glen Beckley of Montpe-
~, a "bunkie' of Private Lord,
lieut.. Isaac M. Kicker of the 102nd
faf. recently home from service ia
he army of occupation, and many
onrades were present. Friends from
ut Of town were present, among
tij"m being j. Frank Perry of Barre
city.
rhc Red Cross served dinner in the
ladies' parlor to those attending the
service from out of town.
Private Lord enlisted June |, 1917,
n Company H, First Vermont, V. N.
=, at Montpelier and went into train
'og at Fort Ethan Allen. From
here he was sent to Camp Bartlett
It Westfeld, Mass, where the major
portion of the First Vermont were
transferred to the 101st Ammunition
Train, Company II becoming Com
rany f. He went overseas with the
9th Division and was in the battles
of Chateau-Thierry, st. Mihiel, the
Argonne and on the Verdun front.
He left the front Nov. 9, 1918, being
sent to a field hospital for an acute,
attack of Brights' disease and further
diagnosis of his case. He was brought
% base hospital IS, Potter, some 500 !
niles from the Verdun front. He
arrived in an unconscious condition
from wounds in the chest
rom which he died Nov. 8, 1918. L
No information was found at the t
hospital, which was visited by Con- t
FRESHMAN Dale last April, as to how
lie was wounded on his way to the {
hospital. t
The tablet which was unveiled was (
,iven by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. l
:. Lord, former well-known residents S
# GrotOn but now living in St. c
ohnsbury, and has the following f
wording: i!
In Memory of O
Wendell Edmunds Lord n
Co. +, 10lst Ammunition Train S