New Britain herald., 1920-02-23
CITY DOES HONOR
 TO SOLDIER DEAD
Memorial Exercises Held at FOx'S
 by Eddy-Gloyer Post, A. L.


 noon, memorial exercises in honor of the 130 New Britain men who were killed in the seryce were held, with Rev. Dr., Herbert Judson White of Hartford, as speaker. Mayor George A. Quisley opened the exercises with an address of welcome and d tribute 10 the men who died and to their families. Rev. William Ross read the opening prayer, Rev. LucNan BojnoW- ski the closing benediction. Rev. J. Leo Sullivan, the honor roll and in the absence of Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, Rev. pr. c. ". C. Hill read France in Battle Flame" Mrs. Howard F. Horton sang three selections accom- panied by Organist Theron Hart. F'oX'5 orchestra, played before the opening and at the closing of the pro- gram.
 Mayor Quigley told Of the sacri- fees made by the men to repay a debt to France, and consoled Dcreaved par ents upon the worthiness of the task that caused them sorrow To those small nations that the conclusion of hostillties has not brought freedom, the mayor advised patient waiting as time may soften the feeling and opinions of rulers and the freedom the bONS fought for may De accord ed to a11.''
 Dr. White Speaks.
 Rev. Whites address was typical of the style Of oratory that has gained him an enviable name throughout the cast. He said:
 "We are met a good day for good purpose. The day is not only the Holy Sabbath but the anniversary Of the Father or His Country in whose memory of successive generations of Americans find renewals of noble and high aims Of manhood and patriotism. Our purpose is most worthy and be- coming. It is to halloW the memory of those who in service to our coun- try. at home, on the high seas or over there. gave the last full measure of deyotion.' An organized effort to re- member and honor our hero dead, such as America is nfaking today under the leadership of the American Legion, and such as we have made on Memorial day each year for sixty years is blessed to those who thus meet. and fruitful to America in the making of heroes for the future. Who cah estimate the effect upon Ameri- can youth. of the memorial services each yea, for the Grand Army of the Republic? The amazing uprising and the flaming forth on our young men. of the old spirit of '61 and '76 proves that such services arc not in vain. Memory thus gathers from the shining deeds of the past the glory of heroic life, and sows it deep in the hearts of our youth.
 Grief of the Bereayed.
 ITO those families who have to as- semble around a able where there is
 
 suffered is felt today even more keen ly than at the first when the heart was stunned and the brain was numb-s ed by the tidings, and one peculiar cause for added sorrow has been, perhaps the touch of bitterness that has crept in with the thought that the world has forgotten their dead and their sorrow. The wheels of life are humming with increased velocity. Men are concerned with their own cares. Youth plays and sings, mar ries and builds. as before, while here in a quiet graveyard, or there in long line marked by wooden crosses. or in the silent green depths of ocean, lie the precious forms of our dearest and best loved boys. Today their com rades of the American Legion, their many friends and millions of citizens join with France in trying to say to you who have lost them, we have not forgotten them or what they gave for country and for the world. They have not died in vain. Their spirit and sac ritice will continue to challenge us and to call us to worthy deeds in the new age which they assured
 Plays the Germans.
 America does not and will not ever forget their service and sacrifice. We met today to press this assurance upon, the sad heart of their friends. The world has to go on. Thank God and thank our heroes that it can, but though we are busted at our tasks, we do not forget. We cannot forget. As the years shall give to us a truer per- spective of the late titanic war, We shall be more and more amazed We m measure the proportions. analyze it's horrors. reckon it's menacing pOrtenC and realize that had the ruthless hordes of the kaiser's huns overrun the world, civiliZa tiOn would have been thrown bleeding and hopeless to the very bottom of the heel of pro- gress with an educated brute blocking with blood-red sword the upward path.
 Refers to Hosts of Hell.
 And so we arc grateful Q those who stood thus and turned hs ok the hosts Of bell. Whether they were in the camps at home or on the seas, the weight Of every man in cur uniform was felt in the death blow delivered thereon the :plood-red fields of France The cOnsola ton ~bf Heaven are for those who lost such men. for the good Father of us all must cherish the hear torn by the loss of those who