Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-01-21
FIRST BANQUET
OF DICTIONARIES
Erection Of A Community Build
ing in Honor Of Soldiers is
Suqqested.

The first annual banquet of the Aus
tin F. Hanscom Post No. 1877. Ameri- |
can Legion was held at the Masonic |
Temple last Wednesday evening and
was a success. About one hundred |
American Legion members were in
which included the members of the
Col. Heg Post, G. A. r., members of
Roosevelt Post No. 20, Spanish-Amer1-
can Veterans, Z. c. Wellin, mayor of
the city and Judge T. O. Gilbert, pre-
silent of the Commercial Club.
The eats We're prepared by Mrs. j.
W. Kent. The following was the menu:
grape fruit, boiled ham, mashed pota-
toes and gravy, turnips, dill pickles,
white and brown bread cabbage salad
coffee and apple pie a la mode.
After everybody were we'll satisfied
with eats, cigars. were passed around
and the rest of the evening was spent
in relating stories and making speech
es.
Attorney Henry G. Young acted as
POSTMASTER and the first speaker call
ed upon was A. A. c. Blomquist, Com
mander of the local post who spoke in
behalf of the Austin F. Hanscom Post
in welcoming the visitors.
Emil &C. Lundquist was the next
speaker and he spoke in the interest
| of the local post making as it's aim
| the erecting of a Community hall as
| a memorial for the Kandiyohi County
| boys. He mentioned of Swift county
| that they were going to erect a county
| hospital as a memorial, and why not
| Kandiyohi county erecting communi-
ty hall.
The next speaker was Albert Gar
| we'll, who was the only speaker pres
ent at the banquet who had served in
two wars, the Spanish-American war
| and the World War He related stor-
les of both wars and also spoke in
| favor of community hall for Kandi-
| yohi county.
Carl Freeberg, another Spanish-Am-
| erican veteran, made the brief talk of
| the evening.
Philip Haley, Commander Of the
local Col. Roosevelt Post gave hne
| address in behalf Of the Col. Roosevelt
| Post and gave the World War boys
advice. and urged that they should look
up to the G. A. r. members and honor
| them and ask them for advice when
the same was needed
The next three speakers were mem
bers of the G. A. r. The first speaker
was J. B. Boyd. He told an interesting
story which occurred while he served
in the Civil War and also said in
joking way that some of the most fur
he had while in the army was in thu
guard house.
The next speaker was M. D. Mann
ing after which Gov. A. E. Rice SPOKE
saying that he could be counted upon TO-
one thousand dollars toward com
munity hall. He also gave the Ameri
can Legion boys advice to take activ'
part in public affairs and also state'
that there was place for at least on
at the court house.
Mayor E. c. Wellin also gave al
interesting talk and said he could b.
counted upon for five hundred dollar
toward a community Hall, and want
ed the drive for the community hal
to begin at once He also stated tina
he was proud of being mayor OF tn
city of Willmar when the boys return
ed because several said when they 1ef
that they hoped that Well1n would D.
| the mayor of the city when returning
| The last speaker was Judge T.
| Gilbert who made the following speecl
! in part which has been taken from tn
| Republican Gazette:
1uuSe xloeft'x Speech.
1.-THE Civil War settled once for al
Union and it demonstrated that tn
government founded under Washingto,
should 11ot pa pisf from the earth. But j
did more-it save to America, the GralG
! | Army of the Republic. the >remna1{
of whose thinning ranks are represent
5 ed as your loved guests seated at This
81 table. There has been no finer joa,,
during the last fifty years. The .Snan
ish-American War gave to the Island.
of the seas the blessings Of lihart
which we enjoyed; but it also gave II!
the Spanish-American War Veterans
of which Roosevelt Camp is you,
honored guest this evening. Tn,
World War, as we are told, aed as w,
hope. has made the world sa>fe FL,
democracy But it also gave to Ameri
ca, the American Legion. Somethins
like forty thousand of the hast mo,
of our land lost their lives: treasure,
were expended of which the humaI
tns pr caa30t T r0nceve Was it wortl
largely upon your attitude and action:
during the next fifty yesrs.
mo doubt, you will meet with criti
cism and unjust insinuA atoms from cer
tain quarters Already these hav,
appeared in word aid print Boys
VINO are your crltlcs? A few year
ago, when the Lusitania. sank beneath
cold waters of the Atlantic with it
precious cargo Of A1Kerican women an
children, not to 'ment ton the men. Their
were those American citizens who. toL
us it served them ;rEight,< they had n
business to sail, the kaiser had warn
ca mem. hatef these same peopl
da;,1, peruss the columns of thei
and American success. but ro+bor ~
the success ?f the. enemy, and wer
secretly wishing him Godspeed on hi
way to PaRis. These are the peonl
; that now insinuate,' if not .openl,
charge tHat your organization is on
o, oppression and the agent of obi.
get anq forgive sympathy with tn,
enemy but You cannot affol1 to for
get or forgive such a charge or s,,c,
an lnEsinuation. These are slurs uno,
4 Ame Ficanr manhood and womanhoo,
snesA are yelled attacks upon funua
meHiAi American ideals and principles
' hsatt 5 f Xzgss flag a aaa stab it xt
al the power Of your young manhoo
[ tSnd Jet the record of your future b
Ii tiops.
I Beneath the rows of crosses i
! Flanders fields, where peoples grow
| lie thousands Of ysur comrades. II
| 'xSa they have flung from dying hands
up and hold it high that the light ma!
penetrate the secret rscesses and tn
! DARK places, that all the iahabitant
of America may know that in tf,i
country, liberty and justice are in
separable and that law and orde
must reign supreme In 80 doing
you Will be, not an instrument Of %
preston, but a bulwork around tn!
constitution, the embodiment Of Amerj
can ideals of equality and brotherhoed
ana you will be worthy successor,
to the Grand Army Of the Republic