Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-01-21
FIRST BANQUET I. 4. .
+. OF LEGloNAlR

Erection Of A Community Build
ing in Honor Of Soldier, is =
Suggested.
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
attendance besides the guests of honor
which included the members of the
Col. Heg Post, 6. A. R., members of
Roosevelt Post No. 20, Spanish-Ameri-
can Veterans, E. c.. Wellin, mayor Of
the city and Judge t. 0. Gilbert, pre-
sident of the Commercial Club. :.
The eats were 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 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
L 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 Community hall as
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 a commun1-
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 a fine
, address in behalf of the Col. Roosevelt
Post and gave the World War boy.
advice and urged that they should look
up to the c. A. r. members and homo,
t them and ask them for advice Whe1
. 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 1nterestlnl
! story which occurred while he served
b | in the Civil War and also said IN
joking woy that some of the most full
he had while in the army was in tn
guard house.
The next speaker was M. b. Mann
- ing after which Gov A. E. Rice spok
,. saying that he could be counted upon TO
one thousand dollars toward a com
munity hall. He also gave the Ameri
can Legion boys advice to take activ
L 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 a
d interesting talk and said he could b
counted upon for five hundred dollar
toward community Hall, and want
ed the drive for the community hal
to begin at once also stated tina
he was proud Of being mayor or tn
city Of Willmar when the boys return
ed because several said when they LEI
that they hoped that Welin would
the mayor Of the city when returning
The last speaker was Judge Il.
Gilbert who made the following speec
in part which has been taken from Tn
Republican Gazette:
- Sauss =szzIpsft. speech
''The Civil War settled oneee for al
:. the question of the oneness of tn
y Union and it demonstrated that tn
government founded under washingto
shn,af,1-1ret- pa Rish from the earth. But
did mofe-it save to America, the Graz
y Army of the Republic. the remna1{
of whose thinning ranks are repres1t
Is ed as your loved guests seated at{thi
Is table. There has been no finer MIN
$, ence in the political life of our Govt -
during the last fifty years. The Snan
ish-American War gave to the island
of the seas the blessings off, 1ihart
which we enjoyed; but it also gave !,
of which Roosevelt Camp is YOU
honored guest this evening. III
: World War, as we are told, and az w
~ hope, has made the world 'safe. fo
democracy. But it also gave to Amer
ca, the American Legion. somethin
IS of our land lost their liveS. 1raa sure
were expended of which the huma
s. mind cannot conceive. Was. it wort
the price? The answer will denen
largely upon your attitude and .action
during the next fifty years..
NO oouot, you will meet with crit
c1sm and unjust insinuA atoms from cay
tain quarters. .Already these Nv &c,
appeared in word aid print. Bog
who are your critics?' A few wear
ago, when the Lusitahia sank beneat
cold waters of the Atlantic with II
precious carso or Ajherican women an
children, not to0mention the men. the,
were those Ameriedi citizens who. 4oi
us it. served them righf,1 thew Rad =
> business to sail, The kaiser had war,
ed them. Later these same neon
were were perustng the columns Of the
daily papers fSr news, not of allie
ana American success, but rather Il
tne success 9f the enemy, and WEI
secretly wishing: him Godspeed on Is
3 way TO PaNs. a Theses are the peop]
s. tnat now insinuate,ss if not opanl
charge, tfat your organization is On
oh oppression and the agent of obi
BUSINESS" But, you caa afford to fo,
get anq forgive sympathy with. ~
ehe1ly' /but You cannot affold to foi
se' OF forgive such a. charge or sue
an lnFsinuation. = These are slurs uno
4eFican r. manhood and womanhoo
sne5A are vei1eds attacks upon funds
niehtai American ideals and principe,
= TN insult insult e Ygur flag and a stab )
III AL the power s 81 Yotuar young manhoc
end Jet the record Of your future /
fsuch as to fsfslIe any such tnsind:;
I Beneath the rows of crosses
Flanders fields, where popplesS Eroi
lie thousands Of ysur- conrad
llXau they have hung, from dying hand
LINE torch: They ask you to taka
up and hold It high that the light ma