Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-01

gan a war of words lasting dorIy years 1 Then came the bloy struck at Union, ], and young men volunteered by the hun ,Ireds of thousands for the principle of | liberty and union Upon this date ey- cry year we honor these men, the living ard inc dead who sacrificed the com forts of home that this nation might live
 The noble shaft erected to the loyal sons of Griswold and vicinity is g silent witness to the gratitude of this town to' the heroes of '61.
 The wars of our country have not all been wars for ourselves alone. When our little island neighbor was bitterly op-. pressed by despotic,, Spain, Uncle sam
 threw a protecting arm about her. Jew cit City was represented in the volunteer
 army wb eh was successrut4 in every
 battle In that haIlowed spot where
 rest St. Mary's dead. citizens have erect
 ed a monument to one who gave his life
 in the cause of liberty, as truly as if he
 had lost it upon the battlefield.
 We may be sure that in the greatest of all wars, volunteers would not have been
 lacking, for the spirit of liberty is not dead, and this war threatened the free fdom of the whole world. We honor the
 drafted men of the World war as we
 honor the volunteers of the Civil and the
 Spanish-American wars. Far away from
 their home sleep four of these brave men
 who gave their lives in the strength and
 splendor of their young manhood. If Is fitting that there should be some visible
 reminder of Their sacrifice for their coun-
 try and ours. In grateful appreciation
 of their service to mankind, and in grat-
 itude to Almighty God that out of nearly
 two hundred men who entered the army
 and navy, only five made the supreme
 sacrifice, the Daughters of the American
 Revolution and friends have planted this tree and erected this marked The tree.
 renewing its leaves, every spring, will
 quicken again our memory of Hfe pur-
 pose for which it was planted. The tab let will be an enduring memorial to each man.
 Orville LaFlamme enlisted July 1917, k and was at 9 New York camp before go- l ing across. He was wounded July l, 1918, at Chateau -Thierry and died three weeks later at the age of thirty .@4rs.
 He was a member of Co I. 23d Inf. ~ | John Monsee was in Co. B, 3oSth Inf, ! 77th Division. In February 1918, he went to Camp Devent and sailed in
 March. Monsee was with the Lost Bat
 taliop. He was killed Sunday, Sept. 29, 1918. His age was %.
 l Charles Pechie, 9 member of Head quarters Co, BPS Inf, sgd Div, entered
 the service Oct 1, 1917. He was wound | ed Oct. 8, 1918 and died of pneumonia 1 at Base Hospital 54 on the 17th, at the
 age of 25.
 Alphonse Lynch, M. D., Co. l, Replace
 ment Div. e. R) entered the service on
 August 2, 1918. He died of influenza 1 at Fort oglethorpe Ga, Oct. 15, 1913
 Anthony zoldik of the 1O4th Inf, was killed in action. Oct. 16. 1913.
 In memory of these men and on be- half of the Daughters of the American Revolution, l present to the public this testimonial of gratitude. May it be a witness to our children's children that in all the crises of the country there have been men who were willing to lay their all upon the altar of liberty, justice and humanity.
 At the close of these ceremonies Mrs. George H. Prior, sang the D. A. R. state l song, The State We Honor.
 Comrade George A. Haskell, vho for many years has been in full charge of l the decorating, and who for over a guar | ter of a century has esteemed this as the l duty he most loved, was confined to lis 1 home by illness. Comrade George W l Blake assumed these duties for the day 1 and carried the flag of the crjer Graves were decorated in the Jewett City ceine- l tery, St Mary's in Synvaldaie and tke Batist cemetery.
 Ihe David Hale Tanning park WAS never more attractive than in its new dress of eyergreens and oawers. The l monument was adorned 8ll:l a large wreath. the gift of the A. A. YouHg greenhouses and with laurel ani pulpla | lilacs. Rev. J. ". Payne offered prayet and 9 company of school children sang America under the direction ot Miss Eli | zabeth Hodgekinson and tils band played Nearer, My God to Thee.
 The address of the day was delivered 1 by Rev. I. B. Aldrich, pastor of the Me | thodist church. A great audience t,t 1 many hundreds gathered aud listened ] attentively to the end.
 | Rev MT. Aldrich said it was ira,,os. sible for him to open his ht4rt and show | the love and sympathy d4 felt far .the | thinning ranks of the Grad Army ol | the Republic. As I speak tq y7l men i who stand before me, clad il! ;ts, uniform ] of tie great war my heart reioices, he 1 said, in the patriotism of the fathers and adulires the patriotism of the sons Not all of us arc privileged to pIace. me norial wreaths upon the graves of our loved ones. Some sleep in foreign lands And other hands today will decorate their lowly graves. But whoever it he l that performs this kindly deed, they may i be assured that it will carry our deepes, 1 love.
 He paid fervent tribute of praise tc the army of loyal nurses, who unaincll-