Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-13
Professor Frederick Upper
Principal Speaker at Banquet
Which Follows Annual Meet
ing of Vermont Con,mandery
Colonel Connell Responds

Kingsley Of Rutland.
Senior mmander-Companion Max
L. Powell of Burlington.
Junior vice-commander COMPANION
Mortimer r. Proctor of Proctor.
Recorder-Flrst Lieut.. Carlos d. Will
liams Of Burlington.
Resistrar-Compsnion GeorKe 8. Howe
OF Burlington
Treasurer-Mator Charles L. Woodbury.
Chanccllor-Compan! Mon Henry n. Harar
Chaplain-companion Rev Isaac c.
Smart of Burlington.
Council-C. z. Beach r r. Powell. Mai
or G. II. Foo;e, Il. NJ. Mcfarland and N.
D. Bake
The death OF one member, Brigadier
General Stephen p. Jocelyn, occurred
during the year.
RECEPTION AND BANQUET
! Preceding the banquet a reception was
held In the hotel parlors. Commander
Kings ey. Professor and Mrs. Frederick
Tuprer. Colonel w. NJ. Connell command
Ing officer at Fort Ethan Allen, retiring
! Commander c. z. Beach and Mrs. Beach
being in the receiving line. Romeo's or
chestra furnished music during the re-
ception and at the banquet which follow
ed. The committee Of arrangements con.
sisted OF Companions George S. Howe,
Charles L. Woodbury., Harry 8. Howard,
Max l.. Powell Redfield Proctor, ]. q.
Brown and f. X. Morse.
Seated at the speakers table were the
new and retiring commanders Professor
and Mrs. Upper, Colonel Connel James
=. Taylor and a number of officers from
Fort Ethan Alien, with their wives Grace
hy, rban lain tho r
Smart. and about so partook Of the ex-
celent banquet.
Major Kingsley. the new commander,
Yves the presiding officer and he was in
troduced by the retiring commander, who,
! In the course of his remarks, said that
In summary he had made lately of the
men in the legion he had found that "a
had held commissions In the Civil War
and their ages averaged s1h years. The
first speaker was Col w. NJ. Connell OF
Fort Ethan Allen. who told something
OF what the regular army stands for and
how now plan Is on foot to create a
better understanding between the army
and civilians. The idea," he said, us
to make the army a part Of the country
and not something separate" For that
reason In the future all Of the men who
enlist from a certain locality In a given
branch will be sent to the same unit OF
that branch so that in time It will come
to represent that locality.
He also described the courses in edu-
cation and vocational training that are
being introduced In the army, saying that
they are designed to make the man bet
ter suited for some line Of work when he
returns to civil life.
He told Of the work done in the differ
ent wars and throughout the history OF
the country In different localities, par.
ticulary In the West. and concluded by
saying that the regular army has always
held It's head up and always done what
was expected of II.
D. F. Taylor was the next speaker and
he amused his audience with an inter
esting account OF the early attempts ir
Vermont In the way of military prepared
ness. particularly in the line of musters
One thing we need In this State" sale
Mr.. Taylor, lis the military spirit. We
need foresight" AS an example Of thi.
need MIR. Taylor told of how hard it was
to get some of the towns to build land
inF fields for aeroplanes
The army man." he said, mas thi.
foresight. By fraternizlng with him tn,
the business man can get the habit o.
being able to ga crfce for the whole ant
. If the Loyal Legion can do anyth,nf
toward helping along that determination
II In well worth while"
! PROF. UPPER PRINCIPAL. SPEAKER
, Professor Frederick Upper. tho speak
= er OF the evening. wRs then introduced
8 as southerner who ha-i lived In Yer
mont for 80 years. Professor Upper sal,
E that all OF the people of this countr,
9 are linked together by one thing. Ameri
$ canisn'. and he had no patience with tn
? difference between the northernsr an
ihe southerner. He spoke briefly OF tn
\ war. s7ying that no one would reall,
. know anything about It until tho boy
4 who had been through II would forge
s their modesty ana tell their experiences
' 1.-THE cali OF war;" he said. was
= clarion call but there 70 q call comin
t to us to-day that rs just as insistent blu
o It Is indist,nct 1t Is the call OF presen
Q conditions. Professors once advised pupil
to prove all things and than hold fas
4 to that which is sood in all. Now tn
}. best advice seems to be to oultivat
8 mental asrtness. arc military trainin
9 helps to develop that.
|. ~ believe" he said shat present CON
Il ditions are the result OF disregard O
3 every lesson history has taught. TIL
u unframed man looks only ahead. tn
I book!sh man looks only to the rear bu
y the well-trninod man looks both ahea
Il and to the rear. None Of our presen
u troubles are now, not oven the labo
c troubles" Professor Tupper then dc
: scrbed conditions that followed previou
II wars here and In Europe showing hoy
similar they were History. however
! never repeats Atself absolutely. Uher
are as many differences az there ar
;. similarities, but the present IA renectlo
: of some of the fiery moments OF the pas
:. Tennyson years ago described just sue
conditions as we are experiencing II
Y day.
S "There Ia always during battle a CO..
y tain idealism and always afterward
i compromise with gain and greed Ihe'
d ia always a yawning chesm between Tn
@ lofty expectations and the lowly GU
u come"
q Professor Upper described cond
a tions in England Just after Napoleo
q had been conquered, showing the rec
q ing of pessismism there at that tim
n "The Immediate sequel of all our sret
e sacrifices he said. has been gre'
:. disappointment.
II However,, knowing that others ha'
suffered as we are suffering VIII III
helm us much The only encourage
ment we can get from that knowleds
ia the realization that the darkest day
"a have always been followed by
> brightest and bluest of days nm
" then too knowing how they suffert
,g we can say this our fathers overwen
AZ and thus we may overcome all OF
NJ present doubts and fears.
30| The Rev. l. c. Smart gave 10