Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-18

was emblematic. In the center was a
iarge and beautiful American flag. Around
II were grouped numerous service flags
the emblems of the men who had been
given freely by their women TO fight for
the nation.
CONGRESSMAN DALE SPEAKS N
PARK
After The various units had been drawn
up about the bandstand In City Hall Park,
and the Third Cavalry had lined up gu
The north, west and south sides OF the
park facing the stand T.. J. geaupte led
in the singing of "Am-r.c;,." aherman's
band furnishing the music.
Congressman Porter II. Dalo Of Island
Pond was introduced by Mayor ]. Holmes
Jackson. Congressman Dale directed the
greater part Of his remarks to the ex-
service men. He said in part:
We are assembled in honor of the
American soldiers. 1t is a privilege TO
have part in these exercises and /
acknowledge it with gratitude
Our thoughts naturally go out 10 day
TO include international affairs. and then
they return to our soldiers who took the
decisive part in the formation OF world
conditions they now exist. We are TOO
near the war to comprehend its "auses
and effects. We know that a change sud
den and complete, has come to all the
world. but beyond that there liz no gem
eral, well-defued opinion What has taken
place was incredible. The American Re
public has been AT war in Europe. II will
take generation TO sense that fact.
Turning toward the members OF the
Grand Army of the Republic who stood
nearby. Congress sman Dale said:
Perhaps the members OF the Grand
Der what It means. for you recall the day
when Lee surrendered. You didn't know
/ what you saved that day. You thought
YOU had preserved the Union. and SO YOU
! had but you saved it for civilizations"
The war has set new precedent in for
| eIgn relations. It has given another inter-
| probation TO International law and it has
| put diplomats to such disputes that this
/ day. two years after the armistice. there
| is no formal peace. The world Is dis
tracted. its financial systems are strained
| to thu limit; half its people are adrift
! from stable government. What unseen
| dangers are before us. what internal
| strifes and foreign conflicts must be me
| no man can state. The requirements OF
| diplomacy ana craftsmanship are ire
| mendous.
! These facts force us to the conviction
I
| depend upon its soldiers not only In war
! but also in peace. You put this nation al
! the head Of all nations in war. aud we
| are going to expect YOU to keep it there
in peace.
| Not by chance did the nation reach
nor will it keep, its place. McKinie,
| said God keeps no nation in supreme
place which will not meet the supreme
! duty of the hour" AS a nation. We mus
not lose our place. for the destiny of tn,
world may depend upon our keeping il
and our faith that This generation vii
meet the supreme duty OF the hour come:
| largely from our reliance upon YOU sol
ders TO keep before ny with your war
! time zest the spirit OF peacetime patriot
! SIN.
The duty 20 which YOU We're called a!
| soldiers was not concluded when tn,
! victory was yours in war for All histor,
teaches that the soldier, with the eXcep
,ion of the few individuals who haV'
been traitors. is the nations most loya
supporter in civic duty.
You responded TO summons inev tabl
and with which there was no parley, bu
that summons came from a source beyon'
any civic OF military board. above an!
general or the COMMUNICATIVE chief OF tn
armies 1t came from the omuipoten
source of human destiny. and you an
swsred It because. not being slsckers. 70,
must be so diers. not being cowarda 70,
must be heroes. You went out where -,
spectre of death YVES never absent. iol
saw 1t take it's victims by disease. b!
sitting gas. by staobing hayone: AL,
ursting she'll; ana terror such rs 40 mai
lSIiew before this war was always I'VE
YOU IN hospital and trench and on IN
bsttlercld. and OH the SEA- and In IN
a!r.
But no terror OF land or SEA- o! al
could check the spirit Of the Americas
soldier. Out OF all tnat aggravated 70,
IN the official conduct OF the war, an,
naddened you IN many phases of arm!
lIfc. you came back with soldiers in
;ensity OF devotion. and you canno, fai
- rise on the forces which inspired yol
aud become better. stronger men. to CIV
, expression in civilian life to the bes
American spirit.
Oh. veterans. two millions OF you wen
overseas and learned in few month
} what no book or instructor could teach
e. You saw those people toiling on as ma,
their ancestors through 10 - or NOR
centuries, under the slow evolution Of OIL
systems OF government. And you realize,
1 that your own country, with lis wild
areas and boundiess resources and liberia
r government. now thar the ocean has bee
made by invention 30 narrow is brough
close to those restricted peoples
Oh soldiers. we need you in this couu
try to meet the evident dangers of disor
der Words can no more than sugges
T. your experiences from Chateau ThierrN
( along the Marine. and in the dcvastute
sectors up from ST. Mihiel to the Argonne
/ You saw whole nations gone mad. trea
! ties. customs. human instincts discarde
= and war wagcd by foul means under sac
. | rilegious impulse. and you learned no,
e easily clviliZat ton can lose its reason
+ And then YOU cam" back home and yo
must have learned better than anythin
Y else that this American republic. YOU
t nome, s the sovereign among the ma
q lions of the earth These are some of tn
9 reasons why the nation expects YOU [
Z teach patriotism in civilian life
e BY the force of your great influence
n the nation relies upon you to help chec
= the peril of radical, un-American eli.
a ment within It's borders an element III
n disposition of which Is shown in the cor
r trast of two events.
/ Two years ago last June YOU TOO
Mount Sec. The 2Bth Division was tho,
n and many Of the Vermont BOYS I'll
{ Germans had sent out their hest troor
ana had pounded you with the biz CUR
e from the heights. The spring drive wa
It unds- WAY aud our country was fairl