The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-11-12
Patriotic Exercises
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my lot to be transferred to the 1880
Infantry, composed of troops from
Maine, New Hampshire and as many
VeImonters as were in any one out
fit except the Ammunition train.
Then came the dreary drill days.
Chaplain Moody then spoke of his
visits to Privates Heron and San
born in the hospital and how he later
met. Sergt. Knapp, for whom the
Post was named, and at his sugges-
ton Knapp visited the boys at the
hospital. "The last thing Knapp ever
did for me- said the speaker, twas
to visit these two sick men,"
Nj Moody said one came to realize
that the ties and fellowship of the
war are closer than any in the world.
"You shared your dugout with a man;
you shared danger with him; and you
and | can testify to the seriousness
of those days. Why were those
DAYS glorious? We were separated
from those we loved, but we felt
with Rupert Brooke that we had a
rendezvous with death. There was
the uncertainty of food, shelter, and
even life. There was he uncertainty
of our future plans. But it was glo-
rous because we knew right well that
something had lifted us to nobler
purposes. We knew that we were
committed to a cause that could not
fail. | found men sometimes didn't
understand the causes of the war. AS
! camC in close contact with them !
came to realize that their reasoning
might not always have been sound,
but their hearts were. The country
had called them and they res pended.
Owe may never apaln wear a med
al o. The 'CrojX de GuclIc', bat there
is a greater service lying ahead Of US.
The whole world is passin~ through
a crucial period. We are getting
away from the perioG of reaction, and
are coming back to q recognition Of
where we are and what is wanted Of
US. There is a need to serve our
country now with Just as much en-
thusiasm and whole-hearted sacrifice
as when we served udder the Colors.
If we voted as cheerfully as we drill
ed, if we paid our taxes without eva
sion, and participated in town and
state affairs with the same spirit of
patriotism we had in the war then
we would be giving real service to GU
country. There are as great days
ahead Of US as in the past and we
must get the right attitude and stand
with the American Ie~lon for the
THINGS that are the best"
Cha lain Moody's address was fol
lowed by the presentation to Com
mander Powell by Arthur +. Stone
Of purse of over $1,000 which the
Caledonian-Record has raised for q
memorial tablet to the St. Johnsbury
soldiers who made the supreme sac
liticc in the Great war Mr.. Stone re-
ferred in his brief address to the fact
that the local naper demonstrated its !
to the communit" not only !
in disseminating news, but in pro |
noting any enterprise that advanced |
ID the communities interest.
Commander Powell acknowledged |
he Gift and accepted it on behalf Of
he Legion in the following words;
i. is wonderful 10 live for ones
country,
Il is Glorious to die for ones
country.
That III" people of this town have |
contributed the sum Just presented !
hiu tn" efforts Of the EVcning-Ca |
lonian Record. for the erection If a !
Memorial to those OF our "Budd'es'
Who "Wcnt west in inc GREAT ST ug
rlc. shows truly the spirit of ap0ro-
'iatiOn in this community. Of the eC- |