The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-07-15
CALL FOR STATE TROOPS
TO QU.ELL DISTURBANCE
IN PAPER MILL TOWNS
WASHINGTON COUNTY
VETERANS REUNION
Held Yesterday at Dewey Park And
Was Attended By Only Small
Number of Members.

/ hA uAihhoi Vi lit w dEt5bS
ton County Veterans association took
place Thursday at Dewey park. In thc
morning about 80 members of the or.
ganization were present while in the
afternoon some 25 remained for a pro
gram that took place. The old board Of
| officers was reelected, including: Pres.
| ident, DIR. K. j. Foster, Water
| bury; secretary treasurer, John Wilson
/ Worcester; executive committee, Thorn
as Cory, Napoleon Monty and G. II.
kidder; while the vice presidents are
the same as last year.
The morning was occupied with re.
viewing the days that have gone by.
Then at noon the Women's Relief corps
gave dinner, after which President
Foster called the assembly to order and
several persons spoke.
Mrs. Carrie Dean of Castleton, de.
partment president of the Relief corps,
spoke upon the work which that or
ganization has accomplished Her pa
per was poetic in nature and was a
we'll thought out thesis on American.
ism and patriotism.
James b Estee Of Montpelier spoke
upon the work which the G. A. R. did
and that it can best see the results
of its work by the manner in which
the boys went into the World war
Mrs. Emma LaPoint of Barre spoke
foc the Auxiliary of the G. A. r., tell
ing those present some Of the work
which the organization has done. how
1t was one Of the first organized and
that many persons do not join il be-
ealfse they cannot meet the require
ments. From her address il appeared
that the organization had done a great
deal in finding where soldiers were bur
led and who the unknown are.
Dr. c. NJ Ferrin of Essex spoke for
the sth Vermont regiment, extending
the welcome Of that organization to
the one in session and he read let
ter from Miss Lu Thomas, who wrote
that her father could not attend the
Rev Charles n. st. John Of Montpel.
ief made an able address. opening his
as holders of large possessions in the
country, for, having saved it, they are
the preferred stockholders. He dis
cussed the present day conditions how
the center Of the world has now be-
come this country and that old Europe
viii not be looked to as it has In the |
past but that the nearby future Is to |
find the countries which border on the |
Pacific ocean becoming the principal |
nations of the world.
He called attention to the fact that |
to-day. in peace times, we have enemies
n this country and that we should pro-
,ect ourselves against these as much /
low az we did in the World war DAYS.
de referred to the radicals, those IN
in colleges, who are teaching
he nation bad lessons in an effort to
,reak down our stability He said the
md that easily attained divorces
houd be prevented. 1t has become
menace TO this nation, for ii leads
way from character building He
poke, he said, not as a minister, but
= man,
When he paid tribute to Roosevelt
nd Lincoln as men who would not fol-
ow the common idea but stood out
or greater things he received applause. /
Ie called the profiteers who went TO in
rease the coal prices enemies of the |
alton and un-American. The profteer- |
~ man. he said. insults the members I
I the G. A. r. He spoke on disarma |
ient and urged that this now be done [
lowly for this nation wants to pro- /
sct itself against invasion He ap- :
roved President Harding's method of :
ling what can be done before disarma- !
lent is advanced too fast for he did
OF want TO endanger the old flag in
ny way.
In introducing John W Gordon, Mr. i
oster said that Mr.. Gordon is on nus !,
ay to Congress but that he stopped
Y to entertain them. Mr.. Gordon said
: was blunt. that he did not stand for
he soldiers bonus last year, therefore,
|, did not get votes but he said il is s
credit to your organization that YOU
lauld be proud Of that as soon as YOU
ere discharged you did not try to
/ your pocket out Of the country's r
easury.
Mr.. Gordon referred 70 the small
,nsions of SO a month received for 80
,ars and then Of the increases He
id four boys in the big war and he
ould be ashamed of them if thev i,
ught, expecting money bonus II ii
ould be enough honor that they did n
cir best and that should be their :,
He regretted the atti- ri
de of some on the bonus matter. He n,
mplimented Mr. ST John upon his "a.
titude. There will be wars, he said, ~
7 years 10 come and hoped that n
aiming would be given so that the ma n,
M would become a healthy one. for =,
. recent war has shown how un m
althv the soldiers were. He claimed Al
litarv training Is the best that any br
,ther can desire for her boy. He end II