The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-11
DON'T FORGET
SACRIFICES OF
WAR, ELLIOTT
Congressman Urges Citizens
to Remember Services of
Soldiers Pageant Pre-
sented In Two Spectacles.
VETS PARADE CANCELLED

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tude, Richmond and Wayne county
today Joined in celebration of Armis-
! tice Day.
throughout all Of today's program
ran the thought of those ceremonies
| belng held today at the National GEM
/ etery at Arlington, where an unknown
! soldier, home from France, was being
laid to final rest with the highest hon.
ors that the nation can bestow. Think
Ing of the thousands who gave all.
represented by the nameless one who
today begins his long vigil, sleeping
on French soil in an American grave,
citizens of Richmond and WAYNE
county felt a prayer for peace surg.
ing through their souls.
Since the parade of ex-service men
Planned for today was cancelled be-
! cause of inclement weather, the
formal celebration began with the
| ceremonies in the Coliseum where the
pageant, Lest We Forget" was pre-
sented IN two symbolical spectacles.
Elliott Speaks.
| Following the pageant, Representp
tive Richard N. Elliott, congressman
| from this district, reminded the aud,
ence of the sacrifices of the men who
fought for and defended our country
IN the dark days of a few years ago.
we are at times prone to forget
the debt of gratitude which We owe
to the men who fought for and de-
tended our country in its various
wars" Representative Elliott said
I We are prone to forget that it was
these men who have made it possible
for us to say that this beautiful land.
with all its wealth, industry, homes
and culture, is our country, to have
and to hold"
After reviewing the achievement of
the victorious American army in the
World war, Representative Elliott
gave some interesting figures in con-
nection with the governments activi-
ties for the relief of disabled veterans
of the late war.
For the current fiscal year, he said,
congress had appropriated s4S9. .O0O.-
900 for all purposes connected with
the relief of disabled service men and
tor the relief of their dependents. In
| addition, he said 1865 100000 had
! been appropriated for the payment of
pensions to disabled veterans of the
Civil war and the Spanish-American-
war, and to their dependents, during
the current fiscal year.
There are now 207,592 veterans of
| the late war and dependents of veter-
ans, receiving compensation from the
government through the U. S. Veter-
ans bureau, and $4,000 claims are
awaiting adjudication.
specialization Policy
The federal government. the con-
! gressman stated, has adopted a COM
prehensive disqualification policy for
the care of disabled veterans and ii
will be continually broadened as con-
ditions demand. At the present time.
! he said, there are a total of 2S,9S7
! patients in government hospitals,
about 5000 afflicted with tuberculosis,
! II, 600 with nervous and mental all
ments, and about 10000 surgical
cases.
| The congressman called attention
| to the fact that the national debt
had now reached "the staggering sum
of twenty-five billions of dollars, or
almost one-eleventh of the total
wealth of the country He said that
| the cost of wars this country has Ell
|
military and naval preparedness for
national defense accounted for the
! larger part of the national debt His
statement concerning the enormous
! tax burden the American peaple were
now carrying was prelude TO an eX-
preston of views concerning the in
ternational conference on the limita-
! ton of ornaments which begins its
sessions in Washington tomorrow. He
said:
| This conference is of such vital
! import to all of the civilized people
/ of the world that we should all pray
! that those wise men who are partic-
| ipating in it will be able to meet
every situation presented to them,
and by reason of sheer honesty of pur-
pose arrive at a solution of the ques-
ton of reduction and limitation of
the worlds armaments"
| Stand in Prayer.
! At the beginning of the pageant the
audience was called to attention by
/ bugle call by Bert Russell after which
the march, cover There" was played
| by the American Legion band, Rev. r.
/ w. Stoakes then asked the audience
TO remain standing for moment in
silent prayer in honor of the dead,
and for the success of the disarm-
ament conference. He then pronounc-
| ed the invocation.
The program proper was opened by
! the singing of the "RecessionaI' by
the first Presbyterian quartet after
which the spectacle. November Elev-
enth" was presented.
! AS the quartet resumed their seats,
a bell off stage started to toll slowly,
counting out II strokes. AS the final
stroke sounded. the dim lights bright
ened and squad of uniformed sol
diers rose from the representation of
a trench at the back of the stage
! One stepped to the front and recit-
ed November Eleventh" from the
volumne of Yanks Verse published by
Putman's while the group of uniform
ed soldiers stood silent and motion
less at the back of the stage behind
him. The part was taken by Harold
Hiatt while the soldiers were: Ray
| Keck, commander, Paul Andrews