Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-28
GRANTS LIFE reviewed BY
HON. |. 7. CARLETON in MAIN
ADDRESS AUG USTA EXERCISES

! support of the Union to Danish
slavery and to rebuke treason. They
| followed the flag until it emerged at
| AppomattoX without u stripe or a
star obscured.
Speaking to the men of the
American Legion, he said that the
Civil War veterans had made 1t
possible for them to cross the sea
to show to autocracy that liberty and
justice were not unmeanng words.
He said that General Grants gen.
Jus and ability is one of the lessons
| of American citizenship. 1t arouses
in us greater love for our Country
and our Flag 1t quickens our ven
Grafton for those great men Of the
G. A. r. All honor to his glorious
memory.
General Orders Read
Following the giving of invocation
by Rev. Andrew T. McWhorter. pas
tor of the South Parish Congrega-
from the c.. a. r., pertaining to the
observance of the Grant Tooth Ami
vcrsary were read by Adiutant Will
liam McDavid of Seth Williams Post
He also read a letter from Governor
Baxter who expressed his disappoint-
ment at being unable to be present
at the meeting.
Department Commander Butler
The next speaker was Edward A
Butler of Rockland. department
commander of the G.. A. r. of Maine
lie said that he considered that 1t
was n great thing to observe the
Tooth anniversary of General Grants
birthday. At home he had arranged
with the superintendent Of schools
for the observance of the day with
special exercises in the schools of
Rockland and Rockport And he
brought to the gathering the grce,-
ings from the Department of Maine
G.. A. X.
Or. Augustus o. Thomas
Dr. Augustus O. Thomas. State SUI
pcrintendent of schools. was intro
duced as the next speaker. He sale
that he was glad to feel that the size
'of the gathering did not include al
the patriotic men and women of Au-
gusta and he spoke of the need OF
|
consistency of patriotic spirit. Oul
people are patriotic, he declared.
DR.. Thomas said that it had beer
his misfortune to be born too tate
to serve in the Civil War and toe
early 10 serve in the World War. He
said that he felt like a boy whose
father and mother had sought t6
prevent him from enlisting for ser
Vice in the Spanish War because ne
was too Young That particular
Young man has asserted that he hac
heard his grandfather tell stories Of
the glorics of war. and he sale
what sort of grandfather VIII
make if | don't so to war
The life of General Grant and the
wonderful qualities with which ne
was endowed by nature were spoker
of lv Or. Thomas in an interesting
manner. lie also paid GLOWING
tribute TO the members of the q. A
Il.
judge Robert A. Cony
Judge Robert A. Cony of Augusta
mast department commander Of the
| Maine Sons of Veterans. the next
speaker. said that on the Whittier
field at Bowdoin college in l3oo ne
had heard Genera Thomas r. HUB
bard himself veteran of the ClVl
MAR. say when he had donated the
! ,-r,lrGstand TO the college that HE
ia made M of the contributions and
lthot the measure of every mans
/ claim i'm the community or posterlts
3 l., 10, tr.ih
He recalled that striking express
ION on the occasion of the observance
OF the Tooth anniversary OF General
/ Grant--that man whose career
stands unique in n great many ways
among the Americans who nave
made fame and a name for them
selves in our hearts.
Striking incidents in the career OF
General Grant were brought forward
bv lie speaker. and his address was
listened to most attentively by an IN
tcrestcd audience.
Hon. L. T. Carleton
The speaker of the evening. non.
Ierov n. Carleton of Winthrop past
DEPARTMENT commander of the q. A.
II. OF Maine, gave the final address
I O fine evening, outlining in an elo-
oucrt and impressive discourse the
memorable incidents in the career OF
the famous American general whose
( anniversary was being observed.
! He expressed his pleasure at
meeting with his comrades to OBJ
serve the centennial OF General
! Grants birth. That four times in
three centuries. since the modern
world obtained knowledge of Amer
| lea, she has influenced the destinics
Of the world and always in the dlrec-
/ ton OF freedom and always by war
that every diamond IN the crown OF
our civic liberty has cost the lives of
! thousands of brave men. That Gen.
Grant was one of the worlds greatest
men and always so to be remembered.
So much has been written of him.
the details of his most marvellous life
and work have been published in song
and story, in history so voluminous
that 1t is not possible to say anything
new OF him.
Few men comparatively have been
born and acted their part in the great
drama Of life whose name and deeds
will live forever. Indeed to know that
most men have lived At all It is neces-
sary TO go into the cemetery and hunt
up their names on shafts of marble.
but now and then man is born who
builds a great. enduring, unforget-
able monument in the hearts Of his