New Britain herald., 1924-05-19
Declares Men Behind Bars in Wethersfield Are Bet ter Americans, in Talk to Legion Men.

Hartford county gathered at the Bur.
 ritt hotel Saturday night for the first
 annual banquet of the county associa.
 ton. The Legionaires all stood and opened the evenings festivities with the singing of the Star Spangled
 Banner" and then on signal from
 Toastmaster James F. Cannon, com-
 mander of the Legion Post at Wind
 sor, all fell in for an evenings pro-
 gram that included banquet,
 speeches and vaudeville entertain
 ment.
 Commander Edward E. ogren of Eddy-Gloyer Post, welcomed the vis-
 itors to New Britain and exhorted all
 showed during the war and make an
 intensified effort to put the member
 ship drive now. being conducted by the county association over the top
 bigger than anything they have ever done before. . F. P. Armstrong, state commander of the Legion, said that the watch word of the American Legion is Service" and that Legionaires should always strive to be of real service to the state and nation so that the peo- pie of Connecticut would always have a reason to be grateful for the exist enoe of the organization. He warned them that the purpose of the Legion was not to secure the passage of a bill giving the men who went into the service of the country adjusted com pensation, and that because such a bill is about to be passed does not mean that there no longer exists a reason for the existence of the Legion.
 Civic Clubs Offer Services
 Representatives of the Chamber of ary club were guests of the associa- ton and offered the services and CO., operation of their bodies for the ac- complishment of any undertaking of the county association. They com- plimented the Legion on the great good that it has accomplished since its organization five years ago and urged 1t to continue and strive for the same success in the future that it has enjoyed in the past. JosN,h K. Andrews. president of the Chamber of Commerce, Gardner c. Weld, sec- retary of the Rotary club, and Charles W. Hawkins, president of the Kiwanis club. represented the local organiza- tions. A
 George H. Dyson, chairman of the committee appointed IS months ago to select a suitable Soldiers Memorial to be erected by New Britain in hon- or of the New Britain boys who made the supreme sacrifice during the war, described the proposed memorial de- clded on by the oommittee. and which, according to plans, will be erected on the summit of Walnut Hill park. Pic- lures of the monument were dis played in the hall.
 Chandler Hays Ministers
 George B. Chandler. state secretary of the Chamber Of Commerce, the principal sphaker of the night, termed ! as ingrates the body Of clereymen l who. he said. met in convention at New Haven recently and voted that | they would not support this country | If it engaged In any war in the r,- ture. He said that the men behind 1 bars in Wethersfeld prison were bet ter American citizens than. those 
 He said that he felt that this coun- try had made great mistake when It failed to establish compulsory mili- tary training for all the youths of the nation when it was in the proper mood for it Immediately after war.
 In speaking of observations he made in Europe after the war when he toured the battlefelds and the al- II lied countries, he said that he felt that England was more 10 blame for The delay in reparations than any other country.
 He spoke Of the admiration that Inc soldiers Of the allies had for the American "doughboys." He said that he arrival Of the American soldiers in Europe. young, strong and courage ous, furnished new vitality and im- parted new courage to the war Tearied allied soldiers that enabled hem to start on the final drive that 'esulted in victory.
 He said that he felt that fl was 2 mistake for Americans 10 say "rN 'Nh thF Nhit BNI Inbt NH Should lay that without the help of every one 'f the other nations, we could moi have won the var" He named tho nations, saying that we could moi lave won the war without the sol- Hers Of each one of them, but when | 'e mentioned Belgium, one of the nen present said that it could have 'een won without her aid.
 hr. Chandler answered by lauding he courageous and stubborn manner n which the little Belgium army held 'ack the Germans while the French | md English armies were being mob- lized for action.
 Approves of Dawes Plan
 He praised the Dawes program for II he payment of separations by Ger many. saying that nobody wanted 10 rush Germany. the home of art. | music and science, but eycFybndy H