New Britain herald., 1925-06-20

reWarus Ana we must DICK up tno burden that time at last Is forcing them to reluctantly relinqulsh.
 And about preparedness, It is our duty 10 back up any program calculated toward this end. It Is vi- tally necessary and wholly Ameri- can that we do.
 There are three classes in Amer lea today. that must be eliminated. The first Is the Bolshevist, the an- archist. or whatever else you may call It., This class does not believe in our government. in our ideals, in our anything. But 1t is outspoken hence 1t Is combatatiye and not es- sentially too dangerous. just because Of the very fact that 1t acts and functions in the open.
 ''The second group in small, yet more dangerous, being more diffi- cult of smoking out, This Is made up of our economy preachers. This group would have us starve and non equip ourselves and our army and navy in the interests of so-call- ed economy. President Coolidge has done a wonderful work in the mat ter Of economy, but he Is not of this group of insane extremists.
 "The third group Is the most dangerous, It Is made up Of the pacifists. These people declare in tones sepulchral that war Is a htd- eous monster and must be done away with. But how? They say, through disarmament. If they had their way. there would have been no revolution in 17T5 and we would never have won our liberty we would never have maintained our liberty In 1872; We would never have saved the union in 1861; we would never have saved Cuba In llS9s: we would never have saved civilization in 1917.
 Tt is our duty, then. to combat these extremists. We, who remem- Der so well the results of unpre- paredness in the Spanish-American War, should be the first to rise up against and smite down these people who would send our soldier boys to face the enemy, ill-fed, ill-clothed' ! iIl.eouipped, and with inadequate medicine supplies. We must, 1t is our duty. smoke these from the shelter of American institutions. They are l traitors
 Commander-in chief Herrick fin ished with a plea for the backing Up of the American Legion endowment fund campaign which opens in New Britain Monday. and which is no" going on throughout the union. He praised the organization and It's work, and asked the cooperation ol every Spanish War camp in Connec' icut in the attainment of the state { quota.
 Ovation For :. H. Wood
 Spencer H, Woods, commander oi Stanley Post, G. A. R., was the next speaker. He was rendered rising ovation. He spoke feelingly Of the cooperation always given the G. A R by the members of the Spanish War camps, and welcomed the del' esates to the city and added that he hoped the encampment would be the most successful ever held.
 He was followed by Adjutan' Nathan F. Avery, representing Eddy Glover Post, American Legion in the absence of it's commander Harry E. Scheuy. He pointed ou' that as Hammond Camp was th' largest Spanish War Veterans camI in Connecticut. so the Eddy-Glovel Post was the largest American Le zion post in the state He Warnl' welcomed the delegates.
 Commander John J. O'Brien 0 the Veterans of Foreign Wars c New Britain, praised the efforts 0 Commander Johnson and his zeal il things military. Benjamin Stewart the junior vice commander iron Meriden also addressed the gather ing. Philip Ross, commander 0 the New Britain Disabled America Veterans, was the final speaker. Il praised the work of the Spsnisl War veterans who are now tread ing in the footsteps of the G. A. R and in the name of his post vel comed them to the city.
 Response 10 these felicitations va made by past Department Com mander Martin Laudscher, who va given a long ovation. He dwel feelingly on the cooperation tn Spanish war soldier had always re ceived from the soldier of the othe wars, and prayed for a continuanc of the friendship between the rari ous veterans organizations whic
 was never more nearly permanent