Putnam patriot., 1927-05-27
POST OF VETERANS !
 OF FOREIGN WARS
Movement Under Way to Per feet Local Organization In
 This City
All Who Served Their Country On
 Foreign Shores Eligible
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 The last two editions of The Patri. Ot contained two brief outlines of the service rendered our country by the boys who have served on foreign soil since '9s.
 1 A l did not want to take up too much valuable space l tried t0 make every word count, cutting my articles accordingly.
 The editor of The Patriot ungrudg ingly gave me this valuable space to help me organize post of the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars. and l am sure that you men. who are eligible to be come members of this organization will appreciate the service rendered.
 Mere words can never depict the ! horrors Of var, and those who never served on the shell-toru fields on for eign lands. can ever know of the pain and anguish suffered by those who ! feii on the bloodsoaked battlefields miles away from home
 Ne. the veterans af foreign wars. need no word pictures to describe the events that transpired on those mem urabie fields Even today, when we see one of our comrades walking the street ia n health We know what he has gone through and he is paying the price of freedom.
 How many men went across in per feet health only t0 come back broken both in mind and in body. men who Will have tQ pass the remainder of their short lives in misery But in spite Df their misery they bear up as soldier and 4 man.
 A ! write this have in mind three men right amongst us One a veteran of the Spanish American War. whO left an arm in Cuba. and contracted that dread disease, consumption The other two are veterans of the last war Both have families and both are in government hospitals, one for T. E. and the other for stomach trouble caused from hardships suffered on the fields of France.
 There are just few now, but later on will we all be in perfect health? after coping in the mud of Elanderz. drinking the vile waters of the Marne breathing the gas and smoke of the high explosive shells at the front. eat ing the monkey meat" and hardtack can We safely say that we are past all dangers of the ill effects of the last war; Let us hope 90, but l doubt il.
 The Supreme Sacrifice
 And what about those who made the supreme sacrifice lover there"2 The 30th of May Is but three days off and all bat a few states in the union have set this day aside to cammemor- ate our dead heroes who gave their all for Uncle sam
 If anybody was on Main street here m Putnam last 30th of May, they could haze seen the lack of interest shown by the ex-service men towards fheir dead In the morning two or three men decorated the graves. and that WAS all. No parade, no taps. but everything was as quiet as the graves where lie the unsung heroes.
 Comrades. in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice, let Us or FaHize post of the Veterans of For eien Wars and stand as one. always ready to give helping hand t0 those amongst us who may fail in health.
 We are united by common bond af eomradeship welded on land and sea where the blood of our eomrades-in arms have stained the soil If Cuba. China. Mexico and France.
 With never hraggart's thought but with proud feeling of service to our country well done. let us all go to the smoker tonight in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 500 o'clock. daylight saving time. and organize post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
 Charles T. Blanchard the depart ment commander from Bristol. will give us an interesting talk. and l am sure that We will all enjoy d pleasant evening ---=.=z-
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