The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-15
ARMESTICE DAY
PROGRAM is we'll.
ATTENDED MONDAY
Attorney George Smith of Bill
'lings Makes Wonderful
Address.

The Armistice day program in Red
Lodge this year was we'll attended,
it being held in the Roman theater at
Il o'clock Monday forenoon. The pro-
gram was preceded by day fireworks
and bombs, after which street parade
was given, lead by the American
Legion Drum corps.
The tenth annual program was
under the supervision of Maurice
Powers, commander of Carbon Post
No. II. The theater was crowded and
after all arose and sung America, "
Rev. H. Miller Scott was introduced
and gave an invocation, which was
followed by the reading of "In Elan
der's Field" by Miss Rose Salono.
Americas Response" was then given
by Minnie Sue Tooley, followed by
group singing by the Roosevelt Glee
club. The music was directed by Miss
Cotton.
The address of the day was given
by Attorney George Smith of Billings,
one of the first organizers and MEM
bers of the Yellowstone post in Bill
lings. The program ended promptly
at Il o'clock by the singing of "The
Star Spangled Banner" by the audi
ence.
The address given by Mr.. Smith
was a fine one and as space will not
permit our reproducing it in full, we
will give only a part of it.
"*** | appear here today at the in
vitation of the American Legion, and
as member of the American Legion,
and wish to take this opportunity to
give expressio nto the patriotic faith
that is ours Of the American Legion.
"The American Legion, as you know,
is an organization composed of those
who served our country in its last war.
'The patriotic faith and purposes
Of the American Legion are best eX-
pressed in the preamble to the consti-
tuition of the organization, which
states:
"'For God and country, we asso-
ciate ourselves together, for the fol
lowing purposes
ITO uphold and defend the consti-
tuition of the United States Of America
"'To maintain law and order;
"'To foster and perpetuate 100
per cent Americanism;
"'To preserve the memories and
incidents of our association in the
great war;
TO inculcate sense of individual
obligation to the community, state
and nation
TO combat the autoeracy Of both
the classes and the masses;
"'To make right the master of
might;
"'To promote peace and good will
on earth;
""To safe guard and transmit to
posterity the principles of justice,
freedom and democracy;
"'To consecrate and sanctify our
comradeship by our devotion to mu-
tual helpfulness.'
eve believe that our preamble con-
stitutes complete creed of patriotic
faith and so that we may ever have 1t
in mind, it is the duty of the post
commander at each meeting of the
Legion to repeat it, and it is the duty
of every Legionnaire, under his OBJ
legation to translate the thoughts
therein expressed into deeds and by
his daily conduct and actions to give
force and effect thereto.
eve feel that the principles and
thoughts embodied therein contain a
statement Of the best patriotic prln-
ciples and thoughts evolved from the
history and experience of our coun-
try.
1--WE know that they are merely a
re-statement Of the patriotic motives
and thoughts that inspired those
splendid men who defended our coun-
trv in the war between the states,
and who afterwards banded together
and formed the Grand Army OF the
Republic, and also Of the men who
hun1bled the power Of Spain, and aft
erwards banded together and formed
the Spanish American War Veterans
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"And as we stand here today, we
ask if America is any safer from war
than it was 10 years ago? Are these
homes that we love and these ideals
that we cherish any more secure?
"These are questions to ask OF our
leaders and of ourselves. What has
been done to make war less likely to
come, and in the event it comes, to
make it less costly in lives and danger
Gus to the nation.
GAS citizens Of this republic and as
inheritors of it from those who have
given their all in it's defense, we are
responsible.
"The duty to find an answer to wal
rests squarely on our shoulders. In
this task there is no place for passion
and no place for prejudice. 1t demands
a calm, sane study of the conditions in
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