The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-11

me citv streets jusf prior. had x11oon1ed to Che bent of drumE md bIore of trumpets eB the vet erans marched in marked time while crowds on tho sidewalks lined with American flags, kopi pace.
 Led by Lieutenant James Null Villo and a platoon of firemen and policemen, composed mainly of World war veterans. the parade started from the plaza at the rail- road stntion and traversed Grand. Bank and East Main streets, to Stanley park, to Baldwin street, to Union. to South Main, West Main, tn Church street and finally Ld- brary park. City officials reviewed the parade at the City Hall while office windows and public build ings were lined with faces watching the uiarchers. Major James w. Car roll, parade marshal and his aides followed closely the marching po- lice and flremen.
 Arriving at the Honor Roll. the coIors were massed and after the < ii o'clock whistles blew, Lieuten- ant Colonel William J. Shanahan ichairman of the Honor Roll exer- tises called for a minute of silent tribute after which America" was sung.
 Rev Dr John N. Lewis. gave the Invocation, after which Rabbi Isa- dore Breslau delivered a brief ad- dress in which he extolled his listeners to keep the pledge the dead veterans left with them. "We hear their voices admonishing us today. We promised them we would never have recourse to war in set stling international differences, but .fhat we would make the settlement on the conference table, rather 4than the battlefield. They were our 4comrades in arms then-they are our comrades in peace now"
 At the command of Colonel sShanahan, holders of wreaths sfnarched to the foot of the Honor Roll and placed them in line. Those scarrying the wreaths and the or sganizations they represented were: John J. Mulligan, general chairman lof the Armistice Day program, Representing the general Armisticc day committee; Robert F. Birt Corp Coyle post. American Legion; Victoria Liebreich. Coyle post aux Hilary: Percy Greene, Wheeler Young post, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Ellen Sheehan,, Lieut. Shea auxiliary; Joseph Meyer, Yankee Division, Veterans association: Mrs Margaret Grenier, I'D auxiliary, James Martone, Disabled American Veterans.
 Tn opening the program Colonel Shanahan remarked that the exer- scises marked the 14th anniversary sof the signing of the Armistice which brought the end of the World war. He stated it was only Ifitting that all would pause for q moment to pay tribute to those kwho gave their lives for the pres- servation of peace. He read letter depressing the regret of ex-Mayor Martin Scully, who said because. of press of business he was unable to attend.
 He mentioned that MT Scully was the wartime mayor of Water- bury when the boys went away and that William H. Sandland. the next speaker, was in the office when the boys returned. Ex-Mayor Sandland gave a brief address in which he stated the people owe the honored dead a debt that never can be repaid.
 Dr Donovan's address was next which, in brief, is as follows:
 s"Pericles or Lincoln might dc justice to this occasion in a few hitting words. I cannot. But promised Col Shanahan would do my best. And surely have a theme which should arouse a man to eloquence if anything under the wide, blue heaven can. This tenn norary memorial has about it an Atmosphere that should transfigure our souls like immortal inscrip- tions graven on mighty marble mausoleums. For on it are in scribed the names of the men of Waterbury who lost their lives in the great war.
 "The hour of peril came; and their country called, and they made the greatest sacrifice that any man can make on this earth, the sacri- y flee of their lives. We knew them as our brethren and our neighbors keeping the laws of their country In time of peace. We saw them as they marched upon the streets music of war. We saw them en- train to be hauled away to. the camps where they were drilled for ( service on the fields of war. But only those of you who went with them into the very hell of the con- fiict can tell what they endured The kind of conflict into which they. had to be thrown beggars all descriptoin. War at any time and under any conditions is ter ribIe to endure. But never in al the long and bloody history of the j human race was there war like that war. It looked as if the whole human race had gone mad The war plotted out the sun and soaked the earth in blood. All the lethal engines of destruction pos .sible for the human brain to con- ceive or the human hand to make were used at their maximum pow. CT to blot out the lives of men.
 s'It is an awful picture to con. template, even for us who stayed at home, for us who were not oi their blood. But how much more horrible is it for these gold-stal mothers who gave them birth and nursed them with tender care. O. mothers of these Waterbury men who fell fighting for their country what a superhuman sacrifice you made! And if Armistice day does nothing else it Is worth keeping as an annual day of mourning and meditation in order that the world may know what it owes to you.
 "'The bravest battle that ever was
 fought
 Shall tell you where and when On the map of the world you'll find
 it not;
 It was fought by the mothers of
 men,
 "But something more than this unprecedently heroic sacrifice should come up for meditation on Two Alleged