NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The Question Has Recently Been Asked 
“Why the Sons of Veterans?” 
Commander-elect Herman C. Swett 
of Camp 149, Manchester, has the fol- 
lowing answer for the question: 
Fifty years ago this country was 
on the “eve of war.” The memories 
of those days are being recalled in the 
public press. ‘The four red years that 
followed, the sacrifice of a million 
lives, the horrors of a deadly con- 
flict, have been written on the pages 
of history, and stamped indelibly into 
the hearts of the men who bore the 
brunt of battle. 
Fifty years ago the men whose 
name we bear, were the flower of 
the youth of the land, and with hearts 
aflame with the fires of patriotism and 
love of country, they sprang to the 
defense of the Union, and saved he 
nation. 
Fifty years ago the country was in 
a tumult. 
Today! A mighty nation, rich in 
wealth and population, foremost in 
education, and in the front in indus- 
try. 
Today we enjoy through the sacri- 
fices of our fathers the blessings of 
a free government. A “government 
of the people, for the people, and by 
the people.” A nation of justice, 
equal rights and liberty. 
Therefore the Sons fof Veterans 
were organized to perpetuate the sa- 
crifices that were made by our fathers 
for the maintenance of the union. 
It is our principle to give true al- 
legiance to our government, discoun- 
tenance anything that tends to weak- 
en loyaly to the flag or in any man- 
ner impair the efficiency and perma- 
nency of our national union. It is our 
objects to keep green the memories 
of our fathers, and their sacrifices 
for the maintenance of the union; to 
aid the members of the Grand Army 
of the Republic and all honorably dis- 
charged union soldiers, sailors and 
marines in the caring for their help- 
less and disabled veterans; to extend 
aid and protection to their widows 
and orphans; to perpetuate the mem- 
ory and history of their heroic dead; 
and the proper observance of Mem- 
orial Day and Union Defender’s 
Day, and all patriotic occasions; to 
aid and assist worthy and needy mem- 
bers of our order; to inculcate patrio- 
ism and love of country, not only 
among our membership, put among 
all the people of our land, and to 
spread the doctrine of equal rights, 
universal liberty and justice to all. 
There is nothing in our organization 
that conflicts with the rights of others. 
We make no claim for special favor, in 
fact we seek no favors. We do claim 
the right that is ours by birth, and that 
is to ever carry forward the great 
principles and objects of our organ- 
ization. 
WENHAM. 
A Wenham archaeologist has been 
studying Salem Indian names. Naum- 
keag has long been known to mean 
simply “fishing place.” Naumkeag 
was governed by Chief Nanepashe- 
met, whose principal residence was at 
Medford. ‘This man’s name seems to 
be merely a variant form of the na- 
tive word for “the moon,” or “moon- 
god,” Nanepaushadt. After “The 
Moon-God’s” death his widow contin- 
ued to exericse authority as chief- 
tainess. 
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WENHAM 
At the village church Sunday morn- 
ing the minister, Rev. F. M. Cutler, 
will preach a sermon appropriate to 
the Christmas season. At 11.45 a. 
m. there will be a special Christmas 
service for boys and girls when a chil- 
dren’s choir will render suitable music 
and Mr. Cutler will tell a Christmas 
story. Sunday school at 12.15 p. m., 
YY. P. S.C. E.-at 6. At 7 there will 
be an Outlook Meeting, to consider 
how far Christmas has progressed in 
China. 
At the annual meeting of the Y. M. 
C. A. last week the following officers 
were, elected for =the year, 1913: 
President, Lawrence Patch;  vice- 
president, William Glavin; secretary, 
Raymond ‘Trott; collector, Jerome 
Flynn. Boy scouts carried off all the 
prizes for rabbits in the Essex Coun- 
ty Poultry Show. Austin Flynn won 
first prize and Elwyn Cannon second. 
Saturday December 21 the boy 
scouts will spend the morning pro- 
curing a Christmas tree for the 
church. In the afternoon they are 
visiting certain historic and _ other 
places in Salem,.of interest to boys. 
In the number is included the Cadet 
Armory, through the kindness of 
Col. Ropes. 
The Department of Meubership has 
prepared a directory of pew-owners 
in the village church, with a view to 
indicating where visitors will be es- 
pecially welcome. Of the sixty-five 
pews the parish owns fourteen, and 
of course, holds them at the disposal 
of all comers. ‘Twelve of the re- 
maining pews are also listed as those 
in which “visitors are invited.” For 
practical purposes the village church 
is on a basis of open pews. 
Rev. Mr. Cutler, on Monday, at- 
tended a luncheon at the Hotel Som- 
erset, Boston, as guest of Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert H. Gardiner, where rep- 
resentatives of many different Chris- 
tian denominations assembled to con- 
fer about possible closer union of 
churches. As Wenham already has 
church union in full degree, Wenham 
people are especially interested to see 
similar conditions prevail elsewhere. 
Addresses were delivered by Presi- 
dent Fitch of Andover Seminary, and 
Prof. Fosbrook of Cambridge Divin- 
ity School. 
Although the total of salaries and 
other emoluments paid to customs 
officials during the last fiscal year ag- 
gregated half a million dollars, one 
collector, G. E. Cousins, of Kenne- 
bunk, Maryland, received less than 
$17 for the year’s customs work. 
