. Golden Anniversary: Scranton Board of Trade 1867-1917. nventionin Chicago in 1916. Colonel Watres began his militarycareer as a private in Company C, Thir-teenth Regiment, of which his son,Laurence H. Watres, has recently beencaptain. He passed through all thegrades, and was captain of Company Aof that regiment. Afterwards he wasGeneral Inspector of Rifle Practice onthe staff of Governor Beaver, with therank of colonel, and succeeding that wasJudge Advocate on the Division Staff ofMajor General Miller. During theSpanish-American war, when the EleventhRegiment was organized, he was itscolonel
. Golden Anniversary: Scranton Board of Trade 1867-1917. nventionin Chicago in 1916. Colonel Watres began his militarycareer as a private in Company C, Thir-teenth Regiment, of which his son,Laurence H. Watres, has recently beencaptain. He passed through all thegrades, and was captain of Company Aof that regiment. Afterwards he wasGeneral Inspector of Rifle Practice onthe staff of Governor Beaver, with therank of colonel, and succeeding that wasJudge Advocate on the Division Staff ofMajor General Miller. During theSpanish-American war, when the EleventhRegiment was organized, he was itscolonel; and upon the return of the troops,was elected colonel of the Thirteenth,which office he held until the expirationof his commission in 1904. ColonelWatres assisted in organizing the NationalGuard Association of the State and wasits president for the first two years of itsexistence. He has been a member of theState Armory Board since its organization. Colonel Watres is at present RightWorshipful Grand Master of the GrandLodge of Masons in Scranion, lei other hands indite thy storv, Thv growth in civic progress as a mine the privilege to sing thy glory And Weave a garland to thy great , where a thriving city, strong and splendid. In all its throbbing enterprise citizens of many races blended. We mark (be march of fifty golden years. And yet no alchemy to thee has given The secret of thy limitless success,Bui in thy making patient worth has striven And laureled industry with attribute supreme in thy unfolding Was potent since thy history beganTwos love of right, the scales of Justice holding In even-handed poise for every man. Strong, in the spirit of the Revolution Which wrought the great Republic of the West,Thy sons advanced thy peaceful evolution As all thy big activities thy busy workshops thousands labor In constant harmony, without a toiler vieing with his toiling neighbor At useful tasks t
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