The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-11-08
The Soldiers Re-UniOn Society


Court House, the only marked feature
of which was the retiring of Gen. Stan
nard as President, and the election of
Col. Ripley to succeed him.
The officers elected were as follows:
Lieut.. Col w. Y. W. Ripley, Presi-
dent
Col. Samuel Il. Tirgree, Gen Geo,
p. Foster, Vice Presidents.
Maj. c. s. Spaulding, Maj. Josiah
Circuit, Jr, Mai john L. BaTstow, Ex-
ecutive Committee
Maj. J. S. Peck, Recording Secreta-
ry.
Lieut. G.. G. Benedict, Correspond
ing Secretary.
The meeting adjourned to the Hall
of the House of Representatives. where
an elaborate Grafton was pronounced
by Chaplain Barstow, and at 8 p. Nj.
came the
REUNION SUPPER.
This was prepared in Washington
Hall, where Col. Ripley presided in
very unembarrassed and efficient way.
His new honor no more embarrassed
him than would rebel line of battle.
The Hall bore the elegant decorations
recently prepared by the ladies of the
Congregational church and society,
and the tables were supplied by Mr..
Clark, of the American House. 1t was
superb collation., Astounding in sub
stantials and delicacies and profusely
and yet tastefully oruamented.
Then followed the toasts, accom-
panied with such cheers as only veter-
ans can give, and interspersed with
excellent music from Gilmore's Boston
Band.
/. The first toast was in honor of
the most distinguished guest of the
evening, to which Gen. Sheridan brief
ly responded as follows
GEN. sHERiDAN's RESPONSE.
GenAemen;-Y You are all very kind to
me indeed, and | wish to say to you
that there has been no greater pleas
ure than that which am enjoying this
evening. Most especially am 1 graft
4 fed to meet you here as an organiza-
ton to preserve and perpetuate the
memory of your own record, and also
of mine feel that l am Unidentified
with you and that your record is mine.
and | feel happy to meet you here to-
night, and to see you so united. l
thank you for your kind expressions
of esteem, and | regret only that the
very little time that can spend with
you prevents my saying more to you.
| have seen a great deal of you in the
past, and would like to see a great
deal more of you in the future.
2. Vermont-responded to by Gov
ernor Page, who paid handsome tri-
butte to Vermont officers and soldiers,
the living and the dead. Speaker
Stewart was also called out in re-
Spouse, Evidently he was reluctant,
but his thoughts did not long go wool
gathering without finding q golden
fleece in the best pun of the evening.
Said he, when the boys greeted the
one horse reinforcement from Win
chester, they thought him better late
than never" but in fact it turned out
that Sheridan was better late than
Early.
g. The Organization of the Yer
mont Regiments-honor to the Gov
errors who were engaged in it. Re-
sponded to by Ex-Governor Smith,
who modestly gave the highest guber-
Material honor to his predecessors
Fairbanks and Holbrook, and highest
of all to the officers and soldiers of the
regiments who have covered them
selves and their State with glory.
4. The Regular Army of the United
States-response by Major Gen. But
terfield of the army, who said his
mother was born in Vermont, also his
grand mother on his mothers side and
that his grand father on the mothers
side resided in Vermont and fought in
the Revolutionary War with the Green
Mountain Boys; and he was sure he
was soundly threshed in his younger
} days because he, too, was not born in
Vermont. He concluded with senti-
} ment declaring that the citizen soldie-
~ in time of war constitute the real
regular army of the nation. Gen. But
ter6eld was heartily cheered and by a
J unanimous vote admitted to all the
privileges and honors of native citi.
zen of Vermont.
5. Soldier Lawyers -responded tC
= humorously by Coils. Benton and Yea
: zey.
+ 6, To the memory of the Comman
der of the 9th Corps, Maj. Gen. Johr
{ Sedgwick. In response the whole as
sembly rose ard sung touching me
, mortal verse to the tune of Mount Yer
5 non, in which we heard the voices o
{ many ladies also.
At this point, few minutes befor,
9 IL, Gen. Sheridan gave the partin,
B hand to all the members of the Socie
= ty, and took the night train with hi
o staff for Springfield, the assembly Civ
ing him cheers and the boys shove
\ of rockets as he left.
9 7. The surgeons and Chaplains c
g the Vermont Regiments responses b
. Surgeons Edison and Billiard an
Chaplain Stone.
s. New Hampshire--response b
:, Gen. Michael ID. Donahue, of Ne
u Hampshire,
81 8. The retiring President of the Sc
q ciety. Maj. Gen. Stannard--respopss