The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-05-16
The senate in Extra sessions.

The senate in Extra Sessions.
The Senate met ut noon, there being a
very general attendance. Messrs. An
thony and Casserly were appointed a
Committee to wait on the President, and
to inform him that the Senate was ready
for the transaction of business. The Stand
ing Committees appointed at the last ses-
sion we're continued and the Senate took
recess until one o'clock.
At one o'clock the Senate came to Or
der, and Mr.. Anthony, from the commit
tee appointed to wait on the President,
reported that he would soon communicate
a message in writing At five minutes
past one Gen. Porter made his appear
ance with the message.
The President has nominated Joseph
Belknap to be Supervising Inspector Gen.
oral of Steamboats, Max Woodruff to be
Secretary of Legation at London; John
M. Francis of New York to be Minister
Resident at Greece, and j. NJ Lucas to
be Council at st. Johns, Canada.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REpuBLIc.-The
Officers of the Grand Army of the Re.
public elected at the National Encamp-
ment held at Boston last week, for the
year ensuing are as follows Commander
in Chief, Ambrose E. Burnside; Gen.
Louis A. Wagner of Pennsylvania, Senior
Vice COMMANDMENTS Chief; Col. James
F. Coy Of California, Junior Vice Com.
mander-in- Chief, by reclamation; DR.,
Samuel A. Green of Boston, Surgeon. in.
Chief.
William Farnshaw Of Ohio Chaplain,
and the elective officers, together with
the additional persons named below, one
from each department, the National
Council of Administration w. Il. Me-
Council, California Henry Clay Trum-
bull, Connecticut; Frank Nolan, Della
ware X. M. Hough, Illinois; c. G.
Adams, Kentucky; 4. T. Dannsker,
Maryland; A. b. r. Sprague, Massachu-
sets George l., Beal, Maine James
E. Larken, New HAMPSHIRE William
Ward, New Jersey James s. Clemmer,
Ohio A. A. Ketchum, New York;
Frank Reeder, Pennsylvania James T.
Smith, Potomac Horatio Rogers, Rhode
Island George j. Stannard, Vermont /;
James +. Wilson, Virginia; Thomas S.
Allen, Wisconsin.
ARMY OF THE PoroMAc.-The annual
Reunion of the army of the Potomac was
held at Boston on Friday with dinner
and appropriate ceremonies. Gov. Fair
child Of Wisconsin gave an address, aud
Poem was given by Bret Harte. Short
speeches were made by many Of the more
prominent officers. The officers elected
for the ensuing year are as follows =
President, Gen. Joseph Hooker; Vice
Presidents, LIST Army Corps, General
John G.. Robinson Cd Corps, General
Alexander S. Webb; Sd Corps, General
Charles X. Graham 4th Corps, Gener.
eral James Jordon; 9Th Corps, General
j. B. Sweitzer; 9th Corps, General II.
G. Wright; 9th Corps, General John G.
Parke 18th Corps, mot appointed) !;
18th Corps, General George S. Green /;
Generals Staff, General Simon f.
Bartlett; Artillery, General H. j.
Hunt Cavalry, General H. B. Sargent,
Gen. William C. Church, Corresponding
Secretary; Gen. George H. Sharp, Re-
cording Secretary; and Gen. II. E.
Davies, Jr., Treasurer. 1t was voted to
hold the next reunion at Cleveland.
Ninth CORPS REUNION. Ninth
Army Corps held their annual Reunion
at Boston on Thursday with dinner and
the usual festivities. The annual business
meeting of the members of the Society
of the Burnside Expedition and Ninth
Army Corps" was held in the parlors of
fremont House at noon Thursday, and
was attended by about $50 gentlemen,
prominent among whom we're Major Gen.
Fitzpatrick, Maj. Gen. Parke, Gen. Grit.
fin. Gen. Richmond, Gen. King, Gen.
White, Gen. Jardine, Gen. Lee, Gen.
Donahoe, Col Howard, Col. Hudson,
Major W. Fl. Hodgkins, &C., &c. Gen.
Burnside, the President, occupied the
chair.
In calling the meeting to order the
President stated that he should not at
tempt to make speech, but would mere
y congratulate the members of the Soci-
ETY. in meeting together again in such
large numbers. The Society had a
triAing debt upon its shoulders, but it
was nothing very alarming and as it was
funded without interest, he thought no
member need feel the least fear as to the
Society's welfare. The Treasurer Major
Hodgkins) would send round statement
Of the fances in circular.
No reports were ready, the meeting
voting to have them submitted in print.
A committee was appointed to nominate
officers for the ensuing year, consisting of
Gen. King, Col. Howard, DR.. Cutter, Col.
Wilton and Major Jones. They report
ed the following list:
President-Major General A. +. Burn
side; Vice President-Maj. Gen. Jno.
G. Parke; Recording Secretary-Gen.
Lewis Richmond; Treasurer-Maj. w.
H. Hodgkins; Executive Committee
The same as last year, consisting of one
member from each State in the Union.
The report was accepted, and General
Burnside, in one minute speech, re-
turned thanks for the honor conferred
upon him in his recollection to the Office
of President.
Philadelphia was chosen as the place
of the next annual meeting, the time to
be appointed by the Executive Committee.
The matter of new form of certificate OF
membership was also referred to the FIX