The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-29


tenu the blessings of free and Just institu-
uons 10 all mankind.
l thank your gallant commander-in-
CHER, and thank you all, gentlemen, for
, .ne n ,,, you nave done me in giving me
All the close Of seno,,gss yUur ceieorn.lon.
Gen. Stonnerd h,;aS !, ,'.. l-uliiu,iu sspeecn
orv
VEN oohl'sS of ALBANY, N. y,
VINO was warmly greeted, and said he could
put SIMPLY congratulate the soldiers pres
ent upon the grand occasion of this re-
union, ana assure them that the veterans
OF new YORK were laboring as they should,
shoulder 10 shoulder, as in the war. Well
dld he remember the weary march, the
campfire and the line OF battle of the old
Slxlh corps. 1t was meet that the citizens
should turn out in honor of the soldiers. for
to them they owed a debt of gratitude
wnicn they could never repay, for whether
win Hooker on Lookout Mountain, with
mcclellan IN The sickly malaria of the
marshes or with Sheridan, weary with
the long march, sick and tired, they were
;,, g., a. -" !" w wy saiiie luea ana Ilgnt-
Well did he remember the time when the
gallant Sheridan (applause) at Winchester
said to the boys that they should sleen in
their tents that night, and thew did He
could only add that he hoped the soldier
line would remain unbroken from year to
year, and that all would continue 70 have
happy and JOYOUS occasion.
GEN. ALDEN or rpov :,
-, ~ ~
, mas ,neu introduced py zen. Stannard and
~ 'i.nJ ,e9l'olueu' ne said nc had served
H., H. '''"nf enseSgnenls IN connection with
~. s ,, , VI ,e,niol'' ana lie wished to
10y ,i "a; Nv NV, ncaiu Oh single engage
m 49,, u, "r'.n uuy vi her troops had ever
said u, Nmp y, ~, anu ms could be
canso no AHA. n ~, s'"'o VI vermont pe-
.I't,' nv o'n1I s'H'e couIu say the same
.innS,, NhPpi"nseL AFTER the eloquent
leinaIhS pi governor Converse and
,je nu.'luhus - the mere men
, Wv" i'a,,o "d"Sv i',nc carried WIN 1t
'''ai twenty othcr senators
,.'. s' ' iVi nm 10 congratulate
h'' ""o'o's ae1v"' anu ,naik mem Tor Inc
If hni,,,s - ~" n,''i III tnc pleasure
Hr,,;,,ra q ,t W "itneSs tn's hearty
,I,,,s VI '"c "ca''S vi cohraues. ZAP
r''''
GEN. STEPHEN THOMAS,
of AontpeIier ,y,s tb.n ballad ,,.n na
duly bro,irht forward Nv ,ho ont,, w. ",i,'
bovs lie ossrrnd tl,s e'Jli,,n, US NV
pleasure it afforded him to h,. ,,,,.' ", 'ne
this reunion. moi for The n,,rnnso If H., az
inc alive anv animosiiv tp,y.,rd NM, No,-
ular class of peonle Who h"d ro, s t"i',C &c
their sins. but rather fnr kan,Iin,, ~, W.
for the country for the nriuriS,Iol ,,iinI,
thev. os Soldiers hod dnna ,ie i' "nion
tablish. Inooed Ind II M, hoo, e.. ~, 10. 20
soldiers-thr ronl, nnd Gia ,,,i W. my
our country he TO-DAY In " nnnSo,. mouiu
of those services wa have ,h;s ,anS iu s
dom and cm1olitv ~n, ,a,Y ,'',s' VI re-
merit and nrincjnIos 40 oa,niin nhels
where every inJi,'ii,,ai i0 uonsiuuIeu' anu
may Inc lis condit,n,' ~ 'ia.'er what
70 ;ho ,r',,'ia ~'',,,o' nus rght 10 aspire
black. Indeed. he held It rs good 70 cono
,,'5,o,,r , 'iiu nav 'he lauies win us,
and sons were worth everything to the
country us Il whole They, as soldiers.
had been placed where no white ladies
could be found who would give thnm a
word OF cheer, or even the wave of a hand.
kerchief, and when they returned and
were again enabled to behold n lovai
woman, it was enough. SAID thc Genaroi
to make us feel Il burst of iov and craft
tude for-for-the ladies daughter
Colonel Joyce was very happy man to
speak, and so was Senator Edmunds whose
reputation was so high that no matter what
he might say it would be called very rood
Laughter. lie would like TO heat Them
If he could. However, neither of them
loved their country better than he or tho
principles of this government AS thew
had seen fit to elect him their next con,.
mander he would now take the onnort,i.
nifty to warn all to be there. He sill had
hold on the ''old eighth" and should com.
mand them to be present. That regiment
which should have the largest number nj
the next reunion shall have premium of
$50 the second largest Sl5, and the third
SlO. Now, said the General, 20 at it and
see which will beat.
Three cheers were civen =, bio ,o,;r;n
col "llEELOcK @. YEAzEy,
of Rutland. was povt coIlod for o,d .
brought forward urdor ,r,,ariI IL IL m"S
most cordially received hv ,he o., Its oa'
said, in opennr. that ills was ,hn 6rs,,
time he was ever conturnd wh;io ho ,ra nhi
assure them tha, Lc lid r1t an,,,n ~ . WIu,v.
struggle If he conId odd ,,a I,,nIdo
course to the eloouent remarks which haJ
been made he shn,II bo n,oro ,,;i,;,, i'''
speak. but after listening IN those nnli,iooi
men who were rynoc,na 10 frrniS,, ' ,i'"
speeches on sucb occasions it,lo n,nra r anS
be said. He had bcen hayinr snn,n 49, ao'
siderable trouble with tactins dnr;,,o 0 ,na
day, for he found ont of his old comnonI
there were only fifteen nrosant o nmd !,
troubled him how to mako ,en oo,, "ni
out of these fifteen men and bavs tnn ,aa
left for comnonv officers RI n,,o,,," ~" r p...
when parade assembled he to,y "se' !, d nu.
enoupb far if lnol,ej ne =, ,,;d "a, easy
station and Mt Grttvshmrah noo,, Il" ""'ase
equal TO n thousand So '"'' man was
The colonel thanked tbe soldiors ror ,ho;,
generous reception' beheving that il 'u was
IN some sense an approval Of what he haI
becn aha to do N 're,,;n'r W mlias Ut nns
reunions. lie believed IN tPon, nn sU' r'r;,
chile and that The newt host thir np w. ri,n
a good net was IL meet and IN, IL !, , ona,
II ,vas hocauso those ro,,n;ors 49,, :. go a.,
soldiers to keen alive tho snn,,n,on,I ,,, ;n
f.st induced ,hem IN enter tha or,,'' "I ri.;n
was the Fundamental nrinn;, ,,,'1 nd ,t 's
Grand idea of these remnipns "''u s ,no