The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-26
THE SOLDIERS, REUNION.
FirsrDny.
CAME BROOKS. [

CAMP BROOKS, Aug. 20.
If crowd is any guarantee of the sue
cess of the second reunion of Vermont
veterans, that success is already achieved,
for the camp that has been most appro-
priately selected by the committee of ar
rangements has been visited to-day by a
large portion of the inhabitants of the
Queen City, although the arrivals of sold
vets" has not been very large, not more
than three hundred being upon the grounds
until the arrival of the late trains. Quite
number of old soldiers, wishing to take
time by the forelock, arrived in the city
last night ready to commence operations
early this morning. They were early on
the ground aud the trains from the south
and lorth that arrived in the morning
brough. quite number to swell the ranks
of those who for few days have laid
aside the cares of the farm, the workshop,
the store and the counting room, and have
met here to recall the time when they, as
defenders OF their country, left their
homes and friends, and who during those
times that tried mems souls, stood shoulder
to shoulder against the foe,' and to-day the
memories of those days have been wildly
recalled, and the incidents of the march up
the peninsula, the fights in the swamps of
Chicahominy, the pursuit of Lee after the
battle of Gettysburg, the struggle in the
wilderness and on the Rappahannock, have
been frequently portrayed by the men who
participated in them, who have gathered
to-day from the hillside and the plain, that
the events of those days might be rcmcm-
bered, and associations and friendships
formed through those dark days might be
more strongly cemented.
THE DAMP.
No more fitting place for the camp
could have been selected than the one now
known as Camp Brooks. 1t is located
about one and quarter mile north of
the City Hall, on a bluff overlooking the
waters of Lake Champlain. The view on
the lake is some three or four miles in ex-
tent
About five o'clock special train from
the south arrived, bringing large delega-
lions from Rutland, Addison and other
counties. They were met at the depot by
Gen. Stannard and staff, with the St.
Mary's band, and escorted to the camp
ground where quarters were assigned them.
| The delegation from Rutland county Is one
of the largest on the ground, and embraces
in its numbers many of the most prominent
veterans in the county. The delegation
from st. Adams numbers forty-one mer
recruited by j. N. Culver, and represents
thirteen different Vermont organizations
and seven from other states.
The camp is finely laid out, each regi
ment having sixteen tents, eight on eact
side, with company street about twenty
feet wide, at the head of which is a small
flag, with the number of the regiment
painted thereon. Commencing on the righ
we see the tents arranged for the 1st regi
ment of cavalry, then the tents for the I'd
3D., 4th, 9th, 9th, 7th, 9th and 9th regi
ments of infantry. Then comes the stree
and tents designed for ex-soldiers of thu
United States army and other states, com
mencing from these are the tents for thu
10th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 14th, 10Th, 10th
l7th, the batteries and sharp-shooters, ant
about thirty rods from these are the quar-
tiers OF the Vermont veterans, from Fitch
burg, Mass, thirty-fve strong under thu
command of L. II. Campbell. These boy
are all dressed in an undress uniform ant
are the only uniformed body on tn
grounds. Ten pacos In rear of the regi