Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-08-31
SOLDIERS sEcoxD ANIMAL RE-
UNION.

Vermont Soldiers WAS held st Burr
ingtoa, Tuesalay, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, August =, ID p
and 2S, 1874. The camping ground
was three quarters Of mile north
the city. on the hanks Of the beautiful
Champlaiin, IN view Of the Adfnondaeks
on the west, Mount Mansfield, Cam
efs Hump and other humps on the
east. The sitGation for the Camp,
could hardly be betered IN the State
A city of 2SS snow-white A tents, and
about 40 wall tents dotted the ground
for nearly s mile. They were ranged
in 10 StreetS-a street for each regi-
ment,and one for the ~queer regiment
which was composed Of soldiers from
states outside Of Vermont Each
street was marked by small e. s
flag hearing the number Of the regi-
ment, in numerical order from right
TO left, while each headquarter tent
bore the same nurnber,-the Queer
Regiments flag bearing the Inserip-
ton, II. 5. A, and Other States.
Under this arrangement the delega-
tons. IS they arrived, found their
quarters without the least delay or
confusion, and no one had any official
" In finding his own regiment, or any
other to which he desired TO go.
The weather, all through, was,
rs we heard one fellow remark, ~the
best the Lord knew how TO make,
The sun shone bright, but not hot, by
day, snd the moonbeams glimmered
On camp and lake by night, making,
ali things seem beautiful. In the
evening the camp-ires gleamed, with
out fear Of attracting the rebels shell,
and boys and officers were seen IN
| groups hpddled around them, calling
| to mind, many war incidents; Of brave
men that never ran: Of towards
that always Sunk; Of captured pig
and robbed ehieken-Foost Of stolen
honey and gathered apples; OF long
marches and raiI-feneesTes Of bloody
/ fights, tentIoafng, picket line duty,
trading and designating with the
enemy. breast-work sharr-shooting,
and ten thousand and one other things
too numerous TO mention How sur
prised some were to learn so-and-so
was so-and-so, and their old terminate.
why, / should never have known
you in the world, you have changed
/ So Beardless boys in war times
now have bushy whiiskgs, and At home
wives and bouncing babies. The lit
tie runt that then was Captains wait
/ g or eook-house kettle-earrier, Is now
/ a grown-up giant, that hardly reeog
nizes his own self. Many Z one-armed
one-eyed and woodenlegged man va:
On hand to nfngie N the fun, and /:
rousine, right-srnart, adoggonned'
=heap7 Of fun they had. too. Sever
brass bands, two or three drum-eorpz
8 tenp-ound cannon. and a pound ana
4 half cannon were there TO max.
music day and night Many distin
guished officers and civilians wer
there, and a very large crowd of cit
zens from different parts Of the state
who seemed to enjoy the occasion a
most IS well as did the soldiers
The Grand Army dining hall wa
close by and most Of the soldiers wen
: there for their ratiOrs which were IN
niShed at 70 cents per meal Som
: Of the meals tbere.R vas said, wer
. good enough, but Wednesday mon
/ ing, for various reasons al was COZ
: fusion and many were swearIn.s mad
. there was plentv Of neat-Reh As
: wss-but nary potato; plenty {
: coffee. but there vas salt in the saga
] and no milk, nor anF cows in sigh
!, One eompIained because there was Z
: pie-nor anything else; another b
!, cause there was nothing but cracker
: and he couldn't get any Of then
: another because the seats were 50 he
, he couldn't touch his heels 70 L
e ground, and he didn't Ike the idea
hanging up all day for nothing Son
went away without anything, othe
: grumhElng and swearing Thin;
/ vent better afterwards. and the co.
3 shzuty fellows deserve the credit
q doing the best they coaId under L
: circumstance Some brought II
= them and cooked their own coffee Al
70 NEAT and many got their meals dow
= town
: No FaHn was sold uPon the gFouH
: yet the few rum-beIlies present Hls
= aged TO get hold Of enough to ke
: themselves and the rest Of the car
awake nights The only uPIeasa
thing about this gathering WIS {
:, disgTzeetHI actions q q few run sae
- ers wh0 never know when 70 -
: ater they have had 4 drop and DO I
know enoagh 70 be decent when drur
\ few we're beastly enough 70 :
: dead drunk and the only thing m
: Of the other boys regretted, was I
: probability that the devil would r
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