The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-07

Speeches by Captain DUntOn, Major
Rounds, Major GrOui. Congress.
man willard, Chaplain GLACIER,
Con. Thomas, Captain Baker, Cap
tain Ornsbcc, COmradc BigclOw,
Major ChIlds, Colonel Veazey, Gen.
Henry, Gen. Stannard, and Hon.
z. Il. Woodbridge.
The eleventh annual meeting of the Ner-
mont officers reunion society, held at
Montpelier on Thursday, was one of the
most successful ever enjoyed since first the
society WIS oigdnizet. Fhe attendance
was large and the feeling manifested was
of great encouragement for the future of
the society and of enthusiasm throughout
The business meeting, held at B o'clock at
the state house, which has been reported in
our columns, was attended by some seventy
five of the officers, while nearly as many
more arrived during the afternoon to at
tend the festivities of the evening.
At : o'clock, agreeably to the usual order,
the officers met at Bishops Hotel, and mar
shaled by Col. Theodore s. Peck of Bur
lington, and headed by the Montpelier
brass band, proceeded to the representa-
tives' hall, where the Grafton was to be de-
| livered. The chamber was filled to its ut
most limit and presented a fine sight. The
exercises of the evening were opened with
music by the band, after which Gen. w.
w. Henry, president Of the society, called
m or,lor and Drovor ,rac offoro1 lxr Chan
lain Edward P. Stone.
The president then introduced the orator
Of the evening, Major George 7. Childs of
st. Albans, Il soldier of Massachusetts.
ADDRESS OF MAJOR GEO T. CuILDs.
The speaker was greeted with applause
| and proceeded to address the assembly in
substance as follows
Mr.. President. C0m1uties Ladies ana
Gentlemen In accepting the invitation
| of the executive committee to address you
at this time am not unmndful of the fact
that gentlemen have preceded me in this
duty, of great distinction, nor do | forget
the peculiar associations bear to you and
which form SO strong bond of union
among the soldiers of the war, so that al
though not identified with Vermont
solliery am still one of you as the vic
tories OF the war are the heritage of no
single brigade or particular state and as
the blessings are the heritage ofno separate
locality. as the griefs felt, the joys that
are realized by the war are claimed by all
alike, 50 it is not ont of place for any one
who Wore the army blue to claim participa-
ton in the victories and defeats, in
| thn hnrnicn,. and 6avotinn tho ,,o,,,
Dries of which crowd our minds al
such time as this. The signs and grips
OF Free Missionary are assurances of hospi
tality though the language be strange, and
surely when those who have sacrificed theil
welfare in the same grand cause demand
a welcome of all who have shared in its
Joys and sorrows, they may rest assured oil
soldiers hospitality. The fatalities of thu
march, the battle field, the hospital and
prison, the midnight watch, the burning
sun and the winters blast, the battle crl
and the bayonet charge, the memory oil
the brave men who fell in the hours of vic
tory and defeat, following the old flag, still
loving and ready to die for it, have bount
us together in one common brotherhood
And while | may not speak of your owl
state and the deeds of her sons, let IN,
speak briefly of some of the duties yet t,
be done, which deyolve upon us.
some years ago when the appeal to tn
legislature of sister state was made 10
the soldiers prominent writer insisted
that we had no right to impose such a bur
den upon the people. BY the memory o
the thousands of brave men who died tina
the country might live, by the sorrowin.
hearts and the desolate homes, we may no
if we could forget those who are still lief
: to our care and protection, When in 1856
, the voice of Abraham Lincoln applause
blessed be his name forever among men
summoned to the rescue of our country, tn
children of these earlier sires whose deed
at Bunker Hill, at Lexington, at Benning
ton, at Yorktown, when from the farm
the counting-house and the Workshop, tn
college and the study, came forth the mel
to defend our flag, none of us, citizen o
soldier, can forget the earnest desire ami
mating every heart to do something whic
should nerve the arm of those who woul'
thus protect the country. Nearly ever.
town had its little band of soldiers, tn
press and the pulpit united in common