Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-10
The Bstey Guard leave for the muster

The Bstey Guard leave for the muster
on a special train Saturday morning.
superintendent Hobart of the Central
Vermont road announces that on Tuesday,
Wednesday aud Thursday next, trains will
leave Bellows Falls for Bennington at 0,
1886 and 11:50 A. NJ, and 2:15 r. NJ.
This is what the Bennington Banner
thinks: probably the most unique and
exciting Performance connected with the
Centennial will DO the proposed march Of
the men of Windham county across the
country 30 miles 10 Bennington, under the
command of Col. Geo. w. Hooker, of Brat.
tleboro. We have only one fear, and that
is that in crossing some narrow defle 10
the mountains the soldiers of his command
may be bitten severely by hens and sheep
and those other noxious animals that so
prosecuted the American soldier in the late
war by their attacks that they we're fire.
quently obliged TO kill them in self-defence,
and 10 teach the busy bee self-restraint by
metbodically robb'ng the hives of their
honey. II Hooker and his men can avoid
honorably conflict with the rapacious hen
and the bloodthirsty sheep, they will doubt
less reach Bennington in season for the
Centennial"
Before you leave for the Centennial in
sure against accidents with the original and
reliable Travellers Insurance Co. OF Hart
ford, Conn. Moody x Howe sole agents al
Brattleboro, VT.
Col. Hooker has issued the following
order:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION,
BRATTLEDORo, Aug. @, 1877.
General Order, No. |.
II Having been assigned TO the command
OF this Division, the following gentlemen
are announced as the staff:
Col. ID. u. Wheeler, chief of staff; Gen.
w. w. Lynde, Major Henry X. Chase, Ii.
X. Lawrence, assistant acknowledgements
Col. N. q. Sawyer, Major X. NJ. Gould,
Major i. Il. JENNIE, asst inspector-ge generals
Z. NJ. Russell, asst quartermaster-gen'l
g. IL. Rabbit, ii. X. White, c. +. Esta-
brook, asst quarternlasters; G. l.. Piper,
asst commissary gen1 Geo. s. Dowley,
ii. L. Brooks, q. l.. Seleck, asst commits
saries DIR. d. p. Webster, medical drec-
tori DIR. Frank Whitman, surgeon DIR.
Walter MendelsoD, asst surgeon; Col.
Preston G. +. West, chief engineer; A. X.
Dunklee, engineer; II. L. Taylor, asst en-
gineer; Il. L. Waterman, asst judge advo-
cate-genl; j. q. Martin, judge advocate
Horace Burchard, ID. D., chaplain; S.
Wright Bowker, provost marshal b. L.
Phelps, asst provost marshal.
Aides.-D. y. Pratt, senior, j. g. Taylor,
Richard Lawrence, ii. NJ. Wilder, ii. G.
Porter, Sem Pierce, ]. w. Mellendy, Dex-
ter Waite, J. II. Warner, Barney Cannon,
Jr., Wales II. Willard, =. w. Bailey, H. NJ.
Currier, c. w. Stewart, ID. S. Priest, A. II.
Brigham, s. d. Curtis, b. S. Waite, Thos.
+. Johnson, Wyman Flint, A. II. Fisher,
Gilman Warren, +. L. Ray, N. 1. Hawley,
II. G. Clark, A. NJ. Mcdonald, Il. NJ. Sls-
by, G. T. Witherell, John Aiken, NJ. L.
Adams, J.. N. Sprague, Il. 4. Dewey, @. X.
Russell, A. j. Tucker, c. II. Norton.
II. The uniform will consist OF black
frock coat, red sash, black soft felt hat, gilt
cord, black pants the 18th, and white pants
the 10th. Horse equipments should be uni
form, and they can be procured on hire for
$3.50, complete, Of II. A. Winship, No. 10,
fremont St., Boston.
Each Staff Officer will provide himself
with white gloves for each day.
The Staff will report for duty Monday
morning, 18th, al these Headquarters, at 7
o'clock.
GEO. w. HOOKER,
Marshal Commanding.