Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-28
THE BOYS WHO WORE THE BLUE.
Notes From the Grand Army Posts in
Vermont

/ vermont.
Custer Post at Bennington realized be
tween SG0Hnd $40 from Capt Culver's war
dra ma, "Ihe Loyal Mountaineers"
William j. Fuller Relief Corps No. %,
auxiliary to the Dorset Post, was insi-
tuted at Grand Army hall on Thursday
last by Mrs. Janet =. b ac<mer, depart
ment counselor assisted by members of
Skinner Corps of Manchester.
The Grand Army boys of Fairfax held
an interesting campfire in Institute hall
Friday evening, May q, which was ad-
dressed by Department Commander Childs
aud Comrade McGettrick Of st. Adams; ;
General BeaureUard," the "bummer'
orator Of Fletcher, and others
According to the history of Vermont in
the Civil War, Charles VI Bliss is the first
soldier Of the State Of which record was
made Of proposed enlistment. The partic-
ulars are in note, page 26 Of that book.
William G. Tracy Post of Windsor re
ceived Il visit from % or more members of
Major Jarvis Post of Claremunt, y. H.,
recently. After the mastering in of two
recruits by the post, interesting speeches
were made by Commander Dodge of Major
Jarvis Post, Commander Potter of Abra-
ham Lincoln Post OF Hartford Command
er Humphreys of William G. Tracy Post,
and others.
There Is a strong feeling in BrattlebOro
against having the statue Of a soldier on
the soldiers monument because it has be
come so common, and the selectmeu and
advisory committee will probably accept
/ Iarkin &. Mead'S proposition to have Il
statue seven feet in height repre- senting
/ The Recording Angel. He says 81 once
made snow statue representing this sub
Ject on the spot where the proposed sol
dlers' monument Is to stand. This snow
angel had pen in her right hand, and II
| tablet in her left hand. Her face was joy
Gus and showed that she had recorded
noble deeds upon her tablet. This seems
to me particularly appropriate subject
| Tor statue which is to cap the monument
to brave men whose names are to be in
scrlbed upon its base"
The annual meeting Of the Vermont di-
vision OF Sons of Veterans will occur in
BrattleborO Tuesday, June |. The regu-
| lar business meeting Will be held during
the day at Grand Army hail, and in the
evening at o'clock there will he a public
installation OF division officers and camp
fire.
Saturday evening, May goth, II grand
camp fife will be held at The Windsor town
hall at o'clock. Gen. w. ". Henry will
read his deeply interesting campfire
paper, "FrOm the Rapidau to Cold llar-
Dor in 1865 There will also be "a concert
of war songs 10y the glee club and Windsor
curnet band.
Thomas O'Brien of Barre, Il disabled
National soldiers Home in Maine.
The Kingsley Guard has been obliged
to decline the invitation to attend the eX-
erclSes at the unvellng OF the Brandon
monument. The annual June training
day will probably come Jane IL.
The camp Of Sons of Veterans at Lud-
low has been dsbanded.
FItty-seven members were mustered in
to the new L. >. Grant Post No. 9j at
West Randolph Monday night.
Pensions have recently been grated to
\ermOnterS as follows: Albert Webster
Coventry, ~ "A month and 800 arrears
tlheld BOhOnnon, Chelsea, increase from
a to So month and 500 arrears john
BSbee, North Troy, increase from SO t.
SIG month; Addison W. Spawns, mnol
heirs, \ lbany, ) IL a month and Sl4OO ar
rearS; Daniel Moore, Il dep 'ndtnt father
fhystOn, sl2 a month aud s., III arrears
Horace Ayers, Waterbury, Sl2 Il mon, /
and $50 arrears Peter + Burke, Bolton
a a month and $500 arrears; De Wit
Sexton, st. Adams, an increase from = Il
a II month stephen Chapman, Middle
bury, as month and 81 800 arrears; Pat
sy sullivan, Ludlow, Sl2 II month ant
1900 arrears; Rufus ii. Farr, Marshield
increase from So to SIP month and S9S.
arrears.
A new post at Barton was organized OF
the 2lst. Only one recruit WAS mustered
ana 50 presented ther transfer cards IRON
Mason Post No. Ii, Glover, and the fol
lowing officers were duly installed; Eras
tus q. Collision, =. c. Elisha n Randall
: s. V. G. Ellery II. Webster, j. V. e.
Orlando V. Joslyn, adjutant Martin NJ
Whitney, z. NJ. ; Benz. +. Emerson, chap
=, lain JACOB q. Gray, surgeon; Edwin A
=, Gray, o. ID, Alonzo ID. Folsom, o. q,
Osman Dwyer, guard. The mastering
5 officers then declared George w. Quinn
by" Post No. IS, duly organized as a pos
f of the department of Vermont, q. A. K
, Their regular meetings We're proposed Il
be held every Wednesday of the week o
full moon; 1t was left to committee Il
draw up set of bylaws and decide tn
r. time al the next regular meeting.