Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-03
CAMPFIRE NOTES.
Gleanings from the G.. A. r., :. of ".
and Their Auxiiiaries in this State.

C0mrade G. p. Hogan OF st. Alban
spoke at a campfire in Swanton Monda
night.
i The Ladies Aid Society OF Fair Have
held sociable last Saturday and a goo
sum was realized.
The w. r. G. OF Hardwick gave a dra
matte entertainment last Friday night.
was very successful affair.
Russell Post, g. A. r. OF Middlebury re
Gently closed a successful weeks enter
tainment with the Glass Blowers.
Gen. VIM. Wells Camp, Sons OF veter
ans OF Burlington are having the glas
blowers for two weeks entertainment.
The w. r. c. OF Chester in compan-
| with the q. A. X. held sociable in Full
lerton hall Wednesday evening, Nov. 10.
Applications for new Camps of the Som
OF Veterans have been approved for thu
towns OF Huntington and Glover. The,
will be organized in few days.
The Sons OF Veteran Guards seem to re-
ceive considerable encouragement in thii
State. The first company in burlington
will be mustered shortly and Barre, st
Adams and Brattleboro will apply fol
charters in few weeks.
Cham berlin post OF st. Johnsbury gav,
reception Saturday night to the Sons o
Veterans, the Chamberlin Relief Corp.
and the Ladies' Aid Society. A banquet
was given to all who took part in the
drama "The Blue and Gray which was
so successfully given here recently.
John l.. King OF Newport Center depart
ed this life on Thursday night, having de
clined slowly during the past summer and
autumn The deceased was quiet citi-
zen, prOfessed Christian man and a SOL
der of the late war. The bell rings and
one by one the old veterans are mustered
out.
Quite large number OF comrades OF Co.
K, 10th Regt., Vt. Vols, and their wives
visited their President, c. II. Gray of East
Charleston on the nth inst. Oysters were
carried in by the comrades and a good
watch chain left as token OF friendship.
Comrade Gray very handsomely acknowl-
edged the compliment bestowed upon him
and bespeaks for his friends many more
happy greetings. The occasion was one
OF great pleasure to all.
The following vermonters have been
granted pensions:
Nov. 35-Original, Edwin Willard,
Emmett w sherman, james Gregory lde-
ceased] William II Bond, Josiah B Mum;
increase and renewal, Chas. P Carter; in
crease, Gideon Flee, Warren S Clark, Ma
son Wood, Orrin p Rogers, John Bushia,
Ira Quimby, Washington Coburn; origi-
nal, widow, Ruth A Gregory.
Nov. 26-Original, William Bonville,
Stephen Nj Pingree, Seth f Munson, Lam
cey w Forbes, James Cunshannon; in
crease, William l. Buck, Samuel Page, G
J Winship, Henry ID Bolton.
There are at the present time six Nation
al military homes established in the Unit
ed States. There is branch OF the Home
at Tagus, Me-, one near Hampton, Va,
Dayton, Ohio, Milwaukee, Wis, Leaven-
worth, Kansas and one being erected near
Santa Monica, Cal. All soldiers and sail
ors serving in the military and naval
forces of the United Estates during the
war are entitled to admission into the
home If their disability was not incurred
in service against the United States. The
Soldiers Home at Washington, d. G., is a
institution. 1t was established
by Congress in 1851 as home for soldiers
Of the regular army.
Commander in chief Palmer in general
order No. 8, has the following among 9TH
er things to say in regard to the Wash
ington Encampment: tsThe 26th Encamp-
shall be held in the city of Washington, |
D. c., on the Goth, 21st and 22nd days OF
1892. The headquarters of De-
partments will, for business purposes, be |
located at the City Hall; suitable head
quarters will also be provided for the |
Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of |
he Grand Army. 1t is also proposed to |
provide headquarters for corps of the ar
nv, grouped as near together as practical |
ole, SO that comrades can readily ind /
hose who served with them in the same |
corps; the Commander-in-Ch Chief will be /
luartered at the Ebbitt House. The Grand |
Army will form for parade on the Doth of /
1892 as follows: the surviving |
comrades of the 9Th Massachusetts Mill |
ia; the U. s. Veteran Signal Corps Asso-
,iation; the Departments OF the Grand |
Army according to seniority, the Depart
nent of the Potomac having, however the
eft; then the National Association OF 1
Naval Veterans of the United States.
Many memories cluster in and about
and the Grand Review of the
Army, little over twenty six years ego,
s not the least OF them. Once more an
is offered us TO meet and pa
ade, the Commander in Chief hopes, in
old ranks and number, in the historic
apital of our country. Every member of
'ur order who can possibly do so, and GER
ainly every one who viii be in Washing
on, should therefore be found in the
anks and in the parade, on Pennsylvania
Avenue, in memory of the past, for the
lonor and glory of our undivided coun-
ry and the credit OF the Grand Army of
he Republic. The following comrades
rom Vermont have been appointed as
ides- -de-camp on the staff of Commander
n-Chief Palmer: j. d. Hanrahan, A. NJ.
ohnson, John Eom bard.