Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-08-20
AMONG THE BOYS IN BLUE.

/ The Vermont officers annual reunion
came off last Friday at -'ewport.
The sixth annual reunion OF the 3rd Vt
4 Vols. will occur at st. Johnsbury. Sept 9
/ Co. K, 10th VT held its fifth annual re-
union in Fosters Grove, Willoughby
Lake on the 18th and 13.
Captain John Palmer, the newly elected
COMMUNICATIVE of the Grand Army,
was cordially welcomed home to Albany
Monday night.
The x. X. Smith post G. A. r. at Stowe,
in connection with the post at Wat
erbury Center and at the street held bas-
ket picnic at Waterbury Center in Mr..
Lyons sugar place the 18th.
The tenth National encampment of the
Sons of Veterans will be held at Minneap-
oils Aug. 24-2S. The fare will be S44 for
the round trip which includes double
sleeping berth. Meals are extra. Tickets
must be obtained through A. w. Batchel-
der, Salem, Mass, New England Member
Transportation Committee.
The new hospital building at the Sol
diers' Home will be completed the present
season. 1t is 25 by S4 feet in size with an
l. Is by As feet. 1t contains dining room,
a reception room, surgeons office and a
stewards room. Ii bas also a ward 40 feet
long with a capacity of ~ beds. The sec
ond floor has room ~ by "a feet in size.
The structure is built OF wood and Will
cost when completed 5000. The fund for
a chapel at the home amounts to S625, the
greater portion of which was collected in
the different churches in the state on the
Sunday preceding Memorial Day.
The report OF the assistant quartermss-
ter general of the Vermont department of
the Grand Army for the six months end
ing June 80 which was presented to the
national encampment at Detroit, showed
that there are 43S7 members in good
standing in the state. When last report
was made there was balance in the
treasury S7SS9.57; the receipts from all
sources for the term OF six months were
s16,376.60 making total of S24, 1857.
The disbursements for relief amounted to
sl290.7S and the expenditures in other
ways S7839.50, amounting in all to S9262.S2.
The cash on hand is reported to be sl4,-
903.35. The total of the relief funds in all
the posts in the department is given as
S5976.57 and OF that amount only $35223 is
reported to have been expended. The to-
tai value OF post property is estimated at
$50 1888. ~ and the marker value of real es-
tate s6775.
Pensions have recently been granted to
Vermonters as follows: Original, Luke
GUILTY, Halsey II. Adams, Napoleon Nc
Intyre, Alvin g Rogers, George A Clay,
Dorr A Roleau, Barton A Walker, Steph-
en- Beach, Patrick Burns, Phineas Allen,
John 7 Wallace, George c Gregg, Mar
shall Dyer, Charles V Bryant, Jewett p
Hawkins, John P Turner, John Osborn,
Charles V Cool, Harvey Peck, Peter E
Carroll Chas. c Bennett, Leander + Cur
rier, Fred S Hunt, Harvey H Lucas, James
Cooney, Thomas Hurley, George Bates,
Chas. n Miner, Aurin + Luce, Hiram S
Hall, Isaac Randall, Albert Walker, Paul
Robinson, Maurice Maynihan, TORY w
Sibley, Andrew Willis, Anthony Lea
George w Pierce, Newton Pratt, John NJ
Randall, Eugene Rolfe. Nathaniel Clark,
James II Wiswell, Aquilla Chase, Myron
Wood, Edward A Green. Chas. Ladieux;
mothers, Amanda w Peck, Susan Nor
throp, Eliza Miller. Additional, Horac
c Ballou.