Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-10-29

ent company of tho Vermont heavy artil-
lery.
A number OF people have had the pleas
ure OF seeing the splendid photograph Of
Gen. Wheelock &. Vtazcy which will be
hung in the ndjutnnt-gerei cilloe in the
State House at 1Iontlell1r. Judge Veazey
was the colonel commaiIng the 10Th Vt.
regiment, and his picture will hnng among
those of other o,iiy"ys whc commanded Yer
mont regiments in the late reoeilon Thanks
20 tue unt,ring efforts OF Mrs. james $.
Peck, who has charge OF the al iiutant-gen
ais office at the capital, the pictures Of the
conlmaudi"2 officers of the Vermont regi-
ments lave been collecleA and D.9ced in ar
tis'ic sty.o ul,n the walls OF thay Office.
Mrs. Peck has also been steadily engaged in
the work OF collecting the pictures or the
officers OF 'ha Sev-rsi Vermont regiments
and pacug them in the frames which hang
oA the wsils Of the main hall et the State
house. If any friends Of Vermont officers
knowing that THAR pictures are not in the
re mrntai. .'rameiTi.l send ther photographs
to Ju:s good lady it will he placed in its
proper place.
\ reunion OF tho survivors OF the l4th
Vermont regiment was held in Rutland
October 2l, the anniversary Of the muster
in- into service of the rogIment. The regi-
msnt vas recruited il Addison, Rutland and
Pennington counties in re Sponse to the call
for nine months men in 1862, and carved
with the 2i Vermont brigade. Il was mus
tered into service at Bret,lcuoro Gc' ober Il,
/ 1862, aud tn, last reunion was held at Fair
hnven, July /, 1887, The roster of Roberts
post, G.. a, r., Rutland. bears tLa nam es
! of &c Veterans o. TN. reglment.
/ The Weathershold correspondent Of the
/ b 9llovs Falls times calls to memory vivid
scenes of the late war in the removal of q
tree as follows: At was only 4 forest mon
arch-a huge hamlock tree-!sli low by the
Axe ons dey last week But its removal
| obliterates a land mark, while it calls up a
memory OF 81. one bright MD summer
! day OF that Gemora Die year, the brave John
Mi sr. whose name is graven on our sol.
dier's monument, was seen using thls tree
a. cover AID rest for his urerrinS rife as
he pract:aeI OF hand sharp schooling ~
| Imaginary ioes of his country. Tho scene
| changes. He Is in that slaughter pen, the
| VI ildernoss; himself and comrades CneLlbers
of Nal Charles Jarvis company OF brave
! Gul determined m'n ara each H. citing from
behind suelteriug trees, aS ne, in lmnGlna-
ton, had formerly played at war N Ner-
mont grove. One mUsEet has been shattcr-
e1 t. pieces in his hands 10y shot meant for
hun, and he lta a rrue soldier, picks an
other from the hands ol dead man near
and returns 10 his post. Only lew miu-
ute5 20 by, when, si&aelug II near comrade
that he is hurt, he drops the now useless
weapon and starts for the rear. To-day
his record reads; "Died, from wounds re-
celved in action"
Lieut.. George c. Chamberln, the last
adiltant OF the 9th Vermont battalion, now
resides in jackson, Mimi, and has been
totally blind since July, 1886 Lieut.
| Chamberlin enlisted as a private in Co. q
9h Vermont, and was for time clerk a,
reginental headquarters. Upon the dis
char.e of the old regiment h'
was made adjutant OF the bat
TALON. He was one Of tue truest soldiers
and best officers Of the regiment and hi
friends and acquaintauces at home will re
gret exceedingly to learn of his total blind
ness in 1856, which was occasioned by thu
exposures during his army life.