St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-02
GI1e Californian
SONS OF VETERANS.
What Was Done on the Last Day of tn
Eucam New Officers.

The forenoon and afternoon OF
Thursday, the last day of the Sons
of Veterans encampment, were de-
voted strictly to business sessions,
the main feature of public interest
being the election of officers for the
coming wear, which resulted as fol
lows: Colonel, K. w. Morse OF
West Randolph, who was lieutenant
colonel of the division during the
past year; Northumberland, Capt.
H. S. Foster of Burlington; major,
Capt. W. H. Headle of Dandy; di-
vision council, Col. H. o. Bixby OF
Chelsea, Capt. w. H. Boyd of Mont
real, and Past Capt. ]. B. Ripley OF
St. Johnsbury; delegate to national
encampment, Past Capt. E. 7. L.
Benedict of Poultney; delegate-at-
large, Capt. F. G. West of St. Johns
bury.
Brandon was fixed upon as the
place of the next encampment. Reso-
1utions were passed extending the
thanks of the division to the local
camp and Ladies Aid society, to the
railroad people and the hotels for
courtesies granted in connection
with the encamprnent. The matter
of the attendance of the division at
the Bennington centennial in August
next was left in the hands of the
colonel. The sum of fifty dollars
was appropriated towards delegates
expenses in attending the national
encampment, a similar sum to the
sitting colonel, and the same to the
adjutant for services the past year.
THE PUBLIC INSTALLATION AND THE
CAMP FIRE.
In the evening, although the public
installation was announced to begin
at 7.3O, it was 8 80 before the exer-
cises began; and it might be re-
marked in this connection that the
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of this character. There was a good
attendance and the ceremonies of in
stallation proved very interesting.
The Ladies Aid society were given
the floor at the outset and went
through this part of their ritual
smoothly and with due precision,
Past Col. Bixby acting as installing
officer. When the chairs had been
properly filled and the president,
Miss Hall, had spoken word of en-
agement and appreciation to her
associates in the three-months-old
society, the ladies gave way to their
brothers in the order and Past Col.
Bixby proceeded to install the newly
having been called to the front seats
where they could more fully partici-
pate in the ceremonies. Past Col.
Griswold of Bennington assisted in
the exercises, so far as to install Col.
Bixby as a member of the division
council; and Past Col. Fox of Bur-
lington, in a neat little speech, subse-
quently presented the retiring colonel
with silver cross, the emblem of his
rank.
At this point Capt West of the St.
Johnsbury camp took the chair and
presided over the camp fire exercises.
Capt. Blodgett was the first one
called on, and he stirred up the boys
for a few minutes. He told them
that St. Johnsbury was glad to see
them now, and would be glad to see
them again at any time they might
choose to come. You are doing
better than you know" he said, land
the state has reason to be proud of
YOU" The captain related a bit of
army life in which he and Capt. E.
B. Frost were concerned, and paid
tribute to that gallant soldiers
memory.
Comrade ". W. Sprague was
called on and gave little account
of prison life as he saw it. Fred
Clark gave a cornet and piano solo,
playing the former instrument with
one hand and the latter with the
other, and won a deserved recall.
Editor Lapoint of the Barre Sharp
shooter gave an interesting recital of
The Tramp" and was encored
A. G. Fay of Montpelier spoke for a
short time, telling something of what
had already been accomplished by
organization among the Sons, and
predicting even better things in the
near future.
The audience was then given a
chance to retire, and the closing ses