Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-04
NO. l5--954
CAMPFIRE NOTES.
Gleanings from the g. A. r., ;. of v.
and Their AuxiIiaries in this State.

the Ngs n. EN.y >. OI v .
and Their Auxiliaries i'm this State.
VIM. H. Boynton Post, G. A. R., OF
Northfield, are to hold their annual ban
quet Feb. 10.
The w. r. c. of Wolcott will entertain
the G.. A. r. Post on Saturday evening,
Feb. 6.
Patrick Mahan of Co. F, I'd VT, died at
the Soldiers Home, Jan. 20. He enlisted
/ in the war of the rebellion, May 20, 1861
and was admitted to the Home July 20,
| 1891. The remains will be taken to New
ton, Mass, for burial.
The @. A. r. boys had very fine time
the night OF their installation. After the
installation took place the ladies OF the Re-
lief Corps appeared on the scene and pre-
sented the Post with s25, a genuine sur
prise, and then spread feast such as only
these noble hearted women know how to
get up. The occasion was made still mer-
rier by several army songs by the Sons Of
Veterans.
The Woodbury. Granite Co. has the con-
tract for the immense Gettysburg battle
monument for the 10th VT regiment, Col.
Veazey's old regiment. The monument is
to be rustic boulder, standing on a suit
able base On the front is carved in bold
relief the badge of the regiment, and is de-
cidedly tasty and appropriate. The mon
ument will stand nine feet high and as
about 20 tons. This will be the 18th mon
ument on the battlefield OF Gettysburg
from this quarry.
Some time in May next there will be a
reunion of the Grand Army of the Repnb-
lie of the United States on the Crater bat
tlefeld in Prince George county, near Pc
tersburg, Va and it is expected that there
will be at least 10000 ex-Union soldiers
present. 1t is stated that invitations will
be issued to ex-Confederate soldiers in all
of the southern states to attend the en-
campment. The plan is for two ex-Union
soldiers and like number of eX-Confed-
crates TO occupy the same tent. The en-
campment is to continue for several days
and is to be made an occasion OF much in
teresr.
Rev. Louis n. Beaudry, native OF High
gate, died in Chicago Jan. 3, aged 58. He
was during 1858 and '59 the Methodist pas
tor at Vergennes, but at the breaking out
OF the Civil War he joined the 5th New
York Cavalry as chaplain and served thro'
the war. Since 1876 he has been engaged
in evangelistic work in Canada, Vermont
and New Hampshire, and last April went
to Chicago in the same work. In 1883 he
was elected Chaplain of the New York de-
partment q. A. R., in 1890 president OF the
9th New York Cavalry association, and in
1891, at Detroit, as its historian.
President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg
address is soon TO pc displayed IN bronze,
where it will be read by thousands among
the generations to come. Gen. S. Wiley
Crawford OF the United States Army, who
commanded the Pennsylvania Reserves at
the battle of Gettysburg, and was with
Mai. Anderson at Fort Sumpter when the
war commenced, and with Gen. Grant at
Appomattox when it closed, has decided
to place large bronze plate ten feet square
on the face of the great overhanging rock
at DEVILS Den, on the field of Gettysburg.
The plate will contain that remarkable adj
dress of Mr.. Lincoln's (which well deserves
so conspicuous and enduring a tablet.
Pension Commander n. S. Foster has is
sued Order No. l, series 1892, in which he
states that f. 4. Morse has rendered his
resignation as quartermaster and Leonard
Fiske has been promoted to fill the vacan-
cy. Commander G. j. Smith OF Hunting
ton has been appointed correspondent
for the National Reveille. % camps report
before Jan. 1. The attention of Camps is
invited to the near approach of Union De-
tenders Day, Feb. 18th, the anniversary of
the birth OF the Great Emancipator Abra-
ham Lincoln. 1t is strongly urged that
every camp in the division hold meeting
on the evening of that day, to do honor,
in such manner as may seem most fitting,
to the memory of the man who struck the
shackles from four million slaves. 1t is
recommended that members of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief
Corps, and Ladies Aid Societies, also the
general public, be invited to participate in
this patriotic service.