Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-09-14
Around the Cam pfire.

The total membership of the Som
OF Veterans at present is 1926 camps,
1909 members.
Vermont veteran reunions will be
as follows: Washington county at Bar
re, September 10; Windsor county al
Hartford, September 10; sth Vermont
regiment at Montpelier, September 2s.
The Free Press recently said: Octave
Bushey, ST., veteran of the late war,
has just been notified Of a decrease in
his pension of "a month. Mr.. Bush
ey enlisted at Richmond in the 9th Vt.
regiment when a boy Of but fifteen
years and nine months Of age. He re-
ceiyed bullet wound in the left ell
bow, an injury which produced her.
mia, causing his discharge and he now
has the truss which was fitted him in
the government hospital. The above
mentioned wounds leave him unable
TO do any manual labor. He is now a
resident of Winooski, VT lie was
granted pension March 8, 1892, and
granted n decrease from SIG TO 81 Il
month August q, 1898. 1t is not nee
essary to say Mr.. Bushey is a Republic
can.-ls he a Republican?
Gen. Joseph b. Maccabe, Command
er-in-Chief of the Sons Of Veterans, has
issued his first Order, from which we
take the following:
Having been duly elected and in
stalled Commander-in-Chief of the
Sons Of Veterans. L. ;. A.. for the en-
suing wear. al the Twelfth Annual En-
campment, held at Cincinnati, Ohio.
August HIS. 1898, hereby assume
command and establish Headquarter,
AT Rooms l29-l39, American House.
Boston.
Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel r. Gold
ing Of Someryille. Mass. is hereby de-
tailed a personal Aid to the Com
mander-in-Ghief, and to that end will
be respected and obeyed accordingly
The COMMANDMENTS al this
time desires 10 call the attention Of the
Order to the diversity of uniforms
worn. The Constitution Rules and |
Regulations explicitly sets forth just
what should be worn. Shoulder knots !
and straps are not permitted, and such |
officers of divisions and camps a. are |
wearing them are doing so in violation
IF Constitution Rules and Regulations.
md are hereby ordered to remove
hem.
Gen. Maccabe in emphatic words
'all> attention TO the losses BY suspen-
zion and requests division and camp
TO build anew in quality
'ather than quantity.
The following committee has been
ON a tlree-degree ritual, and
viii report TO the 18th National Con-
'ention; Marvin 4. Hall, Iillsdalc,
Mich; George Il. Abbott, Chicago,
H.; G. A. Bookwalter, indianapolis,
indiana.
The sum of 80. 2S5.65 was expended
" the order in charity for the quar-
er ending June 30. This amount was
distributed among 1863 persons, a good
of whom were veterans.
BY vote of the Encampment. the
ons of Veterans Guards are severed
rom the Commandery-in-Chief as to
uthority and financial support, but :
re TO receive full recognition and en- =
so long "a they insist that ?
lembers of the Guards shall be i'm +
God standing in their respective
amps. Ii was further recommended :
lat all armed camps Join the Guards. I
will he noticed that this organize
on is deprived of none of its privi-
ges, but is simply made more inde- v
endent and given the best possible p
opportunity to work out its own fu- i
ire. o
Commander William NJ. Sargent. D
ermont Division Sons Of Veterans. !.
lnounces the following staff appoint
ents; Surgeon, ;. c. Noodry, camp ::
!. Cabot; Chaplain, Rev. W. Warner. =
mp -, Pawlet; Inspector. +. T. .
onahan. camp :, Underhill; Muster q
g Officer. j. W. Ripley, camp "a. E,
yndonville; Judge Advocate, f. W. q
owe, camp s., Essex Junction; Chief d
staff, +. w. Sault, camp 81, West =
andolph; Sergeant Major, ID. l.. SAN 9
rs, camp 81, Montpelier; Quarter !"
aster Sergeant, A. j. Howe, campo.
Lieutenant n. G. Che
" camp, Lunenburgh, has surIend-
ed its charter, and camp Justin Bart p
Il has been recognized at Readsboro. 4.
red l.. Burnham, captain. Adjt. w. \
r. Rogers reports a gain of 3 camps. to
% members by muster, members by a. n
lnsfers and of five camps, with lib q
embers by reinstatement. There has Ii
EN- a loss of 6 camps with 232 MEM sc sc
rs, and there are now 46 camps in !
c division, with total membership y
l,2ll members in good standing.
To insure larger attendance of the ,,
embers of the Grand Army of the Sc
spublic at the meetings of the camps, Jes
is advised that the captains of each dc dc
mn in the division send n Sneciol and AZ,