Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-06-30
THE ANNUAL MUSTER,

Preliminary Points about this Years
EncRmpment of the V. N. q. at Rut-
land.
The Rutland Herald says that prepare
tions for the muster are now under way,
and it is expected that the five days en-
campment on Richardson's field will be one
of the best in the history of the state mill
tia. The camp will be known as Camp
Governor Fuller and will be open from
Tuesday, August -, to Sunday, August 10,
inclusive. The orders for the government
of the camp are being printed ready for
distribution. The camp will be made and
tents pitched by details of four men from
each company, who will be under the di-
recton of a non-commissioned officer of
each company, who will report to the brig
ade quartermaster at the grounds at an
early hour Monday, August II.
The new guard manual adopted by the
war department will be used at this en-
campment.
The orders relating to the distribution of
medals for service in the state guard will be
sent out in few days. They are in sub
stance as follows
The commanding officers are directed to
prepare and forward to the brigadier gen
erals headquarters, on or before the first
Tuesday in July, certificate of service for
each member of their respective commands
who will have completed >, 10, - or 20
years of service in the Vermont National
Guard priorto August Is, 1898. The GER
tificates must be filled out with ink on the
blanks furnished for that purpose, and must
give the date of enlistment and discharge
for each enlistment claimed. The term
son or about must not be used in filling
out dates Members whose term of service
will expire before the annual encampment
must reGnlst in order to entitle them to
veteran badge, as the presentation will be
made after the review, by Gov Fuller, and
onlyto members of the National Guard then
in the service. Where service was rendered
in organizations since disbanded, the date
of enlistment and discharge should be given
as accurately as possible, in order that the
same NAV be verified by the records in the
Office of the adiutant general at Montpelier,
Certificates of service for the field, staff
and non-commissioned staff of the 1st reg
iment will be prepared by Adjutant Per-
kins, to whom the necessary data should
be furnished at once by the persons inter-
ested. 1t is the desire of Brig. Gen. Estey
| that the veteran roll this year shall be alb
| soutelv correct, and in order to avoid COM
| plant on the part of those who may have
Just claim to recognition, it is directed
that the order relative to medals be pub
| lished to each organization at the first
meeting after its receipt and the date of
such publication will be given by command
ing officers when forwarding their certif-
Gates.
This is the substance of the order rea-
tive to the centennial trophy, which is at
present held by Company | of Brattleboro:
The fourth competition for the centen-
NAL trophy will take place Thursday, Aug.
Il, at $3.50 a, NJ, weather permitting.
Capt. Jacob Gray Estey, commanding
Company |, 1st regiment the present Gus
todian of the trophy, will cause the same to
be brought TO the encampment, where il
will be placed in charge of Maj. Charles Z.
Nelson, brigade inspector of rifle practice,
pending the result of the competition.
Each organization in the brigade will be
allowed to compete with team of five men,
who must have been regularly enlisted
members, or commissioned officers, of the
organization for not less than 30 days prior
to the date of competition. The distance
shot will be POO yards, standing position
Springfield rifle, five shots per man. The
rules governing the contest will be those
prescribed in the third edition of Blunt:
Small Arms Firing Regulations for similar
contests.
The competition for such individual
prizes as may be offered Gf any will tax,
place on the same day at 1870 p. NJ.