Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10
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held at Morrisville, May 5.
A new roster for the Vermont Di
: vision Sons of Veterans has just beer
issued bv Com. w ebster, and is very
neat affair.
The S. of of Bristol held social
at their hall Monday evening, May s,
after inspection. There was large
attendance ofthe members of the GA.
r. and Ladies Aid society.
Rev. Father Barron, rector OF St.
Peters church of Bennington, has
been invited to deliver the annual SER
mon on Ascension Day before the
Washington Commandery, Saratoga
also the Memorial Day sermon on
May %, before the combined g. A.
r. organizations Of the village.
/ Frank Doyle died at the Soldiers
Home Sunday, April Both. He was a
member of companies M. and F., 1st
Vermont cavalry, enlisted November
26, 1862, taken prisoner March 2,
1868. He was mustered out in Au-
gust, 1865. He was first admitted to
the home June 6, 1888, from Montreal,
p. @. He was buried in Vermont
Soldiers Home cemetery. His death
was number 81.
The Orange County We Grams 'associa
ton holds its tenth reunion at STRAIT
ford, June 20. Senator Morrill, will be
present if not called to Burlington to
meet the trustees of the University the
same day. Hon. II. Henry Powers of
MOI risv e is to deliver the add ess.
Gov. Fuller, Department Commander
Doty and Col. Hooker have promised
to be present. Other good speakers
are expected to be present and a large
attendance has been promised.
Major Gen. o. O. Howard of the
regular army has accepted an invita-
ton TO attend the annual banquet Of
the Vermont Commandery of the 10y
al Legion, which will be held at the
Van Ness House in Burlington on the
evening of the 23d inst. Gen. How
ard won his title by distinguished gall
lantry in the late Rebellion. The COM
mandery now has 100 members and
many accessions are expected in the
near future.
On the third OF June, 1889, there
were 250 monuments on the battlefield |
at Gettysburg, marking the locations of
the different regiments (the same be-
ing in charge Of the Battle Monument
association besides many stones mark
ing secondary positions Of regiments.
At this date there are 34j~monuments
divided among the States as follows +:
Pennsylvania, ll2; Massachusetts, %
Indiana, g. New Jersey, Is; New
York. 80; Connecticut, 10 Delaware,
2; Wisconsin, q; Rhode Island, 4
Michigan, 10; Ohio, 20 Illinois. 3
Maine, &c; New Hampshire Mary
land, z; Vermont, 6 Independent, 3.
We are sure that this information
will be Of interest to Vermont veterans.
An examination of the roster of the
old Woodstock Company b sho as that
as whole it has Jared better at the
hands of Time than many other COM
panies, though many of its members
have answered the last summons. OF
the seventy-six men, including officers,
who left Woodstock, May ?, 1861, a
tells us that forty-seven are
known to be living, and of five more he
is uncertain. OF the commissioned OIL
ficers, Capt. Pe!ton is the only surviv-
or Harvey \. Bruce is the only one
living of the sergeants, while all the
survive, and the musician,
Geo. IL. Murdoch, is jewelor at W.
r. Junction. Thirteen of this COM
Dany died in service. Thirty-seven re-
enlisted at the expiration Of their time
DIR. Geo. Webster, commander OF
Vermont Division, Sons OF Veterans, has
ssued Orders No. 3. from which we
AXE the following: "Division encamp-
nent will be held June 6-S at Brattle-
)oro.
Division books win be closed June
st, in order that they may be balanced
or the Division Council TO inspect.
Blanks for membership in the New
England Association Sons of Veterans
lave been issued. This is social or
,anization having the approval OF the
New England Sons, and well
worthy Of the support il asks. Let the
lermont Division be well repre- senied.
Memorial Fay approaches, day
When the greatest nation of the earth
auses and bows its head above the
arthly sepulchre of its heroic dead. A
ay hallowed by the memory of those
gho left behind them all that life holds :,
enderest and dearest, and manfully, AYE,
heerfnlly, laid themselves upon their
0unty's altar that their sons mi ght
nioy the heritage and blessings of