Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-03-23
Around the Camp Fire.

Ethan Allen Post of vergennes held 6
campfire on Wednesday evening OF last
week.
The Woman's Relief Corps OF Montpel-
Ter held a sociahle and supper Tuesday
evening, March IA, at its hall.
The fifth annual banquet Of the Yer
mont Veterans Association of Boston was
held at the Parker House, Boston, Thurs
day, March IS. Geo. Fuller, Col. j. II.
Goulding and Col. Wheelock g.. Veazey
were present.
Henry w. French died at the Soldiers
Home Of consumption March 18th, aged
AZ years. He was a member of Co. A, 3lst
Massachusetts,. and was admitted to the
home from Bennington, February 23d. His
was the 10Th death in the institution.
Department Commander G. w. Doty,
Department of Vermont, has made the fol-
lowing staff appointments: assistant ad-
iutant general. A. A. Niles Of Morrisville;
assistant quartermaster general, Frank
Kentield, Morrisyille; department inspect
or, j. A. Benedict, Poultney; judge advo-
cate, X. O. Sturtevant, %Swanton; chief
mastering officer, NJ. j. Sargent, South
Royalton.
We take the following from the last
orders issued by Gen. Hall, Commander
in-Chief of the Sons of Veterans: There
are 1853 camps in good standing with as
97S members. 1881. II nave been expend-
ed for charity, as per quartermaster SER
geants' reports; 167 members, or their
families, have been relieved, and 81 veter-
ans families.
Again the ranks of the c~ommandery have
been broken. Past Commander-in-Chie
Leland Webb has entered that darkness we
call death. Stricken untimely, in the flush
Of manhood; his splendid powers extin-
guished; his ringing voice hushed forever;
all that was mortal was consigned to our
Mother Earth Tuesday afternoon, Feb. %.
Whatever may have been his faults, he
was our brother; living, we loved him;
dead, let US cherish in memory his virtues
in loyalty to his great services. He had
been honored by our Order most gracious
by. In token of our sincere grief, and as a
mark OF our reverent regard, il is ordered
that all camp charters and colors, and the
side arms of all officers, be draped in EN-
blematic mourning until June LIST, 1895.
The recently elected and appointed Off
GERS OF Gen. VIM. Wells Camp. sons of
Veterans OF Burlington, were publicly in
stalled Friday evening, March II, Com. G..
o. Webster of st. Adams being the install
ing officer. The officers were captain, G..
5. Cahill; member OF camp council, II. &.
Tracy; first sergeant, w. II. Tracy; quar-
termaster sergeant, ID. B. Conner; color
sergeant, Austin Mckenzie; musician, A.
III. Davis; corporal guard, W. z. Norton;
camp guard, CIV .Sharpley; picket guard,
Leon Munson. Remarks were made by
Com. Webster and Lieut.. Mansur OF st.
Albans, Col. A.S.Tracy, w. III. Livingston,
A. p. Waldron, Chas. Ellis, Mr.. Cunning
ham, NJ. ID. l.. Thompson, Capt. Foster,
Mrs. Hall, president, and Mrs. Ellis, past
president OF the Ladies' Aid Society. The
ladies' served supper.
Com. Hugh Henry in his annual address
at the encampment at Rutland, had the fol-
to say OF the Son OF Veterans and
their auxiliary, the Ladies' Aid Society.
Il should be derelict In my duty as a
comrade II false to the gratitude OF my
heart did / not commend to your kindly
and earnest encouragement
and aid that organization of our kinship |
known as the sons OF Veterans. With our
blood coursing in their veins, with the tie
Of filial affection and veneration inspiring
heir thoughts and actions, to no other
hands can we so assuredly commit the care
preservation of those o~bservances and
we hold dear, than to theirs. In
10 other hearts can we hope the spirit of
and patriotism will more fervently
,eat than in theirs, and when we have all
our fight and laid down our arms,
'ur hope, as we go hence, for the perpetua-
OF what we hold most sacred and
lear, must rest primarily in our faith in
hem. 1t should be ours, then, to aid them
n every way possible while we may, and
o rejoice in and help sustain the prospeIi-
y OF their order in this department.
supplemental to the Sons of Veterans,
nd, in a sense auxiliary to them, as IS 1.-THE
Voman's Relief Corps to us, is a new or
anization, the Ladies' Aid Society. With
Is work your commander is not as famil-
ar as he could wish he were, but its an
ouncement OF principle is such as he can
fell commend, and, as he is given the as
france that the work of its members
eeps pace with their faith, he bespeaks
them your blessing and benediction.