Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-19
Installation of Officers.
U. 5. Grant Post, NO. o6.


took place last Friday evening and the
following is list of officers for the COM
ing year ID. b. Fassett, commander; j.
IL. Hibbard, senior vice commander; CIV.
Clark, junior vice commander; c. u. Sam
born, adjutant; E. T. Sault, luartermas-
ter; B. /. Pratt chaplain; I. b. Williams,
officer of the day, l.. It. Lille, surgeon Z;
John Hatch, officer OF the guard; q. Fl.
Hoyt, sergeant major; Thomas Carrigan,
quartermaster sergeant; Henry Kemp, SEN
tiDel. These gentlemen were instated by
Installing Officer +. o. Hibbard, ard sol
emnly promised to perform strictly and
impartially all the duties pertaining TO
their offices. The installing officer then
read a short address, ex xhorting them to be
true TO themselves and the Post would
surely prosper, after which he addressed
the Post in general, intoxicating the prin-
ciples Of brotherly love, loyalty and char
ity among its members in order THAT
they might prove to the world that they
were worthy To have served their country
Grand Army Of the Republic"
The Woman's Relief Corps, No. A..
The installation OF this corps was next
in order. Again he installing officer was
l Mr.. r. o. Hibbard. The ceremonies diff
/ fered a little from those OF the Post and
were enlivened by music, Miss Bertha
l Hayward presiding very acceptably at the
organ. The retiring officers, led by the
president, marched round the room and
as each lady passed the altar, she laid the
badge of her office upon il. Prayer was
/ then offered by the chaplain, Mrs. Ida
/ Ford, after which the secretary announced
the officers elect as follows: president,
\ Mrs. Ida Ford senior vice, Mrs. Beulah
Parker; junior vice, Mrs. Ellen Chamber
lin; treasurer, Mrs. Kate Carpenter; chap
/ lain, Mrs. Mary Rising; conductor, Mrs.
Minnie Hayes; guard, Mrs. Susan Wal
bridge; and the appointed officers: assist
ant conductor, Miss Della NJ. Sault; Hs-
| sistant guard, Mrs. Aurelia Hibbard. la
structions were given in regard to the ou-
ties pertaining to each, the oath OF obli-
CATION administered, the badges betow %
and the officers, then duly installed, con-
Quoted to their respective stations. The
corps is in a very hourishing condition,
numbering at present over 80 members.
Col. J. Is. Mead Camp, No. 81.
A.. ]. Huse, appointed by Acting Com
mander Headle, performed the duties OF
installing officer for the Sons of Veterans,
and the following named were instated for
the ensuing year: II. w. Sault, captain;
l /. l.. Chadwick, lst lieut.; III. Il. Slack, End
lieut.; j. B. Eldredge, b. q. Goodwin, II.
l.. Sault, camp council; G. j. White, dele
gate to division encampment; Earl San
born, alternate. The oath OF Office having
been administered and the various sta
tions having been taken, the captain read
the list of nls appointments as follows;
Rev. G.. w. Morrow, chaplain; Earl San
born, LIST sergeant; A. j. Huse, quarter
master sergeant; Levi Raymond, sergeant
of guard; II. l.. Ford, principal musician;
Ed. Wheeler, corporal OF the guard; Z. ).
Tyler, camp guard, and ). Jeru, picket
guard The captain delivered a short ad-
dress to each OF the officers, setting forth
the duties incumbent upon them in their
present positions and the necessity of
their faithful discharge. The oath OF OBJ
legation was then taken and the iastalla-
tion was at an end The q. A. X. hall,
which is very neat and attractive in all its
appointments, was well filled by the mem
bers OF the different orders and many in
torested spectators.
Raising of the Chiefs of Pequot Tribe.
An altogether novel and very interesting
ceremonial was the raising OF the chiefs of
Pequot Tribe, No. s, which took place at
Dubois & Gays hall last Saturday even
ing. The ritual OF this order adopts, as
far as possible, the phraseology OF the no.
BILE red man, and the exercises were con-
Quoted with the dignity and decorum
which characterized the councils OF the
original chiefs of the tribe. In the CEN
ter OF the hall was the council fire, about
which, in the form of a square, were rang
ed the chairs reserved Tor the red men;
outside were seated the palefaces, the in
vited guests of the tribe. The Apollo Ban
10 CLUB was in attendance, and to the sound
of music the red men maIchvS. :. and sta
toned themselves in silence around the
council fire. The great sachem, j. q. ~
Ter, the great chief of records, j. =. Gard
ner, the deputy great sachem, 0. ID. Rob-
erts m of the great council OF Massachu
setts, and A. IL. Patten, the great senior
sycamore of the great council of the Unit
ed States, were next conducted to this as
sembly of chiefs. The insignia of office
were laid aside and the following chiefs
1arnnhaf u N HfhharH. a..
sachem, f. A. Phillips; senior sycamore,
w. r. Barnes; junior sycamore, Geo w.
Temple collector of wampum, {. w. A.
Putnam; keeper of wampum, j. p. Cleve
land, Jr., and chief of records, +. 4. Du-
Bois. The chiefs appointed by the sachem
were LIST senop, A. l.. Lane, 2nd senop,
DIR. L. O. Blanchard. The following war
riors were appointed by the senior saga
more and raised up by the great sachem
Geo. A. Walker, Nj. Nj. Drake, q. l.. Mar
tin and c. ID. Sanborn. The braves, app
pointed by the junior sycamore and raised
up by the great sachem, were w. Z. Gust
man, j. l.. Battles, w. I. Bass, Willard
Gay and w. f. Edison. These chiefs be- I
ing raised up, Sachem Phillips, the tribe +
respectfully standing, took the oath of
office, after which he was instructed in
regard to his duties by the great sachem,
the tomahawk was delivered into his
hands and he was formally proclaimed
talks" by the great sachem and other great
chiefs commenced at about quarter past !
nine. In few well chosen words, MIR. r.
o. Hibbard introduced the first speaker,
MIR. j. g. Tyler, who gave brief histori-
cal sketch of the order. IL took its rise in
the Boston Tea Party but did not seem to .
flourish until the exciting period OF 1872,
since which time it has been gradually
growing in popular favor. During the
rast eight years, the membership in Mas
sachusetts has increased from $50 to 1900,
and the contents of the charity purse from
s11 900 to S35, 900. In all, the order has
about s65, 600 invested, and 130, 900 mem
bers in the United States. The other
speakers were Mr.. A. II. Patten and Mr..
j. p. Gardner, whose remarks were both
timely and interesting. The music of the
Apollo Banjo Club was much enjoyed, es-
pecially the singing of Messrs. Putnam
and Piper. About 30 braves with their la
dies sat down to the sumptuous banquet
provided by Landlord J. L. Battles. at the
Red Lion Inn. The viands discussed,