Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-05
Around the Campfire.

n tIailef has ildu Il NitIlcu cdfeef since IL
organization, but at the present tim,
is gaining new members and having
steady growth, and with good man
! agement for year or two, will be on,
of the largest divisions for State o
\ the size of Vermont in the command
der-in-chief.
The provisional division was con,
stituted in January, 1883, with Dr.. j
c. Rutherford of Providence. K. l..
but then of Burlington, rs its colonel.
The first camp to be organized wa,
Theodore 5. Peck camp. No. /. OF
Brandon, Feb. 2s, 1883. John ;. Tyler
camp, No. 2, was organized March 2
Edwin +. Reynolds. No. 3, of Rut.
land, March %, Capt. Frank RAY
camp, No. 4, al Bennington. July %.
The camps at Rutland and Brandon
have since disbanded. The division
was organized later in 1883 at Bur-
lington. and Fletcher ID. Proctor, son
of senator Proctor, was chosen coll
onel.
The second encampment was held
at Rutland June u, 1884. with dele
gates present from ten camps. The
camps were reported in a prosperous
condition and Is camps had been
mustered during the year. Among
some Of the principal members Of
that time were j.. r. Griswold Of Ben
nington, George Il. Terrill of Uuder-
hill and Clarence +. X. JENNIE Of Brat
tleborO, who have since commanded
/ the division and continue 10 work
zealously for its Advancement. The
first named has done the bulk Of the
inspecting thi, spring. having visited
over 40 camps l.. V. Greene of Rut-
land was elected colonel.
G.. f. II. JENNIE of Brattlcboro was
chosen to command lat the third en-
campment held at Rutland, May 26.
1885, with % delegates present
Three new camps were mustered dur
ing that year. The fourth cncamp-
ment was held at Bratteboro. June /
lss6, with delegates from nine camps
During Col. Jennc's administration
seven new camps bad been organized
and the division was then in very
prosperous condition. Many bene6-
cial changes had been brought about
and that year the Vermont depart
ment, G.. A. r., was the first to give
thi, organization endorsement and
official recognition. Commander W.
l.. Grcenleaf spoke very cordially Of
it IN his annual address. Thi, resolu-
ton wa, adopted ii that encampment:
RESOLVED, That Our National dele
gates be and are hereby requested 10 cast
their votes and use their influence
toward securing the "Sons' that full en-.
dorsement and recognition which they
merit.
When George +. Terrill Of Under.
Hill took command, he found u
camps III good standing, with 800
members. The charter for the divi-
sion was secured from Walter ;.
PAYNE, mmander-in-chief dated
Oct. /, 1855, with the following
names upon ii rs charter members.
Fletcher u. Proctor. Louis V. Greene.
Clarence +. X. ,Icnne. George f. Ter |
rill. W ;. brennan. Frank II. Allen. |
w. +. Gordon, O. II. Leonard. Nor
timer X. Headle, Henry Barrows.
Louis ID. Greene. Charles O. Meacham. |
+. +. Tcrrill, Well, Valentine. W. |
Dayton Moore, L. T. Griswold. Will |
liam II. Sears. Fred 7. Thompson.
George +. Root and Roswell L. Frost
The fifth encampment was held at
Burlington, June lst, lss1. Nine |
camps had been mustered that year
and five disbanded, leaving % camps
with $50 members. Col. Terrill gave
a good business administration and
turned the division over 10 Col. j. T..
Fox of Burlington in good healthy
AT this encampment, sew
eral resolutions for the benefit of the
order We're passed, directing the dele
gates to bring the matter up before
the commander-in-chief.
The records of the division. with
those of its encampments, were in very
poor condition. Col. Fox commenced
to secure and put in proper order ey-
erything of interest that had been
done by his predecessors, but did not
have time TO complete the work. lie
nine camps and turned over
to his successor over 600 members at
the sixth annual encampment held at
Nav %, 1888. At this
division cap mark, the
white Greek cross-that of the ''Old
Vermont brigade"-was adopted, and
commenting and endors-
ing the Ladies Aid societies were
passed. Fred l.. Eaton of Montpelier {
was chosen colonel, and it was during
MS administration that the division
seemed to take ''boom." The work
Of Col. Fox in completing the records
was carried to successful close, and {
It the seventh annual meeting held at
Bennington, June 18th and 18th, q
1889, he reported that at inspection {
here were 80 camps with $50 menu
)ers, but this number had increased l
II the time of the encampment to over |
600 members, a gain of 65 per cent 5
Turing the year. Eleven new camps C
.