Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-01
THE SECOND DAY,
Drills and Papers Trip to Fort Ethan
Allen and Receptions in the Evening.

Tuesday MORNINGS session of the school
for officer, Of the National Guard of Yer
mont wa. hold in tbe ritv bolI and for two
ho,I,s tho officers enga@ed in drill in ,.schooI
tho ,nldiar'' and IN salutiug shortly
oftnr II n'rlorl, a snacinl train Of three rars
in CHARGE of Condnctor Roto.
left tbp Central vermont station for Fort
Ethan AIlnn If had benn chartered nv tbo
,itilens Of Rurlington to convey fine Off
rnrs to fine military reservatinn The 100
pconle on hoard inclnded Gen. Estev Col
I>insmon and tba other officers who are
nrosent at tho school togatber with tbe fol-
lowing. Mavor Seneca Hoselton City .Tudoe
II : Perk Citv CIerk G r Allen Alder
mon F. T. Davis Fl w Hall. II 7 Gutcb
oil i J. Shea ! Z Burke ! y Hendcr-
son and Clarence Hicks. Capts. Guv How
ard. II f. Tutherlv and S. S Leac6 l.. s
A. Gen W. n. Gilmore of Fairlen Col +
" Joyctt Of Swanton nr ! n Jenna e.
7. Hogan. General Passenger Agent s. w.
Cummings. General s;uperintendent y w
Baldwin of st. Albans. Col j. H. Gouldinr
of Brattleboro, Chaplain II. F. Hill Of
White River Junction, Lieut. f. f. Hardin.
United States army; Lieut. c. w. Gatchell
of SaXton's River, Lieut.. H. C, Keene of
Northted and Gen. r. s. Peck Gen w
l.. Greeuleaf Col William Smith Henry
Ballard Dr. l.. VI. Bingham, f. c. kenne-
dy. Mai &. :. Blodgett. l.. II. Turk, Gen
w. W. Henry. u. j. Foster. w. B. Howe,
Cant H. o. Wheeler Col f. H. Powell A
A. Graves. c. A. Hibbard. A. f Richard
son. D. C. Crane !. f. Cushman / W
Russell Elias LYMAN. DIR. \. F. Grinnell
+. f. BURGESS. Robert Roberts s NJ Flint
l.. B. Lord. &. H. Holden. Bennett Turk.
Edward Wells. Henry Wells. d. w. Rob
iuson. II. W, Allen and A. y. Chamberlin
of Burlington. with representatives of the
press. Following directly behind the
special train was the observation en-
gine St Lawrence and the private car
| Flsmere with President Z. c. Smith of the
Central Vermont railroad, DR.. and Mrs. ".
s. Webb Coleman Drayton. Miss Mills r
| j. Ronalds ir.. Perry Belmont, Miss Clews
Miss Winthrop and Wellington Whitehowk
| New York friends who are visiting at Shel-
burne Farms.
Arriving at the Fort, Capt Howard. Mr..
/ \. ~ Chamberln of his office. and Lieut..
| G.. l.. Woodbury.. who is doing engineering
work at the fort. took fine marty in charge
and an inspoction of the numerous buiIdinGs
many of which are yvell-nipb connlatnd fol
lowed. But few of the visitors from ont of
town had realized the oxtendad scons of +bo
work in hand. and tbo sama NAV ho s,id af
a number of those who live in R,rlinotor
The water tower with its handsome nr0nor-
tions and solid masonry and the ernari
house with its loroc cages of irl,,
lattice work and cells for solitary con.
tlnoneut were considered tha most ;n,o,o,+.
ing of the buildings visited, The warm .nr
shoue BRIGHTLY and fine walk about tbr
grounds was much enioved The two troine
reached BURLINGTON o%ain ot o,cIock
After dinner the school was resumed tb,
session beipo held Mt tbe Van Nns. h1uso
There was n driil in movements comnrisod
in school of tbe connanv = executinn ol
gu .rd mounting. and paner lv Mnio,, G