Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-22
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Landing last Thursday, twenty mem-
bers being present, and twenty. five
visiting comrades, representing nine
other regiments, viz, 1st, 3D., 4th, 5th,
Sth, 9th, 10th VT, 1st VT. cavalry
and 1st Maine artillery. The meeting
was held in Grand Army Hail, which
was well filed, 10th day and evening.
The forenoon was spent in handshak-
ing and visiting Comrade A. ID.
Mathews, president OF the organiza-
ton, called the company TO order at
1:45. Comrade Thomas Marnocl,
moved that the officers elected at the
temporary organization, Aug. II, be
made permanent and IL was SO voted.
Comrade Samuel II. Holbrook brought
with him copy of tho last muster
roll of the company and at the direc-
ton of the president proceeded TO call
the same. or the POI names called,
Is answered "here." Mr.. Mathews
then spoke briefly OF the organization
of the company at Irasburgh, the rem
devious at Brattleboro, the arrival at
Capitol Hill, Washington, the gcauses
that led TO the transfer from infantry
to heavy artillery, our soiourn no forts
Lincoln, Bunker Hill and Slocum.
where we learned infantry, artillery
and skirmish drill the advance on
Clifton Barracks i'm the spring OF ,8i.
the decision Of Gen. Grant lthat led
to the final move TO the fron0 not 20
wait for the rebels TO come to him TO
fight, but TO go and fight the enemy
wherever he found him, OF the scenes
at Belle Plain Landing, where the hos
pital and army stores were being un-
loaded and the wounded were being
brought in from the battles OF the
Wilderness. I'm closing, he said he
had not prepared himself for any
speech; that when he attempted TO
do that he came. out as did the old
gentleman who carefully prepared
and learned an essay for some great
occasion and when he got up before
his audience TO deliver it said: Cor
ty years ago this was bowling will
derness," and then hesitated for some
minutes and concluded by saying,
''Forty years ago this was a bowling
wilderness, and wish it was TO day."
Lieut.. Geo. Sargent of Newport was
called upon, but after n few words re-
lating to his illness in rebel prison,
excused himself.
Comrade VIM. Williams was the
next speaker, who said ii was the hap
piest afternoon he had ever spent N
his life. Was thankful TO be able TO
be one OF the number there; was not
prepared to say much Of Wirz AS re-
quested, or that rebel he'll, Anderson
vile. he attended the Wirz trial, as
a witness, sixteen days. Wirz, when
brought into court, dressed in black
pants three inches too short, black
swallow tail coat, plug hat and an old
black handkerchief around his neck,
guarded by nine men-of all men, was
the worst looking man he had even
seen. There was a plan, he said
among the old soldiers TO get hold o
the gentleman and make short work
of the trial, but it did not work. A
Andersonville they gave us corn mea
to make pies, cakes and gingerbread
of. Told how he and others started
bre very, using meal TO make beer of
Spoke of some OF the heart rendinl
scenes when he with other sick sol
diers were paroled and were taken b
the wharf at Charleston and the nigh
being SO foggy the pilot OF the boa
did not dare TO go down the bay
the flag Of truce boats, and they wer
taken back and confined i'm an old ed
house yard till IL o'clock the neS
day, and the cheers that went
when they caught sight OF the oil
flag. At the close of Mr.. William
remarks the sope Bros, with harp an
violin, came into the hall and playe
two selections which were greatly on
joyed.
The president then called on con
rade S. III. Holbrook, who, he said
had sent out with detail of men
June %, 1864 to draw rations for {
company and he had never reporte
He would call for a report now. N
Holbrook said that IL was not he w
was i'm charge OF the detail, but I'D
geant Young. They got the ratiol
however, and lugged them arou
from one place TO another till late
night, but could find no company
report to. (This was the memora
23d of June when three officers q
fifty men were taken pris oners. u
officers and seven men only oscar
death by starvation.) The compq
was gone and there was too strong
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