Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-20

At the annual meeting of "Fenix
post of Fairfield, nearly all the mem
bers were present. These officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Post
commander, &c. Colburn; senior vice,
| A. b. Gilbert; junior vice, l.. Z. Gil
bert: quartermaster, n. Coburn; sur
geon, Y. w. Wood; chaplain, A. Nj.
Hatch: officer of the day, l.. j. War;
rem; officer of the guard, A.P. Wright.
Adjutant and other officers will be APP
pointed at the next regular meeting.
The following is the list of officers
chosen by the Wilmington Grand
Army post to serve for the ensuing
year: Commander, n NJ Haskell; sem
Tor vice commander, DIR T. j Titus;
junior vice commander, VIM Nj Bal
lou; adjutant, Geo + Haynes; quar-
termaster, c NJ Russell; surgeon, + II
Cook; chaplain, David 5 Ballou; Off
Ger Of the day, f L Ray: 'oiiicer of the
guard, G + Wellman; sergeant major
George Rose, quartermaster sergeant,
X p Ames: delegate to state encamp-
ment, George L Haynes; alternate, X
T. Ames.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
/ Veterans association of Boston was
held recently in that city, when the
4 following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: DR.. +. j. Eddy.
president; Rev. Arthur Little, Curtis
Abbott, l.. III. Dutton, Hip. Paige and
Lafayette Richardson, vice presidents;
Col. John J. Warden, +. r. Hough-
ton, z. p. Pettes, Calvin Stowe and l..
j. Cloves, executive committee; Col.
Albert Clarke, secretary; II. W.Downs,
treasurer. II was then voted to hold
the annual dinner, the time and place
to be decided at later date.
At the annual election of Post No
10 of Cambridge the following officers
were elected: {. j. Gates, command
er; Julius D.Saflord, senior vice COM
mander; Edgar Montague, Junior vice
commander; Hobard NJ Goodwin.
quartermaster; T.. II. Brush, surgeon;
Wv. Wetherell, chaplain; II. l.. Max
field, officer of the day; T.. G. Ellis, Of
ficer OF the guard; ). Stratton, quar-
termaster sergeant; +. X. Montague.
delegate 10 the department cncamp-
ment Under the active management
of the w. II. the fair which opened
at the hall Wednesday evening, the
18th, was highly entertaining and sue
cessful.
II the change in the army, recon-
mended by Secretary Lamont,is made
the cavalry branch Of the service will
be considerably reduced and the in
fantry strengthened. This would
bring about the discharge Of about 50
men from the squadron stationed al
Fort Ethan Allen, being about II or
- from each of the four troops. The
movement is being severely criticised
by army officers all over the country,
who say that the calls made upon the
army now and in the future will be
for quick and decisive work. and cav
airy with its facilities for quick move
ment is just the arm Of the service that
can meet that demand.
Loren w. Young, the old war vet.
eran, completed his DIST year Friday
in good health and spirits, receiving
the congratulations OF his comrades.
friends and neighbors, and attending
the annual meeting OF the Ladies Aid
society in Grand Army hall in the
evening, where an informal reception
in his honor took place. The old sol
dier was out on the street Monday
morning, bright and cheerful, and one
could hardly believe, he appeared SO
lonng, that he cast his first vote for
Andrew Jackson for president in 1928. |
The whole community will hope he
may be spared for years TO come.-St |
Johnsbury RepuJicdn.
During the late session of the lcgis-
lature, the writer one day noticed an
elderly gentleman standing before the
viesv of Andersonville prison which
hangs in the corridor of the capitol. |
lie was interested and was pointing
out various parts of the stockade to a
woman who was evidently his wife.
The writer approached and made bold
TO ask him if he had been a prisoner at
Andersonville. eyes, he replied. al
was there fourteen months. counting
the time | was in the hospital. This
is pretty fair picture, though incor-
rect in SINE details" He then went
on to give an interesting story of his
Imprisonment. The writer ventured
to say, 81 have sometimes thought
these tales of suffering were exagger-
lted and that the truth was not SO bad
rs represented by survivors," The old
veteran gave rs aquestioning look and
replied with much feeling. Il have
never read anything so terrible about
Andersonyille as saw there with my
own eyes,
AT the annual meeting of Cum
mings post, No. 81, of tlinesburgh. on
lhe sth inst, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Commander, J.. J. Brownson: senior
rice commander, George A. Clark; !
Junior vice commander, Hcrrick A.
Wiley; quartermaster, A. c. Jodoin: ,
j. III. Allen: chaplain. J. n.