The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-17
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o'clock to some 200 in honor of the vistinl
Sons of Revolution. The house was beauti
fully decorated with flowers and the Quintettt
orchestra furnished music during the even
! ing. refreshments were served on the lawn
The competition for individual prizes was
limited to such officers and enlisted mer
; as shall have made record of GO out of d
possible 20 in 10 shots ut the 2O0-yard range
| and 90 out of possible 70 i'm Is shots at the
2oO-yard gallery range since Feb |. 1894.
Col Mansur was followed by Department
Com mander f Branch, Gen Peek and Col
John stearns, who all made short remarks
After the meeting the veterans watched a
skirinlsh drill given by the regulars.
other distinguished arrivals are: Col T. ID
bennett and wife of Bennington, Department
commander Branch of the Grand Army,
George Root of Bennington and Lieut. Cook
Inspector of rifle practice of the Massachll-
sets infantry.
1t should be said that Dir Green's carefully
kept records of the hospital have enabled
many an old soldier to furnish the proofs nee
essary TO secure pension.
The Brooks house register shows a large num
Der more OF distinguished arrivals either for the
muster OF the meetings of the Sons of Rovolu
lion yfsfr GE,i ana today Among them are
scent from the great governor and the REGISTER
Ct the treasury who signed the first greenback,
u1h. - ". McCul!Ough, Col. "A. Il. Valentine,
ton, Gen. W; Henry of Burlington, A. NJ. Albee
Of Springfield, Henry Clark and GEN l.. G.
hihn.gsaee Sy or Rutland, NJ X: Paine of Windsor,
a. Chittenden and wife of ST. Adams, Hon. W.
H. Dubois and Joel II. Hoton of Burlington,
II. T. Barnard, Bradford, d. II. Greene, Mont.
peller.
Lieut. Dexter of Springfield is guest of Capt
Estey,
A tally-ho party came over from Chesterfield
last night for the band concert.
A tally-ho party of 30 militia officers from
Springfield and Greenfield arrived this evening
There was a great concert in the Estey Guard
street last evening with songs from VIM j
LAWN, Frank Crosby Chas and Fred Brazor +
Carruthers and w Pratt But even in such
company as this George .Childs carried off the
honors as he delivered his melodies from the
top of the organ.
The company streets did not have different
colored lights as expected.
The Estcy Guard also catered for the Brigade
headquarters.
In connection with our historical sketch it
should have been stated that the first militia act
ever published in Vermont was in 1887 and was
dated at Brattleboro, Micah Townsend being
secretary of state.
w Minor is supplying the camp with 40
quarts of milk day from the Adams farm.
The band has won universal praise as the
best in the state beyond question. 1t has 26
pieces.
member of the regular army company had
his knee pan cracked Saturday at Rutland by
trying to get the train after 1t started, being
thrown and dragged some distance.
Capt Dyer entertained companies A and NJ at
mess last night with icecream and cake.
disorderly and intoxicated citizen from the |
town raised disturbance in company Ms street |
about II 80 O'Clock Wednesday night and re-
sisted arrest by Lieut. 4 e Fuller, supernum.
erary officer of the guard. Capt Dyer, who was
called a
street. In ID seconds the street was filed with
men and the unruly citizen was taken into the
guard house.
Tie uuuel OF the rUyuiyiuy cannon the
invention on which S. Nj. Waite and the late
Jarvis +. Burrows sank some $50 900 and
which excited much attention at the time,
IS on exhibition at Col Thos lannon's head
quarters. The cannon was invented by
nan named Dodge of Dummerston. and the
model is an automatic piece, having Darrell
light feet long and II chambers. each three
eet in length. The gun revolved by means of
| lever at the side, and sent a;proiectile weigh
ny II pounds. When the first cannon was
completed board of inspection was sent
rom the war department at Washington with '
view of adopting the piece in the regular G
rmy. After testing the gun it was found
hat the board was not of sufficient strength.
AnOthOr board was made of cast iron and an
Their board of examination was sent from !;
ut war tIC lilC was tOo Ii
eavy for the resistance of the board and an W
Their had to be made. This last one was con-
tructed of three-inch white oak plank bound til
18th wrought iron bands five inches wide 81
1ld three inches thick spiked well together.
ne secretary of war came with the third NJ
GARD of inspection and the cannon was again
sted. The department had great eXpecta- St
ons of the new gun and thought if they CO
ould adopt it that the advantage of possess ~ ~
e rapid-firing cannon i'm the army would be w w
cry great. However, it was found that az
ter firing the piece three times the cham ri
ers would heat TO such an extent that the W
lpanding steel prevented the revolution of "a
e wheel containing the chambers, and the
oard was obliged to give up all hope of
er adopting it,