The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-02
THE GRAND ARMY ENoAmpmENr,

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40 mont department, g A X, was held at the
~ M q A rooms. Burlington, Tuesday and We
=, nesdsv, There we're 800 voting delegates al
n fully 200 visiting members present, q Iarg
~ number of each class than ever bef0ra.
The reports OF Department Commsnd
10 Doty and other Officers were submitted q
D. Tuesday forenoon. There Ia more money
- the treasury than ever before. the re firing O
10 fcers turning over to their succe ssors abol
r $1,000 IN cash and supplies. The report {
q Medical director W Copeland Of Lyndo,
. Vile showed: Deaths during the term, 81
presumably from wounds received In the Gel
q vice, l.; presumably died from disease cor
' tracted In the service, "a; presumably die
from other causes 81 uncIasseu, 10; ex-so
q d'ers, rni'ors or marines treated free q
charge, 81 The report Of Assistant Adjutan
Gen A A Niles of Worthwhile shows: Nun
) her Of members In good standing Dec 81, o.
63!3; gained during the year by muster In
16l; gained by transfer. 100; gained by reir
statement. 81; total, 1928. Years. loss b,
death, lO7; loss by honorable discharge
%; loss by transfer, 1l9; loss by suspensson
1874; loss BY dishonorsble discharge, 10
total. 15l. Net loss, 80. Number 10 gooc
standing D. ember 81, 1893, posts, III
members. 5274; number remaining suspend
ed Dec. mber 81, 1893. 1873; total number or
rolls, 5767 During the year Hall post, No
80. Worcester, and W. e Martin post
No 101. of PIainfed, surrendered theIi
charters The net loss to the department fol
the year aside from the two posts which sur
rendered their charters has been only 81
| members.
There are q number of posts which have
nearly or quite as many on their suspended
list as they have In good standing ana he
urges reform In this respect. Inspector Ben
edict OF POultney recommends that something
be done to help keep up an interest among
| the comrades 10 such cases by holding fire.
quent campdres, or by any means that will
make 1t pleasant and Interesting for the COM
rades His report shows: Posts whose tffi
GERS and guards are uniformed and equipped.
81; posts whose members are uniformed, ~:
posts whose records are complete and we'll
kept, 40; posts having relief fund, A; total
amount Of relief fund.- 1851 Is; total amount
of relief fund expenued, $l492 80; total
amount of pot funds In hands Of the O NJ,
$3.50 IS; total vsiustion Of post property not
In hands OF q NJ, 1924 6S7 90; posts having a
camp Of the W &c, 7S; posts having u camp
Of Of v, So; posts whose prospects are
good, 70; posts whose prospects are fair, %;
posts whose prospects are poor, 10.
The annual address Of Department Com
mauuer Doty besides recommendation and
suggestion and cordial words about the Re-
lief Corps and Sons of Veterans, dwelt
strongly on pensions, thus: 1--WE are not beg.
CARS upon the land we helped to save. neither
are we frauds and thieves to rob the treasury
of which We carried the keys on our should.
ers from 81 10 '65 blush for the man who |
can say aught against granting pension to
every disabled soldier. Toat we should be |
such source of trouble to the major ty |
Of the American congress tnat after |
we had become permanently old and In
tanning the. position OF respected citizens at
home, that we should be bounded and shad.
owed as frauds. our pension claims buried
In the vaults of the pension office for years,
thousands dropped from the rolls whose
claims had been proved and pensions granted
III without notice or trial, to the extent of
5 100000 month. If there is within your
.nu Lodge pensioher who is fraudently
lrawing pension, expose him, publish him,
lie does not deserve the name of conrade
But. my comrade, this Is not the trouble.
the congress that should he willing to pass
avs and the officers of the government
v no should see them enforced Is composed
We faced on the field of battle.
We demand the stricken names placed back
pon the roll to remain until an unbiased
curt finds evidence of fraud: we demand
hat the claims so many years pending shall be
ettIed at once. We demand that preference
9 given eX.soldiers for positions In the cleri
al and mechanical departments of this gov. d
rnment. II upon examination they be found S
)mpetent."
IL the afternoon Commander-'n-cnief John I
B Adams Of Lynn, visited the encampment q
nd was enthusiastically received. H. made o
bret address. the election of officers fol- g
wed. DR. G F Branch of Newport was y
ecte depart ment command by a vote OF D
to so for ex.Gov E J Ormsbee, 40 for j FL o.
Nc a an Is Tor Henry BOynton.
Col H e Fay lor of Br,ttleboro, nominated a
homas Harmon of Rutland for senior vice q,
inmander, and he was elected by acclama- VI
IN. III
Cororodo uoi,oo ~ p,rro non,iratod III | CT
lurston of Bsrre.for junior vice COMMANDER. &c
d 8 Francis Of Vergennes, nominated G y.
s Pierce of Vereennes. A ballot was taken VI
II resulted thus: Tnurston, SO; Pierce, SO. OF
l. d Ross of Poutney, was ,med tor med a ,e
u director by j A Benedict Of Poutney, M
d COLI g Baker of Rutland, presented the u u
m of < NJ HAYNES Of Rutland, for the "
ice Of ch ,pain, an both were elected. p.
rne following delegates to the national en-.
mi ment were then elected: E j Ormsbee o!
Brandon, f N Peck o Burlington, Fl NJ
God of st A bans, Henry Boynton Of Wood. 70
ck, CT Russell Of Wilmington, and E IN
bson of Bennington; alternates, Roswell
rnham OF Bradford, G II Blake Of Barton,
u Tarnel or Londonderry, G w Bridge L.
N of Hsrdwck c r 8 Pierce Of VIZ II
mes. and A II Hall of I land Pond Tnis MI
lncil of administration was then elected: oV
johnson Of Island Pond, J B Scullv OF tn
B Cannon. il, of Bellows Falls, az
m Lombard of Ludlow, aud Comrade wi
rye Of Montreal. De
In Invita- on to hold the next state en- wi
upm.nt at BrattIeboro was extended BY 6u
Fl K Tay lor. and 1t was voted to meet ut nrt
III lep,ro in 1S95 tbs
ne cit,zars' c,mmtttea had arrapged IN fro
e the visiting veterans and the ladies' OF str
WOmaD's RELIEF corps q view Of Buring oai
, and early Wednesday afternoon slelghs sa'
e taken at the Van Ness house and the sep
ets were soon filed with merry parties OF lar.
Itseers. Owe
here was a camp FIRE Tuesday evening, Goa
Col. j. H. Goulding Of this place IS one nou
he speakers. SS'
be Ctizens' club Of Louisville, Ky. which =
,sirous of having the next national en-.
pment h. Id In that city, has prese, ted the \
mont department with an oak gavel cut N
n old soldier from tree grown on the N
which WAS the birthplace of Abraham -
,olu. This gavel was used during the 4
ons.
solutions were adopted protesting n
nst the stoPpage of payment of pension. N
ermont soldiers already on the rank. "
arles Franz lin Branch, the newly elected
nander. was born In Orwell. Dee. Q,
While but farmers boy Ia attend
upon the village schoo. he enlisted as
lte In Co G., Oh Vermoat Volunteers
90. 1862 He was promoted corporal 10
, 1862. sergeant. January, 1864. LIST ser
!, February, 1865. and commissioned 81 -
,nant for meritnrious conduct. Mar b.
He was made LIST lieutenant May, 1865,
in, July. 1865. Mr.
about seven weeks In the fall of 1864. W.