Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-22

resembled a pond in hail storm. He
gave a short account of his visit to the
National Encampment at Pittsburg
and the Carnegie Steel Works, where
$4,000 men were mployed, and other
places of interest. Miss elena Math-
ews followed with patriotic recitation
which was heartily applauded.
Col George Ell. Blake was called up
on and opened his remarks by saying
that he was not in the condition that
comrade Marnock had previously ex-
pressed himself as being in, "full."
Here Marnock interrupted and re-
marked that he came through Barton
Village. Mr.. Blake hoped he would
not return that way. He said he want
ed to extend thanks to the comrades
of the company for the opportunity OF
meeting with them. He had already
been made happy by good dinner.
All these gatherings are gatherings OF
pleasure. They kindle an interest that
is different from anything else. Sol
diers never boosted of what they did.
These men participated in some terri
BILE and bloody scenes. Some suffered
in rebel prisons. There is nothing that
comes to a man and fills him so full of
tears as recital of the life of these
persons in rebel prisons. We can for
give the south for fighting, but strong
men cannot forgive those deeds that
are blacker than we find in savage
warfare: the deliberate and devilish
purpose of rendering the men unable
to fight afterwards. They returned
broken down in constitution; many Of
them with minds impaired or lost. In
referring to the regiment he said he
at one time went to st. Johnsbury
with the intention of enlisting in Co.
A, but finding the ranks already filled
afterwards went in another regiment.
How you chafed, he said, in those in
trenchments around Washington. 1t
was not what you enjoyed most. You
liked scenes that had danger in them.
Old regiments had some feeling that
new soldiers might falter, but the elev-
enth regiment stood as every regi-
ment stood. Wherever the eleventh
was put, the eleventh could be depend
ed upon. He referred in his closing
remarks to the foolishness of the blum
der of the affair at the Weldon rail
road.
Capt. S. B. Tucker spoke in objec-
ton to the title eleventh regiment"
When the regiment was changed from
infantry to heavy artillery, it was en-
tirely reorganized and was no more to
be known by its. old title, but as the
"First Vermont Heavy Artillery" An
infantry regiment consisted of ten
companies of 101 men each; an artil-
lery regiment had twelve batteries Of
1872 men each. Vermont had it's first
battery, first infantry, first cavalry
and first heavy artillery and by such
titles and no other should they be
known.
The subject of the next reunion was
taken up. Comrade l., 2. Brooks sug-
gested Willoughby lake as the place
which was also favored by comrades
George Sargent, Nixon Morse, Hol
brook, and others, and it was decided
upon as the place. William Williams
wanted the day to be June %, but it
comes on Sunday and it was left for
the executive committee to fix.
Comrade Daniel Skinner invited all
old soldiers to attend the reunion of |
the third regiment at Barton Landing
sometime in August next.
EVENING
Called to order at 7:15 Sope Bros.
came in with Harp and Violin and en-
tertained the audience till and were
given in return handsome collection.
Letters were read by the secretary
from Gen. Warner, Chaplain Little
J. B. Skinner, and Chandler Brothers,
followed by recitation by Mrs. M. A.
Foss, of Evansville. Kendrick Rich
mond called on w. w. Foster, of Co.,
F., of the Cavalry, who said he had
looked forward with a good deal of
pleasure to this reunion, not because
he belonged to the company, but be-
cause it was recruited in Irasburgh,
the town he came from, and had SO
many boys in it of his acquaintance.
But he looked in vain for their faces;
''they are not here" (Of the "a who
enlisted from Irasburgh, only one an
swered to his name at roll-call.) They
lost their lives and sleep in various
places; some in southern soil and
some in graves nearer home. He then
Il &c of
raids accompanied by
his regiment when he went SO near
Richmond with the intention of lib