Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-10-03
THE HATH VERMONT REGIMENT.
Hold its sixth Annual Reunion In Middle
bury-The Officers.

bury-The OHeors.
Middlebury, Oct. 1.-The sixth annual
reunion of the Reunion Association of
the 14thsNermont Regiment. was held here
to-day. In the forenoon there was Il
Creditable procession from the village to
the depot headed by q drum corps to re-
ccive the arriving guests who came in
large numbers from the north and south
on the 9:Aj trains. Upon returning to the
village the procession was quite lengthy
one and made the best showing so far Of
any thus far held in this regiments re-
unions. Meanwhile the ladies of the Aid
society had made all the necessary ar
engagements of tables in the lower town
han and when the forenoon session closed
at just T. o'clock everything was ready
for the serving Of eata bleS to over 200 Of
the old boys and their friends. 1t was a
most enjoyable meal and took over two
hours and a half for its consumption
The provisions were furnished 10y people
from all parts of Addison county in SUI
pcrb abundance and everything was free
day and night.
The exercises at the town hall began at
II o'clock a. m. Tho hall was beautifully
decorated with national flags when the
exercises were called TO order by capt
William ~. Mann OF Troy, n. Y, presi-
dent of the association and general cap
tain OF the CompanNs OF the regiment
Secretary Shepard OF Fair Haven read
the minutes Of tho last meeting Of tho
and they We're approved. II was moved
aud approved that committees on nOmina-
tions, resolutions and on the place for the
meeting next year should he appointed
and the motion was adopted that the
committees he appointed by the chair.
The appropriate committees We're accord
iuglY appointed one from each compa y
represented. After the committees had
retired quite a little symposium Of talk
was INDUCED in. President Mann started
it very nicely and Capt Charles r.. AhCio
followed and excused himself from SayinG
anything. who was then followed by
Captain ana Assistant Surgeon l.. u. Ross
of PoultucN. There were remarks made
, by many others of the rank and file that
occupied the whole time until they went
down to dinner.
At the afternoon session the committees
appointed reported. Previous to this the
president introduced Hon James NJ Sadc
of MiddleburY. who gave the ofiicial ad-
dress of welcome, which was listened to
with a great deal OF attention as was also
Judge SHADES later speech, which was a
great deal more effective than his pre-
vious efforts i'm that direction in Middle
bury. MIR. Mann'S address was unani-
mouslY conceded as a good one. reviewing
a great many things in connection with
their past welfare. The talk being COM
plctod the committees reports We're read
and nominations as follows were made:
President. j. G. Griffin, DANNY: first vice
president y. L. =. hathaway, Benning-
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lhE CASlff IKE
After all had engaged themselves to re-
pletion with the best things attainable a.
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was opcned at 7:i5 with an address bv Gen.
O O. toward of Burlington. The audience
room was SO fulI that extra seats had to
be brought in till fully a thousand people
were present. After aluding to his OK
ppriencrs at West Point and elsewhere.
until he got to Baltimore as lieutenant
and saw trouble there. and experiences
with Lincoln. Seward and Mcdowell. he
went on TO give his porSonal experiences
and knoWlelgo of the whole fight at Get
tysburg. His remarks were Enthusiastic
ally received all the wav through He
gave a great amuJnt of praise to REYNOLDS
Slocum. Meade. Hancock and other gcn-
erals. not excepting ex-Secretary Of War
Proctor. But above and beyond all it was
shown that the 18th Vermont almost saved
the day at Ciettvsburg ali alone. on the
second days battle the speaker and Meade
went over the battle field together and
Cen Meade was glad 10 discover that
Gems. Howard and SlOCum agreed with
him as to where the hatile should be
fought. Gen. Howard pictured the battle
out day hy day, and certainly gave the
18th Vermont and other Vermont organi-
cations in that great battle the utmost
credit.
As the address proceeded il turned out to
be whole history of the battle. taken
from his own experiences and what he has
learned since. He gave at the close the
Union side the credit of the victory. but
in his address of over two hours il looked
at different times doubtful whether the
1Hh Vermont or all the United States
troops included won the battle, or whethe
in fact IL was won at an The generals
anecdotes that everything went off all
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