The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-23
THE CLOSING OF THE MUSTER.
An Interesting sham Battle-Gen. How
nrd,s Opinion of the Vermont Militin.-
Praises for Fuller B0ttery.-The Dis
s,.;p,ut i'm. nf Service Medals,

Praises for Fuller Battery-Thc Di'
tributiOn of Service Medals.
There were fully 10000 people pres
ent on the militia camp ground at Far
lee Friday to witness the review, tn
sham battle and the other exercises
Governor Day.
For the sham battle the militia ant
regulars were engaged in field man
oeuvers winch consisted of an advance
of the troops covered by two cayalr,
screens. moving for dislodgment of al
imaginary enemy supposed to have
crossed the Connecticut river from
New Hampshire and obtained contro
of the river. The cavalry were sup
ported promptly by regular infantr,
with two guns of the light battery
Upon the advance of the infantry the
cavalry retired as the action increased
and the battle was reinforced by tive
battalions of the First Regiment, V.
N. G.. and two guns from the light
battery. -,
Although the troops engaged did
not exceed at any one time 700 officers
and men they went through the evolu-
ton that would go with an attack
where division or a corps consisting
of infantry, cavalry and artillery were
engaged.
The battle tactics were good and the
best object lesson in actual warfare
ever given by the Vermont Guards
men, The target shooting of Fuller s
light battery, Capt. f. E. Weld com
handing. that was to have taken place
Thursday morning and came Friday
directly after the battle. is considered
by the battery officers to be one OF the
most successful in the history of the
organization. IT was the largest range
they ever had. nearly two miles.
In all 10 shots wcrctired at a target
II BY Is in sixc and all of the pro
jcctiles were lodged in close proximity
to the target. within a circle OF a
diameter less than 81 feet One went
straight through the bull's-eye and
10 more pierced the mark close by 1t.
Three in succession hit the target.
Capt Hardie and Lieut.. Dickman of
the regular army, the latter an officer
of such knowledge of artillery that ne
was detailed by the War Department
to investigate the explosion of the Cal
son at Chicago botha pronounced it
the finest Battery and the finest of any
volunteer Battery they ever saw.
Dinner was served at noon. over 100
covers being laid and among the dis
men present, in addition to
those noted last week were: Senators
Justin S. aiorril, Redfield Proctor,
G.. W. Brownell, secretary of state
Gen. Oliver O. Howard, l.. j. Morris, |
at Fort Ethan Allen: ex-
Gov. G.. S. Page, ex Gov. j. l.. Barstow, |
ex Gov. S. f. Pingree, exGoy Ros
we'll Farnham, Senator Frank d.
White, Capt. III. S. Foster, u. S. A. {;
Col. f. d. Bennett, and Henry G.
Root of Bennington, j. Bell of Walden.
B. F. Lincoln of Lyndon. j. W. Brock
md l.. Bart Gross of Montpelier; Col.
R J. Kimball and Fl. W. Dubois of
Vest Randolph, Col. J. II. Goulding
If Wilmington and Surgeon General S.
Party of the n. II. G.
After dinner came the usual review
# the national guard by the governor
nd commander in chief. All were
mounted, as we'll as Mai. l.. 7. Nor
is, Lieut.. Gov. Mansur. Adit Gen.
Peck, Surgeon General kenney and
}ols. NJ NJ. Parker, G. W. Doty and
/. B. Chamberlain. In the review
antry. and troop G, United States
dN dlIN. looh IIdil, toSClHtI Will TUG .
tate infantry and battery. Gen How
rd remarked at its close . twas a
rand review, a credit to the state and
D the country. - !.
The regular army officers present
raised it highly and Gov. Woodbury. :
ssued a general order complimenting
and all the work of the week. After c
ne review company |, winners of the $
trophy were presented with t
he cup and the individual marksman 9
alp prizes. Service medals were is t
led as follows: s
Twenty-Year Men.
Lieut. Col. James \. Lillis, A. \. t., LIST brig
rank l., Howe, Co. +, LIST infantry Adit L. II. /
utnam, LIST battery, Lieut.. \. T. Mcclure, Is, I
,ttcry; Lieut.. =. +. Connors, LIST battery, 5
,rgt. }. NJ. Mooney, Co. b, LIST infantry. {
Ten-year Men.
Capt. J. f. Lambert, Co. L, LIST infantry; Pri. &
tie i. b. Perkins, Co. b, lst infantry; Private y
iward r. Coon, Co +, LIST infantry. I
Five-year Men. c
Sergt +. c. Bennett, color sergeant, LIST regl- y
ent Qurltcrma ster.Scrgt ii. \. Amsden, Co. o
LIST infantry; Corporal IL. r. sheldon, Co. \, i
t ntantry; Private Charles McDermont Go.
, LIST infantry; Private Frank W. Rice, Co. \,
t infantry Co. B-sergt John 6. Norton, Mu- \
hcps: Co. D1Corporal LYMAN d. Alien; Co. {
Lieut. George a. Hoadley, Corporal G. ;. (
eaker: Co. F-Corporal s: +. Locklln, Corpo- !,
i J: \. Celley, Private Willard Springer; 60. ',
Private Frank Ii. Field, Private Walter II. II
arvcy; Battery-Priyate George A. Collins, :,
rivatc &. l.. Edwards. a
The most soldierly men present at |
lard mount We're selected as orderlies
the governors headquarters, as fol- Il
TVS: Private Isham of Co. b, st. Al I
n L. = 4 D,,+l Ia.
a August 18th Private Teachout of c
o. M, Burlington, on August l4th IL
rivate Curtin of Co. | Brattleboro W
a the 10Th and Private Squire of Co. v
Bennington Friday. o
At 5 80 p. m. the regiment had its
st parade which was reviewed by =,
oil. Bond and was said by the regu p
+ officers present to have been by far =
lie best one of all. Co. X of Barre, 9,
lie Spencer Rifles, won the regimental 81
az for the best company in the state.
Militia Notes. re
The Battery is to pay off for muster &c
uesday night. II
The Burlington Free Press in its re- tt
ew of the muster says: D.
The officers and men from Gen Estey, Col sc
md, majors, captains and other officers have b.
own great improvement in their duties. Lieut. al
II James A Lillis assistant adjutant general ol
the First brigade was interchangeable in! his OF
lrk and an able assistant to Gen Estey. The ST
me may also be said of Lieut. Col Thomas -
innon, assistant quarter master general, and -
the other members of Gen Estey's istaf. TO II
Il Bond, Lieut. Col Watson, MATS Evans. Clark
d Mimms, much praise is due for effective T.,
Drk. Lieut. Harry Estcy performed for the u
st time the duties of adjutant of the regiment, D,
d by his manly courtesy received many pleas g,
= criticisms. .
The Estey Guard came within ID of pl
lie point of winning the banner. as