The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03
THE FRATERNITIES.
Sedyyick Post. Its Installation, Its New
COmmnn nderY and lis keCOrd.

Department Commander Cannon was here
Wednesday evening and installed the newly
elected officers OF the Sedwick Post, q \ and
he of course received a warm welcome from ii3
| old members. 4 camp hrc ehat followed the
ceremonies.
| Peter : Chase who was installed the new
commander of the Post, has one of the war re-
| cords of which men may jnsiiy be proud. \
native of Jamaica where he was born March -
ls,j he first tried to get into his countrv's ser
| vive before he was Il years old, enlisting at
Ashburnham, Mass, Jan LIST 1867, but he was re
| jected on account of his age. Aug nth follow
| ing he tried IL again. cnlistiDg from Weston IN
| the llth Vermont, but was thrown out because
the regiment wa full. The thI d time however
| he succeeded, getting into Co L. I'd Vt on an
| enlistment dating IRON August lfth, ls5.
and serving until May 1868 when he was Ills
charged because OF wounds received in action.
| lie was Wounded twice at fredericksburg Dec
| 49, ~ and three times in the wilderness May,sth
| '6i. the last one being gunshot wound IN the
| left thigh causing u compound fracture. The
| last wound never healed but was constantly
rnnuing sore until ls79 when Drs GAZE and Gray
| assisted by Geo + Greene performed an oper
alton, removing n piece OI dead bone After
| this wound in the wilderness II was 20 days be-
| fore he got into the general hospital at AieNan-
| dria, the time beng occupied with the journey
| and necessary stops between the two places and
! on the journey his leg WAS broken and set over
| four times.
| Experiences like these in the heroic age o!
the Republic are worth recalling Tor the yonlh
| of this later generation and there are thons-
| ands and hundreds of thousands of item in the
| ranks of high privates" like Mr. Chase.
| He joined the Grand Army in the
| fall of '6S, being the 2dth member on the
| the rolls Of Sedwick Post. He has held var
ious Offices in the Post and represented 1t sever
al times ut state cncampments. lie was . rep
| re sentative nc Montpelier when Gen L 5 Peck
| was elected commander being one of the tellers
| TO count the % votes which lwerc all that were
east for commander that year.
At the election OF officers Tuesday evening
| Friendship Circle the following were chosen
Smith yf Pres Mira a. II (Nurripr
| and Mrs Eta Combs; Sec, Mrs Ida ellison;
Treas, Mrs Ida Spcarc.
| The Board OF Trustee Of the odd Fcllo "
home of this State will hold meeting in Bur
ington, Wednesday, January sth
The annual meeting of Wantastiluet Lodge
IOOF was he'll Monday evening and the
following oflcers were chosen for the coming
year; NG, Frank Platts; V 6. Rhode; Re
re,ary, c l. Cobb; Treasurer, e r Sturgess.
The officers viii be Installed next Monday even.
| ing.
4 NJ was held Tuesday evening and the third
| dc gree was conferred after which refreshments
were served
The installation OF officers of the Relief corps
will be held Thursday evening. The La,!ie
Aid society and Sons of Veterans are invited 10
attend.
Me Grand Master W LaRue Thomas. OF the
grand encamptment. knight remplar, of The
United States, has appointed Grand Warden
Joseph T. LOCKE OF W ffsh th'
grand commandery of Vermont.
The Joint installation of the officers Of the
Ladies' Aid society and Sons of Veterans VIII be
held tonight.
CE Sturgess was in Bondvillc Wednesday.
where he went to install! the Offices of the %
r lodge of that place.
The knights and Ladies OF Honor install their
newly elected officers next Wednesday evening.
4 fun attendance IL requested
The WOman's Relief corps, install their Of
iicers! Thursday evening, Jan 3th at O'Clock.
The q A RS of and Ladies Aid have been in
vited. The corps secretary has received let
ter from the matron of the soldiers Home saw
ing the barrels and box arrived the day before
Christmas. at was the finest donation OF the
season and for the same accept our thanks
ami much praise from the Olieoldiers." Several
letters have also been received from The vcter-
ans themselves.
The RED Men work the Hunters degree to
night.
/ The installation of officers OF the Pilgrim
Fathers will take place at q hall next Tues
DAY evening al the hand of Supreme Deputy -
" Hoiton iuf keene, Supremcs Governor j
Oliver Briggs of someryille, Mass, il also eN-
pecied to he present. Entertainment, music,
etc, will follow the ceremonies.