Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-10-06

their respective armories began TINS
week.
General Grenville NJ. Dodge, the
president of the commission that is
inquiring into the management OF the
war, is a graduate of Norwich Uni
versity, Mortified.
Steps are on foot to tender big re
ception to the Third Cavalry, q. S.A.,
at Fort Ethan Allen soon, which VIII
be attended by the governor, MEM
bers of the legislature, etc.
Artificer Emerson Hull, of Compa-
nv X, died last week Tuesday at his
mothers home in Hortonville, OF
rheumatism of the heart. Death NO.
% in the Vermont regiment.
Private Hiram A. Smith, menu
Der of Company G of the Vermont
regiment of volunteers, died Wednes-
day afternoon of last week Of typhoid
fever at the home of his father, James
Smith, of Pittsford, at the age OF Il
years. He was an only son.
Major Hersey of Teddy's Rough
Riders is visiting friends in Williams
town and Barre. He was in charge
of the four troops OF Teddy's cavalry
regiment that were left at Tampa and
did not see service. Major Hersey was
a former cadet at Norwich University.
DR.. E. Arlington Pond, the we'll
known former ball player of Rutland,
has position as surgeon in the gen.
eral hospital at Fort Meyer, Va, where
he expects to remain until January.
II has now 400 patients, 1870 of whom
were recently sent there from Mon
tauk Point, l.. |.
The meeting Of the veterans of
Washington and Orange counties was
held at Dewey Park, Montpelier, last
week Tuesday. The chilliness OF the
weather prevented large attendance
and those who were present shuddered
through brief meeting, during which
officers were elected for one yearPres-
ident, George L. Common; LIST vice
president, f. NJ. Hutchinson; I'd vice
president, G. c. Wilder; treasurer, j.
Ii. Lucia; secretary, j. II. WiIson;ex
ecutiye committee, George NJ. Felt, w.
E. Bliss, Edward Baker.
The trustees of the Vermont Sol
diers' Home at Bennington will ask
the legislature for an appropriation
of S24, 900 for the maintenance OF the
institution for the next two years. Ii
has cost 1921 900 to support the Home
since it was opened in the spring of
1887. During the period 352 old SOL
diers have entered the Home. 1t cost
S22S last year to support each inmate,
against $3.50 the year before. The
Home draws from the general gov
eminent 500 annually for each in
mate.
Cyrus Dolby, who was the first and
only colored person who was ever adj
mitted to the Soldiers Home at Ben
died recently in poor house
near Troy. He was man Of rowing
and could not be con-
tented for any length OF time in any
one place. He was admitted TO the
Home last December and left about
two months ago. Dolby, who former
ly resided in Middlebury, enlisted in
Fair Haven in 1862, and was assigned
to the 4lst United States infantry. He
had been an inmate OF the Home at
Bath, N. Y, but being badly affected |
with heart disease he preferred the
Home in Vermont.
1t is probable that the monument
Of the l4th Vermont Volunteers will |
be set up on the battlefield at Gettys-
burg this month. Capt. Gore and |
Emerson Estabrook of Bennington
have the matter in charge, but there
seems to be serious hitch in making |
lerms with the railroads. The mon
lment, which was made at the works
Of Mr.. Estabrook, is of Barre granite
md is 10 IL feet high. The column
md all the bases are round. The first
base is six feet in diameter, the Sec
md base five feet and third base four
Feet. The column, which is three
ieet in diameter. is II feet high. The
inscription reads: "l4th Vermont
Col. w. T. Nichols, stan
lard's brigade, July 2 and 8, 1868.
Killed, 10; wounded, 76." The struc-
ure cost 1850.
John Savage, a sailor and an old
boy, has just left the naval
hospital at Brooklyn, where he was
patient several weeks. He spent sew
'ral years as a sailor when boy, and
IN the breaking out of the war he en-
listed in the navy, and was assigned
o the auxiliary cruiser st. Paul, COM
by Capt. Sigsbee. Savage
lad charge of one of the guns in the
light of San Juan, when the Terror
vas disabled. He narrowly escaped
With his life ct Santiago. He was on
lighter which had been used in load
ng the St.Paul when big rope broke