Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-20
THE COUNTY VETERANS
IN THEIR ANNUAL REUNION

over zoo OF Them Present-And an Audi-
encs Of 600 to 700 at Camp FIre-sone
Happy and Inspiring spssch-Making-
A Couple Company Reunions.
The annual reunion Of the Wind
ham County Veterans Association
Saturday brought out 200 or more of
the gray haired 'Doys IN blue, with
perhaps 80 of the ladies, and the
afternoon exercises on the grand
stand had an attendance of some 400
or 800 citizens in addition. The
dinner on the basket plan and under
the charge of the ladies OF Sedgwick
Relief Corps was served at Il 30 in
the dining hall under the grand stand
At the business melting it vas voted
to hold the next reunion at Whining.
ton, at a date to be fixed by the
executive committee, the officers were
all elected from Wilmineton: Pres.
Col j II Goulding: Sec and Treas. c
VI Russell; executive comm ittep, y VI
Haskell, Geo E Haynes and Geo }
Bond.
The camp fire was held on the
grand stand, platform being erected
in front. Col Ii f. Taylor presided
most happily and the speaking was
exceptionally good, perhaps the best
the Association has ever had at any
of the gatherings. The speakers
we're Lawyer Jas f Hooker. Com a D
Brown, Congressman X Iaskins,
District Attorney J L Martin, Col "
& Holbrook, Gen q Titus and Col
J II GouldiHg. None except Holbrook
and Haskn we're in the service frnm
Vermont, and so the speechmaking,
which vas every bit of it strong and
Inspiring never heard him do bet
ter was the comment on all, espec-
tally those Of Messrs Brown and Martin
took the direction, as it gracefully
could, of compliment of the Nermoot
troops ard the record OF which
every Nermonter is justly proud. The
incidents, figures and remarks in that
line can be quoted almost uuendingly.
One OF the stories told st the time
Was of the march from Yorktown II
Williamsburg when Gen keyes was
slij to baye remarked to an aid, II
you have got horse that can catch
10 with those - Nernlonters, |
wish you would take it, give nv com
pliments to Gen Brooks and say to
hlm that we don't expect to 60 into
Richmord today -
If not this. tales like it were
plentifully told Finally Col Hooker,
who had eyacted promise from
I ay Tor, to be let alore that day, was
called for, With response frem the
audience that was touching indeed
for its enthusiasm, aud he improved
the occasion in his happy way to
admit to the people from else where
that the rebellion was rot put down
entirely by Vermont Mrs DR. Plant
of Putney read an original poem.
Co r of the llth Vermont held its
COMPANY reuuinn with IL present a.
follows; Geo NJ Rogers, Alstead, n
n; II " Hutchins and b NJ Smith.
Fellows Falls; Samuel A Fairbanks,
Rockingham; Horace + Roberts and
J d Willard, Putney; Tbos Flynn.
North Fairfax, VI; Geo NJ Davis,
Westminster, Mass: John A Grout,
Athol Mass W Estey, West Dunn
merston; VIM G Holbrook, New York
Geo W Hooker, Roscoe Fisher, | X
Allen, Frank Stocksell and H f
Taylor, Brattleboro.
The officers elected are: President,
Roscoe Fisher; vice PRECEDENT, John \
Circuit; secretary and treasurer. ii +
Taylor.
1t was voted to hold the next re-
union at Wilmington with the Vet
ersns' Association.