Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-14
Annual Meeting and Banquet Of
the Reunion Society Held
Thursday.
Onicers Elected at the Business Meet.
Ing and Montpelier Selected m the
p10cc for the Next Annual
neutrality-suspicious. at the
banquet.


The 42d annual meeting and banquet
OF the Reunion Society Of Vermont of
Ulcers was held Thursday afternoon and
last evening at the armory and Van Ness
House.
THE BUSINESS MEETING.
About fifty of the members Of the So
Ciety gathered in arnory hall at three
o'clock for the annual business meeting.
The minutes Of the list annual meeting,
held at Montpelier November ., !3.i. were
read by the secretary. Lieut.. J. II. Lucia.
The report of tho treasurer, Lieutenant
Lucia, showed receipts during the year of
s1lo.55 and expenditures of sl3oa5, leaving
l. deficit of s.0.45. a motion to collect
uoney To raise tho deficit was carried
and the members present contributed s3a.
A member from each organization rep
Resented at tho meeting was ihoi, APP
pointed to serve on a committee to make
Nominations for the officers Of tho society
for the ensuing year. The ccmrlittee was
ms follows First regiment, Iicdt.-Coi. ".
b. w. Ripley of Rutland second Lieut.
Charles w Leach of Essex Junction
third Captain Horace French of West
Needham Of Rutland: sixth. Matthew
Hussey of Rutland; seventh. Capt. Will
lam Cronan Of Rutland: eighth capt l..
NJ. Hutchinson of Montpolcr; ninth.
Lieut.. u. ". Jcwctt of burlington; tenth
Major I. n. Evans of Austin. Tex.
eleventh. Capt. ]. e. Eldridgc Of Ran
dolrh. twelfth. Capt. W. e. 1.anlon Of
Eutlan1; thirteenth. Lieut.. g. l.. Marsh
Of Enosbureh Falls: fourteenth. Lieut.. II.
e. Sheldon of Rutland sixteenth. Lieut..
b1ugh Henry of Concord. y. H..
seventeenth. Lieut.. J. H. Lucia of Mont
peler; sharpshootcrs Sergeant Cnssius
Peck OF Burlington; cavalry. Capt. +. :.
Peck Of burlington: colorcd troops bat
teres, etc, Lieut.. col. T.. Henry Powell.
Nhe fifth and fifteenth regiments and the
navy were not represented at the meet
eng.
The report Of this committee was read
Ind the following officers were elected:
President-Capt. Albert CLARKE of Bos
Ron.
First vce-prcsid, nt-Capt. George W.
e.urleson of st. Adams.
Second vice nrosdcnt-Scrccant H. T..
Taylor of Brattleboro.
INSTRUMENTATION. J II. Lucia
of MontIclicr
It was then decided to hold the next
meeting of the society in Montpelier and
The following executive committee was
elected Col. A. c. Brown. chairman,
Capt. I. NJ. Hutchinson and Lieut.. l.. ".
Shedd all of Montpelier.
The report of tho committee elected at
the last annual meeting to consider the
advisablity If publishing another volume
containing tho addresses, accounts Of
business meetings and other matters OF
interest to the society vas then PRESENT
I'd by the chairman of the committee"
Col. G.. G. Benedict. The other members
IF the committee Were Major J.. G..
Kingsley of Rutland and Lieut.. j. &.
Lucia Of Montpelier. a volume similar to
The one now contemplated was published
by the society % years aga. 1t was
Thought at the last annual meeting that
enough matter had accumulated since
Then to warrant the publication of an
bthor. Tho committee was appointed to
consider the matter and, IL enough sub
)criptiors in money and for copies We're
received to justify IT. to publish the
volume. At last years meeting $40 WAS
pledged to the work. Colonel Benedict re-
ported that since then about tl2) had been
Aeccived by the committee but that only
about 20 subscriptions for copies from
shc members had been made. IT was de-
eided yesterday TO continue this COM
nittoe another year
The chair then appointed Capt. r. S
Peck as marshal fer the evening, and the
Meeting took a recess subject to the call
" the president
The address OF the day was given at
l:5o o'clock p. m. at the armory
IN the presence Of an enthusiastic aud
)ence by Col. Albert Clarke of Boston
Previous to the address an orchestra
furnished music. Col Clarke was in
Produced by Gen. Ripley and spoke as
eollows:
COLONEL CLARK'S ADDRESS.
Thirty-ninc annual orations have been
delivered before this society. ono by the
president of the United States, two by
members OF the cabinet. five by COVER
nors. one by United States senator, four
by representatives in Congress- four by
generals. four by judges and seven by
other high officials in civil life; and l.
without any of those claims to distinc-
tion, esteem 1t a high honor TO be the
FIRST to he called a second time. This
is undoubtedly due In part to the fact
that at least twelve Of the orators have
passed away ami it is only the younger
officers who are now available. But II
will not dcpreciate myself for In Miss
Peck's charming story OF the Revolu-
ton entitled "fIester Of the Grants
one of the characters Is made TO say
with honcly wisdom "Ior my part I've
10 use for the folks that's always sayin'
sheir deeds amt good for naught-its
lpt to be about true" Certainly the
gallant men before me are not open to
That imputation. and Bcnedct's Yer
mont In the Civil War" Is the best work