Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-22
RECON- MENDATlONS

COMMENTATORS
tor Obvious reasons, none of tho resi-
dents of our state are more Interested in
the Soldiers Home than the veterans.
Therefore | recommend that future de-
partinent commanders appoint n commit
to" of three members Of tho cncampment
| whose duty shall he to visit and inspect
IN" soldiers iiome at bennington. and
report IN writing their findings to the an
nnal department eucampments.
| The birthplace of BrcNet Major General
George j. Stannard. uuqtestionabv YER
| mont foremost soldier and tic first citi-
! zen OF this State to- volunteer his services
| Tor he suppression of the War Of the Re
h"llion is unmarked I recommend tina {
| thlS 'n"ampmcnt appoint a committee to
! irg" our state Legislature ia make an
! appropriation OF an amount sufficient to
| suitably mark in enduring stone or
| bronze, the spot made historic by being
| the birthplace Of our hlustrious comrade.
!" IN" end that the death Of all COM
| radoS OF this department may be fttinglv
| r"ic"d IN department general orders. d.
| recommend that on the ueath OF u NOM
! b"f the post commander be hereby in
| Structed t. notify department hcadilar-
| tors giving a short history of the service
or the conlrade while in the army, and
also his Grand Army record
REPORTS SUBMITTED.
REPORTS wcr" then submitted from
| senior NiC"-C Commander George f.,
| Haynes. now i'm san Diego. cal: Junior
Vice. Command"r T.. g. Jiagor of Gays
| vile ANA Medical Director e. NJ torrin
! of Essex Junction. The report Of De
! partm"ut Chaplain Charles Ross Of St
JohnsburY told in detail the number Of
| memorial sabbath services and the
! number of Memorial day services, to-
Eether with III" different societies or
sani1ation and other bodies which par
/ tictpatcd in them.
Tho report of Assistant Adiutant-
General Hiram +. Perkins of St Al
bans showed the aggregate of mem
bcrs, December 81. 1904 to he 3.1i1 with
| a loss during the year of 239 leaving in
| good standing December 81. 1905. 2.S12
members. OF the losses. l09 were oc-
casioncd by death. The number Of posts
| remaining ~ good and regular stand
ing. December 81 1908. was o.
The report Mr.. Perkins as of ad
jutant artcrmaster- general for the
| term from February 20. 1905 to Feb
| ruary 10. 900. showed the total receipts
to he s1.977.96 and the total cNpcndi-
| lures to he sS99.29. leaving on hand
| amounting to sl.01S.67.
The report of Inspector General Eli
y. Peck of Burlington showed that in
| spcctions had been made according to
the provisions. in &c districts. The
! report included the recommendation
! that the department commander. upon
| the recommendation Of the department
inspectors appoint 50 comrades as aides
de-camp and commission them as such,
aud assign them To duty as district IN
Sp"ctorS. also that IN" department De
divided into 30 districts.
! Edward h. Sawyer of Hyde PARK as
judgo advocate presented his report
| The report Of the chief mastering ofh-
! Ger was presented by that o1lclai IT, H.
Crosby of St Johnsbury.
,rDop.r ot, cr<IoP .JDEDE-CANp
| MAJ -, ,,,,,rr n,, SrAEr
The report of senior aide-do-camp and
! chief of s,ar a, I. Brown 81 MoHtpencr
contained the following statement with
reference TO the Soldiers Home at Ben
nineton
IN HcChlhdlltt Win an h'ISt'iS''7 t'''
| viously made. on the 10Th day of lDecem-
her. 1867. department COMMANDER assist
ant adiutant- general and myself made an
| official visit to the Vermont soldiers
| Home at bennington. We were mot by
| col Thomas Harmon superintendent and
| conveyed 10 tn" Home where we received
! "A most cordial welcome. We were at once
! conducted through the different depart
| ments of tn" establishment, when we
were given an opportunity to inspect the
| arrangements provided for III" comfort
ana convenience W '.'' "''a ''.,
| cram comrades
| While We we're thus making the rounds
of the different departments the supper
bell rang, aud some - of the o. inmates
of the Home at once gathered around the
tables each in his assigned place and
we're bountifully served with a tempting
and appetiziug supper. Those not present
| I'm the dining room were, some of them
| in the hospital wards and either ON the
sick list or 50 permanently disabled as to
require the aid Of the hospital steward
and his assistants while very few We're
| temporarily absent ON leave. 1t was Il
pleasure to witness the satisfaction and
apparent contentment Of every one of
these cnfcebled veterans as they partook
| of their evening meal; and especially to
hear from themselves the unstinted conf
h., ,r Il,