Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-16
THE LOYAL LEGION
Annual Meeting and Banquet Of
the Vermont Commandery.
ions Presented and Three New
Members Elected - Congress-
man Foster on Panama,

The annual meeting and banquet OF the
Vermont Commandery Military Order of
the Loyal Legion. WIS held Tuesday night
at 7.3o o'clock in Stannard Memorial hail.
officers for the ensuing year were elected
and memorial sketches were presented of
companions who had died since the last
meeting.
The officers are as follows:
Commander-Capt. Urban A. Woodbury.,
Burlington.
Senior vice-comman Hugh
Henry, Chester.
Junior vice-comn1an der-Major Hiram
E. Perkins, St. Adams.
| Recorder-Brevet Captain Henry o.
Wheeler, Burlington.
Rcgistrar-Lieut. Carlos d. Williams,
Burlington.
Treasurer-Companion Chas. e. Beach,
| Burlington.
| Chancellor-Lieut. Curtis A. Hibbard
Burlington.
Chaplain-Chaplain John e. Goodrich
| Burlington.
Council-Surgeon Granville p. Coma
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IIincsburgh, Capt. George w. Bureson,
St. Adams. Lieut.. George b, Drury, Essex
Junction, Companion Carroll p. Pitkin
Montpelier.
The officers were installed by Junior
| Nice-Commander A. C. Brown of Mont
pelier.
The memorial of the Hon. George Gren-
willie Benedict. late of burlington. read by
| l,.
Professor Goodrich, f. j. Ormsbee and
Senator w. 2. Dillingham;. The memorial
of capt. Alexander NJ. Beatte of Lancas-
ter. n, IL, read by Gen. T. s. Peck. was
prepared by General Peck F. G.. Butter
field and w. ". Morton. The memorial of
Col. Fred Z. Smith Of Montpelier, read by
Col. A. c. Brown, was prepared by Colonel
Brown, II. f. Perkins and /. w. Shedd.
Three companions were elected to mem
bership as follows:
First class original-Charles Howard
Foote Of Burlington.
Hereditary compar MONS OF the first class
by inheritance from deceased officer
Frank Wilson Perry of burlington.
Companion of the second class-John
Martin Wheeler of burlington.
Mr.. Foote was first lieutenant Co. p, End
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1862 and was mustered out October S, 1864,
by reason of expiration of term of service.
At $50 o'clock the company adjourned
to the Van Ness House, where n banque,
followed the Informal reception held in
the hotel parlors. The reception committee
was made up of Gen. T. S. Peck, f.
Henry Powell Harry 8. Howard. Herr,
Fl. Hagar, John A. Sheldon Andrew c.
,,io n
S. Howe.
The banquet committee was made
up Of Charles E. Beach. James X
Proctor, Jr.. and Max y. Powell
The banquet was an ample one of seven
courses. Grace was said by Prof. J. T.
Goodrich. chaplain of Vermont com
mandery.
Following the repast. Commander L.
a. Woodbury. extended brief greetings
and introduced Congressman d. J. Foste,
to speak on The Panama Canal, It's
Progress and Present Condition." Mr.
Foster was recently one of a party OF
congressman who went down to Panama
from Washington and spent six days on
the isthmus investigating the progress on
the canal and the conditions under which
the work is being done. He is therefore
ltNceptondlIN We'll equipped 10 discuss
the canal Undertaking in all of Its
phases and in the course of an hour gave
his auditors very lucid account of the
work being done there. He outlined the
preliminary task of clearing the isthmus
jungle, the construction and organiza-
ton Of villages with suitable habits lions
for the canal employees, the eradication OF
conditions responsible for the former
prevalence of disease and finally the
actual work of excavation and construc.
ton. The speaker described the plan Of
the canal by means of maps. He estimated
that the work will be completed in sever
years at the outside.
Commander Woodbury. announced that
he had not asked any one else present tc
respond to a post-prandial call and the
assemblage broke up at seasonable hour
with the singing Of America"