The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-01

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Burlington. May ao Department
Commander &. +. Beach has recently Is.
sued circular letter from the head
quarters Of Department 81 Vermont, &
| A, r, 10 speeie aides reoruitibg officers,
post commanders and adjutapts, calling
attention 70 the special effort which win
be made III the state during the year
lnDB-O to reach every comrade who Ii
Inot member 81 some post. The work
Twill be accomplished by systemat.
icaliy arranged method 0f recruiting the
Grand Army 81 the Republic
This pIsn win be furthered Nv thu
use Of recruiting officers lists furnished
by post commanders ami adiutants,
showing the names Of All members who
have been dropped from membership Or
have withdrawn from the order. These
members will be visited BY commanders
ana adjutants Of posts nearest them and
IN effort made 10 induce them to join
There are many in the state who have
never become members of any order, and
it is the wish Of the department com
maBder that the records of the Grand
Army posts in the state be made thor
ough and correct, SO that generations to
come who search the records for facts
concerning their ancestors viii find them
complete
Recruiting officers will be requested
TO keep written lists Of all comrades
found out Of the order, copies OF the
same TO be filed with post adiutants to
aid them Iii getting applications and re.
crnits, The special aids and recruiting
officers will be rewarded for their iabors
with badges To be retained IN memory
of their profitable years work, which IL 4
is hoped will show large gain instead
of the natural IoRs ais for the several
years past The letter closes by urging
the special aids and officers to take for
their motto the saying Of General Sedg
wick when on the march to Gettysburg,
PUT the NeTmonters ahead and keep
the column well closed up
Much of the work Of recruiting viii |
be undertaken BY members Of the Wo
mans Relief Corps Of the various posts /
and in order to carry forward this work |
more fully, Mrs. Nellie NJ Smyth, de-
partment president for Vermont, has
recommended for appointment on the |
stalf of Department Commander q. u.
Reach the names of the following four
members Of aer department as national
aides:
Calista II. Bangs, Brattleboro; Mary
b, Goodwin, Wells Rixerj Alice A. Hem
III, Chester; Anna Arms Beach, Burling-
ton.
The national aides viii be assisted By !
one active member Of each corps in the 1
department as special aides and recruit
ing officers who have been appointed as
followss
Clara Bradley Niles, Morrisville; Olive
i. Puffer, bennington; Mary +. Lyman,
Rutland; Harriet Sleeper, Newport; LIZ.
zie Foster, Island Pond; Clara A. Brig
ham, Derby Line; Annie & Spaulding,
Bradford; Cora Wood, st. Adams; Hat
lie 4. Shipman, Hardwick; Belle NJ.
llilliard, NaIhngford; Annie B. a. liar
ris, Putney; Mary s. Gleason, Lyndon
Vile; Lueena RI Wheeler, North Troyi
Clara II. Silsby, Lunenburg, L0ttie Nv [
Carpenter, Bro0kfeId; Lizzie N. y. Davis,
Bend; Alice Cagwcll, John
son; Nancie MI Wiley, Barton's Land
ing; frances Woodward, Fair Haven;
Afvra II. Wiley. Cambridge; Frances Alb
b0tt, Clover Marion Fsrrin. Essex juno
tion Frances il Lyon, Charleston; Addie
VI. Gardner, Jamaica; Jane WI Ham
mond, FeIchvillc I.ottie Van Steinberg,
Burlington; Frances A. Lathrop, VIII
Jamestown; Alice a. Raymond, Stoves;
Simpkifs, Enosburg Failsi
Sada G. Weed, Hinesburg; Cynthia NJ.
RansIow, SWantoni Dora A. knight, Tn
derhill; sarepta Joslyn, Concord; Jane
T. Morris, st Johnsbury; Lora A. LAM
son, Springfield Carrie NJ. Cady, Bel
lows Falls; Mary Al Pierce, South Lon.
ionderrg; Mary &. Beekwith, Ludlow; 4
Eva NJ Hazen, Windsor, Alice y. Dur
Isee. Tunbridge; Harriet S. Marshall,
Center; Lancena Blackmer,
Manchester Depot; Lillian sheldon, Dor
sct: Marcia CUistnn, Woodstock; Carrie
Roundy, West Burkes Anna Bush, New
lane; IDA Van Aman, Poultncy; Matte
.. Mcfsira, Albany Helen ~ Bailey,
West barnet; Sarah Eaton Randolph; ~
Maria Myers, Cabot Mary III Green,
south Royalton; Edith n Beard, North
Calais; Samome Il. Knight, Post Millsi N
Annie Nj. Guiider, Castleton; Matilda
BedelI, East gnrinth; Persis Gowen, VOL N
.ott. Julia Blake, North Hyde Park;
Mary j. Walker, Chittenden; Dorothy
swinver, Gaysville; Seraph G. Sneden,
Bristol.