Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-10
Senator from Orange County Has
Remarkable Report on SOL
diers' Home.
HOUSE THOROUGHLY PLEASED
TIA Members Congratulate Author Of
Literary Masterpiece on History Of
Civil war In Nut shcII-The
Home IL All That the
Heart Could wish

Montpeler, Dec. 6.-The House was In
session only an hour yesterday morning
hu. during that time considerable i'm
por,ant business was transacted. The
feature of the session was the reading
by the clerk OF the report OF the Joint
standing committee on military affairs
on It's ecent Official ''sit to the Soldiers
Home In Remington. This report which
VAS greeted b.: hearty cheers was writ
ten 10y George W. Flagg. chairman OF
the conrnittee. Senator Flagg was pres
cnt in the Hous hen the report was
read and when the House adjourned he
vas warmly Congratulated upon this re-
marka hle document. which was as fol-
| lows
To the General Assembly OF the State
of Vermont:
| Your standing committees on military
affairs beg leave to report:
That on November "a We took the carly
tcain from Montpelier on our way 10 the
Soldiers Home at Bennington, When
we arrived AT Rutland We were Joined
bN ,'chn 4. Sheldon, secretary of the
Soldiers Home. who accompanied US
during the trip. Hugh Henry, the prcsi-
dent Of the home, failed to Join Va on
account Of the trains failing to connect
Upon arrival OF the legislative delegation
at Bennington at 400 p. m. we found
ample conveyance in waiting to convey
us to the home proper where Mr.. and
Mrs. Harmon gave us cordial greeting.
Your legislative committee Immediate
l.. an the inspection Of the home. first
e., out buildings, stock and tools. hay
and grain which were IN the pink OF
condition.
The home proper Is fine structure
we'll adapted to it's needs for the old
veterans, seemingly all that heart could
wish. The hospital was crowded with
sick veterans who were in such a cond
,ion as to cause all to turn away with
sorrow yet the nurses were seemingly
, doing all that 1t is possible for them 10
DC.
BEAUTIFUL SUPPER ENJOYED.
The inspection having come to an end.
we were invited to n beautiful supper
which all seemed to enjoy. After the sup
per we mingled with the old veterans.
We found many old comrades that were
with us. at the front in by-gone days
nearly one-half century ago. We re-
NAMED with them refreshing each others
memories Of incidents Of the war until
far into the night when We retired to
comfortable rooms which were furnished
years gone by by the patriotic ladies' Of
the Woman's Relief Corps from various
towns of the State. Early morning found
us on our way towards Montpelier where
we returned In safety,--all feeling wiser
as well as assured that no State In the
Union Is more loyal to its defenders Of
r the Union than Vermont. No State In the
. Union treated her brave soldiers as we'll
bar ho, IT,. al.
seven dollars per month during their
entire service
Should we az soldiers OF the past, az
we'll as citizens OF to-day, feel that Yer
mont ia second 10 none In this great
Union Of ours, which we believe has the
, hest government on earth? Again. voters
ana citizens Of this beautiful Green
} Mountain state. let us ask YOU what OF
; these ex-soldiers OF the late war for the
} Union. Did they not go forth TO war
far the Union from 1851 to 1865? Did you
who remember those days of the struggle
for tie Union. how proud you were
OF the part taken by the soldiers Of Yer
mont?
vERMONTERs EVERYWHERE.
Are not the soldiers OF this home rep
resented on nearly all the great battle
fields or the war! a poTtlon VI THESE
inmates Of this home were on those ter
V ribic war vessels which run UP the Mis-
< sisslppi river and battered down the sup
/, nosed npregnable forts, a portion of
these men on the war vessels which ran
the batteries Of Port Hudson AMI N'cks-
T burg. the great battles under Mcclellan
A on the peninsula. on the heights of Fred
o eiickshurg. Again portion of these old
| n,I..c MI
'. | Shenandoah valley. Now, citizens o!
n Vermont, are you not proud Of the fact
G that when during the War OF the Rebel
II, lion and when tho great city OF New
. | York rebelled against It's civil govern
=, ment, the authorities OF New York as
we'll as the government at Washington
selected the old Vermont brigade as tbs
most temperate. the best disciplined anc
doubly sure no lack of courage.
Again these old veterans Of the Home
C were with us on that terrible march +"
thirty-three miles from Maryland to tn
| battlefield of Gettysburg. Again were no
these old veterans OF tho home with n
l. in the great battles of the wilderness
y Spottsylvana, the bloody anglo, the 81,
months siege before Richmond an
N Petersburg, and the terrible charge Of
~ their works April 2, 1865, which cause
- the capltulhtlon OF fNcninoru ana refers
he burg: also the surrender of Lee and hi
d. army? Also did not the the souther
is Confederacy cry out to the gods Of lihert
~ that "Henceforth we will love and homo
lie YOU for all time to Gomez"
'h (Signed)
L. GEORGE w. FI4AGC;
Chairman OF the Committee on Mitar
Affairs
Id (Signed)
e. CROSBY A. PERRY