The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-06
GRAND ARMY MEN
IN BENNINGTON
THIS WEEK
Annual Encampment Of Veter-
ans Will Begin Tomorrow
ASSOCIATE ORGANIZATIONS
Distinguished Guests Including Gov
ernor Mead to Be Present at
Big Campfire
ASSOCIATE ORGANIZATIONS

The vanguard OF perhaps the lar
gest convention held in Bennington
in recent years began to arrive in
town today. Trains from every sec
ton of the state will be carrying del
egates and representatives bound for
Bennington and by Thursday over
800 representatives and friends OF the
80 or more G.. A. II. posts in Vermont
and the various lodges of the W. II.
c., the ladies of the G. A. r., the
Sons of Veterans and the Sons of
Veterans auxiliary will be here to at
tend the 44th annual encampment OF
the G. A. X, OF the state of Vermont
and its allied organizations. Among
the many prominent persons who
will be present are Gov. John A.
Mead and Mrs Mead who will ar
rive Thursday from White River
Junction where they attended the
Get Together" dinner at
which an address was made by
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt.
The governor will be accompanied by
some OF the members of his staff.
Governor Mead will remain in Ben
nington Thursday and Friday, the
days OF the encampment, and will
stop at the home of DR.. Warren
e. Putnam, former surgeon general
on the staff of the late Gov. Bell.
National Commander in Chief OF
the G. A. r., j. A. Gilman of Boston
Mass, will also arrive Thursday. Mr.
Gilman is scheduled for AN address
at the camp fire which will be held
in the opera house Thursday evening
The department commander, George
+. Fiske of Boston, will also be pres
emit
Judge Hugh Henry of Chester, pre-
sident of the board of trustees of the
Soldiers Home and the members OF
the board will attend. Ex-Gov John
G. Mccullough of North Bennington,
Mrs. Edna L. Jewett, president OF the
| Womans Relief Corps, f. " fuller
OF Tunbridge, commander of the
Sons of Veterans. Carrie w. Nash of
| Middlebury, president of the ladies'
of the G.. A. r., Martha A. Stevens.
| department president of Sons of Vet
Grams auxiliary of Lyndonville, Vt.
and large number of officers of the
various posts and organizations with
! their staff will be present.
This is the first encampment of the
G.. A. II. to be held in Bennington
within 10 years, the last one having
been held here in 1895.
| Although extensive arrangements
had been made, the committee soon
| realized that the accommodations
would not be sufficient. 1t was not
until the townspeople responded by
| throwing open their homes that prop
err accommodations were assured.
| The capacity of the various hotels
was soon reached and it was then
that the committee in charge called
upon the individuals.
Elaborate plans for the convention
have been completed, and Thursday
and Friday will be busy days for the
veterans. The members of the other
organizations will not be without
work either, as they will each hold
their convention on the same day.
Headquarters have been establish.
ed at the Putnam House for the mem.
bers of the G. A. r., and the post
rooms in the local hall have been sci.
|
fire will be held in the opera house
| thursday evening. The members OF
the Bennington club will tender Gov
ernor John A. Mead and the mem
bers of his staff who may be present
during the encampment a public re
ception at their rooms in the opera
house block between the hours of
and 6 Thursday afternoon.
A reception to the delegates will
be given in the parlors of the Put
nam House by the Relief Corps and
the ladies of the G.. A. r., assisted by
the Sons Of Veterans and the depart
ment commander of the G. A. II. and
members Of his staff from O'Clock
to 10 o'clock Wednesday evening. Al
the reception which will be open tC
the members and all friends of the
organizations, the high school orches
ira will furnish music. The program
selected is as follows:
March of the Nations, Under the
Stars and Stripes, Enchantment Wal
yes, Portly Major, The Naval Parade
Sons of the Nation, u. s. Cadet, The
Fighting Hope, Ripping Waves, Yam
ira ones Mrs Mary Hutchins VIII
cox Will also render solo.
The business meeting of the G.. A
Il. will be called to order in the G
A. II. rooms at o'clock Thursda!
morning The meeting will be open
ed with appropriate exercises, afte
which will be held the roll call o
officers. A committee on credentiall
will then be appointed The reports
of officers and committees and tn,
election of officers will then be held
Short addresses will be made by tn
present commander and il is expect
ed that short address of welcome
will be made by member of the lC
cal post There are now 80 posts il
the state and about $4,000 members
AT $3.50 o'clock Thursday mornin
the goth annual encampment of tn
Sons of Veterans will be held il
Apollo hall. The order of bushes
will be practically the same as tina
followed by the G. A. r.. The audi
, ing committee will meet in the Pu
nam House at 4:30 when the az
counts of the state lodges will b
examined. It is expected that tn
national commander in chief and tn
following officers of the society wit
| THAR ataffq will ha nrasent COmmaI