The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-07
ALBERT A. NILES IS
COMMANDER Of
Vt. c. A. R.
MOrrisvilIe Man Elected With
out Opposition
NEXT YEAR AT RUTLAND
Attendance of About $50 at the G. A
r. Convention at Burlington On
Wednesday and Thursday

Burlington. June 6.-Albert A.
Niles of Morrisville was tonight elect
ed commander of the department of
Vermont, G. A. r. without contest.
The name of Gov. John A. Mead had
following of considerable size but
all opposition to Commander Niles
vanished suddenly today at the 45th
annual encampment of the depart
ment and his election was unanimous
He was installed, with other newly
elected officers, by Gen w. w, Henry
of this city.
Commander Niles has a record OF
nearly three years of service in the
Civil war He enlisted June /, 1862
in company II, ninth Vermont regi
ment, and was mustered into service
July 8, following. He was made a
corporal January q, 1863. and a ser
geant February |, 1864. being muster
ed out on June %, 1865.
The other officers elected are as
follows:
Senior vice commander John ]
Jarvis of st. Adams.
Junior vice commander, Walter w
| FISK OF LUDLOW.
Department chaplain, L. T. Barbei
Of Rutland.
Medical inspector, DR. c. M. FerriI
of Essex Junction.
The council of administration is a
follows:
T. c. Hagar of Haysville, Geo. L
Mcbride of Burlington. f. II. Wet
Of Irravlltv -
Townsend and c. L. Beach of Burlin
ton.
The representatives to the nationa
encampment are: w. H. II. Slack G
Springfield. e. f. Bowman of Sout
2 Royalton, c. f. Hogan OF St Adams
H. W. Allen of Burlington, d. W
Davis of Chester and w. H. Flint c
/ Brandon. The representatives wi
choose their own alternates.
!, At the sessions of the encampmer
r today there were in attendance. 16
delegates, with about a hundred oil
| er members of the Grand Army.
\ Rutland was selected as the plac
Of the next annual encampment.
o The meetings of the various orgal
q izations connected with the depar
! ment were held in many places abol
r the city, occupying the entire day an
a tonight Grand Army campfire Wa
9 held in the First church, attende
by members of all the allied organ
d, cations.
y A feature OF the meeting of Il
Il Woman's Relief Corps of the DepaI
: ment of Vermont was the present
. ton of Mrs Nina Stoughton Of Sou
-, Royalton. the retiring president, of
y ring with diamonds and emerald
! the gift of her % aids. Mrs. Stoug
u ton was also presented with a so
taire diamond by the departmer
d The officers elected are as follows:
u President, Mrs. Ida Goodenough
Brattleboro; senior vice presideI
Hattie f. Shipman OF Hardwick; ju
3 Tor vice president, Mrs. Eta X. Ma
(. tin OF Burlington, treasurer, Emf
q Allen OF Brattleboro; chaplin, MI
Mary Beckwith OF Ludlow; delega
at large to National convention, Nj
Mary Hanrahan of Rutland.
The ladies OF the G. A. II. in fl
annual convention, elected the folio
ihh QHlNtios
Department president, Mrs. Lu
Getty OF Mortified; senior vice pre-
dent, Mrs. Sarah Mulhern of Burli1
ton; junior vice president Mrs Eli
beth Crannelly OF Middlebury; cha
,. lain, Mrs. Ida Prentiss Of BurliT
2 tom secretary, Mrs. Emma Robel
a of Mortified; treasurer. Mrs Eth
70 Kerr of Mortified; councillors Of g
a ministration, Mrs. Grace Ducharr
y of Barre, chairman; Mrs. Flora Nor
10 OF Middlebury, Mrs. Adline Clough
70 Burlington
70 The Vermont divisions, Sons of VI
NJ Grams, elected the following officer
s, Division commander, II. S. Hoa
At of Burlington; senior vice commaT
er. Roy j. Brown of Brandon; juni
vice commander, G, T. Brigham
Barre; division councillors, A. ]. CT
fifth OF Bennington. Hugh Henry
Chester and H. b. Eaton Of Manch,
C ter Depot; secretary. f. w. Spear
n BeuNington delegate at large, Il.
n Carr of Calais; delegates, A. o. p
so mer of Burlington and Il. d. Steve
IL Of Lyndonville.