Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-06
OLD SOLDIERS MET
ON FAIR GROUNDS
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ESQ Persons Attended veterany
Reunion Yesterday
Fine Dinner, Speaking and Music and
Social Intercourse Made Occasion One
Of Pleasure.

Fine Dinner, Speaking and Music and
Social Intercourse Made Occasion One
Of Pleasure.
More than $50 persons attended the
annual reunion of the Windham County
Veterans association at the Valley fair
grounds yesterday and of this number
about l25 were veterans OF the Civil
war. The morning was spent in a So
clal way and a fine dinner was served
shortly after noon, and after the cleo
ton of officers the afternoon exercises
were held with speaking and singing,
the latter by a mixed quartet The
street cars were run to the grounds
during the day.
The old soldiers began to arrive at
| the fair grounds about 10 o'clock and
| gathered in groups talking of the DAYS
| Of the war and their experiences. Old
| comrades grasped hands with hearty
| words of greeting and many Of the old
| boys who had not seen each other for
| years reviewed the incidents of bygone
| days. About u o'clock the veterans
| formed in line, headed by a fife and
| drum and marched into the dining hall
where a dinner of baked beans, cold
ham, bread, cake, doughnuts, water
melon, pickles and cheese was served.
| The tables were decorated with hydran-
| gea blossoms
Following the dinner II. E. Meacham
| OF Springfield, Mass, and H. A Rey-
| nolds of this town played several selec-
| tois on the fife and drum. Mr.. Meach-
am was the drummer and served three
years, two months and rs days in the
| war. He first enlisted with Company H,
10th Vermont regiment, and then with
| Company II, 18th Vermont regiment Mr..
Reynolds served two and a half years
with Company l, 18th Vermont regi-
| ment, and with Company Z, Sth YER
mont regiment They played together
| nine months in the barracks here in
| the fife and drum corps of 10 members
| and at the end of that time Mr.. Rey-
| nolds was sent to Louisiana. Mr..
Meacham gave exhibitions of different
| styles of drumming to the tunes Of
| the war days.
About o'clock the exercises~ were
begun on stand erected in front of
the grandstand. Capt. II. C. Streeter Of
Brattleboro, president of the associa-
ton, called the meeting to order. 1t
| was voted to hold the annual meetings
in Brattleboro. Capt. Streeter annuonc-
ed that the records of the last meeting
| were not available owing to the death
| of the secretary, c. NJ. Russell. These
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Pres, H. c. Streeter; vice pres,
| H. II. Holbrook of Townshend; Sec,
boro; ex. COM, L. w. Bush of Brook
line. Peter S. Chase of Brattleboro and
H. A. Bond of Londonderry. Mr. Bush Of
| fered prayer and quartet consisting of
f. VMorse, A. L. Clapp. Miss Florence
| Fl. Hildreth and Miss Alice Butterfield
sang The Star Spangled Banner" Lat
er they sang another selection. Rev.
John r. Cow, D. D., pastor of the
Baptist church paid a glowing tribute
to the soldiers of the Civil war and was
followed by Rev. Roy NJ Houghton,
pastor of the Congrega tional church,
who spoke of the work of the veterans
were Col. A. B. Franklin of Townshend,
L. A. Butterfield of Brattleboro and
Frank Warner of Athol
During the morning Company F, 4th
Vermont regiment. held a reunion in
the south end of the dining hall Seven
members were present and several
speeches were made. The report of the
secretary was accepted and a vote of
sympathy was extended to Roscoe Fish
err member of the company, who is
i'll in Newport, N. H. These officers were
elected for the coming year: Pres. ].
F.. Alden; vice pres, Roscoe Fisher;
sec. and treas, L. H. Lynde Those
present at the reunion of the company
were j. Everett Alden of Torrington,
Conn, H. II. Hutcnins of Bellows Falls,
John A. Grout of Newfane, Ferdinand
Klinge of Easthampton, L. H. Lynde
of Dummerston and I. X. Allen and
Franklin Stockwell of Brattleboro.
| Sedgwick post. G. A. r., were assist
ed in the work of preparing for the re-
union and of the entertainment of the
guests by the members of Sedgwick
Woman's Relief corps and the affair
was under the direction of Capt H. c.
Streeter