The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-12
Washington County Veter-
ans Assembled There
To-day
FOR SIXTEENTH
ANNUAL REUNION
During the Year f ssoci-
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ton county garr. ID at Dewey park this
morning for the sixteenth annual reunion
OF the Washington County Veterans as
sociation. BY noon more than 100 of
the boys who stood at attention back in
'6l had registered at the secretarys tenn
porary office in the park pavilion. Be-
fore the reunion comes to close to.mor-
row afternoon, the number will have
been augmented by so, it is expected.
Dinner was served at noon by the Wom-
ems Relief Corps of Brooks post, No. 1s,
Grand Army of the Republic, Montpelier.
and all through the morning the ladies
were busily preparing rations for the re-
union men.
Indications point to one of the most
successful gatherings in the history of
the reunion. Nineteen thirteen, the year
OF Gettysburgs anniversary, witnessed
the great reunion ON the historic Penn
sylvania battlefield and among the vet
Grams who gathered there were many,
from Vermont, many, indeed. from
Washington county for most of the time
at the park this forenoon was given
over to "reminiscences of the anniversary
week at Gettysburg last July. Prestige
to the occasion is to be lent by the
presence OF several notables at this even
ing's campfire. Gov Allen NJ. Fletcher
has expressed desire to be present
and he will doubtless be asked to speak.
The governor has been attending the off
GERS reunion at the state encampment
near Burlington and is expected to come
to the park directly from the stats
camp.
Then Department Commander Thorn
as Harmon of the Soldiers home, Ben
nington, is among the military men who
are expected. Commander Harmon Is
down for speech this evening, should.
he arrive in time. Just before noon
to-day, Tax Commissioner Charles A.
Plumley of Northfield notified the Sec
retary that he would be over on late
afternoon train. Commissioner Plumley
viii be one of the interesting speakers.
IL is likely that President (. j. Foster
of Waterbury Center will act as chair
man of the exercises this evening. May
or James B. Estee Of Montpelier will
be ON hand for an address of welcome.
Dewey park has been arrayed in riot
of color in anticipation of the reunion.
The national standard as well as the as
sociation banners have been strung
across the entrance to the grounds and
the pavilion has been likewise bedecked
with the stars and stripes. At 3 o'clock
this afternoon, the election of officers
will be followed by social hour The
Relief Corps will serve supper at o'clock
and an hour later everything Is expected
to be in readiness for the campfire Mn
sic for the occasion will be furnished by
Harris orchestra of this city, while
quartet of G. A. r. men viii contribute
selections. The music for the two-days'
reunion has been in charge of Major
l.. A. Abbott camp, Sons of Veterans of
Barre, the members of which have spared
no pains in securing the kind of mu-
sieians who can enliven the occasion with
martial airs An organ has been placed
in the pavilion and among other musical
features will be the Getchel drum corps
Of Calais, comprising a small band Of
@. A. r. men who have faithfully played
at majority of the reunions which the
association has held in its sixteen years
existence.
Figures secured from the secretary's
books to-day show that there were %
deaths reported in the association during
The fiscal year now closing This num-
Der includes one son of a veteran and
one veteran whose death occurred in
1910, although it had not been reported
n any previous year. Against this
Years report is last years record of %
leaths in the year preceding, a decreas.
If three for l9l2.l9l3. The 2l veterans
whose names appear on the neurology
oil had an average age of 73 years,
months.
The list follows, with each mans COM
,any, the date and place of death: Will
ard Clough Barre, Oct 2s, 1910, +, 18th
It.; Daniel f. Hopkins, Woodbury., Oct.
Il, 1912, ID VT. battery; Byron ]. Stock
veil, Montpelier, Oct IL, Co. B, 18th VT;
ieorge S. Herrick, Soldiers home, Togus.
de., Oct. IL, 1912, Co. G, 4th vt. and ID
'attery; Luther Knapp, Northfield, Oct.
Il, 1912, Co. ID, 4th VT; John E. Smith,
Dec. L. 1912, Co B, 10th VT;
ieorge w. Ladd, Mortified, Jan. 4, 1913,
o. c, lst Vt, Co. G, 18th VT, Co. G, 7th
t.; Birney wilkins, Minneapolis, MINI,
an. 4, 1918, Co. |, 4th VT; Horace w.
sriggs, Northfield Jan. 25, Co. G, 9Th
t.; f. ID. Griffith, Moretown, March 2,
9l3. Co. B, 18th VT; Jerry Miles, Mid
lesex, April is, 1918, 36th U. S. Art;
,ric S. Gunnison, Berlin, April 27, 1913,
o. F, I'd Nt Hiram b. Wedge, Mont
elier, May 20, 1918, Co. |, sth VT;
Ienry A. Rickard, Mortified, June l2,
9l3, Co d, I'd VT; Daniel w. Taft,
ospital, Burlington, June l3, 1913, lst
t. Cav; c. p. Brown, Stowe, June 8,
9l3, Co. d, I'd Vt; John Mclaughlin,
.arre, June I, 1918, Co. c, lst Vt. Cav;
.lonzo ID. Peck, Montpelier, June Is,
9l3, Co. l. 18th Vt; Charles d. Car
enter, Barre. July 8, 1913, Co. C, lst
t. Cav; Joseph D. Regner, hospital
t Portland. Me-, July 26, 1918, Co. I,
lth Vt; Edwin Burnham, Cabot, Aug.
0, 1918, Co. ], llth Vt; Norman b.
ork, Barre, June IA, 1918, son Of a vet
ran.
A number of comrades were detained
-om being present at the opening of the
atsnion owinp To the funeral Of Conn