Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-20
9TH AND 18th
REGIMENTS HAVE
ANNUAL REUNION
Associations Meet at Essex
JunctiOn-20O Survivors
n Out of 1,772 in Sth.

Essex Junction. July 13.-The an
nual reunion of the Eighth Vermont
Regimental association was held here
to-day. Last year was the first time
a reunion had been omitted since the
organization of the association in
1869. this making the 43rd reunion.
The meeting was called to order by
Secretary G. NJ. Ferrin. neither of the
vice presidents, Il. f. Bowman of Ran
dolph. now in California, and Perry
Porter of West Burke, being present.
John A. Thompson of Londonderry
was elected president pro TEN. No
president has been elected since the
death of General Thomas, who had
Been the beloved president since the
society was organized. After few
words of greeting by the president
pro TEN. the report of the last meet
ing, which was held at Bethel. October
10. 1914. the 10th anniversary of the
Battle of Cedar Creek, was given.
This was followed by the treasurer's
report and the obituary committee re-
port. which showed that % members
have died since the last meeting.
Many letters from absent members
were read. sending greetings to the
comrades in response to the invitation
to the reunion. The same board of
officers was elected to serve another
year. The time and place of the next
reunion was left to the arrangement
of the two vice presidents. Twenty
one members We're present. Out of the
1,772 who served throughout the war,
the secretary now finds only about
200 living. OF those who served
throughout the war We're four broth
ers. Henry, Charles. Mitchell and Jo-
seph Wescomb of Eden, who enlisted
In Company A. Eighth Vermont, and
all came home alive. OF these four
two have since died. the others, Nit
chell. now SIS years old. of Johnson
and Charles of Eden We're present to-
day A dinner was served in the
w. R. c. hall by the Womans Relief
Corps and the Ladies of the G. A. r.
After dinner the comrades returned to
the hall, where a social hour was
spent. after which they went on the
electric cars to Burlington to attend
the meeting of the Army of the Poto-
mac.
The 2Sth annual reunion of the 18th
Vermont Regiment association was
also held here to-day. Eli n. Peck
OF Burlington was reelected secretary
and treasurer. The new president is
o. j. Tomlinson of st. Cloud county
Fla. and B. F. Brown of North Willis
ton was elected vice. president. The
deaths during the year were: NJ NJ
Davis at Moretown. r. p. Sewart at
Berlin. w. NJ. Dustin at Planfiold, An
drew Lucia at Milton. NJ. W. Thomp-
son at Colchester, T.. w. Clough at
Morrisville. T.. b. Gile at Morristown,
A. T. Kingsley at Montgomery, Nor
man Hogaboon at Rchford, j. W.
Hitchcock at Serena, ILL.,, Edwin Jones
at Montpelier, a. +. Thompson at
Moberly. Mo, S. NJ Decker at Law
renee, Mass. and Edgar Currie at
Abercorn, =. @.
The meeting was called to order in
G. A. R. hall by the president, c. S.
Palmer. whose remarks and plea in
defense of Old Glory were received
with applause. Comrades Holden and
Mudgett made I'm Memoriam" re-
marks. 1t was voted to hold next
years meeting earlier, probably in
June. the time and place to be left
to the executive committee of the
board of officers. The chair appoint
ed Comrades McAllister and Frink a
committee to look after collection.
John G. Farwell of Montpelier. Will
liam w. Holden of Northfield and
John H. Lyon of Colchester were elect
ed the new executive committee. The
president-elect invited the members
to visit him in St. Cloud. Fla. Com
rade Brown remarked that he appreci-
ated the honor and would be on hand
for duty Former President Palmer
announced that Mr. Brownell invited