Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-01
COLONIAL WARS.
Vermont Society Elects Officers At ard
Aanua; Meeting.

Annual MeeunGs
Tho xrd annual court Of the Society of
Colonial Wars in the State Of Vermont
was held Thursday afternoon at tho So
cietys room on College street. There
was a good attendance of members at
the meeting, q lunch being served at 1870
o'clock. followed by the annual meeting
of the society.
Dean J. L. Hills. lieutenant governor of
the society, presided. The historical ad-
dress was given by Guy Potter Benton.
president OF the State university. He took
for his subject 1.-The Lesson of York.
town." Col Joseph T. Dickman spoke
upon universal military training. Henry
Harmon Noble of Essex. N. Y. registrar
general Of the Society of the War of 1872.
spoke briefly on the origin and history
of that society. the second oldest mill
tary order in the United States. Brief
addresses were made by. w. j. Van Pat
ten, Gen. T. s. Peck and Major n. r.
Kingsley of Rutland.
At the annual business meeting follow
Ing the lunch. Byron N. Clark. secretary.
gave his annual report. In this report
were mentioned the deaths of four men,
bers during the past year. Fred Taylor
Caswell of Derby Line, Frederick Nash
Morton Of Philadelphia. George Dewey.
late admiral Of the United States navy.
and DR.. Henry Dwight Holton of Brat
tleboro. One new member was taken into
the society. Harry Brown Stewart OF
Beebe, Canada, the active membership
now being S.
The annual report of the treasurer.
II. s. Howard. showed that with all bills
paid the society had a good balance on
hand.
The meeting of the general council of
the Colonial Wars will be held in this
city, with the Vermont society as host,
next June. This council includes all So
cieties in America and was to have been
held in this city last June. but when the
troops were ordered to the Mexican bor-
der the meeting was postponed. The
meeting will hold over two days. with
lunch. dinner and boatride.
Resolutions were adopted on the death
of the late DR.. H. D. Holton and a reso-
luton was also adopted asking the Yer
mont senators and representatives. in
Congress to support the military training
bill now pending before Congress.
| A vote of thanks was given Robert
| Noble Of this city. who retired Thursday
after 9 years. service as an officer or
committeeman of the society.
The officers and committees elected to
serve the ensuing year follow:
Governor, William Brunswick Curry
! Deputy-governor, John johnson Allen
Brooklyn, N. Y.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Joseph Lawrence
Hills, Burlington.
| Secretary. Byron Nathaniel Clark. Bug
lington.
Deputy.sccretary. Harvey Roberts
Kingsley. Rutland.
Treasurer, Harry Stinson Howard Bur-
lington.
Chaplain. Rev. Henry Lincoln Ballou.
Chester.
Historian. Hamilton Sullivan Peck. Bur-
lington.
Registrar. Charles Lincoln Woodbury..
Burlington.
Chancellor, Henry Biseiow Shaw. Bur-
Iington.
Surgeon. Thomas Stephen Brown. Bur.
lington.
| Gentlemen Of the council Tor three
years. Gardner Brewer. Burlington. Mcr-
rift Darrow Chittenden. Burlington; gen.
tlemen of the council holding over for two
years, Henry LAndon Ward. Burlington,
Frank Edward Alfred. Newport: gentle
men Of the council holding over ono year.
Warren Peck. New Haver. JONES French
Dewey, Cuechee.
Committee on membership. Theodore Sat
ford Peck. Burlington: John Henry i'ooth,
|
phrey. Burlington; Marvelle Christopher
Weber. Rutland; Jerome Tabor Flint
Derby Line.
Committee on historical documents.
Ralph Wright Putnam. Putnamville; Ed
ward Curtis Smith. St. Albans: Monroe
Pamcs Barnes, Burlington Marion SHAKER
Allen. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Committee on installation. Charles Her
nick Mower Burlington; Horace Edward
Dyer, Rutland: Edmund Towie Brown,
Burlington; Henry Walter Webb. New
York city; Ceylon Lafayette Greene. Bur-
lingtnn; Norman Reyes C!.fec, Rut-
land.
Delegates to General Assembly. Edward
Alonzo Chittendea, st. Adams. Robert
Harvey Gay, New York city; Wylie
srantley Jones. Binghamtca. N. y; Red
field Proctor, Proctor; Erwin Maurice
Harvey. Montpelier.
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