PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

REUNION SOCIETY

OF

VERMONT OFFICERS

VOL. II-1886-1905

WITH.

ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT ITS MEETINGS

BY

T. O. SEAVER, F. A. WALKER, JOHN D. LONG, E. F. PALMER, D. W.
DAYTON, L. H. BISBEE, E. B. SHERMAN, J. H. GOULDING,
GEO. A. MARDEN, JOSIAH GROUT, H. H. POWERS, C. A.
WOODRUFF, L. E. CHITTENDEN, J. G. McCULLOUGH,
KITTREDGE HASKINS, JOEL C. BAKER, THEO-
DORE ROOSEVELT, A. D. BROWN, D. J. FOS-

TER, E. H. RIPLEY AND ALBERT CLARKE.

AND

A ROSTER OF THE SOCIETY

BURLINGTON:

FREE PRESS PRINTING COMPANY.

1906.

CONTENTS.

Constitution

Twenty-second Reunion, Burlington, Jan., 1886..

Col. T. O. Seaver's Address (abstract)...

Twenty-third Reunion, Montpelier, Nov., 1886.

Gen. F. A. Walker's Oration ...

Twenty-fourth Reunion, Brattleboro, Oct., 1887...

Gov. John B. Long's Oration

Twenty-fifth Reunion, Montpelier, Oct., 1888.

Lieut. E. F. Palmer's Address

Twenty-sixth Reunion, Middlebury, Nov., 1889.

Rev. D. W. Dayton's Address

....

Twenty-seventh Reunion, Montpelier, Oct., 1890.

Capt. L. H. Bisbee's Address

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Twenty-eighth Reunion, Newport, Aug., 1891.

.109

Judge E. B. Sherman's Address

.110

Twenty-Ninth Reunion, Montpelier, Nov., 1892..

Thirty-fourth Reunion, Bennington, Nov., 1897..

Thirty-seventh Reunion, Montpelier, Oct., 1900.

..278

Lieut. J. C. Baker's Address

.280

Thirty-eighth Reunion, Burlington, Sept., 1901..

.292

Forty-second Reunion, Burlington, Sept., 1905...

.360

OBJECTS OF THE REUNION SOCIETY.

To perpetuate the acquaintance and the cordial affection existing among the officers; to chronicle the memories of our comrades who have nobly fallen in defence of their country's rights; to recall the scenes and incidents, pleasing or sad, of the camp, the march, the bivouac, and the battle; and to keep in mind the duty of preserving inviolate the rights, liberties and national honor for which the Army of the Union fought and bled, and on which depend the future happiness and dignity of the American Republic and the American people.

CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY.

ART. I. All commissioned [and non-commissioned]* officers of the Army or Navy, now in, or who have been or may be honorably discharged from the service of the United States in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, members of Vermont organizations or natives or residents of Vermont, may become members of the Society by subscribing this Constitution and paying $1.00 to the Treasurer.

ART. 2. The officers of this Society shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer and an Executive Committee of three, who shall be elected at each annual meeting. [The term of office of the officers shall commence at the close of each Annual Reunion, and continue to the close of the next Annual Reunion.]

* Amendments to the original Constitution are placed in brackets.