Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-27
Vermont National Guard TO The Front.

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Orders have been issued by Col. Osmau ID
| clark OF the Vermont national guard calling
for the services of the guard in the Spanish.
American war now in progress The order
was not unexpected and it finds the different
companies fully prepared for service. Since
the conflict has been impending national
guard officers have been travelling about the
state, preparing the companies for the call,
and new camp equipment has been secured
where needed, so that now when the call has
come every individual organization is found
ready.
The formal order calls for the peace quota
| OF the guard which is 81 men to a company
and also provides for the recruiting of vol
unteers which will double the number of
men. Each captain will recruit his own
company.
The guardsmen volunteered some days ago
through the captains. kilograms were sent
out from the head of the department asking
Tor their services and every company ac-
cepted the call Nothing was made public
but the troops were in this way rendered to
Gov. Circuit and he at once rendered their
| services to President Mckinley. The call
Tor volunteers, by the president, has been an
ticipated by the officers of the guard and the
troops are already called upon to be ready
when the executive shall signify his desire
for their services.
Each company now has it's qNbta of 81 Of
| ficers and men. This gives total strength
VI OlH iHCu, WHICH, Wncu III is luCTodScu 10
over 100 in each company, will provide over
1900 men.
The field officers of the Vermont national
guard are:
Colonel-Osman D. Clark of Montpelier.
Lieutenant colonel-John H. Mimms of St.
Adams.
Majors Henry d. Fillmore of Bennington,
Jacob G. Estey of Brattleboro, land John M.
Bonette of St. Johnsbury.
AdJutant-Capt. Arthur G. Eaton of Mont
pelier.
Quartermaster-Capt. James E.. Creed OF
Rutland.
Surgeon-Msjor Henry H. Lee of Wells
River.
Assistant surgeons-Benjamin G. Senton
of Rutland and James M. Hamilton of Proc
tor.
Chaplain-Charles o. Day of Brattleboro.
The companies and their captains are
Company A, Rutland-H, Edward Dyer.
Company B, st Albans-Frank L. Greene.
Company G, Brandou-Bernice A. Cobb.
Company D, st. Johnsbury-Henry w.
Ellis.
Company E, Barre-Edward J. Badger.
Company F, North6eld-Frank L. Howe.
Company G, Bradford-Herbert T.. john
Company H, Montpelier Weston A. Pat
tee.
Company I, Brattleboro-William T..
Haigh.
Company X, Bennington-Charles F.
Burnham.
Company L, Newport Howard X. Blair.
Company M, Burlington-Cornelius M.
Brownell.
Reports from various parts of the state in
dictate that the ranks of the companies will he
promptly filed to the fighting strength. 1t
is row generally thought that the Vermont
regiment will be ordered to rendezvous at
Fort Ethan Allen not sooner than Monday.
1t was said that the reason why Vermont
would send full regiment to the front in
stead of her quota of 500 men was because
Senator Proctor, Congressman Powers and
Adjt. Gen. Peck of Burlington took the mat
ter before the secretary of war and placed the
men in such strong light as fighters that he
gave his consent to the ordering out of the
entire regiment.
1t has been ascertained that the governor is
contemplating calling an extra session of the
legislature to pass bill providing that all
Vermont volunteers be paid 81 per month in
addition to the $l3 per month paid by the
government. During the civil war such a
law was in force, but it became null and void
at the close OF the rebellion. Companies A
of Rutland, X of Bennington, M of Burling-
ton, H of Montpelier and D of st. Johnsbury
have already been recruited to the full war
strength.