Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08
CAMP OLYMPIA DESERTED.
ONLY A DETAIL FOR GUARD AND
OTHER DUTIES LEFT THERE,
Regiment Started Sunday by Special
TraiDs-After just Two Weeks in
Camp Boys Will Have Thirty
Days at Home.

Days at Home.
Rcveille was sounded for the last time
IN camp Olympia Sunday morning al
i'oo clock and for once the men were
not slow in responding. Roll call was
held in only few companies but the Nor
were anxious enough to break camp an,
BOARD the trains for home to make this
unnecessary. About as soon as they wer,
dressed the boys lined up for mess and
went out to the Kitchens to get then
bread and milk, which was what most OF
the commissaries served for breakfast
yesterday. This done, everyone fell tc
with will and soon the blankets wer,
rolled and boxes packed and ready TO,
the wagons to take them to the trains
Then came the storing of company prob.
erty in the cook houses and the loading
Iol the baggage on to the wagons. Alto.
gether the scene down the row of com.
Gany streets was one long to be remem-
bered the troops busy in the prepara-
tons for departures; the noise of a large
pody of men talking at their work, with
now and then the sharp command OF
some officer or sergeant rising above the
general din; the rattle and bang of the
mule wagons as they bumped over the
rough ground and far over in the east
the sun lighting up with brilliant colorinG
the edges of a dark bank of clouds, be-
nlrd which IL wnS still hid, reminding
those who saw 1t that every cloud has a
silver lining. And the men evidently felt
TINS to be true, for the thought of going
nome banshed, for the time at least, the
memory of the sufferings of the past
three months. and gave vent to their feel
in9s in frequent songs and noisy joking
BY O'Clock the baggage and men of
[ '0mnnninS II md
board the cars at the side track at Fort
Ethan Allen and soon afterward the train
started on its way. At $40 Companies A.
{ and Is left the Lime Kiln crossing on
the train going south. At about $50 Com
pdnies II and l. left the same place.
bound for st. Johnsbury and Newport;
and Il half hour later Company B took
the train at the Fort for St. Adams. This
left only Company NJ on the field and
they came to this city on the electric cars
during the morning. Quartermaster Cen
eral Gilmore made arrangements for the
which the State furnish
ed.
lished Saturday, is given below in fun
and general order No. %. published at the
same time, is given in part:
Headquarters First VT. Vols.
Fort Ethan Allen,
Sept. 3, 1898.
General Order No. 30:
J. In pursuance to provisions of general
order No. $50 A. G. o. s. c., leaves of alb
sence for 80 days are hereby granted to
officers of this regiment and Burroughs TO
tho enlisted men of the regiment for the
same time.
II. Said leaves of absence and furloughs
shall be from September 1, 1898 TO October
4, 1895, both days incusive/ and the close
hn lnut l..,, B,,1 4,
their respective commands and enlisted
men a Camp Olympia
III. Any officer or man falling to so re-
port will be considered and reported as a
deserter
~ The provisions of paragraph | will
not be applicable to the officers and en-
listed men who are detailed for guard or
other duty during the absence of the COM
mand, and any leave or furlough is sub
jcct to revocation.
" During the absence from camp pur-
suapt TO this order the regulation uniform
Or full civilian dress may be worn.
BY order OF Col. o. d. Clark
A. G. EATON, Adjt.
General Order No. %:
7. The following officers and enlisted
men are hereby detailed for guard and
other duties at this camp from Sept 4.
lSS to October 4, $685. both days inclusive:
Sept 4-l0-Capt. Fl. K. Blair. Co. l.;
First Lieut.. NJ. 8. Brock, Co. G; Second
Lieut.. S. w. Emerson. Co. G.
Sept ll-1s-Capt. II. e. Dyer, Co, A:
First Lieut.. C. S. Meaker, Co. F.; Second
Lieut.. A. l1. G. Fuller, Co. A.
Sept 19-26-Capt. L. J. Badger, Co. L:
First Lieut.. c. A. Celh', Co. g. Second
Lieut.. A. p. Kelly, Co. b.
Sept. 2-October 4-Capt. f. l.. Howe, CO.
f; First Lieut.. E. N. Miller, Co. c.; Sec
md Lieut.. {. G. Dole, Co r.
For the full time one sergeant each from
companies and B, one corporal each
from companies d, I and NJ one WAGNER
from companies A. b, @. l., X and l.; one
cook from company K, and Private Ber-
nard Martindale of Company d as acting
wagon master. From Company A, two
privates; b, two privates C, four pri-
Yates: ID, two privates: f. three privates;
F. two privates; g. two privates; II. four
privates; I, two privates; K, three prl-
Yates; l., two privates; NJ three privates.
BY order Col. o. d. CARLK,
A. G.. EATON. Adjutant.
The officers named above were chosen
by lot, but the appointments are subject
to change.
The sergeants in charge of the various
detailed men as directed in the
order, and they, together with the officers
assigned for the first tour of duty, report
ed to Capt, Blair of Co. l.. who is now in
command of the camp, as the senior Of
hcer present
The flies of the tents, except in Co. L
street, where the men who stay in camp
VIII tent were taken down Saturday even
Ing and the tents themselves which were
used by the companies will also be taken
down and stored in the Sibley tents BY the
detail which remains in camp. 1t will
probably take about three days to do this
work, as the tents cannot be rolled up
and stored away until they are perfectly