Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-02
FIRST REGIMENT IN CAMP
VERMONT TROOPS MoBlLlZlNG
ON FAIR GROUNDS.
Companies from Up the State Ar.
rived on Special Trains Yesterday
Afternoon-Wil Leave for Manas-

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| In preparation for its trip TO Man
assas, Va, to participate in the ma
tional army manoeuvres, the first
| regiment. Vermont National guard
| recruited nearly TO its full strength OF
/ 759 men, is in camp on the Valley
fair grounds where II will remain un-
1 til tomorrow afternoon. The troops
arrived in Brattleboro yesterday af-
ternoon on three special trains. me
first of these reached here at about !
O'Clock and contained Companies b OF
st. Albans, Il of Barre, + of North
field and II of Montpelier A rev
minutes afterward the second speclai
containing Companies G of Bradford
d of St. Johnsbury and l. of Newport
pulled into the local station. The men
were soon formed in column and es,
corted by the first regiment band
marched at once to the fair grounds.
The third special containing Compa-
MES A of Rutland. C of Brandon, Is
of Bennington and NJ of Burlington
arrived i'm Brattleboro about o'clock,
the troops going at once to the camp
grounds.
owing to the lateness Of the arrival
of the last special train no regular
drill took place yesterday afternoon
An informal guard mount took place
at about $3.50, Capt. NJ. L. Brock oil
Company G being officer of the day,
Lieut.. c. A. Moore of Company f, OF
fcer of the guard, and Lieut.. Senter
of Company II Junior officer OF me
guard. The First Regiment band
gave a concert last evening.
The regiment began a busy day
this morning After guard mount,
which took place at s o'clock, drills
were held at $40 and at l0:40, TWO
more drills viii take place this after
noon. one at o'clock and another at
3 40. and the first call for dress pa
rade win take place at 5:15. Capt.
IL. S. Tillotson of Company B is OFF,
Ger of the day. Tomorrow morning
there win be general regimentai
inspection by Acknowledgement W. II.
Gilmore. and the regiment VIII break
camp at about 1880 Between then
and 3 o'clock it will leave on special
trains for New London. Thence il
will go by boat to Jersey city ana
over the Pennsylvania & Southern
railway to Manassas.
The First Vermont will form a por-
| tion of the fourth brigade OF the sec
ond division, Col. +. A. Smith OF the
Eighth United states infantry CON-
| manding. In addition 10 the Yer
mont troops the brigade will be COM
posed of five companies of the Elghth
| infantry, one battalion of Delaware
| infantry. one battalion of the Second
| south Carolina infantry and two bat
talions of West Virginia troops. Inc
Vermont regiment will leave Manas-
| ans for the north Sunday, Sept. IL,
reaching Brattleboro Monday, Sept
10. No camp will be made here on
! the return trip
II was planned to have the regi-
/ Iment encamp at Brattleboro IN shei-
ter tents but on account OF the ufIa-
miliaritv of the men with the conlcal
or Sihley tents it was thought best
nv Col. Estey not to have them USED
| here. The regiment is encamped on
the eastern portion of the ground m
/ side the track with three cohlcai
| tents and five wall tents TO a com
many Two of the wall tents are
nsaG for the commissioned officers of
/ each company, one for the Hrst ser
geant. one for the quartermaster SER
/ gaant and one for the cooks. Com
panies Il, f. II and l form the t1rst
/ battalion in charge of Major Howe;
1 ~otnnanies A, C, X and NJ the second
In charge of Major Dyer and Compa-
mics y G, L and B the third in charge
- 9faior Johnson. The regimental
nuartermaster's headquarters are IN
+ the Estey building, Capt. F. l. Burh-
ham of burlington acting as regimen
Ital ouartermaster. All of the men IN
ltbe regiment are clad in the new
khaki uniforms and the shoes Tor the
4 trim will be issued to-day.
4 Company l had an eXeepuohallS
busy day yesterday. The members as.
4 eembled at company headquarters at
! ! o'clock and went at once to the
4 con,ninr grounds. Most of the day
was spent in pitching tents for the
regiment and making ready for the
mobilization which is now in prog