Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-30
THE REGULARS VISIT HERE
DETACHMENT FROM Fl. ETHAN
ALLEN GOING TO WESTFlELD.
Twenty third Battery Of Field Artil.
lery and Troop c, 18th Cavalry,
Spend Two Days in Brattleboro-
Detachment Numbers ITO Men.

A detachment of the United State:
regular army consisting of the 23r'
battery of field artillery and troop {
of the 18th cavalry was In Brattle-
| boro from Wednesday afternoon unit
| this morning on its way from For
Ethan Allen. VT, to Westfield. Mass.
where II will attend the camp of the
Massachusetts volunteer militia. The
troopers and artillerymen arrived il
Brattleboro about o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon and went at once t6
the Valley fair grounds where they
remained in camp until early this
morning. They are now on theii
way to Greenfield where they will
spend tonight, and are scheduled 4
be In Northampton, Mass, tomorrow
night and arrive in Springfield, Mass.
| Sunday morning. spending the glo-
rious fourth in that city and going
thence to the camp ground on the
plains of the whip city.
The detachment came TO Brattle-
boro from North Walpole, n. H.,
where ii spent Wednesday night, TAX
ig the New Hampshire side of the riv-
er as far as the suspension bridge.
AT that point brief stop was made
for lunch Wednesday noon. A large
crowd of people gathered to see the
regulars pass through Brattleboro's
Main street and in spite of the stains
of travel they made an imposing ap-
pearance. Upon their arrival at the
fair grounds their tents We're at once
pitched in the oval encircled by the
track and no more work, except rou-
tine duties. was done during the re-
mainder of the afternoon. Yesterday
morning the troopers gave drill at 3
O'Clock but very few people We're
present to witness the manoeuvres.
1t was expected that second cavalry
drill would be given yesterday after
noon and many people went to the
grounds with that in mind, but on
account of the absence of the troop
commander il was not held
In the 23rd battery there are 96 men
and three officers while troop C con-
sists of So men and two officers The
hospital and commissary details bring
the total number of individuals up TO
10, and there are 100 horses with
them. Capt. John Conkin of the 23rd
battery is in charge of the detachment
and his battery officers are First
Lieutenant w. NJ. Bunker and Second
Lieutenant A. NJ. Cross. The troop is
commanded by Capt Warren Dean
and with him is Second Lieutenant
S. w. Robertson. Lieutenant w. p.
Magnum is the commissary officer of
the trip while Veterinarian Frederick
Foster has the welfare of the horses
in his keeping.
The regulars left Fort Ethan Allen
June 20 and have been through the
towns of Bolton, Montpelier, East
Brookfield. West Royalton, and White
River Junction. VT, and Claremont
and Walpole, ~. H. on their return
trip they will take the same route as
far as White River Junction, going
from there to the post by way of
Rutland. The detachment will be in
charge of Captain Dean on its way
home. Captain Conklin leaving at
the close of the Westfield muster for
Fort Riley, Kansas, where he has
been assigned to duty.
During their visit in Brattleboro
the men of both branches of the SER
vice have been extremely orderly and
have apparently taken much enjoy
ment in viewing the points of interest
about the town AS one trooper eX
pressed it: I'VE enjoy visiting Brat
tleboro because the people seem TO be
glad to have us here and treat us with
as much courtesy as We deserve. In
Burlington the whole Of us frequently
get blamed for the misconduct of n
few, the people there seeming to for
get that in a post containing nearly
1000 men there are always few
black sheep