St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-06-02
Annual Muster.

Capt. John W. Tinker of Company D.
LIST Regt., Vermont National Guards has
received the following orders from AID.
jutant General Gilmore relating to the
annual encampment:
The Annual Encampment of the First
Regiment Infantry, Hospital Corps and
Band, Vermont National Guard, will be
held at the State camp ground near
Fort Ethan Allen, from Friday, Tulv 2,
to Sunday, July 10, 1909, both days in
elusive.
Col. j. Gray Estey is hereby assigned
to duty at said encampment as Post
Commander, and will issue the necessary
orders for the proper con 1uct thereof in
accordance with the rules governing mil
itary posts
Orders relating to muster and paw
rolls, also transportation, will be issued
previous to encampment.
The Quartermaster General will fur
nlsh transportation, quarters sub
sistence and provide for the payment of
the troops, but no transportation will be
furnished or pay allowed except to
officers and men who report for duty on
or before Monday, July 5, and remain
during the encampment and have been
duly commissioned or enlisted. No en-
listments to be taken after June /, nor
during the encampment.
"By order of
George H. Prouty,
Governor and Commander-in-C Chief"
Since the above order was issued the
dates of the encampment have been
changed to read July 2 to July II, nclu-
sive, making ten full days. Although
some companies will be affected by the
last sentence in the order, Company D
will not, as they have full complement
of 81 officers and men, and nearly as
many more who would gladly accept the
chance to enlist. Capt. Tinker is very
enthusiastic in his praise of the com
pany's present condition, and any who
saw them in line Saturday will agree
that they are in first class Shape for the
muster. The roster of the company is as
follows:
Captain, John W. Tinker; list lieu.
tenant, H. A. Wilcox; 2nd lieutenant,
F. L. Carr; LIST sergeant, r. c. Camp
bell; quartermaster sergeant, w. b.
Sargent; sergeants, W. T. Kerr, T. G.
Porter, W, J. LaPoint, P. B. Hartwell
corporals, J. F. Flynn, w. S. Pitt, R.
Meilleur W. W. Morse, H. V. Gregory
musicians, B. j. Bennett, c. w. Wallace
cooks, N. L. Harlow, A. R. Finley
privates, A. L. Brainerd, G. H. Byron,
H. E. Birch, A, T. Bean, H. M. Blodgett,
A. H. Blodgett, c. S. Belville, c. F.
Brown, E. P. Cutting, H. w. Clark, E.
Shampany, c. Campbell w. H Couture,
+. I. Chabot, H. 5. Dale, F. J. Emmons,
}. Z, Granger, D. D Grey, J. A. Grady,
A. c. Granger, H. A. Zero, c. A. Zero
I. J, Hall, ] J. Jewell, H l.. Jenkins, M. |
L. Lyster, E. J. LaFerriere, w. 0. Leo
pold, A. J. Morancy, E. A. Masten. A. c. !
Morgan, W. S. Page, T. G. Story, George
Smith, w. S. Stafford, .. H. Sulham, W. |
A. Vachon, B Wallace, A. c. Wilkie, NJ. !
L, Wheelock.
Capt. George H. Thompson of Bellows
Falls, regimental quartermaster, has
been appointed regimental adiutant, to
MI the vacancy caused by Capt. w. w. |
Russelrs resignation, which took effect |
May 16. L. M. Taylor of Brattleboro
has been appointed regimental quarter !
master with rank ofcaptain. Mr.. Russell,
who is treasurer of the White River
Junction savings bank, leaves the service
after many years of good work, on
account of pressure of business. He
is the son of veteran and has two
brothers in the service. One of them,
Capt. John Russell, is an instructor at
West Point.
The state shoot at Mortified will be |
held after the muster, and IL men from
each company will compete. From the
ia contestants will be selected team
OF lS to represent Vermont at the ma
tional rife match, which begins al Camp
Perry, Port Clinton, o., August %.