The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-09-02
COMPANY X.
Vermont Troops Made Good Showing
at Pine Camp.

Company X, Vermont National
Guard, which returned Wednesday az
ternoon from Pine Camp, ~ Y, made
an excellent showing at the military
maneuvers there. There are fifty
eight men in the company, fourty-
nine, however, making the trip
The company left Bennington Sun
day, August 81, going to Burlington.
A delay resulted there through the
Mortified wreck on the Grand Trunk.
On the assembling of the troops they
went Monday night to Pine camp.
There the company was made a part
of the battalion placed in charge OF
Captain Malon of the Gath u. s. Infans
try The morning work was battalion
drill under Capt. Malon and continued
from 1870 to 10 a. m. The work of
tack and defense. The drill grounds
were one and one-half miles from the
mems quarters.
The Vermont troops made an excel
lent record in the war games. On
Monday the Vermonts were sent out
at 2:l5 with sealed orders under Col
onel Estes When the orders were
opened it was found that they were
out against the Maine troops who
were defending stores at Sterlingyille.
Scouts discovered that at a point
directly between Sterlingyille and the
Vermont troops the Maine men had
thrown up entertainments. The Yer
monts were four battalion strong.
One battalion was sent out to
make an attack on the Main entrench-
ments. BY a forced march worthy OF
regular troops the remaining Vermont
troops encircled the Maine right flank
and were advancing on Sterlingville
after a forced march OF five miles in
one hour and ten minutes. The
Maine troops were under the Impress
ion that the troops attacking them
/ were the VermOnters' full force, al.
/ though less than one fourth of the
Vermont troops We're engaged In the
I attack.
/ When time was called at 4 o'clock
/ the Vermonters were in a position to
easily take the stores. In the opinion
of the umpires, the Vermonters had
/ the Maine troops beaten TO 'fraz-
ale" The local company took but little
interest in the big war game as they
had no knowledge Of the problem in
volved
The food furnished was OF the best.
Company KS culinary department
was admitted however, to be the best
in the encampment.
The trips to and from the encamp-
ment were made In tourists sleepers.
the comfort OF the men being looked
after in all stages of the big gather
INK.
From the point OF view OF all con
cerned II was the best affair Of the
sort in many years.
The list OF men and officers is az
follows: Captain. F. b. Newton: LIST
lieutenant II. b. Davenport; End lieu
tenant. W. J. lonergan; lst sergeant
J. Pellerln. quarter master sergeant
Arthur J. Latour; sergeants, J. Cos
tello, NJ DERRICK, corporals, r. Dewey
y. Latour. IT Atwood, X. MacMaster
James Maloney; musicians ID. lA
famine and b. Foley: cooks. J. Burg
hardt j. Roy: priyates. J. Behsle r
Bridges, /. Chaiiee, +. Castle. J. Cos
tello. W. Deslaurler II. Ellsworth. W
Friotag, J. Gregg. C Harwood, G. Jew
EFT, ~ Kellogg, r. laiiamme j. Mad
igan. ]. Maloney. j. Meredith. J
Nash. y. Papers. +. Rousseau, o. Ship
pey h. Sigworth. j. Smith, r. Smith
7. Stewart c. Macdonald. ]. Toom
ely, NJ ToOmey. NJ. Wall l., White :
Walker +. Waite. +. Wood