The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-02
REACHED HOME WEDNESDAY.
Company I and First Regiment hand
Rack From Pine Camp, N. "

company 1 and the First Regiment
baud arrived home IRON camp al Pine
Camp. \. y, al I o'clatk Wednesday
afternoon, having left camp at 5ts
oelock Tuesday evening, The command
arrived at Burlington ai I o'clock We'd
nes,lay morning aud lett that city. an
hour later IN special train which drop,
ped companies AZ Montpelier, NoIthiield
and Rellows Falls aud brought Company
1 10 Bfattleboro. A told Ia = letter 10
The Reformer last week Company ] was
about four hours late N reaching camp
owing 10 the wreck az Mortified, which
neccssitated sending the company back
from White River Junction 10 bclioNs
Falls aud To Burlington hy way OF Ru,'
land. D.,
The health oi the company was excel,
lent with the exception of slight eolds and
sore thfoais. The weather was damp and
windy much of the time aud those with
sore threats found their condition some.
what aggravated. But few men reported
10 the hospital for treatment. During the
first week close order work was gwen IN
the forenoons consisting Of drilling by
company and battalion. The second bat
talon. oi which Company ] was part,
showed sufficient proficiency in this part
of the tactics Ia relieve u from further
work Of that kind after the third day IN
camp. Each battalion was IN charge oi
regular army officer as Instructor during
the time the men were M camp. Alter
the third day extended order work was
given the second battalion. In this work
an imaginary enemy would be desighated
and the companies would he ordered I"
attack. advancing a line Of sklfmishs,s,
bv rushes nf platoons aud hy squads. lhe
men were shown how 20 seek cover ana 10
th.vnsalvas while firing
Probably the most interesting part of
the instruction which the Vermont men
received was the building of a trench. The
second battalion was ordered TO bulld
standing trench TO accommodate the three
companies The trench, which was AZ
feet deep. 80 inches wide, about 3oo feet
long and screened with shrubbery ana
branches OF trees 10 conceal u from an ap
proaching force. was constructed IN ~
minutes In this work Company ! men
showed the regular army officers that they
could handle pick and shovel as well a.
they could 90 through the manual oil
arms, Captain Thorne, the instructor IN
charge of the second battalion. comph'
mented il on constructing the trench IN so
short a time and screening II so complete
ly that it was hard to locate ITS existence
even with powerful field glasses at a DIS
tance of three or four hundred yards.
Last week 1nufsudN INV ' tih'h' 'Nr'
ment took part in the joint manoeuvres
with the regular troops. The Vermont
men marched about four miles where they
bivouacked. sleeping in shelter tents.
The men cooked their food individually
over little fires of sticks that they were
able TO pick up here and there. Canned
bacon. hard bread and coffee composed
the ration. They arose at o'clock the
following morning and marched. about
four miles to where they went into ac'
ton. the second battalion acting as sup
port to the Rhode Island Red cavalry.
Company | played part in causing two
COMPANIES OF the Red army to be ruled
hack about 600 yards. While the Blue
army was defeated in this manoeuvre It
was partly due to a misunderstanding;
Camp was broken at 6 a. IN. Tuesday ana
the men entrained for home that evening
Can't Paul b. Malone. chief instructor IN
charge Of the Vermont regiment; in com
menting upon the work during the entire
tour OF duty complimented the regiment
verv highly by saying that 1t was the best
regiment he had been with during the
time he was in camp.