The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-25
ORGANIZATION OF
VERMONT'S MILITIA
General Order Effective April / Makes
It Conform to Requirement of
War Department.

General order No. - from the add
jutant general office is as follows:
In order to conform to the require
ments of circular No. 8, division of
militia affairs, war department, 1913,
and under authority vested in tile
commander-in-c by the public stat
utes of Vermont, the following organ
ization of the organized militia of the
state is prescribed, TO take effect April
!, 1914.
/. Departments. The following de
partments are prescribed to be desig
mated and organized as indicated:
The adjutant generals department,
to consist of the adjutant general, who
shall have the rank of brigadier gen
eral.
The inspector general department,
to consist Of the adiutant general act
ing as inspector general, and one ma
jor.
The judge advocate s department, to
consist of the judge advocate who shall
| have the rank of major.
. The quartermaster corps, to consist
of the adjutant general (who. under
| state laws, is also the quartermaster
| general) acting chief, one major, two
captains and two sergeants.
The ordinance department, To consist
of a chief, with the rank of jor, and
| two sergeants.
! The medical department, to consist
| of chief, with the rank of major, and
one captain or lieutenant.
The adiutant general shall also per
! form duties analogous to those Of the
| chief of staff of the [ ). Army.
! The several departments are entitled
TO such clerical assistance as may be
/ authorized by law.
i The officers and men specified above
/ are in addition to those hereinafter au
th6rized for the line.
,. The line. There shall be:
n (a) One regiment of infantry, DIES
Il ignated the First Infantry, Vermont
4 National Guard, with attached sanitary
Il troops organized as follows: | colonel
! lieutenant colonel, adiutant, (cap
tain, | quartermaster (captan1,
commisSary (captain). ] Inspector small
arms practice teaptainl, chaplain.
sergeant major (mountedl. | commits
| sary sergeant, color sergeants, | ser
geant detailed as trumpeter ser
geantl, mounted, g privates detailed
, as horseshoerS, ] as farrier, | as sad
dler. I as mounted orderlies, etc),
battalions, band, attached sanitar,
troops.
Each battalion shall consist OF ma
.ior, | adjutant tlst LIEUT.. l quarter
master and commissary cd Heut},
sergeant major (mounted), { companies
Each company shall consist OF cap
tain, Ist lieutenant. "a lieutenant
] lst sergeant, Q. NJ sergeant, / ser
geants. 8 corporalS, > cooks, musi
clans, / artifieer. privates, not less tina
! nor more than IS
The band chall consist of | chief mu
stefan, ! principal musician. drum ma
jor, sergeauts, corporals, | cook, /
priNatcs.
The attached sanitary troops shat
consist Of | major , captains and lieu
tenants, | sergeant, lst class, > sci
, geants and eorporals, - privates. Is
class and privates.
(b) One squadron Of cavalry TO cor
sist Of the cadets at Norwich univel
sitv, designated rs the First Squadron
lst Cavalry. Vermont National Guar,
I organized as follows: | major. | adj;
tant (lst ieut.), / assistant inspectC
for small arms practice LIST Heut1.
quartermaster and commissary @
! lieut.. sergeant major troops.
Each troop shall consist Of cal
tain, / first lieutenant second lie
tenant, ! first sergeant, quartermasr,
sergeant, sergeants q as stable Sc
geant), corporals, cooks hors
sheer, | farrier. | saddler. trumpe
ers, privates, not less than y. nor mo-
\ than 46.
There will be attached TO the squa
ron one medical officer with the ral
of captain or lieutenant.
J. All regulations and orders her
tofore published. which are ineousis
ent herewith, are hereby rescindcd.