The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-20
BETHEL
Cavalry Troop Responded Promptly to
the Call to Arms.

the Call TO Arms.
E Yesterday morning at about l,3'
O'Clock DR.. +. A. Edmunds received or
ders from Colonel Ira l.. Reeves, com
6 manding the National Guard of Vermont
to mobilize the local members of tn,
. first squadron of cavalry at DIR. Ed.
munds office at 10 o'clock. In order "a
give the men as much time AS possible
he began about 2 o'clock systematically
TO call by telephone or otherwise the 80
men belonging to the local troop, of
which he is sergeant. More than half
the men were having their first good
nights rest since their return from the
Norwich university school of instruction
at Fort Ethan Allen. They responded so
well to the call of their country that
when Lieutenant Body of Northfeld ar
rived about II o'clock to get the men
ready for their trip in the afternoon to
join the main body of their squadron at
, Northfeld preparatory to the mobiliza.
ton of the entire National Guard of Yer
mont at Fort Ethan Allen, nearly every
man was in uniform and had his baggage
ready for the journey. MEANWHILE pend
ing the receipt of the morning papers a
great variety OF rumors found .circula
ton, one being that war had been de
clared between the United States and
Mexico. The street scenes of the day re-
called those of Is years ago when sew
eral members of Company + residing here
left for Chickamauga at the time of the
Spanish American war, and a few of the
older people said that they were remind
ed of Civil war days. Sergeant Edmunds
furnished the following list of the men
for The Times: Roy Abbott Leon Barnes,
Charles NJ. Beckwith, David Bodner, w. |
r. Briggs, r. F. Brink, Myron j. Buck,
Harold Bundy, George +. Burrelle, l.. c.
Cagne, Clark +. Davis, F. A. Edmunds,
NJ. f. Gaskell, Iyers A. Hackett, w. H.
Harlow, w. G. Harvey, H. l.. Hassam,
w w. Hudson, Benjamin King tson of
w. T. King, Maurice Lilley, Domenico
Ma. cotrigiano, Robert Morrison, Eugene
Parrot, c. s. Putnam, F. G. Putnam,
D. F. Rice, Averill Rogers, P. NJ. Savage,
c. j. Smith, Elmer H. Sturk, George
Stackpole, Rae Washburn, Paul F. Will
son, The squadron will be further re
cruited as rapidly as possible. Lieuten-
ants Kinsman and Milton spent part of
the day here on their way to Rochester,
where they hoped to find more men willie
ng to join the cavalry. When the men
.ook the afternoon mail train crowd of !
several hundred people, including many !
women, saw them off Some of the most !
and active men in town are in
he squad, including the pastor of the Ii
church, seleetman, first con-
table, collector of taxes, assistant town =
Jerk and several business men. i
Professor George w. r. Whitney of
Princeton. n j., visited his sister, Mrs
}. L. Parker, recently. He Is a native Of ?
and spends his summers there !
t the old home. He is a graduate of ?
Vhitcomb high school, no. :
DIR. John +. Miller, who recently was ,
from the medical department
the University of Maryland, has been =,
{ home few days and last Saturday
'ent to Springfield, Mass, where he has
position on the surgical staff of the
Iampden hospital.
Mrs. NJ. H. Cook, aged SO years, of Al :,
lead, n. H., is visiting her son, John Fl. =
eckwith She made the trip alone %
Mrs. c. H. Goss has been visiting rela "
YES in Keene, n. H. = =
1t is expected that Rev. Robert G.. Will p
IN OF Zangzok, China, will preach at v
hrist church next Sunday morning. He ~
reached last Sunday in Lawrence, Mass. !, :
The engagement is announced of Miss y 10
ella Harrington Gushing of this village 10
I'd Henry Alexander Stafford of Or y
ans. Miss Cushing is a graduate of N
assar, 'l6, and Mr.. Stafford of Tufts, 60
g. Sc
w. o. Blossom of Cliftondale, Mass "
me yesterday to visit at F. F. McCul- vi
ugh's and with other relatives in town. co
Charles W. Burgess, formerly of this %
ace and Rochester, died last week at no !,
5 home in Waltham, Mass. WI
Harold P. Perkins, master of White 70
yer lodge, No. 90 r. and A. NJ. was in TT
last week to attend grand nc
ige. oN
Carlo Perugia went last week to join
father at Halifax. n S. He was ae- nc
mpanied to the Canadian border by oy
reno Marsigli. wa