The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-05
HOLD GUARDSM EN-
Troops at Fort Ethan Allen VIII Not
Be Released.

DC heIeaSed.
Burlington Governor Gates is no
mere. When the LIST Vermont infan-
try returned from Brattleboro Thurs
day morning Colonel J. T. Dickman,
post commander, after a conference
with Adiutant-General Lee S. Tillot-
SON. assigned the men to barracks
Nos. 20 and II. The militia spent the
rest of the morning and the afternoon
getting settled in their new quarters.
The only other new feature concern
ing them is that no students or men
with dependents will be discharged at
present. The so or so men will re.
main at the post indefinitely and
Company c on the Mexican front will
keep their khaki on and stick.
The order forbidding the discharge
of college men came in the form of a
telegram to the Acknowledgement just
after two o'clock Thursday afternoon.
1t was signed Simpson" that is,
Colonel William A. Simpson, adputant
of the department of the East Col
onel Simpson is at Governors island,
New York This was the telegram.
War department directs that as army
appropriation bill makes provision for
dependent relatives no discharges on
that account will be granted. In
cases originating after August 80 no
applications should be forwarded No
In ~ tri1naIa ttfn la Ifur1 N Oh
the service On account of being bona
lide students or teachers in colleges
and schools. These instructions SUI
percede all previous orders on this
subject. All orders heretofore issued
from these headquarters discharging
students to take effect after Septem.
Der l are revoked Hold individuals
concerned and notify them"
When the militia moved out they
left behind only the frame offices used
as headquarters at Camp Governor
Gates, the Y. NJ. c. A. tent and the
tents of the Acknowledgement, captains
and other officers. The officers will
remove the rest of their things, and
the camp will not be kept open even
as an enlisting station unless instruc-
tons to the contrary or cancelling
previous orders are received.
The use of the barracks by the ma
chine gun company, headquarters and
supply detachments and the l50 or so
unassigned recruits is not likely to be
discontinued unless an order to vacate
comes in. For on July 6 telegraphic
instructions addressed to the com
handing officer at Fort Ethan Allen
from the department commander OF
the East, said the post was to be used
as camp when Camp Governor Gates
was broken up. Colonel Dickman and
Acknowledgement Tillotson consider il
was broken up when the infantry left
Camp Governor Gates was recruit
ing camp only, and meant only fol-
temporary use. Its being given.ul
does not mean that the three othel
recruiting stations in the State, a
Morrisville, Bennington and Middle
bury, will be abandoned, They ar,
under the direct control of the govern
ment and are not camps. Recruit
| will be forwarded from them Il 4
understood as before, but to For
| Ethan Allen.
The threatened strike is of cours
the reason guessed for the quick re
turn of the infantry. There was n
special order to the acknowledgements
at first, but instructions were sen
him by telegraph from Colonel doh
h. Bellinger, quartermaster of the dc
nar,ment OF the East at Governor
island. The telegram failed to cate
him, IN spite of one or two attempts
until he reached Brattleboro with IN
militia. II told him of the general II
structions of the war department n
turning the militia of all states orde
ed out August %. This was at abou
eleven o'clock Wednesday nigh
Less than an hour later the adiutan
general got Colonel Simpson on tn
phone and learned further how thing
stood The militia special left Bra
tlehoro at about two o'clock Thur
day morning and reached the post b
tween eight and nine,
Their work will be reyumed witho,
much change. The parade groun
near the range, according TO the adj
tant at the post, will probably |
used for manoeuvres. The una
signed recruits will have more woi
to do perhaps than the assignC
men, because they are still green.