News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-05

articles we have yet seen, concerning the
part the Vermont boys are taking in the
present crisis:
ENRoUTE, June %.
Time -, Noon.
Dear Wife and Son.
Just left Oneonta, N. Y, and while
think of it | will give you the route,
which l have just got from a railroad
man,-C. V. to Windsor, B. & M. to Me
gainesville, N. Y, D. & H. to Bingham
ton, c. V. into Buffalo and Chicago, c.
& Y. w. to Kansas City, M. K. & T. and
| So. Pac. to destination.
Things have got organized now and
we are getting food regular and the rail
road is looking after the cars in good
shape; plenty of ice water. etc.
Now for description: Armed guards
are placed at each end of all cars and
nobody can go out except officers. SO
we have to depend upon the crowds
around the station to get our cards,
mean postal cards of course, so you will
not get wrong impression, papers, to-
bacco, etc, and they are only too glad
to do anything in this lines.
And by the way, it has been an inspir
ing and wonderful sight. The whole
length of Vermont, Massachusetts and
New York, every station, even the small
ones where we did not stop, and up to
II o'clock at night men, women and
children, flags bunting, bands, and where
we stopped in Vermont fruit, pies, cakes,
etc In New York state at the approach
of the train the engine whistled and the
factories and mills and all hands turned
out, filled windows, roofs and tops of
cars in some places by the thousands,
yelling, waving flags and carried away
by the sight of the stars and stripes, of
which this train has a number.
On our car the boys have lettered in
chalk on the sides university of Yer
mon, Company c, ond Hospital Corps"
Also, at some of the places Coffeen, the
cheer leader, leads off with several wells, |
one of which Maurice is familiar, Eight, |
Fight, Fight" etc. This seems to take
we'll with the crowd and is the favorite.
Our Lieutenant Hayden is a graduate |
of P. A. and | must say all of the officers |
and men are as clean and fine crowd as
l ever ran across in my life without any |
exceptions and | have run across quite a
lot. The State of Vermont, if they could |
only know the character and worth of [
the University men. that comprises prac
tically all of this company, would insist
on all having higher education. herr
by retract and apologize for what have
said in the past about college men. Not
withstanding, however, discipline is
maintained right up to the scratch.
Roger Blake is headco and our meals
are as follows while on the tran:-We
are taken off train at some stopping
place and given the setting up exercise
and run around in double quick time for
exercise and then come into the car and
are served large sandwich of two slices
bread and canned ported beef and a tin
cup of coffee. this is all we need at noon
two slices of bread and some sliced bo-
logua sausage and cup of coffee; for
slipper a dish of beans, one slice of bread
and cup of coffee. This food is o. k.
and enough. l suppose at home would
kick, but here it seems just the thing and
like it,
This is going to be a very strenuous
three or four weeks to me in any event,
as they will have to drill me like the
devil as | am an absolute fool as far as
that is concerned. Roy Norton blew
INTO camp the day we started and he is
along with us, so there will be two Of us
to drill, which will help me out. Most
very one else are experienced men on drill.
can see where l am going to acquire
whole lot of Knowledge.
Say, when | get back l will be so
healthy and tough with all the govern
nent vaccines that will be able to stand
'unning a steam roller over me without
injury.
This D. & II. railway up here today
oOks like the St. J. & L. c. and reminds
ne of Lamoille county.
The thing have got to get used to is
his; Every cussed thing you have you
must carry with you or you must get
long without-nO grip or suit case to
urn to. And as have no knapsack l
lave to carry the whole thing in my II
pockets and l bulge out like a poisoned
'up, and if want anything | can't re-
member which pocket it is in and must
Inload all and of course it is always at
he bottom of the last pocket and then |
must put them all back again and as YOU
now what a good hand | am at this
,ame you can imagine l am buttoning
md unbuttoning pockets most of the
ime
We are coming to Binghamton, n. Y,
n minute and must close this so Won H
an get it quickly.
Now don't worry so far as am con-
erned. l am having the greatest ex-
,erenCe of my life and while of course