The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-26

time the militia call was sounded on
the fire alarm by orders of Capt. Ernest
w. Gibson, commanding Company I, V.
\. G., it pealed forth its alarm a
second time. A week ago the call was
for the mobilization of the company
for prospective border service. This
morning it was the last call for enlist
ment and the immediate entraining of
the men for actual border duty.
Twice today martial music stirred
the pulses of people as the last of the
recruits of the company were marched
to the railroad station, the first batch
taking the 0 clock train under com
mand of Maj. Linn D. Taylor of the
inspector generals department. Capt
Gibson himself following on the I'LL
o clock train in command of the last
squad, some of the boys who had not
taken the oath more than a few min
utes before they fell into the ranks to
take their first steps behind the strains
of martial music.
At 0 clock this morning Capt. Glib
son received telephone orders to take
the first train for the state camp
ground with all his recruits and the
commissioned officers and privates
who had been aiding in the recruiting.
Maj. Taylor and Sergt. Carl Henke1 Of
the quartermaster s department, who
had been detailed as an aid to Mai.
Taylor, also were ordered to report. The
orders were to the effect that the reg
iment would entrain tonight and would
move ut once to some point on the bor-
der, not then designated.
The recruits and others who went to
join the command this morning were
the following: Maj. Linn D. Taylor, in
spector general S department; Capt. Err
nest W. Gibson, commanding Company
/; Sergt. Carl Hcnkel of the quarter
master s department.; Corp. John J.
Garritv, who has been here on recruit
ing duty; Charles Arnold Pellett. who
has been recruiting; George j. Mar
shall, former sergeant in the regular
army, who has been aiding in the re-
cruting, and AlphonSe G. Ratte, Charles
q. Holden. a former member of the
company. Charles F. Bacon, also a for
mer member. Gerald Coane, Edward
Nicholas, Elias 7. Foley. Paul Gott-
wald, Henry T. Moore, Walter Scott
George Lane, Harold Lane, Chester
Lane, Robert Thayer, William R.
Tweed former member, Frank 2
Lynch, Thomas Anderson. former
member, Arthur Cain, Edward O'Don-
nell, David Carey, Howard E. Morev
Charles Altar
Parting Scenes Re-enacted.
In smaller number the same scenes
that marked the departure of the main
portion of the company Thursday were
re-enacted this morning at the station
at the departure of both trains. Women
cried and clung to loved ones, as the
last hope they had held firmly to, that
the company would not leave Burling
ton for the border, had been blasted
with the receipt of the orders during
| the night. Whether the regiment
would come back through BrattleborC
on its way to the front or be ordered
over some other route was the mair
topic of conversation among the crow6
at the railroad station. The officer.
had received no word beyond that i
would entrain tonight.
The strength of the company in eamT
| last night was announced as 81 pri
Yates and three officers The Others
who left Brattleboro this morning vii
/ raise the strength of the company tt
/ lis men and three officers, making il
one of the strongest in the regiment
and within % of full war strength.
! The officers under orders to admins
| ter the oath of allegiance for quail
| fication as enlisted men in the service
| of the United States administered 1
yesterday and last night to about
90 per cent of the regiment in camp
A few enlisted men declined to taks
the oath and win be discharged a
! once.
After the officers and men had taker
the new oath of allegiance they wer.
put through a second and very rigis
physical examination BY the officers al
the medical corps of which Lieut.. Fl
N. Tavlor of Brattleboro is a member
As the members of Company / had beer
examined By Lieut.. TAYLOR before leav
ing Brattleboro, and since his depart
ure by DR.. " II. Lane, both of whom
were very strict in their examinations
there is little danger of any of the
I local boys being turned back.
With the marching orders for to
night already known, It is probabl.
that continuance Of the physical ex
amiiations of the men will be waived
I heneeforth. Except for shoes and sock,
the men are all outfitted for field ser
vice and ready to board trains at {
moment s notice. Adjt. Gen. TilIotsoI
said last night that the shoes and socks
were expected to arrive on every
train. He said that it would be the
height of folly to send the men to tn,
/ border insufficiently equipped with foot
wear, but orders might be received
that viii call for them being sent a
they are.
] The LIST squadron of cavalry arrived
at camp Saturday morning, under com
mand of Maj. Arthur D. Edmunds o.
! Mortified. There are 151 men in this
detachment and the cavalry camp vii
/ be under the command of Lieut. Col
Fred B. Thomas of Montpelier. Al