The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-24
Regiment Will Not Leave
Till the War Department
Furnishes Requirement
SAYS TILLOTSON,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL
Regimental Officers Some
what in Doubt Over
Bakers Orders

st. Albans, June o4.-In an interview
with Adjt.-Gen. Lee S. Tillotson regard
ing the effect of the orders of Secretary
of War Newton d. Baker on the activl
ties OF the Vermont troops, General Til
lotson said that the principal thing Il
be gathered from the new orders to the
National Guard of the nation, to go tc
the border Immediately upon organiza
tion, is that it has been determined tina.
the situation is serious enough To de.
mand all of the forces down there. The
Vermont regiment will move as soon as
organized and equipped, the date of the
departure, of course, being indefinite, de
pending entirely upon how fast the war
department moves as to getting supplies
to the regiment.
The new orders say nothing regarding
recruiting to war strength. The presi-
dents call ordered the National Guard TO
mobilize, it being a qualification that the
companies must be at peace strength
1851 and to begin recruiting to wal
strength of $50. Whether or not it will
be necessary to recruit to full war
strength was not told in news dispatches.
General Tillotson, Judge Advocate 5.
Gushing and Captain Leroy A
Hall left the city to-day for the mobili-
zation camp at the state reservation at
Fort Ethan Allen, where they viii prob
ably remain while the First infantry is
in camp. Maj. S. S. Watson OF Gen. Til
lotson's staff has been in camp since
Monday, and all the officers left to-day
who did not yesterday afternoon.
First Lieutenant j. c. Waterman, in
spector for the state, has been delegated
officer to muster the Vermont
troops into the service of the nation. If
the Vermont troops are mustered into
Lhe service as militia it is understood
they will have TO 20 through another
medical examination as to their physical
as a matter OF record to the
government. 1t is thought this will not
mean the rejection of any men except |
or some serious disability.
In view of the many questions about |
he streets as to what officers would 90
o the front and those that have duties
which would hold them at home, ii may /
'e said that under the presidents call,
he officers OF the staff corps and depart
nents are not to be taken into the Unit
d States service except for such time
s their services may be required in con-
ection with the administration of the Il
camp. Later, or when brig
des and divisions are organized, these
fiicers may be called to fill the neces-1
ary positions of the higher organiza-
ions. Thus in a tentative arrangement
states such as Vermont, New Hamp-
lire and Maine together to form d. '
ision, each state having one regiment, a !
rigadier general and his staff to COM
Iahd the division would be appointed By
lie president who can appoint either
ON the officers OF these states or from !
le army. The adjutant-general himself q
the only one who cannot enter the reg I
ar service. The only way in which he \
light do this would be to resign FROM d
e service OF the state and then enter b
e federal service. This he could not do II
time when he is busy with the re
onsibility of looking after the many
terests OF his department.
The duty OF the state regarding the d
pplying of the regiment lasts as long
the troops are in camp. When the
oops break camp the responsibility
SITS with the federal government.