Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-30

One week and one hour from the
the fire alarm by orders of Capt. Ernest
w. Gibson, commanding Company I, V.
N. c., it pealed forth its alarm a
second time. A week before the call was
for the mobilization of the company
for prospective border service. Monday
morning it was the last call for enlist
mcnt and the immediate entraining of
the men for actual border duty.
Twice that day 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 Q o clock train under com
mand of Maj Linn d. Taylor of the
inspector general s department, Capt.
Gibson himself following on the ILL
clock train in command of the last
squad, some of the boys who had not
taken the oath more than few min
utes before they fell into the ranks to
take their first steps behind the strains
of martial music.
At 3 O clock that 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 i'll the recruiting.
Maj. Taylor and Sergt. Carl Henkel 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 at night and would
move at once to some point on the bor-
der, not then designated.
Wall K~o1,,, T;+i,a,,1 Cpao1y
That there is great interest in Com
pany | and in the efforts to recruit
it up to full war strength and to do
it in hurry was made plain Satur.
day evening, when Main street was
crowded with persons, young and old
of both sexes, who were there espec-
tally for the recruiting meeting adver-
tised for the corner of Main and FL
lot streets.
Captain Gibson outlined briefly
the status of the company and
the need of recruits. saying that the
roll at that time showed 90 names,
while $50 was the maximum war
strength. The bulk of the recruits
must come from Brattleboro. Col j..
G. Estey, c. R. Crosby, Capt. W.. Il.
Haigh and G. G. Fits spoke.
Not since 1898 has Brattleboro been
the scene of such demonstration as
that which marked the southwark
journey of Company I, V. N. G., and
the other companies of the LIST Yer
mont regiment as they went through
here between $50 O'Clock Tuesday
night and 100 O'Clock Wednesday
morning.
Company | was in the first troop
section which was the second sec
ton of the four trains, the first be-
ing devoted entirely to horses, bag
gage and camp equipment, including
one motor truck and many wagons.
The station, decorated in the after
noon with American flags, began early
to be congested by men, women and
children. In spite of the notice that
the fire alarm would be sounded at
least an hour before the arrival of
the train bearing Company l, the fear
of losing chance to say the last
good Dyes caused many to gather at
the station as early as 6 o'clock.
This number was steadily augment
ed all through the evening until by
o'clock, in spite of the band concert
attraction which, at the suggestion OF
the village commissioners, was trans
ferred from the common to the plaza
at the foot of Main street, no room
was available on the platforms and
about 1000 persons had assembled
Automobiles were lined up two deeI
east of the east platform. and Bridge
street and the roadbed of the railroad