Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-03
3 MORE COMPANIES TO FROM
Sees No ID
mobilization within a Year.
Company, supply Company Go to
border Probably in 10 Days
Makeup of Organization.

n machine gun company. n supply com
rany and repimental supply compan
nave been organized by Adiutant-Geners
Lee :. Tilotspn. head Of the State miltia
in accordance with the requirements
the federal army reorganization act
June 81 The work was just finished latd
~, and in the opinion of the adiutant
general the companies will be transferred
to the Mexican front within nine or te
days. y provisional company Of abotM
10 men Under the command Of Captai
f. w. Gibson Of Brattlcboro has bee
formed out Of the remnants over an
above the fun quota Of mon renulsitd
Mr.. Tillotson said he thought the presen
movement about Mexico would not
ended for year vet.
Tho organization e the three comnanie
hasn't come as suddenly as seems to h
true on tho surface. but urerarations wer
under way for some time before the vor
could he finished. Tho cavalry was dis
banded and these men, Is in all wer
merged with the infantry. They are re
spousihlo for tho ovcrrlus Of men from
which the provisional company was form
ed. All but o who were DISCHARGED ar
now enrolled and do service. Drill Is 70
rection of capt. Bird s. 1Iyland of nut
'"nd, commanding officer; and the adjuJ
tant-eeneral has been at the camp for 4
month rast keeping in touch with Wash
ineton ana offering his help in the new
work. Tho order recognizing the thre4
new companies arrived from the capitaI
only recently. and tho order to entrai,i fod
the front is expected soon, though howl
soon is not sure
The machine gun comYanv consists o{
-four commissioned officers and e enlisted
men. It's organization IS different f-on1
that of the ordinary infantry companyI
There is n captain, n first Lieutenant and
two second liuctenants: one sergeant. ond
moss sergeant, supply sergeant stabld
sergeant, horseehoer who has the rand
Of sergeant, and five plain, ordinary ser1
ceants; six Corrorals, two cooks. ond
mechanic two huglers. eight privates ID
the first class and q nriva;cS George FL
Carpenter of Montpelier. formerly a ma
i"r in the ordnance department. is car1
tain Of this company He is the only OIL
ticer in the camp The others are Mt the
front serving in their old or like capaci-
tics
The headquarters company is Mttle
different It consists of n captain, who is
'he regular adiutant, Captain who IS the
regular adiutant. CAPTAIN Charles y.
Barrier of Barre is the captain. There is
a regimental sergeant major. three bat
TALON first serscants and two color SER
"ean's, besides sergeant hugler band
of y men not including n drum major
and band master and lG mounted order
lies. The number of enlisted men is ~.
The supply company consists Of cap
tain, a seconl lieutenant. three regular
supply serceants, a first sergeant. n mess
sergeant. stable sergeant. cor
roral. a cook, saddler. horse
sheer and 90 wagoners or teamsters. THAT
is there are two officers and 20 enlis ed
men. The reEimentai duartermaster.
Captain II. y. Eastman of Rutland, Is
head Of tho supply company.
one of the former three battalion quar-
termasters under the former United States
plan ~ organization has become Sec
ond lieutenant Of the supply company
while the other two are second lieuten-
ants of the rlachine gun company.
The 9th Massachusetts infantry conn
piled recently with an order to send the
equipment for the machine gun company
here. The equipment of the other two COM
panies Is not especially different from thas
Of an ordinary company.