The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-22

There was no ''dearth of woman 5
tears in Brattleboro this morning
when Company 1, Y. n. G., So men and
officers. with six members of the First
Repiment band boarded the second see
ton of train Il. to leave for the state
camp ground The train was due to
leave Brattleboro at S.53 o'clock, but
did not pull out of the station until
$50.
The second section was a special
/ train consisting of one baggage car and
| six coaches, which was to pick up the
! Bellows Falls and Springfield companies
/ on the way to Burlington. 1t followed
as soon after the regular train as
/ the company could get aboard.
| There was no cheering when the en-
| CINE finally began TO move the train.
| Women and children wept openly, as
many of them had been doing during
| the long wait at the station. Men,
standing on the platforms, on the side
! track. on the tops of freight cars and
/ on the ledge of Vernon street, raised
| their hats and said. many of them IN
| an ordinary tone of voice that carried
| only a few feet: ''Good-bye and good
| luck -
The crowd has been variouslv esti-
mated. but considering the tremendous
! Jam at the station proper and the
1 crowd that watched the departure from
many vantage points both close to and
more remote from the station, it is
fair to claim that 5000 of the popula-
tion of BrattIeboro with a large sprink-
ling of people from neighboring towns
said farewell to the boys.
! While the company was mastering in
the Armory this morning and the last
/ buckles were being fastened, the
/ last look taken in the lockers to make
sure that nothing had been left behind
a bulletin was received in The Reform
er office announcing n fight that had
) taken place between regular troops OF
the United States and Carranza sol
diers 1t served, when the news be
came known at the railroad station al
ter the arrival of the company there
to add touch of even greater serious
ness But it did not effect the boys
: in khaki. They have felt from the
first that they would not be long IL
Burlington but would soon be on THEN
wav back through Brattleboro to some
point on the Texas border. There has
been no skylarking; not much foollne
among the members since the fire alarm
. called them out Monday morning. The
| stiff drills they have been put through
: constantly since then have confirmed
j their belief that those in authority in
t tend to have them as well prepared a
g time and experience will permit anC
they were willing to do their share b!
attending strictly to business.
Capt Ernest w. Gibson and Lieut.
Walter r. Spaulding were early at th
s Armorv this morning and the member
of the company were under orders t
be ready to fall into the ranks at
o o'clock. Not a man was missing whel
First Sergeant Roy B. Miner called tn
r roll at S.25 clock except those me-
! who were on the baggage detail am
) had been at work loading the baggag
5 of the company into the baggage ear
= With their blanket rolls about thei
: shoulders and in full marching orde
= the bows, some of whom were standin
in ranks for the very first time, no
having had a drill since their enlist
ment last night, answered snappilv an
confidently as their names were rapid
read off.
4 The last few weeks have been a 81
ries Of pleasant and unpleasant SUI
nrises for the boys and one of tn
= pleasant ones was tho announcement
l-l of Capt. Gibson that he had receive
% orders of the promotion of I'd lieuteT
~ ant Spaalding to a first heutenante
pI and of the promotion Of First SeTgean
et Miner to the second hentenante,
al Hearty applause greeted the announe'
m rnents and the new officers immediate
M " took their stations, receiving sue
congratulations as could be hurriedl
extended them in the minute befoI
the order came to march.
For half an hour before the orde
re came TO march. the boys had bee
greeted by 16 veterans of the Civil Wa
81 who had come to extend best wish(
II and to have the honor of escorting
~ the station the boys who are to aid
. fighting the present day battles. Age
= and infirm, those men had climbed Il
oe long flights of stairs to the Armor
er and had mingled with the recruit
j giving a word of fatherly advice hel
and a CHEEKY greeting there.
And 81 Spanish American war We
Grams were engaged in the same tas
ee, Their experiences were much more r
cent than the survivors of the da.