Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-21
II GUARDSMEN HOME
u. V. NJ. Students in c Company
and Sanitary Troops at Fort.
Enjoyed Experience but Are Glad 10
Return to NermOnt-Dischargc
May he Delayed for brief
Time.

Seventy men Of G company. First
Regiment of Infantry, V. n. g.. and the
attached sanitary troops of the Yer
mont National Guard, commanded by
Second Lieut.. H. T. Burragc. L. " NJ.
/ II. arrived about $3.50 o'clock yestcr-
day morning at Fort Ethan Allen from
Eagle Pass. TeXas. All of the men.
with the exception of three or four
preparatory school students, arc stu
dents at the University Of Vermont.
! ThcN were tired and travel stained.
having left their border station on the
evening Of Friday, september 10. but
very happy and fun to the brim with
stories Of their experiences. The re-
turned guardsmen will occupy the
barracks of one of the machine gun
troops until they arc mustered out and
Just when that will be nobody seems
able to tell. The first information was
that the men would be allowed to visit
their homes on furlough until the AR
rival Of the balance of the Vermont
National Guard troops on Sunday, but
/ 1t now seems probable that they will
remain at the fort and he mustered out
with the balance of the regiment Dis
charge from the federal service merely
relieves tho milltiamcn from further
service as government troops. hut
leaves them subject to call by the
state, until their enlistment term as
state militiamen has expired.
Dr. Guy Potter Benton, president of
! the University of Vermont, with sew
eral members of the university faculty,
arrived at tho fort soon after the boys
detraincd and gave them a very hearty
welcome. a goodly number of BurlinE-
/ ton people and many friends of the
student soldiers from neighboring
I towns also visited the post Yesterday.
! AS most of the work yet to be done
before the men are discharged is of
! a clerical nature, a liberal amount of
leave was given to the men yesterday,
and most of them spent the greater
| portion Of the day calling on their
| friends in Burlington.
While the student gusrdsmen are all
in the best of health and spirits there
can be no doubt but that they are
genuinely glad to be home. Most of
them agree that they have had enough
Of Texas and seen enough of Mexico,
during the time they guarded the Dor
der after they arrived at Eagle Pass
on July ?. to last them a lifetime.
There were 10000 troops encamped at
lars, infantry, cavalry and field artil-
Icry. and the record of the Vermont
troops was second to none. In addi-
ton to having stock of stories, COW
crng everything from shooting at wild
hogs instead of Mexicans, to digging
trenches. where the ground is baked
as hard as cement. most of the boys
now wear wrist watches and a good
many of them have purchased tiny
Mexican dogs. Their happiness will be
complete when they receive the State
pay, which the special session Of the
Legislature" voted them and n month
and a halfs federal pay, which Is still
due them.
The return trip. which was made in
Pullman cars. was much plea santer
than the journey to Eagle Pass. when
the men Travelled in ordinary coaches
and slept upon boards laid across the
car seats. stops of several hours were
made at New Orleans, Atlanta, Ga
i Washington, d. c., New York and New
Haven, Conn. This was II different
route than that Travelled on the first
journey and the mon enjoyed the OPP
portunity to see something OF the
country. Delays at New York and at
New Haven resulted in the troops ar
irving at the fort some hours later
than their original schedule called for
The roster of the returned guards
men. giving their class at the Unver-
sity of Vermont. follows:
Lieut.. r. =. Burrage, II; scrgeants
Stanley, \. w, IS; Sunderland H. H.
is; Mcbride, ID. G., IS: Teachout, w. T.,
rs; knight, r. f.. rs; Stanley. c. c.,
is; Adams II. L.. is; corporals. Bill
lings, II. C., rs Flynn. b. A.. 49, Wood
ward, l.. A. 10; Andrews J. T. r., is;
Brooks, G. a. NJ cooks. Blake. r. NJ,
~; Quinn l.. j.. 20; musician, Bar
rows. J." G., 10; prvatcs. Billings
L. T., 10; Byington, NJ. NJ. 10; Bates
r. w. cN-'l7; Camp, II. t.. IS; Chimney
w. r, 'l9 Chafiin, l.. H., 49, Copeland
A., 10; Dalton. S. H., y. IL; Edison
NJ. A, 49, Greenwood G.. c., IT; Handy
II. f., 10; liazen. II. f., 10; Harving-
ton, q. T., 10; Jones, y. S. II: Keech
j. a., IS; Bissonette. H.. 20; Allen, j.,
90; sergeant, Woodward. Fl. c.. II;
corporal, Coffecn, c, G.. II; privates
Allen. j. f.. 20; Kelly, W. r.. 10; Kent.
T. s. 10 NJ; MacMurphy. y. b., spo-
cial; Mescheu, John, 10; Partch. Il. T..
lI9; Root, j.. NJ, II; Thayer r. f.. 10;
Watson, II, T., -; Williams, L. w. 10:
Watts. l." o., IS; Bartlett. G. c.. rs;
Allen, e, d.. 90; LcI5aron. w. r.. IS;
| Badger, II. O, 20; Frank, a. r., Il. l..
Hammer. H. r., IS; Mechanic. H., rs;
/ Powell. W. r.; Ruttcr. A. W. ~:
Thompson. V. f., eN-'1S; Hayden. r. c.
10; Wright. l.. H. rs, NJ; Golf, A., 49,
NJ; DeCicco. l., NJ, 10. NJ. Hogan.
w. L., rs, NJ; Johnson. II, y, rs. NJ.
stiles. H. r., rs, NJ; Taylor \. D..
us, NJ; Walker H. r., IL, NJ; Walcott,