Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-07
MILITIA At FORT; NONE LET |
Barracks at Post Assigned The
college Men TO Stay.
v" Discharges Permitted Frids
september I, for Students or Rc-
"r"its with Dcpcndcnts-rrc-
Nioas order Cancelled.

Camp Governor Gates is no more. VIII
+ tho LIST Vermont infantry returned fro
I'rattcboro Thursday morning Color
! d. y. hickman, post commander, after
conference with Adiutant-Gencral Ice
llloison, assigned the men to barrac
NOS % and Il. The militia spent the re
of the morning and the afternoon gettirI
settled i'm their new quarters. The on
, other new feature concerning them lis th
no students or men with dependents we
discharged Friday, September 1. tn
50 or SO men will remain at the most IL
definitely and Company c on the Mex
can front will keep their khaki on an
STICK
| Tho order forbiddinF the discharge
college men came I'm the form Of 4 tel
gram to the adiutant- general Just aftd|
two O'Clock in the afternoon f. was siglI
I'd simpson" that IS. colonel William 4
simpson adiutant Of tho department 4
the Ea1t. Colonel Simpson Is at Cover
hor's island, New York. This was I'll
telegram: War department directs thai
as army appropriation bin makes provj
sion for dependent relatives no discha rye
on that account will be granted. In case|
originating after August 30 no applica tion|
should he forwarded. No individuals viii
be discharged from the service on account
OF oeing bona tlde students or teachers IA
colleges and schools These Instruction.
superccde all previous orders on this subj
ject All orders heretofore issued fror
these headquarters discharGing student
10 take effect after September are re
voked. Hold individuals concerned ant
notify them"
When the militia moved out they iee
behind only the frame Offices used al
headquarters at Camp Governor Gates
the Y. NJ. G. A. tent and the tents Of tn.
Acknowledgement, captains and other OFF
GERS. The officers will remove tn.
rest Of their things, and thu
camp will not he kept open ever
MS an enl!stinE station unless instructions
10 the contrary or cancelling previous or.
ders are received
The use Of the barracks by the machine
gun company. headquarters and supply
detachmonts and the 80 or so unassigned
recruits is not likely to be discontinued un.
less an order to yacate comes in For or
july Geographic instructions ADDRESSED
to the commanding officer al Fort Ethar
the East. said the post was to be used as
camp when Camp Governor Gates was
broken up. Colonel Dickman and Adiu.
tant-General Tillotson consider it was
broken up. when the infantry left. Canr
Governor Gates was A recruiting cainr
only and meant only for temporary use
Its being given up does not mean that the
three other recruiting stations in the
Cta;e. at MOrrisvile, Bennington and
Middlehury will be abandoned. They are
under the direct control Of the govern.
ment and are not camps. Recruits will b.
forwarded from them It is understood a,
before, but to Fort Ethan Allen.
The threatened strike is of course the
reason guessed for the quick return Of the
infantry There was no special order n
the adiutant-general at first, but instruc-
tons were sent him by telegraph from
Colonel John r. Bellinger, quarterrlaster
of the department Of the East at Cover
nor's island. The telegram failed to catch
him, in spite of one or two attempts
until he reached Rrattlehoro with the
militia. It told him of the general instruc.
tons of the war department returning the
militia Of all States ordered out Angus,
-. This was at about eleven o'clock We'd
nesday night Less than an hour later
the adiutant-general got Colonel Simpson
on the phone and learned further how
things stood. The militia special left Brat
ucboro at about two o'clock THURSDAY
morning and reached the post between
eight and nine.