The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-26
FINAL RECRUITS.
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He expected to see the company re-
cruited to $50 men before Monday
night.
Charles R. Crosby said that we could
not have a home without a country
| and that too many of US were inclined
to sit back AMI "Iet George do it,
| He said that his son, Godfrey, had
decided to enlist and that he had done |
! SO, and the speaker was proud to be |
the father of boy who had gone to |
answer his country's call. He spoke !
| OF the fact that IN the days of the |
| Civil war the call for volunteers was
issued on the very corner that was the |
scene of the present rally, and that |
with population of only 1920 people |
the town raised three companies it
self and helped to raise a total of five.
Capt. w. T. Haigh, as the comman-
der of Company | in 1898, was called
upon by Capt. Gibson. He said that
he hoped the ranks of the company
would be full before Monday night.
In 1898 225 recruits were examined
before the small enrolment of ST then
required for full war strength was OBJ
tanned. lie waved the flag he had
been carrying ahead of the drum corps
and declared that he had never had
prouder day than when he marched
away under that flag, although for six
and one-half years he had served under
another flag.
capt. Gibson, speaking of giving up
positions, mentioned {. 4. Pellet,
contractor, who has dropped all of his
contracts to hold his membership in
the company He said that one Of
the other members of the company
dropped a position in which he was
receiving $50 a week to enlist.
Clarke {. Fits said that one Of his
two sous had gone to Plattsburg to
enlist in the preparedness camp there.
. The call has been made for the high
est kind Of service man can be
asked to give. There would be q far
reader response if it was to meet the
: invasion of foreign foe, for men
would flock to the defense of their
fresides. Lack Of interest in some
quarters is chargeable to the fact that
| the immediate danger is not so evil
dent with the battle ground so far
-, away and in another country. Some
y times it is necessary to go into our
> neighb0rs' yards to preserve peace and
! this is one Of the times. Men may 60
: to the front with the certainty that
- we who remain at home will be proud
- to aid in supporting them and their
- families
Capt. Gibson closed the meeting by
- announcing that men were at the Ar
: morv at all hours to enlist men and
IS that he had four who would leave
= Monday morning at II clock and
~ was working to make the number who
4 would go then at least p.
It Roster of the Company.
OF The complete roster of Company I as
" it stood this morning when the last re
cruit had been enlisted and the I'LL
clock train had left the station was
as follows:
Captain. Ernest w. Gibson.
First lieutenant. Walter r. Spauld
Second lieutenant, Roy b. Miner,
as First sergeant, Clarence W. Trcndall
le Mess sergeant, Harold c. Boyd.
g Quartermaster sergeant, Pearl t
= Clapp.
Id A. Marion, Edward Lindsey.
ar Lance corporal, Edward Cavanaugh
R. CorporaIs. Robert F. Whidden, Ear
~ n. Carr. William w. Fredettc, Franl
Philhrick. Ralph Newell, Henry NJ
al Harlow. Louis DunIevy, James Clune
OF John !. Clarity.
s. Buglers, Harold R. Miner, Wifre,
ld Adams.
al Cooks. William W. Lee, Wayland s
he Graves.
&c Artifcer, Philip Ericsson.
cd Clerk, Private Frederick s. ThomT
IT son,
in John Atkinson, Charles Altar, Thom
OF as Anderson.
TX John Brooks, Alexander J. BastlaI
1e- Elmer Birch, Hugh Z. Butler, John y
lie Blake. John w. Blake. Edward \
Baker, Martin F. Burke, Edward
he Bergeron, George F, Barrie, Charles
Il. Bacon.
rs. Richard Chamberlain, John A Clun
i'd Ora NJ. Chamberlain, Godfrey Crosb,
NJ. Gerald Coanc. Arthur Cain, Davi
at Carey.
ew Harold f. Deane, Thomas F, Doyl
TT Leland NJ. Dowlcy, Bernard d. Du
levy. Frank \. Dunlevy, James 7. De
lea ming, ir., Henry 7. Dowley.
est Alexander ]. Exner.
IA Walter II. Fairbanks, Francis Fit
ilv Francis M. Fitzgibbons, George J. Fe
he to, Elias T. Foley.
his Grey f. Goddard. Edward Gonye
wo Paul Gottwald, Ralph H. Grout.
ne. Warren A. Hale. Levi Heap, FRI
on, Howard, Harold Hudson, Willard
, of Hamlin, Charles G. Holden.
I to Dennis J. Jacobs, Guy Johnson, f
,riI nest johnson. Erloff johnson, Claren
row Jillson.
John ]. KiIderry.
,ar- Christopher LaFountain, John
on ,3' Lynch, Joseph +. Lewis, George Ian
nIv Harold Lane, Chester Lane, Frank
an+ Lynch.
am am John Manning, Thomas 1Iannir
Of John Mcdonald, Hayden Marsh, w
NV. liam Miller, George J. Marshall, Jo
,i'l$ Marshall, ir., Joseph |. Marshall, Hen
- 7. Moore, Howard L, Morey.
In IL Carl Nelson, Walter B. Needham, 1
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