The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07
RECRUITS CHEERED
AS THEY GO TO FORT
FOR EXAMINA ATOMS
1e Young Men Have Cast Their Lot with
1st Vermont Infantry Since Recruit
ing Campaign Opened in Barre
Last Week.

Seventeen young men of Barre were
off to-day for Fort Ethan Allen to swell
the ranks of the Headquarters company
lst Vermont regiment of National Guard
The party leaving over the Central Yer
mont railroad at S:25 o'clock included
Sergt. Maj. n. w. Hooker, his assistant,
Private w, +. Hudson, and six recruits
who presented themselves for enlistment
after noon Saturday. All told in a
weeks intensive campaigning, in which
Sergt. Maj. Hooker was aided by the
combined efforts of Barre business men
and their advertising broadsides, 10 re-
cruits we're enrolled at the recruiting Of
flee in the Rowland building. The num-
ber far exceeds the expectations of the
company officers and furnishes record
which has seldom been equalled in any
Vermont town in the past year.
Both Spaulding high school and God
dard seminary contributed of their young
manhood to Saturdays batch OF recruits,
although the credit of furnishing the
larger number of applicants for enlist
ment belongs to the high school, where
every class has been represented among
those applying for entry blanks, Follows
the six who brought the weeks compile
ment up to 10 before the station closed
Saturday night:
Norman Gordon, student at Spaulding
high school, football, baseball and basket
ball player, who enlisted for the mounted
orderly section.
Wilfred LOWE, student at Spaulding
high school, candidate for mounted scout.
Richard Lamb of East Calais, student
at Goddard seminary, enlisted for the
regimental band.
Cecil bowers of Gable street, employe
of Montpelier & Barre Tailow Co., mount
ed scout.
Paul S. Parzo, student, enlisted for
the mounted orderly section.
Joseph S. Bussiere, granite cutter,
North Main street, enlisted for the
orderly section.
Rarely have students in this city made
such demonstration as was staged by
them at the station this morning when
the recruits were entraining. Spaulding
Ind Goddard were both represented in a
,rowd of youngsters who cheered Justify
,very time the cheer leader mentioned |
inybody's name. Three cheers, rah-rahs |
md tigers were given as long as the brief
wait at the station permitted, and the |
'alute was not all for the student sol |
Tiers, as the others were eheered to the |
,cho as they got aboard the train.
Sergt. Maj. Hooker, before starting, /
rave it as his opinion that the acquisi
ion from Barre will go long way to-
ward filling the ranks OF the company, |
Llthough additional recruits are neces.
ary and il there are any hereabouts
sho contemplate enlistment in the Ma
ional Guard an opportunity to confer
With the sergeant major will be afforded
ater in the week. He viii return to
BARRE for day, to be announced, and
he recruiting office will be reopened for
he forenoon, afternoon and part of the
vening.
The Young men who set their faces
esolutely toward the government reser-
alton this morning include Sergt. Maj
locker. Private Hudson, Paul s. Parizo,
oseph S. Bussiere, Cecil bowers. Wilfred
OWE, Richard Lamb and Norman Cor
on, Saturday enlistments, and Richard
Douglas Newcomb, Glenn
George, Leo F. Crowley, James Brown,
suraine Densmore, Leslie L. Young, K
gorge Thayer and Gughilmo Pasetto, {
ho enlisted earlier in the week. Those
ho preceded them to the fort last week !
re: Ralph Lawliss, Walter O'Kelly, Wal Z
II Loso and Gordon Guy. L
1t is a likely looking lot recruited here
four days and it is believed that every !
ne of the 10 win pass the rigid physical t
to be undergone at the fort. I
II submitted TO minor tests at the local
alton and passed satisfactorily. S
Erwin Lawliss of 0 Kirk street received !
message this afternoon from his son. t
alph Lawliss, one of the first TO enlist s
st week, saying that he had passed the c
iysical examination at Fort Ethan Al '
n, where he registered soon after apply I
& at the local station. Other Barre C
,ung men who went to the fort toward q
e end OF the week have enlisted and I
Issed the examination as follows: Wal $
r 0'Kelly, Walter Loso and Gordon g
ny, n