The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-15
COULD ENLIST
ANYWHERE: But
IN FIRST VI.
Experience of Recruits Who
Went to Springfield
SOME WE'RE TURNED
Rutland Herald Says That the Rut-
land Recruiting Office is Per-
feet Lady.

Charles II. Nichols who was retus
ed by the United States recruiting
officers that he couldn't enlist in the
First Vermont has gone to Albany
today to enlist in the navy.
James Hewson, whom one set OF
United States recruiting officers al
Springfield refused to even consider
as recruit for the First Vermont,
on the alleged ground that he looked
to be too young, was called aside by
other officers and told he could en-
list in some other branch, and was
actually enlisted in the coast artii-
lery. "a
Joseph A. Pellerin who was refused
admission into the First Vermont on
the fiimsy pretext that he didn't have
discharge nom the National Guard
when Company n dishanded, was
urged and solicited TO enlist in an
other branch OF the service.
The Rutland Herald emits yell
like a spanked baby over what In
Bennington boys say about the Rut
land recruiting Office and is referred
to Joseph Pelerin, who served four
years in the Vermont National Guard
Chas, r. Talbot, William Harrington
Melvin Piper, William l.. Daley, FL
don Feathers. Thos. Maioney, Merle
al nsh 70 ~.
land and whom Bennington people
will believe and who are, at least, as
much entitled TO credence as the in
terested parties inside the Rutland
recruiting Office who accuse them OF
being liars and drunk and disorder
~.
One little incident alone shows
who is telling The truth. With scores
of men waiting, the recruiting Office
vas closed at o'clock and boys
driven out into the streets, some OF
them without money, without food
and with no place to go. This alone
shows the standard set by the Rut
land recruiting Office.
Wendell Mattison who went from
Rutland to Albany Wednesday after
noon has been heard from at For;
Slocum Edward Cross went to AL
bany with Mattison and is also sup
posed to be at Fort Slocum.
Harry Green whose name was Civ
en- in The Banner as going to Spring
field, yielded, at the last moment, tc
the solicitation OF his parents and
did not go.
james Hewson. who enlisted al
Springfield in the coast artillery, is
only II and his father, John r. Hew
son, is trying to have him dis
charged
Charles Nichols, James WEIGH ant
Bernard Doran who ore IS years ole
/ and past were turned down on tht
ground that they looked too yount
but are said to have been urged L
enlist in the coast artillery.
The Rutland Herald in a manifest
/ ly inspired statement of the affair a
| Rutland Wednesday says that the re
! cords of the Rutland recruiting sta
( tion SHOW no record whatever o
| Josenh Pellerin, Charles Talbot, Ber
/ nard Doran, Eugene Prue, Thoma
Maloney, Neveryou Papers, Eldol
| Feathers and Harry Vetal."
f the recruiting Office records a
/ Rutland show nothing of the appear
ance of these men it is of course
apparent that the records have bee
! fixed ND to cover the wrong done, 70
! Pellerin was the spokesman of III
Bennington party in dealing vii
! Sergeant Brooks.
The absolute falsity of the recruit
ing stations attempted defence !
shown by the fact that in Thursday
issue of the Rutland Herald tn
name of Joseph Pellerin of Bennini
ton is printed as one Of those e.
amined and passed the day befor,
They ought to have doctored thei
records earlier
; After being caught in one sue
bare-faced misstatement the value
the rest of the stuff coming from Ru
land recruiting station can be easil
estimated.