Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-07-06
MANY OF OUR BOYS
TO GO TO FRANCE
EnIiStmentS in First Vermont Take
Big Jump
More MiddIsbury Boys Decide To
Get In Out Of the Draft

With the big drive for recruiting
which began here week ago Addison
County is sending more men into the
First Vermont Infantry which will go to
France to fight sometime before the
snow flies.
The Register telephoned to Captain
Barber of the headquarters staff at FIT,
Ethan Allen this morning and obtained
from him a partial list Of Addison
county men who have been accepted for
the First Vermont and assigned to COM
panies. Two weeks ago there were
only fourteen from this county in the
regiment, the lowest record but one
! Grand lsle) Of any county in the state,
but with the establishment of a recruit
ing station here a week ago, the visit of
the regimental band, the help of many
townspeople in helping the recruiting
party to get about the county by auto,
the enlstsments are taking big jump,
Here is the partial list which Captain
Barber telephoned this morning
COMPANY A.
Vivian j. Coburn of -- How
ard II. Austin Of Middlebury.
COMPANY b,
William r. Hier, John l.. Devine,
George A. Cormier, Albert &. Devoid,
George A. Devoid, Guy Hutchins, Guy
A, o Bryan, Norman l., Thompson all
of Bristol
COMPANY c.
Corporal Charles A. Mutt, North Fer
| risburg. RAYMOND II. Martin, Hancock;
Norman Lafayette, Starksboro,
COMPANY NJ
Norman d, Hull, Starksboro; William
+. Harmon, Starksboro.
These additional names of recruits
were obtained from Sergt. Bryant Of
the local station, but as some of the
men have not been examined it is not
known whether they will be accepted
From Middlebury and Weybridge the
names are: Walter Simonds, Alexander
Hamilton, David Stone, Earl H.
Douglas, Noale Barrows, Joseph Boise,
Charles Hart, George Gotta, Carl
McMaster, Henry Bennett, Earl H.
LaPier, Albert Sperry, Clayton p.
Murray and Will S. Scale.
From Bristol there are: Leo McKin-
non, and Harold LaVarn;and from New
Haven Mills, Henry Dwyer and Edmund
B. McCauley.
Lieut. Sheldon returned last night
from tour of the recruiting stations of
the State, and will spend the next few
days in Addison County. He reports
that over 70 recruits have been OBJ
tanned on the last few days and that
everywhere he and his party have been
extended every courtesy. In Fair Haven
George H. V. Allen, who is known in
Middlebury for having taken Miss Cecil
Child of Weybridge as his BRIDE ap-
preached Lieut.. Sheldon with the in
quiry as to what he could do with a
small check to help the boys of the lst
Vermont. Lieut.. Sheldon, having in
mind a small sum, suggested he would
buy tobacco, and Mr.. Allen asked him
to call at the bank the next morning for
the check. To his surprise the Lieuten-
ant was handed check for $500 which
he thinks will supply the boys pretty
generously with smokes.
The recruiting station established
here week ago in charge of Lieut..
H. P. Sheldon to help bring the lst
Vermont Regiment up to war strength
has had busy and successful week,
leaving no doubt of the fact that the
young men of Addison County when
once stirred with their country S call are
generally ready to respond.
Middlebury'' says Sergeant Bry
ant, has been very patriotic in its