The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-19
Nineteen Soldiers Given En-
thusiastic Send-off at
So. Royalton
CONCERT AND DANCE
IN THEIR HONOR
Frank E. Goulette Got Ex-
emption Papers at the
Last Minute

So. Royalton, Sept l9.-The 10 men o
Orange county ordered TO report at tn,
national cantonment, Aver, Mass, left
here over the Central Vermont railroad
| at l0;45 this forenoon, amid the cheer
ing of large number of people who hst
gathered to see them off. The departure
followed round of entertainment pro,
vided by the people of So. Roylaton, who
took upon themselves the obligation OF
giving rousing send.off to the boys OF
their neighboring county. So. Royalton
which is in Windsor county, was chosen
as the most accessible entraining point
from Chelsea, the county seat of Orange
county.
The selected men came here yesterday
afternoon, and they were met last night
by the So Royalton band, after which
they and the crowd went TO knight S
hall, where an entertainment was given
in honor of the departing soldiers, Judge
Whitman presided over the meeting, and
there was speaking by various persons,
including the Revs. Mosley, Barnes and
Haseltine, the last named from Chelsea
Interspersed with the speaking was mu-
sic by the band.
At the close OF the public meeting
Deweys orchestra played for dance,
which continued TO an early hour this
morning. the selected men being the
guests of honor here, as at all other
gatherings A splendid time was en-
ioyed by all The selected men spent
the remainder of the night at the So.
Royalton house, and this forenoon as
sembled at the railroad station to await
the arrival of the train from the north.
The men who left were: Fred James
Smith of Groton, Philip Harry Hoyt of
Sharon, George Belzill of Newbury,
Francis Watson Vinton of Roxbury,
Leon Bohonnon of Washington, Eugene
w Ordway of East Corinth, Alfred Nor
rie of East Barre, Frank f. Bennett of
North Tretford Robert w Hall of Tops
ham, Lee Wilson Bacon of South Fair
lee, F'ward Z. Grant, jr, of Bradford,
Ralph W. Burgin of Groton, Watson
William LaRose of Randolph, Jesse L.
Mahan Of East Randolph, Carl Wesley
Fits of Corinth, Leon Lusco of West |
Fairlee, Daniel Eli Miner of Barre r. F. |
D., William Henry Smith of No. Haver-
hill, n. H., and Leslie Clark Griffin of |
Fafrlee.
Just before the time came for the de-
narture of the train, Frank f. Goulette
If Washington, one of the men in the
original 10, received his exemption pa
,ers and was allowed to return home.
This necessitated calling the first alter
late, who was Daniel Eli Miner, whose
oostoffi, address is Barre.
As the men entered the train, they
howed their appreciation of the enter
ainment afforded them by giving three
heers for their entertainers.
A car loaded with members of the ma
ional army passed through Montpelier
his morning. attached to the rear of the
morning mail train on the Central Yer
mont railway. There were AZ men in
he car and they were under the personal !
upervision of c. D. Waters, the Yer !
lont representative of the American !
lailway association ON the movement of !
roops. In the car were q from Frank .
II, IA from Chittenden, and IA from La. ]
loille counties, while when the train /
cached South Royalton the 10 from z
range county were placed in the car. q
hese soldiers will reach Aver, Mass, a
tile after o'clock. Major Stephen !
ushing is in charge of the troops which =
ent from the eastern side of the state :
lis morning.