Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-21

WINDHAM COUNTY
ENLISTMENTS SO
That Number Certified to Since
Registration Day
Actual Number Exceeds That OIL File
i'll Office of Local Board, but Some
Returns Have Not Come in.

Since June ), registration day, there
have been many enlistmcntS in differ
cnt branches of the United States serv
lee on the part of Young men from
Brattlcboro and other towns in Wind
ham county. but it is difficult rs vet 60
get the exact number. The local draft
board. of which r. u. f. stowe is clerk,
has received returns of 9S CnliStmcntS
which have been certified to. Tn
douhtcdlv the real number exceeds this
largely OF this number only Is of
these who volunteered their services
during the few days Of recruiting last
week have been certified and returned,
while it is known that the actual mum
Der who passed the examinations is
much greater. Eventually returns of
all men from this district will be made
to the local draft board, but they are
slow in coming in.
OF the number certified and returned
to date - of the cnliNtmcnts have been
in the Infantry National Guard, 10 III
the regular United States infantry and
the rest are divided as follows: Unit
ed States artillery, >; t. :. 4. NJ. D.,
|; t. $. marine corps, l. t. S. navy, $;
Q. NJ. +. X. C., 9; Squadron A, y. Y.
cavalry, |; 9TH telegraph battalion, :.
II. G., |; signal corps, Is; fort service
infantry, |; naval reserves, H.; army
engineers, |; +. A., >.
The certified cnliStmcnts arc as col
lows
Infantry y. G.-IIcnrv F. Wilcox,
Rockin2ham; Joseph X. Doyle, Rock
ingham; Nicholas p. AggcakiS, Rock.
ingham William Henry Cyrs, Bellows
Falls; Lindsey T.. Bclknap, Rockin.
ham; Paul II. Lawton. Rockingham:
Austin J sherman, Rockingham; I'd
ward ]. Lawlor, Rockingham; Robert
G. Hayes, Rockingham; Walter j. Fui-
Ter, Putncy Francis +. Kctcham, Put
ncy; Leonard g. Brown, Ncwfanc;
Howard A. Thaycr, Williamsvillc, Rob
ert r. Shcpardson, South Londonderry:
! Harry O. Bcatttc, Jamaica: George +.
Willard, West Dummcrston; Lauren II.
| Pike, Brattlcboro George +. stephens.
Brattlcboro; Frank r. Edwards, Brat
tlcboro; Thomas +. Doyle, Brattlcboro;
| Elmer Tedford. AthcnS Oscar b. Car
ter, Wilmington; Peter Wimmclmann.
Wilmington; Hiram Boyd, Wilmington;
| "
| Frederick j. Robarc, Wilmington: IIar-
ny T.. Covcy, Wilmington; Chester y.
Lavanway, Wilmington; Glenn w. Bas-
sctt Wilmington; Grover G. Plumb,
Nottingham; Clarence +. Wright,
Westminster; Irving W. Lober, West
minister; Herbert A. Leach, Wcstmin-
Theron l.. White, Wardsboro; Raymond
OH
Grout, Townshend; Joseph w. Palmer,
Townshcnd; Frank Shame, Somerset;
Fred l. l.. Lawton, Bellows Falls
Arthur Leon Young, Bellows Fails;
Morris NJ. Costin, Rockingham; James
II. Mcdonald. Rockingham; Forest \.
Wentworth, East Dover; Cyprian GAIA
IisM, Rockingham; Merrill y. Stark,
lirattlcboro; Louis j. Hanlcy. Brattle-
boro; Willis +. futile, Brattlcboro.
I. =. infantry-Tom Layoie, Somcr-
set; Joseph Thompson, Somerset; Mel
son +. Pickwcll, not given; Paul p.
Warsky, Wilmington; Fred l.. Collins,
! Halifax; TAYLOR j Morse. Brattlcboro;
Frank p. Lynch, Brattleboro; Fred
crick w. McCafery, Brattleboro; Al.
thur Il. Church, Grafton Arthur J. Gc-
rouX, Brattleboro; Edmund +. Bous,
que,; Alex Marchuk, Jamaica.
| NavY-William j. Caskins, Rocking
ham; Robert T.. Angler, Brattleboro;
Raymond l.. Brown, Brattlcboro;
Charles V. Damon, Rockingham; Leo.
Clark Wilder, Wilmington; Robert X.
Kirby, Brattlcboro; Joseph McGcc,
Rockingham.
L. S. y. r. F.-William o. Witt. not
given; Robert g. Chamberlain, Brattlc-
boro; Sanford G. Plumb, Brattleboro.
|. 5. army cn2incerS-Augustus Bou-
tin, Somerset.
Q. NJ. +. II. C.---Franccs T. Clcary,
Bellows Falls; Joseph IL. Eastman,
Rockingham; Charles S. Cray. Bellows
Falls; Andrew c. Wright, Guilford;
Marley Il. Adams, Brattlcboro; Arthur
l.. Clapp, Brattleboro.
Artillery--.Ioscph Adshadc, Brattlc-
boro.
Quartcrmastcr corps--Elton S. Por-
ter, Roekingham; Laurence c. Rowcll
Rockingham; Gerald =. Bcdaw, Rock.
ingham.
Signal corps-Morris T.. O'Donnell,
BrattleborO; Richard IL. Patterson,
Westminster; Albert G. Laird, Brattlc-
boro; George l.. Graham, Rockingham;
Henry +. Welch, Rockngham; Edward
F. Nayo, Rockingham.
Squadron A, y. Y. cavalry William
NJ. Bramman Brattleboro.
Telegraph AUTHORIZATION W.
Halliday, Brattlcboro.
L. S. NJ. C.7-Malcolm f. Famsworth,
Brattleboro.
a. NJ. p.-PhilIip Roborsc, Whining
ton.