The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-06
VERMONTERS In
DEPOT BRIGADE
Part of First Regiment Is
Among Units Assigned
to This Branch
WILL FOLLOW 26TH
DIVISION TO FRANCE
Some Vermonters Are to Be
Transferred to 104th
Infantry

Westfeld, Mass, Sept. 6--Temporary
organization of the depot brigade of the
26th division was effected at Camp Bart.
lett Tuesday by the naming of Col. NJ. j.
Healy of the LIST New Hampshire as act
ing brigade commander until the arrival
of Brig. Gen. f. Leroy Sweetser, who is
expected shortly to take over the duties
of organizing the depot brigade.
Units assigned to this brigade are the
lst New Hampshire, lst Vermont, 9th
and sth Massachusetts,, all infantry com
mands; the LIST Maine heavy artillery, B
company, signal corps of New Hamp.
shire, and the % men of the New Hamp.
shire quartermaster corps. The two
troops from the I'd cavalry have been at
tached to the depot brigade temporarily
To complete its personnel field hospital
company will arrive from somewhere"
soon. In all probability this will be
Connecticut unit, giving the depot bri.
gade representation from every state in
New England
Transfers of men and equipment from
one regiment TO another were being made
throughout the day. Drafts of more
than 800 men from the sth Massachu.
sets were made to fill the ranks of the
l03d infantry Men from Maine and
New Hampshire rejected in the final
analysis were transferred back 10 the
LIST New Hampshire to await discharge. |
Men from the l04th infantry, composed !
of the former I'd, 9Th and sth Massachu
sets, will go back to the sth Massachu-
sets. Their places in the l04th infantry |
will be taken by drafts from the remain.
der of the lst Vermont Several Rhode |
Islanders and Vermont men who failed
to pass the latest tests will 90 back TO
one Of the regiments of the depot bri.
gade Then when all have been dis
charged the ranks Of this brigade will be
filled from the new national army and
enlistments in the regular forces The
men viii be trained and later viii follow
the 26th division abroad. AT least, that
is the present plan, as has been announced
An air of optimism pervaded the ranks
of the regiments consigned to the depot
brigade. Perhaps the activity had some
thing to do with it, or again it may have
been the brscing air. Certainly there are
some mighty efficient officers left in the
depot brigade, and they have resolved to
10 their best to turn out some crack com
mands when they get the men to work
with
Col. William r. Perry of the Sth and
1oI. Thomas of the LIST Vermont were
,ustling about all Tuesday, the Vermont
RS settling their camp and getting
Kings to rights, Col Healey was organ
zing his temporary staff to carry on the
work of the brigade until Gen Sweetser
arrives. Col Ballentine of the Maine
'Heavies" has the most nearly complete
,utft in the depot brigade, and when the
Maine artillery is ripened with training
le hopes to have one of the best regi-
nents in the army.
There is one thing the depot brigade
rides itself on, and that is its musical
The Vermonters, New
hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts
utfts each have an excellent band and
here will be no lack of music in the de-
ct brigade The officers of this brigade
ave been excused from attendance at
he conferences of officers of the SD bri
ade which takes place daily at the head
uarters of Gen. Cole.