Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-09
VERMONT PHOENIX, BRArr1EBoRo FRIDAY FEBRUARY
COMPANY | MEN
READY FOR WAR
Out. Of. Town Members Send Ad.
dresses so They Can be Found
Armory Protected by Armed Guard
Capt. Gibson Wants Names of Pro
spective Recruits.

Since the news that the United
States had severed diplomatic relations
with Germany became known Capt.
Ernest w. Gibson of Company ], V. ~.
G., has been in receipt of letters by
every mail from members of the com
pany in other towns and former mem.
bers who have been furloughed to the
reserve advising him of their addresses
and expressing the hope that if the
company is called into service they will
be able to reach Brattleboro in time
to join the ranks before start is
made.
John Manley, through Capt. Gibson,
has applied for q place in the avia,
ton corps and George Barre, now of
Springfield, Mass, q mechanic who has
served in the company and recently
was discharged because Of his bona
fide change of residence to another
state, was here Saturday night and
said that he intends to seek service in
the submarine branch of the navy.
The company now has 90 men, all
of whom saw service on the Mexican
border or were in camp at Burlington
those long weeks of vain waiting to
encc of the kind that will be valu-
able to them if the National Guard of
this state is called into the service for
any purpose whatever.
There would be only about so over
coats for the 90 men now in the com.
mand, and most of the uniforms arc of
the cotton khaki which might be
rather uncomfortable on exposed out.
post duty at this time of year, but the
company, in point of numbers and per.
sonnet, compares favorably with any
in the regiment. The matter of equip
ment is beyond the iurisdict ton of any.
one in Brattlcboro.
1t is matter of history that the
uniforms which wefe issued to the mon
of the National Guard were adjudged
recently by the judge advocate gen
cral of the United States army to be
! the property of the United States
/ This leaves the different organizations
of the state without clothing except
such as the individual members of the
different commands possess. 1t is UNI
derstood that there is little available
on hand in the arsenal at Montpelier
Most of the members of Company c.
which was composed entirely of mem
bers of the University of Vermont
were discharged upon their return from
the border and that company is only q
skeleton organization at present.
Company X of Springfi ed, which has
no armory accommodations of any
kind, has sadly depleted ranks, at the
, last inspection a few weeks ago only
about 90 nson' being present.
The Bellows Fails company has net
within 80 members as many as Com
pany I carries at present on its roll
and it is doubtful if any company il
the state could turn out more recently
trained men on q days notice thar
could Company /.
Capt. Gibson was at the Armor,
much Of the time Sunday and said lat,
in the afternoon that all arrange
ments had been completed to meet am
emergency demand that might be mad
upon him or the company Lieut.. Ro,
b. Miner is the only commissioned of
ficer of the company at present aud h
is employed in Chester, which leave
upon the shoulders of Capt. Gibson al
preliminary arrangements for a pos
sible call
Acting under orders of Adit. Ger
Lee s. Tillotson Saturday Afternoon
J the armorv was placed under an armc
guard, which will be maintained con
tinuously until further orders. TIL
doors are locked and no one but men
bers of the company or persons VIII
can satisfy the guard that their bus
ness is Legitimate are permitted eli
trance
Capt. Gibson saws he will be glad t
q receive at once the names and az
dresses of men who would be willin
to enlist in the company if the call t
actual service comes.
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