The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-08
DRIVE FOR RECRUITS
TO BE STARTED IN
BARRE SATURDAY
Detail from 1st Regiment Will Arrive in
the City Tomorrow, Surrounding
Towns to Be Visited.

As part of strenuous drive for
company recruits, which the Barre Boart
of Trade has organized, detail of eigh
men in khaki from Fort Ethan Aller
will arrive in the city over the Centra
! Vermont railroad tomorrow forenoon a.
9:45 o'clock and encainp in City square
Their sojourn is to be a matter of day:
and while they are here they will live
| the open life of the soldier. A non
commissioned officer and seven privates
are to make up the detail. "Pup" tents
are TO be pitched in the park and Barre
people will have an opportunity TO gain
! tirst-hand information of what it means
I 10 be in khaki and know no roof but q
orders at all times and The strict dis
cipline enforced at the military post will
not be relaxed one bit in Barre. Their
presence here is designed to stimulate
interest in the local campaign to bring
| G company to war strength. Barre has
literally and fig1ratively adopted the
company and it is up to the young man
hood of this city and outlying towns to
make good.
Back of Board of Trade committee
elected at the meeting Wednesday morn
ing are the business men, professional
men and manufacturers. The committee
consists of the following men: III. p.
Hinman, chairman; William ID. Melon
aid, president of the the Granite Manu-
facturers' associations; Guy r. Varnum,
a member of the state committee of pub
lie safety; John b. Magnaghi and Mel
son B. Ballard. Giving their wholehesrt-
ed support to the cause are the officers
of c company and the men already en-
listed. Capt. John +. Sullivan and Lieu
tenant Shaw, among others, will prob
ably be here for the week end and two
or three officers will station themselves
in this city indefinitely. The are ready
and have been ready to aid wherever and
whenever possible. Thus far the re-
sponse has been excellent, but men and
vet more men are needed if Barre's sec
ond company in the National Guard is
to be recruited to full strength.
The plan of campaign extends to ev-
cry outlying town in this vicinity. Yes
terday two representatives of the local
committee spent the day at Fort Ethan
Alien. dTTdHBlllp INC uctdlAS vi tHt SUI
diers' encampment in this city. To-day
the committee used the telephone and
TO acquaint town members
of the public safety committee in this
district with the campaign arrangements.
Each afternoon or evening, or both,
next week active recruiting parties, with
Barre as their base, will issue forth in
to the towns near by. The
soldiers and their officers, members OF
the local committee and speakers will |
make up the party and their efforts in
each town are to be combined with /
those of public safety committeeman and
ocaI speakers. Color and verve will be
added to these minute men" parties by |
he Barre Pipe and Drum band and the
music of the bsgpipes and the drums,
With the musicians most of them in kill
les, will be we'll calculated to inspire pa
.riotic ardor.
The uniformed squadron and the band
md the speakers will be attractive fea-
.ures of each drive into an adjacent
own. The Barre committee is meeting
in conference with representa-
ives of c company and with many re-
ources modified for the campaign, the
nlistments are expected TO take big
,oost, beginning tomorrow.