Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-30
FIRST VERMONT TO GO
Remainder of Regim ent to Leave
Soon for Another Camp.
Hospital Corps, Band. Headquarters'
Troop. Officers and Many Privates
still at the Reservation.

Orders have been received at Fort Ethan
for the removal Of the remainder Of the
First Vermont regiment to another sta
tton according to a statement made at
headquarters yesterday afternoon After
the departure Of the detachment of 1900
men last week there were about 700 left.
NO whole company was sent away but
J only portion of each. Since they left,
the mess shacks of each company have
been Kept running, as usual. 1t was
stated at the time the First Vermont
regiment was broken up last week that
only the best men were picked to go to
WeStneld but this was quite the contrary
Tor was supposed at the camp at the
time that drafted men were to be sent
TO the Post and the remaining guards
men were to train them and they were
TO be non-commissioned officers. On this
account many Of the best men were left
behind.
The men now at camp are those who
make up the band. hospital corps, head
quarters troop. several officers, including
Colonel Thomas. and several hundred pri.
Yates.
The orders received state that the regi.
ment shall pack and be ready to go at a
moments notice and the probably will
leave by Friday or Saturday. No in
formation has been received, however as
to the destination of the regiment. It Is
possible that they may join those that
left FIRST and are now at Westfeld, Mass
The tents have all been left standing,
as we'll as the mess shacks. 1t is likely
that the former will be taken along but
no orders have been received as to their
disposition
With the departure of the First Ver-
mont. the Y. NJ c. A. building at the
tot A mil 1o ,1o L,,k -
will not be taken down at present The
geenral secretary. Lyman Notorious. has
already left and is now at Charlotte.
N. c.. with national guardsmen there.
Mr.. Hindman. the camp general secre-
tary, will leave the last of the week for
Elyria, Ohio where he will be the gen.
eral secretary of the city association,
with Jay H. Parker as his assistant. Mr..
Parker has been the assistant secretary
at the Y. NJ c. A. building at the State
reservation.
FORT NOTES.
The Y NJ. c. A. at Fort Ethan Allen
is compiling some interesting statistics
concerning the new men who are ar
irving, and in particular concerning the
medical recruits who have recently ar
rived. Each new man is given a card to
fll out. which will show his religious
cuuCdtiOu anu any OTsdHlLds
tons that he may have belonged to
while at college or elsewhere.
1t has been found that an unusually
large number are college men. Many coll
leges are represented and in particular
those that are located in New England.
Nearly every national college fraternity
and many local ones have members in
the hospital corps. This department of
the government service seems to have
appealed especially to college men.
The men are badly in need of army
clothes and bedding. They have been
drilling every day in civilian attire and
sleeping on canvas cots without bedding,
but It is expected that there soon will
be good accommodations for all.
Because Of the orders forbidding enlisted
men not in uniform to leave the govern
ment reservation, the medical men are
not able to come to Burlington. for only
a few Of them have been able to get
military clothes. They find it lonesome
at night after mess, for outside of the
Y. M. c. A. building, there is no amuse-
ment place. The Y. NJ. c. A. has two or
three picture shows a week.
For being drunk on duty as a member
Of the military police in Winooski, on
August 10, Sergeant j. d. Kelly has been
sentenced by court martial to be reduced
to grade of private and forfeit two-
thirds Of his pay each month for threl
months.