The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
COMPANY HOSES
N|NETY-NlNE MEN
Thirteen Hundred Enlisted
Men and 20 Officers Are
Transferred
AT CAMP BARTLETT
IN WESTFIELD, MASS.
Two Trainloads Passed Through Brat
tleboro Yesterday Morning - Crowd
of 1000 Greeted Soldiers at Local
Railroad Station.
Especial to The Reformer.)

FORT ETHAN ALLEN, Aug. -.
Thirteen hundred enlisted men and
20 officers have been transferred from
the Vermont regiment to the Goth divi-
sion of the United States army. This
leaves the strength of the regiment as
GO enlisted men and 33 officers, who re-
main here for the time being. Among
the officers who remain are Col. Thorn
as, Lieut.. Col. Hyland, Major Tinker,
Major Cooley, Captains Cowan. Com
| pany A. Sullivan, Company C: Wilcox,
Company d; Cady, Company f; Gibson,
Company Henry, Company E; East |
man, Supply company; Barber, Head /
quarters company; Smith, Machine Gun !
company The First Vermont as a |
tactical unit remains here for further
orders.
Company | lost 80 men and two officers
by the transfer. There remains here
one officer and 81 enlisted men of Com
Ipany |. Capt Smith of the Machine
Gun company suffered the greatest loss
by the transfer. losing his three lien
r..
Capt. Smith has labored hard to build
lup an organization and now finds him
self with no men in his command.
Just what will be done with the men
: remaining here is not known Many
rumors are in the air. 1t is said bv
some that the regiment will be filled
: with the drafted men from this state so
: far as they will go towards it., and by
some It is said that it win be filled bv
regular army recruits, while others seem
certain that those now here will be
e transferred to some other division now
/ forming. The truth of the matter is
d that no one knows just what is to hap
c pen.
n 1t is hoped that the vacancies caused
n by the transfers of officers will be filed
8 by promotions from the ranks. In that
case the old men of the regiment who
: have been trying for commissions should
d hasten to enlist in order that they may
e be in line for the promotions. in case
e no one now in the respective compaies is
d eligible.
d Nearly all of the men transferred
r. from Company | went with the ammu-
d milton train of the division Lieut. c. A
Ii Pellet was transferred to the machine
IT gun section. Those with the ammunition
II Westfield, Mass.
1t Company | is in need of cooks. ANY
one wishing to enlist as cook can
without doubt, secure a position. Tn
der orders recently issued recruits ear
be received. 1t is hoped that the regi
It ment can be partially filed by enlist
ments. If the regiment is to retain it
identity this is highly desirable. Their,
on are plenty of men in Windham county
IN of draft age who will be caught witt
es the next call to fill Company f an(
r. Company | TO full war strength.
O. Private George II. Lane goes as or
80 derly to Major Ashley. Private Allal
Colt takes his place as telephone or
cd derly.
% Many affecting scenes witnessed tn
Is. departure of the men. Relatives wer
at on hand in force The officers of tn
or regiment felt the situation keenly. i
80 many instances officers had been in com
$50 mand of the men detailed for years, an
ok there had grown between officer an
Of man bond of confidence and trus
which was not easily broken.
ck 1t has been said that the regiment
ise which was the only National Guard wa
nd strength regiment in New England, wa
the best that has followed the color
OF Ine state since the tlNH war. LII
examining surgeon had used extraord
nary care in the selection of the phys
cally best of the manhood of the stat
81 for service. The physical condition {
the men won the highest praise of IL
officer detailed from the Northeaster
y department to superintend the selectio
sge and inspection Of the men. Regret deel
'se ems as time goes on that the regimen
III could not have remained intact to giN
an that account of itself in active servi'
ieu which Vermonters have ever given.
ers During the transfer and moving pc,
ice cd of the troops strict orders were
iy sued against using the telephone or
EN- any way communicating informatit
from the camp. In nearly all eases Il
injunction was strictly obeyed. This a
counts for failure of parents, in maj
eases, to receive communications fro
TT, their sons.
Two trainloads of Vermont troo
SKI, went south through Brattleboro fro
val Fort Ethan Allen early Sunday nor
vas ing. Both sections contained Compal
ing / men. 1t became known Saturd
cial night that the troops would arrive dl
ere. ing the night and that the first secti