The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-14
Vermont's Military Quota.
burlington Free Press.

with the number of men who have en- |
listed IN the regular army and other
ways are unable to see the other side
They seem to ignore utterly the fact
that no less than 800 young men applied
at Burlington alone for admission to the |
naval service, which naturally appeals to
the Green Mountain boys as a result of
the prestige gained by Dewey and Clark
and Mayo.
We have only to consider the appor-
tionment of 800, the same number, for
Vermont in connection with the coming
draft of 625 000 men for military serv-
lee to realize the extent to which the
Green Mountain boys went beyond the
average in connection with naval re
cruiting calling for 100000 or so in
the country as a whole. In addition to
this the Vermont boys have been enlist
| ing in a gratifying manner in various
military organizations for service in this
war, including the aviation corps.
| The Transcript and other papers en-
gagged in maligning the state seem also
to have forgotten that the Green Noun |
tain state was the first to deliver its Ma |
4 tional Guard III a body on the Mexican |
border year ago when there was a sud |
den emergency call following Villa S |
raid on Columbus. The thing they like
to harp upon is that Vermont has only
D 50 enlistments to date in the regular
Y army, branch of the service to which
, the Green Mountain boys, with their
( love of state identity and Vermont or
9 CARNATIONS, have never taken kindly.
: The Bennington Banner well says in re-
e lation to the World S talk along a line
d similar to that indicated:
1.-The World does not know all the cir
cumstanees When the count is finally
: made it will be found that Vermont has
furnished as many soldiers as any state
: in proportion to population. During the
,LCiyil war this state supplied $4,000 men.
. or more than onetenth of the total pop
J.. ulation of the state, record that was
Q exceeded by no other state.
"'In this war the Vermont boys are
going forward with as much courage
and patriotism. as the Others but so far
they have not been attracted to the reg
uar army. 1t is a far cry from rural
Vermont to the regular army, while the
state National Guard and other branches
of service seem much nearer. The rcgu-
Y lar army recruiting efforts have been
wholly confined to the larger centers OF
:. population and have not vet penetrated
H. the small towns of Vermont. If they
- wish to come here, they can get recruits
but il will. of course, be in smaller
groups than in the great cities of the
: country. There has been only one &C
NJ tive regular recruiting station for thu
- regular army in Vermont since the wa
started. a few of the larger places have
oh been visited briefly but that is abOu
ne all.
m IF the World will keep its eve or tn
-, Nermonters, il will observe that the,
will do their full duty. Remember i
7h was Vermont volunteer regiments tina
be were sent to New York city to quell tn
anti-draft riots when the cause of tn
Union was in greatest danger fifty-od
years ago
We The Brattleboro Reformer talks wit
res reference to Vermont S future servic
ey as follows:
!, Vermont has been maligned and mi,
= represented by many large newspaper
lu' because her recruiting for the regula
a army was small as compared with othc
or states. When the record is finally writ
,ro ten right it will be found that our snu
little commonwealth is near the top {
zen the list in the number of men contribu
y. ed for war service figuring on the pc
centage of population. At the start W
will furnish a full regiment of owe
to Guards To the navy, to the ambulant
nee corps already in service abroad, and
i+h various other lines, our quota is larg
The reason why we have not done niue
~" for the regular army is that our boy
lar have gone into our National Guard un
is and into various other military an
ex naval branches in preference to the re-
a. ular army. The fact that Vermont Wi
not be called upon for more than 81
;ef- men under the draft shows that the Ii
ain tie state which has always been in II
led front ranks in war times is still doir
rew her duty
The Barre Times clinches the who
matter as follows:
ITO prove that recruiting static
ents and the personal appeal are producti'
5 is of results III Vermont it is only nect
the sary to point out the enlstments to t
e., United States navy. There are two
three such recruiting stations in w
lcNS mont, and Vermont has contributed
bell most her full quota of men for the nav
What If there had been six of these recruit
final stations Vermont would have flled h
quota long before this; but under t
Il conditions she has done very well. II
-lon- quota for the navy is 400 men, and
il is our reports are correct, she has cons
ma TO Grady DdSSbu jHc OUU marx, despite
80, fact that the government has left t
campaign of recruiting.
" Moreover, Vermont has had re
ment of infantry, part of the Nation
bae Guard, under arms for several mont
and has also supplied men to guard II
o. road bridges and industrial plants in
proc neighboring state of New Hampshi
ever Moreover, the regiment is almost recrt
wor- ed to full war strength, 1902 men.
GA sides that, Vermont has sent MANY N
to the colors of the British and
hoou French, men who have been giving til
most services and their lives for mont
be- even years. Barre, for instance,
dirty had as many as a score Of men in
-. trenches, some of whom will never
''oi' turn to their homes Others have bC
T, ac- sent to the ambulance corps service
hide France and are doing their bit for
otec cause of democracy, while more JON
the naval reserve.
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