The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-05
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ARMORY PROTECTED
BY ARMED GUARD
Capt. e. w. Gibson Wants Names Of
Any Who Would Be Willing to Enlist
in Event Of Hostilities - Most Of
Command Went to Texas

Since the naws that the United
States had severed diplomatic relations
with Germany became known Capt.
Ernest w. Gibson of Company /, V. y.
e., has been in receipt of letters by
every mail from members of the com.
pany III 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 tha ranks before start is
made
John Manley, through Capt. Gibson,
has applied for a place in the avia-
tion corps and George Barre, now of
Springfield, Mass, a mechanic who has
served in the company and recently
was discharged because of his bona
| hde 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 80 men, all
Of whom saw service on the Mexican
border or Were in camp at Burlington
those long weeks of vain waiting TO
be sent forward. All have had expert
ence of the kind that will be yalu.
4 fttfe t0 them # the National Guard of
this state is called into the service for
any purpose whatever
| h. Oh
coats for the 80 men now in the COM
mand, and most of the uniforms are of
the cotton khaki which might be
! rather uncomfortable on exposed out
? post duty al this time of year, but the
company, in point of numbers and per-
$ sonnal, compares favorably with any
] in the regiment. The matter of equip
ment is beyond the jurisdiction of any
$ one in Brattleboro.
1t is matter of history that the
uniforms which were issued to the men
Of the National Guard were adjudged
recently by the judge advocate gen
eral 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 un-
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 a
skeleton organization at present.
Company * of Springfi Id, which ha.
10 no arinory accommodations of any
ls kind, has sadly depleted ranks, at thu
8 last inspection few weeks ago onl,
,E about 30 men being present.
h The Bellows Fails company has nc
u within 80 members as many as Com
) pany l carries at present on its roll
= : and it is doubtful if any company il
~ the state could turn out more recentl,
trained men on a days notice tha.
could Company |.
Capt. Gibson was at the Armor,
much of the time Sunday and said lat
* in the afternoon that all arrange
VI ments had been completed to meet an
emergency demand that might be mad
upon him or the company. Lieut. Ro
az b. Miner is the only commissioned of
fieer of the company at present aud h
is employed in Chester, which leave
upon the shoulders of Capt. Gibson Al
1t preliminary arrangements for pos
er sible call
We Acting under orders of Adjt. Ger
y; Lee S. Tillotson SATURDAY. afternoo
ad the armory was placed under an armc
les guard, which will be maintained cor
a Lls tinuously until further orders. Tn
y. doors are locked and no one but mon
~. bers of the company or persons VIII
nd can satisfy the guard that their bus
to ness is legitimate are permitted er
trance.
Capt. Gibson saws he will be glad t
receive at once the names and az
dresses of men who would be willin
n to enlist in the company if the call
" actual service comes.