The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-03
VERMONT MEN
TO Be PART OF
302D|NFANTAY
Reported Assignment Of
Those Sent Today
COLDER AT WESTFIELD
Men Are Working Hard To Build
Warm Quarters For Cold
Weather.

| Camp Deyens, Aver, Oct 2.-The
special request of Gov. Mccall for
LOO men from Camp Devens to go to
/! the depot brigade at Westfield was
| turned down here this morning and 1t
| was stated at division headquarters
| by the chief of staff that no more
| men from here will go to the depot
| brigade in Camp Bartlett.
| Men between the ages of 18 and Il
I! years may be enlisted hereafter with
I. out the consent of parents or guard
!, ianc.
The first regimental review and
| parade to be held in Camp will take
| place next Friday afternoon when
/ Col. Frank TomDkins and his staff
| will formally inspect and review the
| three battalions of the 301st Infantry.
| They will assemble on the parade
| grounds in the afternoon and will
march to field music bugles.
Three men from Rhode Island who
are conscientious objectors' to fight
ing have been transferred from the
301st engineers to the first independ-
| ent company of the depot brigade.
They are willing to perform service
for Uncle Sam but object to taking
human life they wrote on their cards.
+. The company they were put into was
provided for just such cases. One OBJ
jector, John 7. Osbour of Deerfield.
of the depot brigade was put to scrub
bing floors. peeling spuds" and other
menial tasks until his soul rebelled.
He finally went to his captain and
asked to be put in drilling and learn
ing to kill with the rest of the men
in his company. He said he was tired
of being a non-combatant. His re-
quest was granted.
Distribution among the various mil
itary organizations at Camp Devens
of the draft recruits was announced
today by Mai Jonathan NJ. Vain
wright, assistant chief of staff.
Names 73S men, on arrival tomor-
row, will be divided between the 30Sd
light field artillery and the depot bri-
gade; New Hampshire's 4S2 will take
their places in the depot brigade and
, Vermont's 420 in the 302d infantry.
! The 81 men from Rhode Island will
be assigned to the 301st engineer reg
sment, the engineer train and the de-
pot brigade.
[ Draftees in the next allotment are
urged to bring a quilt or a blanket,
preferably the former. Heavy under
wear would also be advisable.
Camp Bartlett, Hampton Plains,
Oct. 3.-There will be rejoicing
among the troops at Camp Bartlett to-
morrow. for officers went to Boston
today and this afternoon at Fenway
Park received gifts of complete base
ball outfits for such organizations as
desired them Some of the regiments
have been favored by having all the
necessary equipment for baseball
teams, but there are many which
have been less fortunate. These will
be Cutfitted now through the gener-
osity of the Red Cross. sat
Colder weather has brought new
sort of activity for the soldiers, the
building of warmer quarters. Tents
are being shored up with lumber
floors are being laid, stoves are IN
stalled in each tent. and officers anc
men who know how TO WELD the ham
,mer and saw are working together
in an effort to get in readiness for
the cooler nights which are sure to
be with them before they know it.
The main thought of officers is the
comfort of their men, and nowhere is
:, this being shown better than among
the units on Hampton Plains.
/ Patience and physical stamina is
tried sorely by the winds which
sweep almost increasingly across the
open spaces cleared by the soldiers,
and while the days are crisp and de.
lightful, and the nights cool and
sharp, the cold is a penetrating propo.
sition that creeps beneath canvas and
makes life anything but a pleasure
proposition.
The houses the soldiers are build.
ing are models of ingenuity. Some of
the company funds have been taxed
heavily to provide the lumber, but
there have been sources other than
the company funds which could be
utilized, and bomb throwing squads
were never organized in Europe with
more eagerness than the raiding
squads were formed at Camp Bartlett.
Incidentally, it might be added that
: these other sources are all legitimate.
The soldiers are not putting finger
on anything that doesn't belong to
them.
Col William II. Perry OF the
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry was
called to Boston this afternoon. He
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