The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-28
Shows Charlotte Observer
Wherein His State Is Not
in the Stacker Class
RESPONDED NOBLY
TO CALL TO ARMS
Quotes Figures Compiled by Governor
Graham and Points to the Patriotic
Record Which People of the Common
wealth Have Always Made.

T. First Vermont infantry, VINO Is ~
Camp Greene, Charlotte, y. g.. writes
iu the Charlotte Observer of December
10 "a vigorous defense Of Vermont
against the charge Of slackcri~m in e31-
Ii tmaats. His dcfms /. SD admirable
that II is reproduced herewith:
III the Editor of The Observer: Ms
attention is called TO your recent eli.
toriaI. '.Thc Recruiting Record, in
which IL is stated in substance that
/ Vermont Il, one OF the laggard state
1 .a fhr matter of voluntary culiStmrnts
fas thc army. The Observer can hardly
4 DE called go account tor the assertion
/ contained I'm the editorial. since tbe
eamr charge has been made in north
ctIs papers. which By reason of their
near location "a the state criticised,
wee iu position TO know better
know -ou are only too willing To have
/ the. facts appear
The war department S published rec
aHl ef states failing to meet their quo.
fg ualy roEr.s the regular army. fA'
other armies are u the process Of tot-
matfou. th. National Guard army and
the National ARMY Tho iirst quota Tor
tine National army has been filled hv
each state through the draft lae
aalv fair basis of determining il a
state ha. filled lts quota is 20 take ~
rearls for the iwo armies where vol
1 urtart rul5.tmcut> arr accepted, name
Is tho regular army aad the National
GUARD army.
Tat aliataut general of tine army has
net furnished. So far as | know, the
official statistics of ruli,'mcrts since
june 800. Tao official statement. viii ia
made when the quota is levied uptsr
THE sarrtiyc service law. ThcGcfutr
auy comparison must now stand on the
figures Of June "a. 1911.
Iu the whole nation. between tte
as.tr OF the call of the Vermont troops
and June 30, there were enlisted IN tl'
raaBar AMY and the National Guarf,
all G95 men or 2G.l6 pen cent OF tat
gross quota agrorIoued 10y the Fress
! dent 30 the several states. In Ner.
mout. according To the figures given "a
| thr public boy Governor Graham, for the
| same period there were 1916 enlist
| meut,, or 1919 per cent Of the gross
! Quota As compared with the cntIf,
/ 1861 At.tt fllitllt 4A4%I4'fi l-f'-4 :
4 cent oi IN. share. In culistncute III
: tho TWO armies Vermont followed Ore
>. ean. $50 pcr cent; wyoming .55.3l
n ier eeut. Kansas, 1910 per cent; Souti
n Dakota. i5.g6 Iry cent; Maine, &C. >,
n per cent and Iowa, II per cent. ant
II stood seventh.
II Taking the strength of the Nationa
III Gaard al the time of the call and en-
& 80
II tioual Guard aud regular army. tia,
II aggregate fur the United States wa
II 3iJgSI, or iu.42 per cent or the aro~
II quota. Vermont 3 aggregate for th,
II gue period wa 2.lSs, or ca pc
II cont. As compared with the rest OF III
III United States Vermont furnished 1863.
| per cent aud stood eighth in the list
II being passed only bv Hawaii. Oregon
" District of Columbia Maine. Nov
= Hampshire. Rhode Island ana Wvaa
Ing.
So many enlisted Voluntarily in NeI
mont that the state ~as called apo
% furnish but 1,e49 men for the Va
fioual army. or 39.53 pen cent of It
Iallotm,ut for the armies. WiudhaI
county more than filled its quota. va
moi called upon 10 furnish any mau an
y I'D other counties only few ncE wcr
required.
- Nrrmot mas always done hcr par
No more patriotic people are to l.
.. found. Battling with q naturally bal
n. rea soil and 70 sometimes bleak climat,
mel her citizens, while building rugge
nv, character that has made il, imprcsSio
= eu taat OF the nation. have made III
4, lani respond and have wrought
:" wealth far above the average.
u, May ! point 20 facts of history
prove her Patriotism When Enalqp.
with the power af her orcat navy. tria
immediately after tn Declaration
70 Iadrarndaure. tp separatc \pv En-,
land from the rest Of the colonies. Il,
rreon laud.mru Euir 81 ar.t and
II Lake Champlain which ended the ho,