The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-03
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Ranks of the Headquarters
Company of Barre Are
Not Yet Filled
EQUIPMENT LACKING
AS MEN ASSEMBLE
Will Later Go to Fort Ethan
Allen with Regimental
Mobilization

Acting on the presidents call, the new
headquarters company OF the Vermont
National Guard, located in Barre, was
called out to-day together with the re-
mainder OF the first regiment Co. b Of
st. Albans has been under arms since
March %. Before the day is out Capt.
G. n Barber who is in command of the
company. expects to have between 40
and 80 men out, embracing the three di-
visions. the regimental band. the mount
ed orderly section and the non-commis-
stoned staff The order was for the
guard to mobilize at their armories, and
the headquarters company. accordingly,
assembled at the Rowland hall.
For the time being the state Of pre-
paredness of the company Is not at the
highest because OF the fact that the full
company strength of So men has not
been enlisted and because the equipment
has not been received The uniforms
are still lacking; but there were assur
ances that the equipment for mess pur-
poses win he provided before night,
Meanwhile the men are being served
their meals at various restaurants.
&AuuiHEJ lNdANAE III NAttNi Niipk ''t'Ai -
company is behind the other companies
of the Vermont National Guard is in
having no company fund from which to
purchase necessary things. 1t is Gus
tomary for each company to have such
a fund. and it is due largely to the re-
cent date of the formation Of the Barre
company that it has none. In order to
make a start along this line the sugges-
tion has been made that the Barre Board
Of Trade at once take up the work OF
raising money to place at the disposal
of the headquarters company. Up to
the present time Barre has done little to
aid in establishing the company, and it
would be very fitting for the citizens OF
the city to come forward with contribu
tions. The Barre Board of Trade would
probably be the best organization to
take up a short, sharp campaign for this
purpose. placing thereby a tidy sum at
the disposal OF the company and show
ing also that Barre is giving its hearty
support to the organization. just before
the National Guard went to the Mexican
border last summer several communities
of the state placed sums at the disposal
of the men, Rutland giving as much as
81 900. with instructions to Capt. Hyland
to Use the money as needed.
1t is not probable that the headquar-
ters company viii leave Barre for some
time, as the various companies will be
held at their home stations until the war
department decides it is best for them
to mobilize at Fort Ethan Allen. Mean
while the men will eat and sleep in their
arIforv. contingent, of course, upon the
arrival of the expected equipment.
The company lost nine men in recent
physical examination, the band section
being the heaviest loser, with seven val
liable men taken out of the service be-
cause of physical defects. Bandmaster
f. C. Dunham is already at work filling
the ranks. and it is expected that the
regimental band will soon be in shape to
fill the requirements. The ranks of the
other sections are being gradually filled,
and Capt. Barber hopes to have the full
of men before the order to
mobilize at Fort Ethan Allen is received.
Already to-day there was one transfer
from another company and man was
assigned from Co. II of Montpelier for
clerical work.
Co. H Rauks Far from Full.
Company H of Montpelier was called
out by the militia CALI on the fire
alarm at o'clock, and the men assem-
bled at the armory under the direction
OF Capt. Coughlin. Their ranks we're
much depleted, only 45 men responding
because OF the fact that IL men were
rejected last week, having failed TO pass
the physical examination. The company
will need to be recruited to practically
double its present status. Capt. Cough
lin expressed the opinion that the men
would not be sent out of the state for
a long time. but that they would be kept
N The state 20 do guard duty.