Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-05
MILITIA GOES TO THE FORT
First Vermont Infantry to Mo.
bilize at the Post.
Company Ms standard Of Physlque
Enthusiastically to Hold Big Mass
Meeting Of Men Students To.
night in Gymnasium.

COlOncl d. i. DlCkrndn TeCeINeu lcio'
gram early yesterday morning from
Governors Island. N. Y. informing him
that the First Vermont Infantry. Ma
tional Guard. had been ordered to Fort
Ethan Allen. The telegram, which was
signed Simpson Northumberland w.
| A. Simpson-adjutant of the eastern de-
partment headquarters, said: FOLLOWING
| telegram these headquarters to-day sent
to unit and company commanders except
Company X of First Vermont Infantry:
| orders issued these headquarters to-
day directing your company upon COM
pletion of mobilization proceed with all
| impedimenta and equipment to Fort
| Ethan Allen, VT, reporting upon arrival
thereat to post and regimental COM
manders for muster. Proceed earliest
possible moment and report your do
parture from home station and arrival
at place designated supra by telegram to
these headquarters. Quartermasters
corps will furnish necessary transporta-
ton. Apply to State property and dis
bursing officers therefor Acknowl-
edge" Colonel Dickman has already
acknowledged the telegram.
The National Guard will be placed in
the barracks at present unoccupied: Those
Of Troop D, the old machine gun bar
racks, Troop I. tho band quarters and
CAPTAIN William N. Hudson last night
expressed doubt whether Company NJ
would move to the post before Friday.
NJ STANDING UP WE'LL.
Lieutenant Herbert W. Taylor. ex-
aiming physician. who conducted the
physical examinations last summer. said
the members Of Company NJ were stand
ing up better than those Of any company
of the First Infantry yet examined. He
and Major Thomas j. Hagan, who Is
| mustering-in officer. have SO far ex-
, an,ined members of Company Fl at Mont
| pelier, the headquarters company al
Barre, Company F at Northfield and
Company G in Winooski. and to-day they
! 20 to Rutland to examine the members
of Company A.
( The First Infantry comprises - lettered
companies and the headquarters. supply
, machine gun and medical companies OIL
! detachments.
: total of s. men had been examined
81 up to an early hour last evening, beside!
scattering Of former members of Com
= pany c. The new recruits announced
8 are: William j. DeGuise, James Muir
t jJr., Albert j. Kmetz. Joseph A. Quavillon
k Thomas w. O'Brien, William A. Robair
t Jack B. Mintzer. George L. Gardner. Pau
a d. Bouchard, Edward F. Hall. Raymond
: Martin. Joseph Myers. Harold p. Rey
4 nolds. Fred DeLage, Joseph H. Bissette
r Jr, transferred from the list Vernon
8 cavalry: Henry Drew. oliver ]. Garrow
LEROY Highly, Earl c. Knowlton. Fianl
Ia. Peck, Howard J. Shappy, Carroll
lsmith. Edward Rouse and Joseph Muir
ray. Besides these the following hav
passed the examinations: John c. Dick
Imam, Napoleon ]. Curtis. Donald "
lCarty, Victor \. Bsaupre Homer b
It Fairbanks. Amnay a. DeFrye, Leo {
II Beauregard. Edward A. Hughes. Edwar
l. Walker, Wallace J. Bissonette. Edgar
r. Church, Richard +. Barry. Nelson Be:
r sett. Arthur Beaudry, Leroy Bromley Jon
). L. Broadwell, Calvin c. Campbell. Geors
re- d. Chase. Joseph Covillion. George
l. Desau, George W. Degree. Leo ]. Dore!
Daniel Durrum, Lawrence ]. Fitzpatrick
Edward N. Hathaway, Lloyd G. HeI
messy. Joel A. johnson. Charles W. lie
oliver J. Limoge, Raymond Mailin. Fran
81 Medlar, Dellas r. Memoir. Sheridan
y Nueent. Hammond W. Quinlan. job
Reed, Thomas NJ. Riley, Albert F. Smit
" Francis ]. St Peter. Fred A. Terry, Re
- Thompson, William w. Vasseur. Julian
T.. T." Wakefield, Edward c. Wells.
-, Most Of the new recruits give their res
= dence as Burlington. Many of the FORM
t. members OF the company, VINO nave pe'
~. out Of town. have been coming In ov
" the two roads the last two days. A sc
u" geant and two privates are on qua,
a. about the armory. The company is II
ne expected to reach it's full strength befo
20, going to the reservation. and probab
~ will not do So o. F. Prentiss has be-
20, examining many of the recruits witho
'u charge Mr.. 'Prentiss says Mayor JAG
!. son at the mass meeting tomorrow mig
-" will propose the project which he al
y, Captain Hudson have been agitating, t
formation Of n home guard. F. c. Da'
70 and DR.. L. McCambiidge have also be
w. testing the recruits eyes.
..H The men are doing their marching exc
80 cises in the armory.
nd AT THE FORT.
re So long as the National Guard is on t
w. reservation property It IL technically u