Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-04-06
co. | TO LEAVE AT
8.35 THIS MORNING
Recruited to ITO Men and Officers
but Short Of Equipment
Mobilization Order Came Monday
Night, and Time Since Then Has
Been Spent Largely in Drilling

The long awaited order for the mob
ilization of Company |, V. \. g., was
received Monday night by First Lieut..
Roy b. Miner in the absence from town
of Capt. Ernest w. Gibson. Next morn
ING Mt & o'clock the fire alarm sounded
the 10 blows of the military call and
from all over town members of the
company were soon hurrying towards
the Armory.
The orders received required that the
company be modified at the time set
and that the clerical work in connec-
ton with the enlistments of the men,
the tabulaton of the company S proper
ty and the hundred and one details of
the preparations for mastering into
the federal service should be completed
at once.
Clerks had been at work on this for
DAYS and Lieut.. Miner said Tuesday
that there was comparatively little of
that to be done and nothing that could
not be completed in very short time.
1t was announced last evening that
orders had been received to leave Brat
tleboro b. train at S.35 clock this
morning. The heavY baggage equip
mcnt was taken to the railroad station
late Yesterday and loaded on the spc-
cial baggage ear 50 that there would be
no delay today.
With the recruits who had been
added to the company during the week
the roster last night called for 10 men
and officers. This is seven more than
the maximum peace strength allowed,
hut Capt. Gibson will carry them with
him today because he knows that sew
cral men of his command will be shift
ed back to the headquarters company
aud the machine gun company with
which they had served and that he
would have vacancies for the new re-
cruits even if every member passes the
strict physical examination to be given
them later.
With a strength that is equal to that
of any company in the regiment and
far surpasses that of most of them
Company I is only fairly well prepared
in the matter of equipment.
There is tcntagc for the men and it
is in good condition. There are about
enough rifles to go around. but when it
comes to blankets and clothing the com
pany is sadly deficient. Each man is
allowed two blankets and the company
has about 1870, which is 20 less than
the number that is required.
AS for clothing many of the man have
nothing but cotton uniforms, which arc
somewhat uncomfortable in this eli
mate Mt this season of the year, and
there arc not within % of enough over
coats to equip those now in the com
panY.
All sorts Of rumorS as to orders for
Company | were a1oat Wednesday, but
not until last night was it made public
when the company would leave.
Wednesday and Thursday were spent
in issuing equipment to members and in
calls on different dentists of the town
by the members of the command in
order to have their teeth put in the
best possible condition in the short
time at the disposal of the dental
force of Brattleboro before the com
pany was to move. 1t was generally
understood that the company would
leave Brattleboro within As hours The
company was ready at full peace
strength and with the men sufficiently
equipped to permit of the mobilization
Of its full strength wherever sent.
Three more men passed the physica
examination Tuesday, two of whom
are former members of the company
They are Frank Lynch and Harry Hop
kinson. The other who passed was Ed
ward O'COnnor, who is under Is but hat
the consent of his father.
DR.. A. L. Pettee, who gave his serv
ices and all materials except gold ant
bridge work to members of the com
pany prior to their service last June
urged last summer that the work b,
continued, but nothing was done abou
it until late Monday night.
He received telephone message
from the president of the state denta
association asking him to obtain tn
volunteer services of the other loca
dentists, as was being done i'll the othe
towns of the state where companies ar
located, in order that all of the me-
might enter the service with thei
mouths in good condition.
DIR. Pcttcc found all of the local den
lists ready to undertake their shar
Of the task, giving their services FIRE
and the state paying for the material
used.
Tuesday afternoon cards were give
10 each member Of the company at tn
Armory directing the recipients to +,
port to the dentist designated on tn