The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-21
VI. RECRUITS
/. ARE TO GO TO
CHARLOTTEN.C.
VIII Be Trained BY Vermont
Officers
IN THE DEPOT BRIGADE
Chaplain Moody Of the Vermont
Regiment Has Been Transferred
to the 1o3d Regiment.

Camp Bartlett, Hampton Plains,
Sept 2O-Two hundred additional men
from Camp Deyens at Aver are ex-
pected momenterily at Westfield to
fill up the 104th infantry. The first
quota of 200 which arrived earlier in
the week has been assimilated al
ready. These men were transferred
to the divisional units and the ma
chine gun battalion to complete their
rosters. More are needed, however,
to fill up the infantry
More officers were transferred to-
day and 1t was announced positively
that the regiments of the depot bri-
gade will be organized at Westfield
and then moved to Camp Greene at
Charlotte, n c., for training The
four infantry regiments which will be
filled by drafts from the national ar
my are the Fifth and Eight Massa-
chusetts, the First Vermont and the
First New Hampshire. With these
four commands designated it means
a passing completely of the old Sixth
| is now almost without officers and
practically without men. These will
be taken care of by transfers. For
NAL approval of the organization OF
| the depot brigade as recommended
| by Bad Gen. Edwards, commander of
the 26th division. is expected.
Maj Foote and Maj. Doane OF the
| 1o4tb infantry have been relieved OF
| their camp duties and ordered back
| to their regiment, Maj. Foote has had
charge Of the construction Of military
roads. Maj. Doane has been in charge
OF the military police since the camp
was established. Gen. Cole compli-
mented both officers on the manner in
which they had performed their work.
The task of Maj. Doane hasO been
hard and unpleasant, for in addition
TO the police work about the camp, he
has been responsible officer for the
handling of traffic to and from the
grounds and for conditions in West
field, Holyoke and Springfield.
Maj. Ducan NJ. Stewart of the Sixth
Massachusetts, succeeds Maj. Ooane
as Maj Ducan NJ. Stewart of the
Sixth Massachusetts succeeds Mai
Doane as head of the military police
while Mai. Walter o. Cooley Of the
First Vermont infantry is detailed as
supervisor of the guard. Mai Doane
will assume charge of the roads In ad-
dtion to his duties as battalion COM
mander in the 104th infantry.
| In the order for transfers issued to-
day the following changes was made:
Capt. L. ]. Connolly fro mthe Sixth
Massachusetts, to the 1890 infantry;
Chaplain (Capt) James r.. Cochrape
from the 10Sd infantry into lthe, lE9iIst
Vermont infantry; Chaplain -, -ust.
Lieut) Dwight l.. Moody from the
lFHrst Vermont infantry to the 10Sd
infantry 1st. Lieut.. Fred II. Rogers
from the Sixth Massachusetts, to- the
101st ammunition train; 1st. Lieut..
4 Carl b. Bailey from the 103d infantry
! to the First New Hampshire infantry;
I'd. Lieut. John J. Donovan from the
/ 101st supply train to the Eighth
Massachusetts infantry and I'd. Lieut..
William ]. Henderson from the
Eighth Massachusetts to the 1Olst
, supply train.
III The transfer or Chaplain Cochrane
, was expected He is 63 years old and
/ will reach the retiring age in ten
/ months. Chaplain Moody, who takes
J his place, is one Of the most widely
. known clergymen in army service.
! He is the son OF Dwight l.. Moody.
r founder of the Northfield schools and
I famous evangelist. He is well liked
Q by the men.
y Men who have been absent without
| leave began to return to camp today
I in large numbers. Tonight many com
n panies In the 103d- infantry reported
a one and two men still missing, where
/ before they had 10 or 10 and In a
few instances more who had been
n marked absent for several days. The
n percentage OF absentees ran higher IN
& the 1O4th infantry. ..ll