Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-23
DRAFTED MEN
AT UNIVERSITY
Nearly 400 to Receive Course
of Training Along Mechanical
Lines at Expense of United
States Government-Band
Escorts County Contingent

tenden county contingent OF registrantS
who are to receive a course of training
along mechanical lines at government ex-
pense at the university passed up Church
to Pearl street and along this street to
the college Thursday morning from the
rooms Of the local board of exemption in
the county court house.
The line Of march was flanked on both
sides with people who were laud in their
applause Of the young soldiers. representa-
tives Of this city and nearly every town
in the county. At the college the regis
trants were turned over to the authorities
by DR.. c. j. Russell chairman of the
local board of exemption.
In the gymnasium, where the men were
welcomed by Major H. A. Leonhaeuser,
| the work that they are to do was out
lined to them by Sergeant Gordon, "officer
candidate" and Corporal yer Weibe, both
of whom are of the Third Service COM
pany. Signal Corps.
Shortly before the departure Of the regis
trants from the county court house they
selected Lester Quinn of North Willard
street as their captain. and he in turn
elected that G. II. Horton of Winooski
act as his assistant.
SiXty-seven Of the original 90 were
present. but one alternate. G. II. Horton
Of Winooski, made the contingent num-
Der 6S Those who failed to report were
| Braman Rockwell Of Loomis street. who
was i'll. and Benjamin Dullahan of
Arizona, who although on his way here
from that State. had not arrived.
| During the day the men from other
counties arrived at different times. many
Of them much later than was expected
because of delayed trains. Late Thursday
afternoon $50 had arrived and by nine at
night nearly all of the $50 expected had ar
| rived. Meals were served at nearly all
hours at Commons hall Thursday for
many Of the men were longer on train
than they had expected and arrived very
hungry.
The faculty for the war schools on the
hill this summer will be as follows
Acting president. G. H. Perkins: comp
trollcr, Guy w. Bailey; dean. ]. w.
Votey.
Signal Corps school,. professor in
charge. w. H. Freedman; instructors
V. c. Taplin, P. C. Judd and P. F.
Jones; assistants. A. D. Bishop and L. F.
Parker.
Mechanics school, professor in charge
Edward Robinson; office manager. G. r
Eckhard: electrical engineer, r. O
Buchanan; assistants, c. w. Horton
|
Automobile school, instructors, II. w
Ballard. mayor of st. Adams; H. w
Blackburn of Boston. Mass, H. C
Blanchard of Manchester. N. H.. g. A
Collision. G. w. Farland, J. B. Guild Of
Essex Junction. c. NJ. Hoag of Williston
H. E. Paige of Barton. A. r. Metcalf
c. II. Russell Of Grand Isle, c. H. Tobia.
of Grand Isle. A. E. Warren Of Benning
ton. E. w. Williams and v. R. Yates.
Blacksmith school, instructor, F. A
Dresser of Lyndonville.
Carpentry school, instructors, w. w
Lamoureux. Joseph Lariviere. C. L
Osborne and James whitcomb.
Machinists' school, instructors, James
Eaton and f. F. Little.
The men of the mechanics school will
be the sole owners Of the new Y. NJ
c. A. rooms opened in the Old Mill Of tn
university Thursday until they are ou
OF quarantine. Then they will share then
with the Signal Corps men. Six room
have been arranged and fitted up yer,
attractively and will serve as recreation
rooms for the men. The Y. NJ c. A. worl
Will be directly under the supervision
Of Mr.. Duncan. Y. M. c. A. secretar,
at Fort Ethan Allen, but he will b
assisted by Louis De Groote, who will
: be stationed at the Old Mill. The room
IN use for this purpose are the troph,
> ROOM the class room at the southwes
end of the Old Mill. what were tn
mathematics offices. the room used 70
mathematics and the rooms used b.
the young women of the uniyer
3 sity for a Y. w. c. A. room an
l for rest ROOM The rooms have bee,
t very attractively fitted up as offices TO
the Y. NJ c. A. secretary. while the oil
mathematics room is fitted with table
. and writing materials and a piano. Thi
. will serve as reading and play room
What used to be the girls rooms will
> serve as places where the boys may Civ
small receptions. ETC.. and have bee
changed very little. In one of these room
, there is also a piano. The other room
) have been fitted up with writing mate
RAILS books and magazines. and every
5 thing to make the men comfortable. TIL
. college store will be kept open this sum
: mer for their use. and it's proximity t
9 the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms will probably in
crease the amount of chocolate and othe
. candy sold.
I Mr.. de Groote said Thursday that h
1 was delighted with the rooms and said h
n had not seen their equal. He said tina
Y the university authorities had been mos
l kind and that a lot of work ought to
done with such facilities. The only thin
| n6 Sdiu WIS neeoeO was some music. liner
are two pianos which the men may us
: and IL they had some music they coul
2 ask for nothing more. Mr.. De Groote wi
be very grateful to anyone in Burlingto
who feels inclined to send any music the
:. do not want to the Y. NJ. C. A. office.
=, The temporary secretary. Louis D
Groote. is having his first experience
:, Y. M. C. A. work in the United States. II
= Is Belgian by birth and at the beginnin
- Of the war was in the Belgian arm,
- He was gassed at Ypres and came I
- America to recuperate in Florida. Ate
he had regained sufficient strength
D. return he set out for England, wishin
10 to Join the English army On his wa
he was shipwrecked and finally lande
at Bermuda. There he found some Cana
= dian soldiers and enlisted in the 1884,
l. Battalion OF Canadian Infantry, servir
\. until he was wounded and discharge
s, He tried to enlist later. but was unab
v. to do so. He came to America to ser,
d. In the Y. NJ C. A. He is very mue
IN interested in the work of that body ar
y says that it does a wonderful amour
n, OF good. both here and abroad, but !
has not given up his idea OF returnir
to fight and says that IL Discriminate
has anything to do with II he will
n back fighting again in France. a count,
Y. which he knows and loves almost