The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-04
Gov. Graham Tells What
State Has Done in Many
Lines of Activities
TAKES HIGH RANK
IN MEN FURNISHED
Has Responded Quickly and Generously
20 All Appeals for Raising Funds
Time TO Plan Increased Food Produc-
ton Is Upon Us.

Alue 10 ran lHCItdoSu 4 VVu tNAuS
ton Is Upon Us.
The governors Of alI Of the New
England states joined in a symposium
SUNDAY u the Boston Globe, telling
what their respective commonwealth
have done In the war. Following is the
statement of Gov. Horace J.. Graham
at Vermont.
Immediately the legislature Of Yer
mont realized that war was inevitable
h made an appropriation Of 100000
for the public defense. This act was
passed March 81, 1917, six days before
thc declaration of war. Previous to
the passage Of this act, the legislature,
by proper enactment, provided that
members of the National Guard and
Vermont volunteers in the service of
the United States should receive from
the state $40 per month u addition to
the pay which they might receive from
tho federal government
The state spent more than 100000
in eqlippiug the Vermont regiment,
previous 10 It's being called into feder-
gl seryirc and all authorities agree
that il was the best equipped of any
National Guard regiment 90 Camp Bart
Lett.
March %, 1917, the Vermont commit
zee Of public safety was appointed, and
" has been actively at work since The
state was divided into 4G districts, and
iu April q campaign for increased food
production was carried into every city
and town, The school system of the
state teHtr1lilos boo the commissioner of
education Through his G6 district su-
pofiuteudouts the services Of school
children and I}oy scouts, known as the
Green Mountain Guard, were enlisted in
food garden aHd farm work This or
Enui1atiou alone produced over 100000
worth OF such food products as beans
and potatoes. It's girl, canned over
10000 quarts Of fruits and vegetables.
ln this clnLlLgn the committee ~
public safety was tuFtE8T aided by the
state agricultural college and the coun-
~ agricultural agents. The department
OF agriculture, through It's farm mar
kcis bureau and farm employment bu-
rrgu, wu4 also of great assistance. The
markets bureau received and furnished
daily reports and quotations by tcle-
gram, and these were distributed
throughout the state on the same day
by the press. The committee OF public
safety has made arrangements TO con.
tiuue durIug the approaching season
campaign along the lines followed last
year
In every instance where the citizens
Of Vermont have been called upon to
loan money TO the government or TO
give 10 different war cudeavors they
have invariably exceeded the amount
aPportionCj 90 the state. This they
did with the two Liberty loans, the
American Red Cross, the Y. VI. c. A.
Red Triangle, the War Liberty fund
the War Camp recreation fund and the
Armenian and Syrian Relief fund We
are now cugegcd in a drive for the
knights Of Columbus War fund and the
salvation Army campaigns, and are pre-
pairing for the smilcagc books.
The ratio of enlistment credits for the
FIRST draft gave Vermont seventh place
among the states and territories and
NTH place among the states. In addi-
ton 90 the mon who have entered the
army, Vermont, true 20 her early tradi-
tions, furnished % large number of vol
uutcers for thC navy. One of Yer
mont y counties, Wiudham. because of
its large number of volunteers, has not
got been called upon 90 furnish any
men for the draft, and several counties
were required Go furnish fewer than so
men each.
In September, under the auspices OF
the Greater Vermont association and
the committee of public safety, Yer
mont held az Rutland the first war con
vcutiou of its kind 10 be held by any
state. The British, French, Italian ant