The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
TELLS Of 1O1ST
AMMUNITION TR.
Private Barry of Burling-
ton Speaks in X. of C.
Hall Here
MENTIONS SEVERAL
BRATTLEBORO BOYS
Regiment Three Times Cited in Official
orders-Bodies so Thick at Chateau
Thierry One Couldn't Walk Natural
ly and Avoid Them.


A highly entertaining and well at
tended meeting of Leo Council.
Knights of Columbus, was held last
evening in X. of C. hall, the occasion
being an official visitation by State
Deputy Thomas B. Wright of Burling-
ton, who was accompanied by james
p. Kelley of Burlington. lecturer, and
Private Richard F. Barry Of Burling
ton, who was in Company f, 101st am
munition train. Private Barry recently
came home with casuals. after being
discharged from the hospital where he
was treated for a mustard gas attack.
Private Barry recalled the names OF
several Brattleboro boys who we're in
his company. among them Capt Roy
B. Miner Pearl T. Clapp. William ST.
Cyr, Willard Hamlin, William Cud-
worth and John Lane
State Deputy Wright placed empha-
SIS on the drive to increase the Knights
Of Columbus membership TO 100000,
or about double the present member
ship, and brought out the fact that a
month before the national movement
for X. of G. work in the war was start
OF Columbus war hut in the United
States. 1t was erected at Fort Ethan
Allen in June. 1917, when about s.
| 600 men were 1T the fort
Lecturer Kelley emphasized fine So
cial side of K of c. work. and he was
| followed by Rev James p. Rand and
Charles r Mann, who spoke briefly
After the meeting refreshments were
served
| Private Barry was the first speaker.
and he gave in detail statement Of his
| movements with The 26th division.
holding the close attention of all with
| his recital of some of the dramatic
phases of his experiences during his
stay Of l6 months in France
| He enlisted Jan. IS, 1916, in Corr
| pany NJ, Isl Vermont regiment. ard
was with the regiment at the Mexican
| border He was called unto service
April ., 1917, went from Fort Ethan
| Allen to Camp Bartlett. Westfeld
Mass, in August, being transferred
there to the l0lst ammunition train He
sailed on the Cunard liner, Urania. Oct.
.. the liner picking up n convoy at Hal
flax. The route was by way of Liver
pool, Southampton and Havrc. These
I
go overseas.
After day in Havre the regiment
moved to Camp Coetquidau, which was
| Napoleon S artillery training camp. for
SIX weeks of training. Company Z then
moved to Gironeourt for six weeks.
There the company was divided into
three details, which went 10 Toul, Sois
con and Creil. They were called in
Feb. 5, equipped at Andelot and two.
weeks later the first six caissons moved
to Sanzev on the Toul front. whore they
were on duty day and night for three
weeks until the rest of the company
feame up.
The division was on the Toul front
1.-TWO and o half months and while there
established a record for shooting that
has not been beaten. making so shots
a minute with thrce-inch shells weigh
ing Is pounds. beating the French rec
ord of 26 shots minute with similar
ishclls. The broadside here. which las;
ed three days. consumed million dol
lars worth of ammunition. discharged
against concrete and sandbag positions.
Then came Chateau Thierry. where
many dead bodies were encountered
Three times here the Marine river
flowed red with blood. La one day.
July 81. the Germans were driven ~
kilomefers, leaving dead o1 the ground
so thick that it was impossible TO walk
at a natural pace without stepping on
bodies 1t was necessary TO eat near
the bodies, but the kitchens were kept
as far away as possible.
After a month The division was
called out for q rest, but in nine. days
it was sent to the sector northwest Of
Verdun, near Metz, thence 10 days 10
ST. Mihcil, remaining six weeks and
just escaping an cight-holu mustard