The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-19
For New Cavalry Stables
To Be Erected at Cost Of
$4,000
DEDICATION WILL BE
IN CENTENNIAL WEEK
Building is Being Erected
BY Contractor A. B. Lane
of Barre

Mortified, July l9.-The new cav
airy stables at Norwich university are
well under way, and it is planned to have
the formal opening of the building take
place on Oct. 10 during the centennial
celebration of the college. On Wednes-
day of this week the work was halted
for a few minutes while Dean H. r.
Roberts, in the presence of the commit
tee in charge, Colonel Frank Tompkins,
Malverd A. Howe and II. w. Orser, and
a small audience, made fitting remarks
at the laying OF the corner stone by the
committee.
The building is being built by A. B.
Lane, contractor, of Barre, and the ac.
tual work is supervised by George K.
Walker of Northfeld The building will
be 1877 feet long and 81 feet wide, built
of brick, stone and cement, and it will
shelter 80 horses. II will contain an
up-to-date saddle room, a room for host
lers, saddler's shop and store room space
for $4,000 pounds of oats and 10000
pounds of hay.
1t is expected that the cost will not
exceed $4,000 This sum is being raised
by subscriptions, the list of subscribers
being headed by General Rush G. Haw-
kins OF New York City and the project
having the earnest support of Governor
Clement. The appeal for funds is made
in the following letter from Colonel
Tompkins:
My dear Sir; With the opening Of
the next academic year, Norwich uni
versity, the military college of the state
of Vermont, will celebrate the Tooth an.
niyersary of its founding. Norwich, as
undoubtedly you know, is the Oldest
military college in the United States.
with the exception of West Point, and
il the only institution in the country
TO be designated by the war department
as unit for training reserve cavalry Of
fcers.
AS Major General Leonard Wood has
recently said; The splendid thing about
Norwich is that she has always kept
the faith In her halls Dewey and
Dodge were trained, and in the great
world war she enjoyed the unique dis
tinction Of having a greater percentage
Of her graduates and past cadets in the
service than any other American college.
II is particularly significant that eighty
six $50 per cent of those in service
were commissioned officers.
"In spite of this noble record how
ever, the institution lacks much in the
way of equipment, and one of the great
est needs of the military department is
suitable shelter for our cavalry horses.
This would be built of stone or brick in
tions .as regards light, heat, ventilation,
etc, and adapted to the extreme cold
of a northern climate.
"The idea has occurred to me that GER
tain parts of the building might be given
in memory OF favorite horses Three
hundred would provide stall; $500
would provide a saddle room $500 would
provide a dispensary; $1,000 would pro-
vide quarters for caretakeTs.
Appropriate bronze plates, bearing
the name Of the horse or such other in
scriptiou az may be suggested by the
donor, could be placed where they would
visible to the visiting public
win you provide one or more stalls?
Or the saddle room? Or the dispensary
Or the quarters for caretakersg
l ne INDuEH lAtAlflH drotlAANlNtif WIN
the hearty approval Of the late Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt and General Wood,
has made a cash subscription of six thou
sand dollars (S6,O0O towards this build
ing.
II have already served two details
here as professor Of military science and
tactics, and have Just been reassigned by
the war department for third detail. ]
have an intimate knowledge of the char
acter of the institution and its needs,
and | hope that this appeal may meet
with such response that the stable may
be ready for occupancy before the next
winter sets in.
"All subscriptions should be sent di-
rect to THE Treasurer Norwich Univer-
sitv, Northfeld VT Very truly yours.
Frank Tompkins, Col q s. Army.
tEnr tha Gon1nittea +"