Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-24
26TH TO PARADE FRIDAY
Active Preparations Now Going on for
the Entertainment Of Green Mountain
Troops during Their Stay mt Boston
and mt Camp Devens


of the Vermonters who have come to
Boston for the arrival of the New Jer-
sey upon which the last of the Vermont
boys who were in the 26th Division, also
are planning to go to Camp Devens for
the review. This will be more interest
ing than the parade Friday.
The delegations from Vermont towns
and cities are being increased this week.
Some of those who came last week will
not remain for the parade after seeing
the review Tuesday afternoon. The list
of men who came from France on the
Winifredian other than those already
printed included:
1O1ST SUPPLY TRAIN
Company A. supply train: Corp. Claude
! e. Barber Woodstock.
Company B: Pvt. Arthur Young, Fort
Ethan Allen.
Company C: Corp. Arthur Eagan,
White River Junction; Privates Charles
Adams, Randolph; Maurice Newton.
Woodstock.
Company D: Pvt. Fred Rawson. Fort
Ethan Allen.
Headquarters detachment: Corp. Will
bur Garfield, St. Johnsbury; Pvt. Paul
Gibson, Fort Ethan Allen; Wagner Lee
Cushing. st. Adams.
| IN headquarters. harold Knight,
Thomas Carroll, Albert Douglass. Francis
Deyo, Fort Ethan Allen; Peter Hill, Col
chester; Charles Kangus, Colchester;
Carroll Smith, Burlington; Michael Stack.
Bellows Falls.
1O2nd field hospital: Sergeant Harcourt
Grant, Burlington:: 10th ambulance COM
pany Duena Bannister Springfield; 104th
field hospital, Corporal Harold Liberty.
Fort Ethan Allen; Wagner Earle Dukett,
Pittsford; Robert Cooney. Fort Ethan
Allen; James Sullivan. Harris Alexander
Bernie Johnson, Lysle Webster, Fort
Ethan Allen; Andrew DAILY, Pittsford;.
Headquarters company: Sergeant Will
liam Kelley. Rutland; Corporal Charles
Langmaid, Brattleboro; Sergeant Charles
Lanoutte, Northfeld; Wagner Joseph
Hoyt. Fort Ethan Allen.
1O1ST AMMUNITION TRAIN
Co. A. 101st ammunition train: Lieut..
Lou Emery, Burlington: Dorand Blanch-
ard, Colchester; Fletcher Douglass, Col
chester; Halod Turner Springfield;
Merevtn Taylor. Fred Wainwright.
George White. Fort Ethan Allen.
Co. B: Corporal John Fitzsimmons.
Rutland James Potter, Rutland: Wag-
oner Theodore Davis, Springfield; Der
win Ransom. Springfield; Albert Ellis,
Colchester; Eugene Mahar, Colchester.
Headquarters: Major II. w. Taylor,
Burlington; medical supply unit. Leslie
Barnet, Burlington.
102nd ambulance company Dewey
Houston, Burlington
1O3rd ambulance company Sergeant AL
fred Durkee, Burlington; Waldo Rooney,
Fort Ethan Allen; Fred Dow, Plttsford.
FOR BOYS ENTERTAINMENT
The officers of the 101st Ammunition
Train Auxiliary In the Little building are
getting affairs in shape for the entertain
ment Of the boys who are returning an6
, have returned from France and who have
been members of the 1O1st Ammunition
. Train, of which Col w. J. Keville of Bel
, mont, Mass, was the commanding Of
, fcer. Mrs. Kevlle Is the president OF
, the organization and has been on the
hustle for several days, an unexpected
incident being the arrival of her hus'
, band who came Thursday morning 6
: week ahead Of time. The other Officers
, of the organization are: Mrs. II. w
!. Porter, vice president Mrs. H. S. Cush
n ing. secretary; Mrs. F. II. Roberts. treas
q urer; Miss M. l. Robertson assistant
treasurer: Mrs. A. w. Burton, recording
secretary. Mrs. A. d. Harris of Mont
= pelier has been working with the com
| Hllttce anu OuTins tHe ldoI WCCh WSH
to the office nearly every day. Sh'
= went down the harbor on the mothers
: boat on the arrival of the two transports
;. last week.
The association has furnished consider
able entertainment for the boys who cam'
j. into the city from Devens before goint
:. to their homes but the big work will
= come this week when the boys will hav
. returned from the 72 or less hours o
= leave. The officers have gathered a sub
stantial sum Of money to help in tn
= entertainment of the boys SO that til
= Vermont boys will be In good hands,
y REAL VERMONT UNIT
10 The 1Olst Ammunition Train original,
% was composed Of GIG men of which Yer
), mont furnished 71a. Nearly all Of the of
II ficers were from Vermont. Major Ashle
IS was originally second in command bu
Is after arrival in France went to the 93r
m division for other service, having mad
If application for more active service. II
r is on hand to help In giving the boy
D. a welcome back to America.
10 EXTRA TICKETS FOR PARADE
The arrival of the New Jersey so clos
~ to the date of the parade has cause
- Gen. II. It. johnson to take precautio
10 relative to securing tickets on the grand
- stand for the relatives of the boys VIII
are now expected tomorrow or Wednes
day, and Saturday morning at the Stat
House he obtained over 1000 ticket
IL which he will individually supervise Civ
ing to the relatives Of those boys fror
10 Vermont who arrive on the New Jerse,
'. Relatives of those boys may make appli
q cation for tickets directly to Genera
!" Johnson at the Parker House. They ma
y apply to him up to ten O'Clock Frida
. morning. April 25, This gives those VIII
~ have not had chance to get ticket
10 through the regular channels an oppoI
20 tunity to see their boys parade Frida,
~ Applications must state the RELATIONSHIP
~ OF the applicant to the soldier in who's
" name the applicants are to receiv
tickets. This will afford ample oppoI
tunity for those whose boys will NJ
reach Camp Devens until Tuesday an
10 possibly Wednesday to secure their place
ey in the grandstand on Commonwealth
er avenue.
IN GOOD POSITION SECURED
We General Johnson has secured the bloc
ss OF 1000 tickets In an especially good pa
d. of the long grandstand we'll towards Il
Oh point where the parade makes the tur
The stand 10 about three miles long ar
so constructed that the soldiers W
1T march up one side OF II and making