The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-13
LIEUT.. CHENEY
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Wlpln9 out OF regiments OF long
standing and the mingling Of men
from rival organizations which re-
suited in inevitable determinations,
which it will be slow to forget n
another emergency. Such being The
case, our training programs will be
on a much larger scale. Very prob
ably all the New England troops will
be assembled at one point fl" our
maneuvors, in order that they may be
trained as a part of war time units,
thus making the work more inter
esting and Of far greater value.
"Now as to the men we want, and
are going to get. First, fair per-
centage of overseas men who know
the real game and are competent to
serve as tactical instructors. Then as
many as we can get OF the men who
have had training and experience III
the camps on this side of the water
or in the home guard, ond have the
drill regulations and the rud!menGe
of soldering, in fact, everything that
can be gained except on the battle
field. And lastly, fresh blood to keep
us from dropping back, men Who
must be taught, who will keep IL
alive to the necessity for constant
work and who, a little later, as the
service men drop out, can carry on
the work and keep the company
living, powerful organization.
b. he loft a
partment ruling any man WHO mas
been discharged within twelve
months may be enlisted for period
of one year, This applies both to the
men ewith soverseas service, and to
those who were not privileged to go
across, but served as faithfully on
this side.
As to the new men, they will, il
the main, be enlisted for three years,
since it is to them we must look to
carry on the work which the rest
are establishing. In certain cases,
where conditions warrant, the COM
handing officer has the privilege OF
enlisting limited number Tor one
year, but such will seldom be the
case at present
CAS- to the enlistment of married
men, we have this ruling from the
War department in circular 2, mill
tary bulletin, 1918. Enlistment of
married men, or men with depend
ent relatives, who demonstrate that
they can and will arrange for tna
support of their dependents if cal
led or drafted into Federal service,
is authorized. This must be effected
in any case by submitting As Z part
of his enlistment contract Il writ
ten statement showing % hat the
dependents have other means Of sup
port besides his earnings in civil life
or (2) that he authorizes the Quar-
termaster general to stop AMI allow
not less than one half of hi pay TO
his dependents in case OF call CT
draft into Federal service, and CD
that he agrees not to ask fer his dis
charge for any reason relating 20 The
support of his dependents
However, | have at hand letter
from the Chief of the military bu-
reau dated July l, 1919, that in his
opinion, the enlistment of a man fill
ing such waiver does not debar his
wife or other dependents from re-
cciving all authorized benefits and al
lowances. These two ruling wipe out
another difficulty which we encount-
ho INhn
were forced to discharge eleven non
commissioned officers against their
will, because under the existing law
their dependents would have been
forced to waive all claims of depend
ency.
GAS to officers that is a question
that must be settled when the len
come together for organization. We
will elect our own as we alWoys did.
subject to the approval of the Adj
jutant General However, we have
plenty of material. There are off j
GERS in town who were with the old
company at Fort Ethan Allen, and
a number of former officers and ones
of more recent commission, as well
as probably ten old noncommission-
ed officers who have served under
fire and would be fully capable of
a company again. That is
a question for the men themselves to
settle when they come together.
"Now a little as to what we hope
to do aside from the strict military
for we want to make the
something of a social
body as we'll The old dances will
commence again, and certainly every
one in St. Johnsbury remembers the
good times we used to have Friday
nights in the old days. We will have
| strong platoon at Lyndonville and
he men there are already saying
hat they can turn out a basket ball
cam that will whip anything in st.
can send against them
which is a statement that. cannot be
eft unchallenged. The Adjutant
General will permit the building of a
BOWLING alley in the basement of the
and possibly our Lyndonville
,rothers might be interested in that
port as WE'LL There are now pool F..
nd billiard tables in the armory, and
which were always in use in the old |
ays, and there too is a chance to
tart an argument and preserve the &
friendly rivalry between the two sec r