The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-18
OLD 1ST VERMONT
RECT. IN COS. A AND B
There Were Three Stretcher
Cases and Three Hospital
Cases in the List of 1900
Officers and Men-All the
Others Were in Excellent
Health.

Boston, April ls.-The transport Wini-
fredian with $500 officers and men OF
the Goth division, including ammunition,
sanitary and supply trains, docked at
Commonwealth pier early to-day. For
mer members of the old lst Vermont in
fantry, the Massachusetts, coast artillery
and Rhode Island cavalry were among
those on board. Colonel Warren L.
Sweetzer, commander of the l0lst train
headquarters, was in charge of the
troops.
The transport had been expected in
the outer harbor soon after midnight,
but heavy fog caused her to anchor
further out and await the dawn, She
docked at Commonwealth pier at l0:45.
There were three stretcher cases and
three hospital cases. but with these ex-
ceptions the troops were in excellent
health and spirits. They reported an
uneyentful voyage from Brest.
Colonel Sweetzer spoke in praise of
the men in the trains. Repeatedly they
were commended for their work." he
said, "and they certainly were the most
willing bunch of workers you ever saw"
Companies A and of Colonel Sweet
zer's own unit, the l0lst ammunition
train headquarters, were ON board. They
were recruited largely from the former
Vermont first infantry and the Massa-
chnsetts coast artillery.
The l0lst sanitary train was in com
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Fred +.
Jones of Quincy '.We cared for and
evacuated over $4,000 men in this di.
vision" he said. The train includes two
ambulance corps and two field hospitals
from Massachusetts, one ambulance corps
and one field hospital from Connecticut,
one ambulance corps from Rhode Island
and one field hospital from New Hamp-
shire.
Fairfax Man Cited Twice for Bravery.
Major Herbert w. Taylor of Fairfax,
VT, commanding the ambulance section
of the l0lst sanitary train, was among
the returning officers. He went overseas
in 1917 in the medical corps of the l04th
infantry. Fellow officers said he had
been cited twice for bravery.
Captain Joseph Dunn of the l0lst am
bulance corps had distinguished service
cross for maintaining dressing station
for many hours under fire at Troyon sur
Meuse, and every officer and man in the
train was proud of Lieutenant Leo M.
Emery of Burlington, VT, who rose from
a private to a commission and received
81 croix de guerre after the battle Of
Seicheprey.
Major Frank w. Stevens, l04th field
hospital of Bridgeport, Conn, spoke
proudly of his small unit of 81 New
Hampshire men. He called them all ST.
lent heroes, who had gone through shot
and shell attack especially around Yer
dun and were always eager to go out on
the field to recover wounded.
Captain Clyde c. Johnston of Spring
field, commanding the l02d ambulance
company, said his company figured in
every front line action of the division
from scissors to Verdun At Chateau
Thierry, officers and men worked in the
open and handled 1900 cases in "a hours.
The company won both brigade and di-
vision citations.
The transport brought II casual Off
GERS, several civilian workers, Brest cas-
ual company No. 1855, of 27 men, and
field hospital No. 1893.