Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-06-11
v. v. M. DEMOBOLIZED
Object of This Organization Having
Been Accomplished it is Now
Discharged
STATE OF VERMONT
The Adjutant Generals Office
General Orders No. 10.

! STATE OF VERMONT
The Adjutant Generals Office
General Orders No. 10.
l. The purpose for which the
First Regiment Vermont Volunteer
Militia was organized having been ac.
complished and the State of Vermont
having been authorized by the Fed
cral government to organize, at once
4 Battalion Of Infantry and a Ma.
chine Gun company of the National
Guard, the demobolization of this
Regiment is hereby ordered to take
effect on Friday, June 20, 1919.
2. The Regimental Commander
will cause to be prepared discharge
papers for the entire enlisted per
sonnel of the Regiment to date June
20, 1919 in ample time to be deliver
| ed on that date.
8. The following commissioned Of
ficers of the First Regiment, Yer
mont Volunteer Militia are hereby
honorably discharged as of June 20,
1919:
Col. Preston II. Hadley, Lieut.. Col.
Aaron H. Grout, Major Geo. H. V.
Allen, Major Frank p. Johnson, Ma
jor Henry w. Ellis, Captain Ellis
worth ]. Piper, Captain George w.
Grandy, aCptain George b. Walton,
Lieut.. George + Root, Lieut.. Phelps
N. SWEET, Lieut.. BENZ. w. Johnson,
Captain Raymond W. Paine,
First observation-disclosures l.. Carr,
Walter F. Burbank, George B. Hop
kins, Henry G. Holmes, Charles H.
Anderson, Herbert T. Kelley, Ralph
b. Denny, Harry r. Pike, Frank r.
Wright, Thomas w. Ray, Ernest T.
GrisWold.
Second Lieutenants-J. Milton
Slack, Charles w. Buckley, Edmond
C. Bolles, Charles r. Cheney, James
S. Wood, John L. Jones, Carol E.
jenkins, Elroy r. Woods, Elmore r.
Smith.
4. The Company Commanders and
the Commander of the Hospital
Corps will be discharged upon settle
ment of their property accounts.
5. Details of disposition of all
property in the hands of company
commanders and future care, OF re-
leasing, of Armories under their.
charge will be taken up by letter di-
rect with each Commanding Officer.
6. The State of Vermont desires
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this command the appreciation of the
whole people of the state for the
splendid, loyal and efficient service
which you have performed during the
past two years. This Regiment was
composed largely of men who, for
various reasons, were debarred from
Il more active part in the military ser
vice of the country, but who we're
nevertheless anxious to aid in some
way in maintaining an adequate pro-
lection to home industries, volunteer
ed for this work, and have given free
ly of their time and efforts to MAIN
tain an efficient military force. Its
ranks have contained as privatcs
many of the leading business and pro-
fessional men of the state who had
no other desire than TO faithfully
serve their state in an emergency. To
a few it has been a valuable training
school before entering the Federal
army camps.
Since this Regiment was organized
in June 1917 it has always been look
ed upon as an efficient force and in
stantly ready for any emergency that
might arise. 1t has never been call
ed upon to perform any serious work,
but the moral effect of such a force
within our borders has been of vital
Every man who has served in its
ranks during the past two years can
always remember with pride his part
in maintaining this Regiment.
To the officers, especially the COM
pany commanders, is due the thanks
Of the state for their untiring efforts.
giving freely and willingly of their
lime and energy with no compensa
ion except what comes from duty
we'll done.
BY command of Governor Clement,
HERBERT T. JOHNSON,
The Adjutant General
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