The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-16
PAYS RESPECTS
TO COL. GIBSON
Maj. Gen. Edwards Voices
Pleasure at Troops
Appearance
GOVERNOR HARTNESS
AT CAMP DEVENS
Great Day for Vermont Soldiers - Serv-
ice Medals Awarded by Governor to
Major Linn ID. Taylor and 1st Lieu
tenant Alexander EXner.
Especial to The Reformer.)


/ Col. Ernest W. Gibson of BrattIeboro.
| commander of the 1St Vermont regiment.
was personally complimented yesterday
afternoon by Maj. Gen. Clarence r. Ed
wards of the old famous 2Gth division
! and commander of the LIST CORPS area. on
j the fine showing of the regiment. follow
ing the review of the Vermont soldiers
| by Gen. Edwards and Gov. James Hart
ness of Vermont. He expressed his sat
isfaction at the soldierly bearing and
fine appearance of the men. 1t was YER
mcnt day at Devens, and it was a great
day
One of the closing features was the
awarding of service medals by Governor
Iiartness. Maj Linn d. Taylor of Brat
tlcboro was awarded 20-year service
medal, and 1st Lieut. Alexander ]. Ex-
ner OF Company l, Brattleboro. was
awarded tive-year service medal.
Governor HartneSS saw the men in
quarters, about their duties. at their
meals and on review. He talked with
them ate with them and left with them
words OF CommendatiOn and encourage
ment.
Inc Vermont governor arrived at camp
about II O'Clock. He was accomnanietl
by .Adjt. Gen. Herbert T. johnson and
J9iiuS Il. Wilcox, secretary of civil and
military analrs- The governor and his
party were greeted by Colonel Gibson and
the officers of the Vermont regiment at
the Hostess House, where they were
shortly Joined by Maj Gen Edwards.
Gen. Mark J.. HerSey Col. f. c. RolIes
OF. l.. I. Scherer. officer in charge of
\ y National Guard affairs for New Eng
land and other officers of the post and
various organizations now here.
AFTER reception, in the course of |
which the governor and General Ed |
wards spoke, the entire party went to |
the Citizens Military Training camp at /
the base hospital area and ali had dinner
with the New England boys who are in
training here.
Other guests at the meal included
over ZuO officers and men of the Yer
mont regiment who are veterans of the
World war and members of the Ameri-
can Legion. Then the governor and
General Edwards and the rest of the
party went back to the Vermont troops
quarters and inspected their barracks.
When he was addressing the officers
said
We are going to have next to no army
at all IN the United States: that is no
regular army. But my idea is to have
both the army and navy a great school
IN which to teach constructive citizpnsbip
to the youth of the United States and
to prepare them for the battle of life
General Edwards again cited the ex
ample of Switzerland: a small nation
but 50 powerful that no other nation
Jared to monkey with her. a nation
strong because every man in his youtb
has had his body made strong and his
land and arm trained to defend his home
IN case of emergency.
There Is germ for your thought"
ne battle of life. and secondly prepare
hem TO defend their homes against nj
lack. and the attack will never come =
Governor HartnesS then greeted the
lnlcefS OF his state troops. He said that
Ieneral Edwards had expressed n grpot
hought and one that should have fbe
support of us all. He said that Vermont
; proud and very fortunate in having
'Ich man as General Edwards TO load
mem IN war as we'll a3 in peace He
the officers on their appear {
lncc and thanked them for giving tbe;, !
crvlce to the National Guard.
The governor and the general and tbe
ntlre party. including the hundreds of |
.cglon men, messed with the 3d hat i.
alton at the Citizens Training camn Z
MI sat right down with the bows and 9
tc their meal off enameled plates oatino
orned beef and cabbage, pudding and | /
offee. Aftcr dinner the general thanked +
he guests for coming :
Governor Hartness then spoke and de- !
Jared that is the duty of every man to /
AIRY back home the spirit voiced bv
ieneral Edwards. adding that there are Q
ig problems TO be faced and that the G
zen now at this camp will find them I
elves part of the backbone of tho no. \
ion. He urged them to have faith in the :
ovcrnment and in the laws of the conn. .
~. to uphold the institutions of Amer a
n so that She may always be secure =
During the inspection of the barracks q
I the Vermont men both Governor Hart t,
esS and General Edwards asked the men j
lany questions. General Edwards for q
ne most part sought to find out what +,
ctuated the men in joining the National +.
uard. -
To man of Company B. from Lud- "
w, which IS commanded by Capt. f. c. n
all. formerly of Brattleboro, he said:
III someone came over here to clean
$ up what would you do?"
Flight like hell. sir" answered tho
uSSy young Vermonter n
I'll bet You would grinned the gen