The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-17
SIX CO. / MEN AT
EDWARDS BANQUET
R0mprey Chauffeur for Col Gibs0D-Men
Attend Church and Now Need Only
Tanlac TO Become Perfect.
Especial to The Reformer.)
CAMP DEVENS, Aug. J.

CAMP DENENS, Aug. L.
During the morning on Monday a
short three-hour drill was had on squad
movements skirmiSh formations, firing
from prone, etc, but the great stun all
came in the afternoon.
At noon the ex-service men had their
dinner with Maj. Gen. Clarence X. Ed-
wards. which consisted of a fine old
fashioned New England boiled dinner.
My three years of service in the Jew
ish infantry" were my claims for admit
tance to the banquet, but / failed to get
by. therefore | get reports of the dinner
SecOnd- hand.
At $50 we marched. with the rest Of
the LIST Vermont infantry, in review be-
fore Gov. James Hartness and General
Edwards. We carried a full pack of va
rying weight, % pounds at the start, 40
pounds in the middle of the review, and
| 10 pounds when we finished, as well
as wearing our wooden uniforms, which
are hotter than Turkish bath parlOr.
Then to add to the general enjoyment
of the afternoon. u heavy wind Sprang
| up. which brought forth clouds of dust
which filled our eyes and noses and dried
up our throatS.
| The dust was so thick in front of us
at one time that l veritably believe that
| if we had wished to advance we would
| have had to cut our way forward with
our mess kit knives. However, taking
the review as a whole, it was pretty
| SHdppN dLdAis
| There are many local notes for to-
night: Truck Driver Arthur Romprey
| has been promoted to the position of
| chauffeur for Colonel Gibson, so we have
one more honor for Company l, the honor
! of having the best chauffeur i'm the regi-
ment. Tonight when John Harty and
1st Glass Pvt. Lindley Hartwell came
into the barracks from a short stay at
the Hostess House they found their
hunks anchored 10 feet above the floor
on the cross beams. Harty'S bunk was
tied and before he managed to get it
down he had dumped all of his equip
ment right and left about the floor. Due
to the fact that Pvt. Hartwell was un-
able to dislodge his bed. and TO the fact
that taps were near, list Sgt. Clyde
Falby and Sgt. Earl Falby aided and
the bed was brought down with no con-
fusion. Thanks are due these sergeants,
in behalf of the ''buSed private, for aid
ing him in avoiding the violent exercise
of extricating the bunk from its peculiar
situation.
There are a good number of ex-service
= men in the company. but only six OF
these attended General Edwards's ban
auet. These six were Capt. c. \. f..
| Goodwin. 1st Lieut.. Alexander ENner,
ID Lieut.. James II. Bastian. LIST Sergt.
Clyde Falby. and Sergts. Earl Falby
and Richard Chamberlain.
From to II Saturday morning Com
pany l. acting in conjunction with three
others, went through a good quantity of
} | close order work. followed by lecture
on military courtesy. This lecture spe-
eialIy emphasized the fact that the sa-
Lutte between privateS and their ofhcers
| was not an act of humiliation on the
part of the private. but a recognition
, that all are kindred, working in the com
mon cause of their country. .
In the afternoon the company worked
on advance guard work. but due to care
. Iessness on the part of the men of the
company in advance. Company l had a
strenuous time alternating between q
halt and an advance at double qulch
time.
e On Sunday morning all the men not
on leave went to church. Most of the
! men went to church in Aver, and I've
: already noticed the decided improvement
could obtain a case of Tanlac to dis
{ tribute to the fellows now, we would
Il surely be an ideal company.
There are many items for today: Pvt
y Edwin Frost is already planning what
: he'll do when he first returns to Brat
\ tleboro Sergt. Richard Chamberlain
Il and Pvt Paul Plant are now circling
7 | about each other in the middle of the
{ barrack room floor. one equipped witt
, a fire pail full of water while the Other
!, has a fire pump extinguisher.' They n
: prancing around like two Bengal tiger
y when zones scared and the Othel
daSsn't." There goes Plants pailful; /
| Chamberlain empties his we'll have t.
Il swim around here. All The flood sit
y nation looks more hopeful now, and thu
> property damage caused by the rush o
u water probably will be light.