The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-05
Three Officers and 90 En-
listed Men in Co. |,
172d Regiment
INCREASE IN 1921
IN NATIONAL GUARD
Report on Strength of Regiment Issued
by Adit. Gen. H. IT, johnson This
State Leads Uni0n in Proportion of
Guartlsmen to Population.

tant General Herbert L. johnson, snow
that there has been an increase in the
commissioned and enlisted personnel of
Vermont's regiment during 1921 as fol-
lows: Officers IS, and enlisted men J33.
On December 81, 1929, there were 81
officers and 59S men in the Vermont regi-
ment OF infantry, and at the close of bust
ness December 81, 1921, there were Go
officers and 1.131 men in the regiment.
In December 1920 there were but IS
organizations, including an Ambulance
unit.
There are nine rife companies. three
machine gun companies, three battalion
Headquarters companies. one regimental
hospital detachment one service COM
pany and quartermaSter detachment. IN
addition to the ambulance company. state
staff corps and field and staff of the lI2d
Infantry. OF the rifle companies, Com
pany of Brattleb0rO has the largest en-
rollment, three officers and 90 enlisted
men OF the three machine gun compan-
les COMPANIES d of St Johnsbury, II. of
St Adams and NJ. of Barre, Company H
of st. Adams leads, with a personnel OF
three officers and as enlisted men. The
third battalion headquarters company of
Newport has the greatest number of the
three headquarters companies, with one
officer and 45 enlisted men.
The strength of the units of the Yer
mont organization on December 81 was
as follows:
State staff corps. s officers; field and
staff. 172d Infantry. 10 officers and | en-
listed man; First Battalion. Company \,
Rutland, 3 officers and 81 enlisted men
Company B. Ludlow. > officers and 70 en-
listed men Company e, Byndonville, )
officers and 40 enlisted men; Company ID,
st JohnSbury. 3 officers 67 enlisted men
Second Battalion, Company Il, Bellows
Falls, 3 officers, 81 enlisted men
Company f. Mortified. 3 officers, ~ en-
listed men; Company g. Windsor, Off
GERS g. enlisted men; Company II, St
Adams. , officers and 76 enlisted men
Third Battalion, Company | Brattleboro.
3 officers, sc nclisted men: Company X,
burlington, 3 officers, 63 enlisted men;
Company l., Newport, ; officers, go en-
listed men; Company NJ, Barre, ) Off
GERS e. enlisted men; Company ii, St.
Montpelier, t officers. 30 enlisted men
Headquarters Company, First Battalion,
Rutland, l officer, 81 enlisted men; Head
quarters Company, SECOND Battalion,
Burlington, / officer. II enlisted men;
Headquarters Company, Third battalion,
Newport. 4 officer, ID enlisted men; Hos
pital Detachment, Rutland, } officers, %
enlisted men QuartermaSter Detachment,
II enlisted men; Ambulance Company,
Walliugford, officers. ~ enlisted men.
The National Guard of Vermont. as an
u0unced some time ago, Is more fully or
ganizod. according to the population OF
the state than any other National Guard
unit in the United States that is, there
are more members of the National Guard
in Vermont according to population, than
amy other state in the Union. This was
accomplished through the untiring efforts
of Adiutaht General Johnson and his as
Sistants, who. at the close of the World
war. imediately started to reorganize Yer
mont's regiment. and have toiled unceaS-
ingly until they managed through great
efforts Handicapped as they were by the
after effects of war. and the general spirit
of unrSet and period of reaction following
the months of warfare. to place Vermont
on a pedestal all by itself. where it was
looked upbn by other states in military
matters. as beacon light.
The commissioned personnel Of the Yer
mont units on December 81, 1921, was as
follows:
Departmental
Colonel. Herbert 7. johnson, Mont
uclcr. adiutaut generals department
major. Ray L. Smith, Rutland, medical
spect0r generals department; major,
Richard 7. Corey. Newport, quartermas-
tcrs corps; major, Willard 7. Springer,
Mortified Falls. ordinance department
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corps: captain. Henry A. Bailey. Buriing-
ton. judge advocate; captain, J. Benjamin
Harmon. Bennington, quartermaSter
corps; second lieutenant. Kenneth Mae
MINI, Montpelier. quartermaster' corps.
172d Infantry
(FieId and Staff
Colonel. Ernest w. Gibson. Brattleboro.
lieutenant colonel John w. Tinker, st.
Johnsbury; major. Charles \. Barber.
Mortified maj Leonard F. Wing. Rut-
land major, Reginald W. Buzzell, New
port; major, tMachine Gum, Harold T..
Sheldon. Montpelier; captain and adJu-
tant, Joseph G.. Estey, BrattleborO; cap
tain and supply officer, Charles f. Pell,
St Adams chaplain. Chauncey \. Adj
ANS Danville; first lieutenant and intel
ligence officer. pcrley Il. Hartwell, st.
Johnsbury: first lieutenant and battalion
adiutant Thomas J. Greed, Rutland
first lieutenant and battalion adjutant.
Joseph II. Fountain, Burlington: first
lieutenant and battalion adjutant, Arthur
y. Mooney, Newport
Captains
Stewart Cheney, st. Johnsbury, Go. ID !
Kenneth 4 Parmelee. St. Albans. Co. III
Murdoch \. Campbell, Mortified, Co. F:
Karl f. Underwood, Windsor. Co. q:
Raymond A. Egglcston, Lyndonville, Co.
G; George 4. Stack, Bellows Falls, Co.
Z William J. Kelly, Rutland. 60. \
Edward G. Vail, Ludlow Co. Fred l..
Laird. Montpelier, Service Company
NcaIe w Hooker. Barre. Co. NJ; Donald
! Emery. Newport, Co. l.; Charles \. Il.
Goodwin. Brattleboro. Co | Curtis l..
Malaney, Burlington, Co. X.
First Lieutenants
Donald w Carly. Burlington. Co. X
James A. Cruiskshank. Mortified, Go. Il
Clarence L. Ladue Lyndonville, Co. G:
Earl f. Daniels, st. JohnSbury. Co. ID;
Richard II. Pollard. st. Adams, Co. H;
Everett X. Chase. Bellows Falls. Co. II
George G. Ackley Manchester Center. Co.
a: George r. Richardson. Cavendish Co.
b Ebert +. Colburn. Montpelier. Ser
vice Company: Walter Smile. Montpelier
Service Company; Paul d. Leavitt. Barre
Co. NJ Chester w Mooney. Newport.
Co. l.; Alexander J. Exner, BrattlebOr0,
Second LieutenantS
Carlton EP Griswold Grand Isle Co.
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