Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-27
W ellis 9nd lieutenant, Andrew b. Lavio,
rIN.r sErAnArE coNrNNY.

This company which is temporarily at.
tached to the first regiment for purposes
of dmll, was organized June 6, 1851, under
the provisions Of an an act to establish an
infantry company at Newport, Orleans
county, approved December %, 1850. II
is composed Of fine class of young men,
and is considered very promising organ
iZatiOn. Its uniform differs from that
Of the first regiment, being the blue ser
vice dress, with leather legGings The
company has adopted the name of "Grout
Esq, of Newport. Its present officers
are Captain, :. Claude O'COnnor; list
| lieutenant, Gardner ID. Pratt 2nd lieu
tenant, Frederick Chatiied.
BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE COMPANIES.
Company of Bratteboro was organ
/ lied October2S 1871, and was named after
4 Lieutenant Colonel Julius !. E.tcy. The
first officers were w. NJ. f.. Adams, cap
tain r. c. Hardie, LIST lieutenant, and II.
| ID Andrews, 2nd lieutenant The Estey
/ and Ransom Guards were the Two com.
pauieS chosen to escort GOV. Peck to the
centennial in 1875 They also escorted
/ Gov Furnham to the Yorktown celebra-
| ton.
| Company G of Bradford was organized
about November ., 1858. II, an indepen-
| dent company. It, first captain was Ben
jamin T. Blodgett. The company was
one of those which made up the tirst Yer
mont regiment and its record was a bril-
| liant one.
Company X of Bennington was mus
/ tered III June 20, 1876 and the following
officers were elected: Captain, y. O. vii
/ cox LIST lieutenant, j. y. y. Williams
2nd lieutenant, W. II. Bradford. In lNi1
the Park Guard acted as escort at the
centennial Of the Battle Of Bennington,
and in October of the same year it went
TO Schuylerville to participate in the cen
tenulal celebration OF the surrender OF
/ BurgOyne.
/ Company of st. Johnsburv was or
gained as an independent company in
| August, 1851 to take the place of the
| Ransom Guards. The company was mus
tered in June II, 1883. The company has
full ranks and is one of the best in the
State
Company a. of Rutland was Organized
origin lly as Company f. Vermont mill
tia, October TO- 1870, with II. NJ. Bole cap
| tam, {. i. Bates LIST lieutenant and \. s
Marshal 2nd lieutenant. Upon the con
soIidatiOn of the regiment into one regi-
ment it became Company \. In June
1874 it was recognized and &. c. Kinsman
was elected captain. 1t was named the
! Rutland Light Guard. but the name was
changed to Kingsley Guard in 1850 in
honor of Gen. l. g. Kingsley.
Company h, the Barlow Grays of st.
[ y lDdlS WIS OIUdUlIeu May ~, ~, with
NJ. b. Carpenter as captain and NJ. &.
/ Glider and f. l.. Roberts leuteuants. 1t
was one of the companies called out by
the governor to quell the disturbance at
| Nershire IN 1883.
Company II of Montpelier was organ
lied June 10, ISIS, when II. j. Cotfey was
made captain and c. b. Williams and
| Charles Wells ieutenants. Its first mus
ter was at Burlington in the same year.
Company c Of Brandon was organized
in December, 1871, with E.. W Carr cap
! tain and c. NJ. Hatch and H. II. Webster
as lieutenants. 1t took the name of War
ner Guards but on the consolidation of
the regiments in 1873 it took the letter c
which it has since retained. 1t was reor-
gained in 1910 and took the name of
Sprague Guards.
Company f of Mortified was organized
in 1865 under the name of the Central
Guard which was changed the same year
to New England Guard, 1t had the fol-
lowing officers Captain, ;. q. Patter-
son; lieutenants, g.. II. Nichols, Charles
Barrett, w. c. Woodbury. and c. II.
Joyce, The company responded prompt
~ to the call of Gov. Fairbanks IN ISL,
and took active part in the battle OF Big
| Bethel. At the close of the war the com
pany was reorganzed with W. II, Boyn-
| ton as captain and again in in SOS with j.
! l.. MOrelcY as captain.
Company + of Barre was organized this
season to take!the place of Company + OF
| Burlington which was mustered out at
! the expiration of its term of service. The
company has its full complement of men
and its prospects are ilattering.
Second Day of the Annual Muster of the
National Guard of Vermont
The second day of the annual muster Of
the Vermont National Guard at Camp
Stannard' was entirely successful the
weather being most favorable and the eX-