The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-17
THE COMPANIES.
Company H-Capt. A. G. Eaton.

Company III, Capitol Guard, of the thir
battalion, was originally organized i'm 1878
| fill vacancy caused by the mastering out {
a company at Middlebury, with |. j. Coley
its first commander. The commanders SUI
ceeding Capt Cofley were in turn, T. FL
Clark, many of whom have since becom
prominent in the military affairs of the state
Capt Arthur G Eaton the present CON
mander, enlisted with Co ii on Feb'y 10,1SS1
since which date he has performed faithful
duty in the following officers consecutively
corporal sergeant, first sergeant, regimenta
sergeant-major and second lieutenant. Cap
Eaton is at present teller in the First Nationa
bank of Montpelier, and is prominently iden
titled with the interests of that place. Frs
Lieutenant w Peck enlisted in August
1888, and has held all the offices up to frs
lieutenant. Second Lieutenant A Smith en-
listed in May, 1887.
Company L-Capt. j. +. Lambert.
\ Company l., Newport Rifles, of first battal
ion, was first organized in 1881 under the
name of First Separate Company and mus
tered alone in Derby about II months 1t re
ceved its present company letter and assumed
its local name of Newport Rifles upon being
admitted to First Regiment. Its first com.
mander was the noted lawyer c A Proutv fol.
lowed by Capt Moulton who was afterwards
elected major. He was in turn succeeded by
Capt OConnor, J d Pratt and the present
popular commander, Capt + Lambert.
Capt } + Lambert was born in Highgate.
June 10, 1857. He enlisted with Co l. in 1886
as private and has filed all the offices from
the bottom to his present position rs COM
mander. He was elected End lieutenant in
1889; LIST lieutenant in 1890 and was elected
captain in June, 1893. In civil or local affairs
of Newport, Capt Lambert has gained prom-
nence by conducting one of the leading retail
and wholesale bakeries in the state. Lieuten-
ants of Co l. are Edward Davis and d M
Shepley.
Company C-CaptJ w Symons
Company c of Brandon, second battalion
is one of the Oldest companies of the regiment
having been organized in 1871. Its first COM
mander was Capt Joseph Bush, and during
the years following the expiration of his SER
vice the following have done good and honor
able service as commanders: Ira d Hatch, f
) Cahee, G " Carr and the present captain
Josiah w Symons.
Capt Josiah w Symons, commanding. was
born in Chittenden, VT. July 3, 1852. He en-
listed as private with Company G in
March, 1888, serving in the ranks two wears.
lie was then appointed 4th corporal serving
two years when he was elected 1st lieutenant.
Capt Symons was elected and received his
commission as commander Nov 8, 1898. sue
ceeding Maj G w Carr. He possesses both
the enthusiasm and thorough training of a
true soldier and is universally popular with
his men. In the civil affairs of his village
Capt Symons has long taken an active interest
and has served as selectman of his town. He
is Il prominent Mason and is well known
throughout the state. For some time Capt
Simons has been engaged in the marble and
granite business in Brandon. His lieutenants
are Bernice a. Carr and Thos F Lynch.
Company F-Capt. F. L. Howe
Company F, of Northfeld, was organized
Oct 1873. n result of emf hi Si9
by Il visit of the Boston fllsileers, who
stopped at Mortified on their way to Mon
treal in that year. After the departure of the
visitors the citizens, who had paraded with
the company, decided to form company to
be known as the "Central Guards" Their
first uniforms were purchased from the New
England Guards of Boston, who were desig-
mated as Co +. and from that fact the present
Mortified company derived its name. The
officers at the time of organic |
alton were Capt S G Patterson. First Lieut.
George Nichols. Second Lieut. VIM C Wood |
bury and Third Lieut. Augustus Palmer. At
the outbreak of the rebellion Co f went to the
front, May s, 1861, but owing to pressing pri-
yate affairs Geo Nichols, who was then cap
ain, was compelled to resign on the depart
Ire of the company: He was soon after ap-
pointed surgeon of the 18th Vermont regi-
nent The company was attached to the 1st
egiment as three-mOnth's men, and afterward
o the 18th regiment, retaining the company
etter ST." Capt William II Boynton was in
Command at that time, and one of the lieuten-
nts, Charles II Joyce, afterward member
# congress from Vermont, was elected col
mel of the LIST Vermont regiment. The cap
aims since have been Darius Thomas, C ID
Williams, + II Howes, G g Bates and Frank
! Howe. This company was one of those
which quelled the Ely riot at the copper
mines. 1t now numbers 81, officers and men.
vt the time the company was mustered into
he United States service it numbered 1O1
men. All the prominent citizens of North
eld have at some time been members of this
rganiZation.
Company G.
Company G, Bradford Guards, of Brad
ord, was organized as separate company in ;
S57, but before the late war became part of {
he state militia. 1t was organized under the i
anne of Bradford Guards, which it has al ]
Tays retained. 1t was one of the first COM $
anies to enter the service in 1861, with Dud- t
y Il Andross, who was afterwards colonel t
the Ninth Regiment, in command. After Ii
S first enlistment of three months Co G re- &
lrned for second term of service under a
,mmand of Capt Preston Chamberlain. Il
early all the prominent men of the town of o
radfOrd, and many of the state, have been r;
entitled with the Bradford Guards. Dur Il
lg its service i'm the army Hon John b Peck b
t, eX-GOv Farnham and John c Stearns Il
ere its lieutenants, the latter afterwards OF
coming adjutant of the regiment. Other pl
ointment men who have been connected with m
} G are Barron Hay, the father of the COM ia
my, John b w Prichard, j b Kelley and ell
Ell w ii Gilmore of the governors staff. At W
e time of the Ely riot Co q in answer to the ia
vernors call reached Ely overland previous lii
any other company and remained on duty re
rec days. of
Capt Harry B Chamberlain of Co G., Brad nj
rd Guards, enlisted with that company i'm &c
80 as Com-Sergt. He was promoted to W
gade q NJ Sergt, and served to April IA, OF
%, when he was elected to the present office
commander of Co &. Capt Chamberlain
Is born in Newbury, Vt, Nov 1, 1862. He
aduated from st Johnsbury academy i'm
20 and was for 10 years connected With the ca
lolesale hardware firm of Henry A Winship ap
Bradford. He is at present following agri- fir
tural pursuits in the town of Fairlee. The W
ltenants of Co G. are Messrs Chas A "A.
anger and Frank W Pierce of Bradford.
Company D-Capt. C. NJ. Bonett. Me-
company ID. st. Johnsbury Guard. of First SUI
talon, was organized in the fall of 1882.
| was mustered into First Regiment in
ne. 1898. with Capt. A. w. Roberts COM =
nding. w. :. BoyntOn first lieutenant. and -
Thompson second lieutent. Y
apt {. NJ. Bonett, commanding, was born
Waterford. VT. i'm 1857 and became resi-
1t of It. Johnsbury in the year 1879. He
5 commissioned captain of Company in
cember. 1892. In 1893 Capt. Bonett won
t individual prize given by Col Jewett.
pt. Bonett has for some time been connect
with the scale works of f. & L. Fairbanks.
e eutenants of Co. ID are W. ii. Mouton
ii. :. Steady. Z
Company M-Cnpt Frank Wells.
good many years ago the city of Burling-
had an organization known as the Bur- WI
ton Cadets which was disbanded several gle