Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-20
CAPT. ERNEST W. GIBSON
AND liEUTs. CHARLES n. DAVIS
AND WALLACE N. eATcHELDER.
Company ! Elected These Officers at a
Special Meeting Friday Evening
They Will Take Examinations Dec.
18-Their Records of Service.

At the special meeting of l company
Vermont National guard. held Friday
evening Ernest w. Gibson, who has
been first lieutenant of the company
for the past two years, was chosen
captain in place of Ernest j. Water
man, resigned. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Col. J, Gray Estey, and
as there was no other candidate for
the captaincy Lieutenant Gibson was
unanimously elected on the first ballot
Second Lieutenant Charles III. Davis
was elected first lieutenant to succeed
Mr. Gibson, and Sergeant Wallace N.
Batcheder was chosen second lieuten-
ant to succeed Mr. Davis. First Ser
geant Fred Dunklee and Sergeant Fay
cite Miller were both ahead of Mr..
Batchelder in line for promotion but
refused to run for the lieutenancy. The
newly elected officers Will be examined
Dec. is before the examining board of
the state national guard; Col. j. Gray
IIstey Major II. Il. Dyer of Rutland,
Capt G. +. Burnham of Burlington, and
Major Berkeley of St. Adams. The va
cancies in the non commissioned
ranks will be filled by examination and
appointment.
Captain Ernest w. Gibson was born
in Londonderry in 1872, and spent the
first 20 years of his life. with the eX-
ception of his boyhood schooldays on
a farm. He then entered Black River
academy at Ludlow, and studied there
for a time. afterwards taking courses
in Norwich university at Mortified,
and in the law department of the Uni
versty of Michigan. He was graduated
from Norwich in 1894, receiving the
degree of Bachelor of Science, and
three years later that of Master of Arts
for mertorious work. After his grad
uation Mr. Gibson was for four years
principal of the Chester High and
graded schools. During his term as
principal and for a year afterward he
studied law and in 1899 was admitted
to practice before the Vermont bar.
Since that time he has been in the Of
flee of Waterman & Martin. Mr.. Gibson
is deputy clerk of the United States
court for the district of Vermont, n
member of the board of trustees of
Norwich university, and lecturer on
constitutional and commercial law and
social science in that institution. He
is also one of the vestrymen of the st.
Mchael's Episcopal church. Captain
Gibson enlisted in | company August.
1899, upon his removal from Chester to
Brattleboro. was appointed sergeant
Dec 8, 1899, and battalion adiutant
June 25 1901. He was elected first
lieutenant Oct. 2S 1901.
First Lieutenant Charles II. Davis
has seen more years of continuous SER
vice than any other man in the COM
pany He enlisted May 5, 1892, was
promoted to corporal Dec 10, 1895, and
in 1897 was made sergeant During
the Spanish war he served as sergeant
of Company |, First Vermont volun-
teers. at Chickamauga. He was APP
pointed first sergeant May "a, 1900,
holding that position until his election
as second lieutenant Jan. 81 of this
year.
Second Lieutenant Wallace n. Batch
elder enlisted in l company Feb. &c,
1902 and the following August was APP
pointed sergeant He previously served
about three months in the first regi-
ment of United States volunteer cav
airy, known as the Rough Riders, at
Tampa, and for two years was first
lieutenant of the 4Gth United States In
fantry With this regiment he went to
the Philippines in September, 1899, and
remained in the service until May. 1901.
when he was obliged to resign on ac-
count of Illness