The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-10
COMMISSIONS TO
EIGHT COUNTY MEN
SergeantS Rate and Phil
brick Among Those Made
Lieutenants
APPOINTMENTS
AT PLATTSBURG
List Of Successful Candidates Includes
Four From Bellows Falls, Two from
Brattleboro, One Each from Wards
boro and Westminster.
Especial to The Reformer.)
PLATTSBURG, \. Y, Aug

FLAIISBU RG, y. Y, Auo. 10.
Eight Windham county men were
among those who were Informed TODAY
by the commander of the Reserve OF:
ficers Training camp that they had re-
ceived United States Army commissions.
Sergeants Alphonse c. Rattle and
Frank p. Philbrick OF Company | and
r. +. Slayton Of Company f. First Yer
mont regiment, received commissions
as second lieutenants, infantry section,
Officers Reserve Corps Martin H.
Gleason Of Wardsboro received com
mission as second lieutenant, cavalry.
Officers Reserve Corps. Harold b.
Pierce of Westminster received com
mission as second lieutenant, infantry
section, and is assigned 20 duty with
the regular army. X. s Macleod and
Harold j. Stilwell Of Bellows Falls re-
eeived second lieutenant 5 commissions
in the infantry section Officers Reserve
Corps. and John c. O O'DonneH OF the
same town received a second lieuten-
ant 5 commission il the cavalry reserve.
Among the Vermont men who received
commissions as captain were Raymond
w. Wheeler Of Rutland. G. H. Gilbert.
ir., OF South Dorset and Harold 4. Al
! len OF Burlington. Others, known in
| your section, to gain this rank were Har-
f. old II. Flower of Deerfield Mass. and
| George Hoban of Claremont, \. H..
while Frank c. Huntrcss of Keene,
| y. H., was commissioned q second lieu
tenant infantry section. and assigned
| to duty with the regular army. Roger
Warren OF Northfield, Mass, is commits
stoned as second lieutenant in the in
fantry section.
Commissions TO other Vermont candi-
dates were awarded as follows:
Second lieutenants. infantry section.
Officers Reserve Corps-Horace H
Powers of Morrisville. A. b. Mac Muir
ply of South Burlington. T. p Moselev
lof Winooski, Frank Burke OF West Rut-
LAND, G. \. Ames of Burlington, w W.
Richmond of Northfeld. T. X Ham
mond of Rutland, d. II. Norton of Yer
gcnnes, C. W. Foster OF Cuttingsville,
IPrivate Charles Little, Company \.
Y. y G.. d. j. Mcbride Of Burlington,
f. r. Holmes of Johnson, G. l.. Brooks
of Montpelier. G. D. Suter of Swanton,
iSergeant r. G. Clark of Company G.. Y
IN. c.. William Sewall of St Albans,
Sergeant H. d. Newton, Company c,
~ \. CT, Sergeant B. w. Montefiore,
machine gun company, Y. \. G.
Second lieutenants. cavalry section.
tOflicers Reserve COrps-A. \. Ogston
lof Northfield.
First ieutenants, field artillery sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps y {. NJ.
Foster Of Derby Line and J. p. Clement
! of Rutland
Second lieutcnants, field artillery sec
ition, Officers Reserve Corps - r. Il
Leake OF Arlington. f. V. Burgess of
Burlington, E. +. Dawson Of Rutland
A. A. Doe of Orleans, y. B. McClary OF
Windsor, \. T. Foster of Derby Line.
Second lieutenants, quartermaster
corps. National Army-Robert W. Me
Cuen of Vcrgennes. Edward G. Barry
V. \. G.. r. H. Domey, V. \. G., James
s. Barker of st. Johnsbury. II. ". Ad
ans of Vergennes, J. a. Longmoore OF
St. ,Iohnsburv, ]. /. Dodds of North
Hero, A. B. Nelson of Derby Line.
Captain, ord IGnce department, Ma
tional ARMY. E. Hall of Brandon.
Second lieutenant, statistical section
adiutant general 5 department, Nation
al AfllA--Tl. L. t IL lAfl VI - NOi AAl4tiA-
! Second lieutcnants. infantry section
Officers Reserve Corps (assigned tC
duty with regular armv)-H. ID. Gibson
+, of Mortified, A. c. Hunt of Waltham
b. L. Lucas Of Windsor. Z. L. Whit,
of Rutland, W. F. Teachout of Rutland
j. F. Burke of Burlington.
: Second lieutenants, cavalry section
Q Officers Reserve Corps assigned t.
: duty with regular armv)-J. B. Hart o.
e Proctorsville, G. J. Doekler of Proctor
G Guy r. Chamberlin of Burlington.
: Second lieutenants, field artillery see
: ton, Officers Reserve Corps (assigne'
e to duty with regular army - \. d
n Moves of St Johnsburv, f. G. Crossmal
of Burlington, II. Z. Camp of Randolph
Richardson l.. Greene OF st. Albans, NJ
II. Green of Bradford.