Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-03-21
NAMES MILITIA.
GENERAL Orders of Interest to the so,s,..
Boys.

HEADQUARTERS MAINE MILITIA,
Adjutant Generals Office.
Augusta, March IL, 1881.
i. Company Commanders of the vo,,r
teer Militia, will order drills at least twice
each month; battalion drills and inspec,ions
"hen ordered, may take the place of com.
pany drills. ''''-
IL. At these drills, dress or undress mi
forms may be worn at the discretion of tho
officer ordering the drill. but citizens dress
never. except by recruits. whom it NAV he
necessary to place under instruction before
they have had time to become properly mi.
formed UNI
III. portion of the time at these drills
must be given to the aiming and position
drill, as taught in the prescribed mammal for
rifle practice. '''
Nv. Officers and enlisted men shall be
considered on duty whenever in the head.
quarters or armories of the regiments or com
panies, and will obey the orders of the su-
perior officer present, the same as upon anv
duty required by law or orders; and all Of
ncers detailed for that purpose, shall have
the right to visit at any time, any head
quarters or armories within their commands.
and give any orders which they NAV think
for the best interests of the service
V. Armories shall be under the command
and charge of the commanding officer of the
organization for which they have been pro-
vided. except, that in addition to the officers
mentioned in the proceeding section, the Ad-
Jutant General and Inspector General and
their assistants shall at all times have ac-
cess; and such drills and exercises as thew
may desire to witness shall be conducted and
such public property as they may desire to
see, shall be displayed for their inspection.
In like manner, the Quartermaster General
and Surgeon General may visit headquarters
and armories for inspection of public prop
erty appertaining to their departments.
vi. Reports of the drills required BY this
order will be made monthly. upon blanks
furnished for that purpose, giving the number
OF officers and enlisted men present for duty,
absent with or without leave, aggregate pres
ent and absent. number of hours devoted to
drill, and the name and rank of any officer
inspecting or visiting the command. This
return will be made in duplicate, one copy
retained by the company making the return,
and the other forwarded to these headquarters
through the proper channels.
VII. Each organization, upon receipt of
this order, will designate the time for these
drills, commencing the first of April, and
forward the same, through the proper chan
nels, to these headquarters.
VIII. Regimental Commanders are
charged with the execution of this order, and
will in person or by detail of one of their
regimental field or staff officers, visit and in
spect the companies of their commands as
often as the good of the service may require.
and fully inform themselves as to their con-
dition, and their compliances with this order.
TX. 1t is desired that all officers and en-
listed men should be impressed with the i'm
portance of these semi-monthly drills, and
endeavor to be present and spend the time re-
quired by section So, chapter 225, Militia Law
of 1880.
BY order of the Commander in-Chief
GEORGE l.. BEAL,
idIutam General