The Portland daily press., 1882-08-30

| tillery Battalion.
First Lieut.. G. F, Elliott. U. S. NJ c., Com
| manding LIST company of marines.
Second Lieut. T. G. Fillette, U. s. III. O..
| Commanding I'd company of marines.
Second Lieut.. w. P. Biddle, q. s. M. O.,
| Commanding Sd company Of marines.
Lieut.. r. P. Rodgers, commanding hrs'
| Lieut.. G. W. Tyler, commanding second
| company seamen.
Lieut.. j. G. Wilson, commanding third COM
pany seamen.
| Master F. S. Carter, commanding fourth
| company of seamen.
Master G. L. Bruins, commanding fifth com
| pany of seamen.
Master o. w. Lowry, commanding sixth
| company of seamen.
| Master j. G. Colwell commanding seventh
| company of seamen.
| Master M. A. Shufeldt, commanding eighth
! company of seanen.
Lieut.. j. P. j. Augur, commanding ninth
| company of seamen.
Lieut.. W. A. Hadden, commanding first
platoon of artillery.
Lieut.. f. e. Greene, commanding second
platoon of artillery.
Lieut.. W. E. B Delahay, commanding third
platoon Of artillery.
Ensign P. j. Werlich, commanding corps of
pioneers.
Cadet Mldshipman 81. Fl. Kenkel, in charge
of band and buglers.
The color guard will be posted on the left of
the fifth company.
The uniform for officers will be frock coats,
leggings, caps as ordered by signal, and side
arms.
In place of canteen each man will carry
tin pot on his belt.
The order of arrangements of the boats, in
groups, will be according to the seniority OF
the officers commanding them.
In the right wing of the battalion the tallest
mon will form on the right of companies. In
the left wing they will form on the left
G. III. COOPER,
Rear Admiral, Commanding U. s. Naval
Force, on the North Atlantic Station.
The following ia description of the manner
and formation of the landing of the fercss:
Each company will consist Of 36 mel, INCLUDING
two guides and two file closers, divided into
two platoons, and will be commanded by a
lieutenant Tor MASTERY with Junior officer as
cubaltern. Each howitxer and gatling crew
will consist Of twenty men and a quarter-gun-
ner, with lieutenant Tor MASTERY in charge of
two pieces, and junior officer in charge OF
each piece. When ordered, hcwitzer crews
will be united, two and two, and armed for in
fantry drill, forming companies Of for
ty men each. The men of the companies and
howitzsr crews must be taken, as far as posi-
BILE, from the divisions of the officers who COM
mand them.
There will be corps of pioneers, in the pro-
portion of two to each company, equipped
with saw, axe, pick, shovel, hammer, chissl,
sledge-hammer and crowbar, the tools being
slung on the mems backs.
The armorer, equipped with bag contain
ing the measurer, lowder-f ask, gimlet, screw
driver aud implements for the repair of small
arms, will act as sergeant OF the pioneers, and
upon landing will conduct them to their
proper station.
The corps of pioneers will be commanded by
a lieutenant Tor MASTERY detailed for that .pur-
pose.
AT forms ST ceremony the position OF the
pioneers is on the right Of the marine battal-
ion.
Every man will be provided with leggings,
canteen, and jack knife; and also, whom spec
tally directed to be fully equipped, with hav-
ersack and blanket folded and slung on the
shoulder.
All the marines who can be spared will be
landed from the several ships. Whom landed
they will form battalion of four companies
under the command of the Fleet Marine officer
viz:
First Co. Lieut.. Elliott.
Second Co. Lieut. Fillette.
Third Co. Lieut.. Biddle.
In order that the marines may, upon certain
occasions, be landed first and employed as
skirmishers, they will, if possible, be embark
ed by boats by themselves.
The position of tho marine battalion after
landing for drill is on the right of the brigade,
and the groups from the various boats will as
semble at once at that point In the forma-
ton OF the brigade the marine battalion will
be the directing battalion, and the other bat
talions will be established on the same line.
Two nurses with stretcher will land with
each battalion. They will be embarked in the
hospital boats, and will be under the charge of
the medical officers.
In marching, and at formations, their posi-
ton is next to the pioneers; to the rear in col
umn, and to the left in line.
The band of the flagship and the buglers of
all the ships will accompany the landing par
ty On landing they will at once proceed to
the extreme right of the line; buglers on the
left of the band. The band and buglers will
be under the charge Of a midshipman.
be appointed for each howitzer boat, and two
for the others.
An officer from each ship will be detailed to
take charge Of the boats after the men have
landed
AS soon as the men are out Of the boats, if
the tide and wind should require it, they must
be hauled off to their anchors, with stern lines
to the beach, and with man in each to "veer
inn when ordered The officers and men left
in charge of the boats will make every prep
aration for rapidly embarking the men on their
return to the beach.
The color guard will be detailed from the
flagship. 1t will be composed of quarter
master as Color Sergeant, and seven signal
men. Its position in line is on the left of the
right centre company of blue jackets, of which
it forms the left four. But one color guard
will be detailed
There will be two markers furnished by the
flagship.
battalion, to consist of one medical officer, one
apothecary and two nurses.
When the battalions are ordered to be fully
equipped, there will be in.addition to the above
| and one man to each company or howitzer
crew to attend to supplies and provisions; the
! gunner, one quarter-gunner and one man to
each company and howitzer crew to supply
ammunition.
| The force to be landed from the ships of the
| North Atlantic Squadron will be as follows
TENNESSEE.
| companies of seamen, Sc men each.
| company of marines.
1-3 inch rifle howitZer and crew. Il men.
Band in charge of a mic shipman.
| Bugler.
pioneers in charge of armorer.
| Color guard, s men.
2 markers.
Medical officer, apothecary.
| 2 nurses with stretcher
KEARsARGE.
companies of seamen, Sc men each.
l company of marines,
1-3 inch rifle howitzer and crew, 81 men.
pioneers in charge of armorer.
Bugler.
Medical officer, apothecarv.
nurses with stretcher.
YANTIc.
company Of seamen, So men.