Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-08-11
END OF THE MUSTER.
The Troop. strike Tents al nd Ma en- Home.
ward.

Prec,ely at / O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
,as tgnts Of Camp Robbie were struck. Every
thing had been prepared. The baggage had
been packed and the men stood at their posts.
IL 10 the right aud were Immediately packed.
Quite a crowd gathered on the grounds to
witne-. the operation, and the reception
raYlIon was filled with spectators.
The baggage, a large portion Of it,
va. transported to and loaded up
on freight cars which stood at the siding
below the grounds. Several of the regiments,
inrulng the Capital Guards, marched away
almost Immediately. At 2.30 =. NJ the
second Regiment marched down State street
and 10 the station by way Of Bridge and Water
streets Everybody was out to see them.
They acre headed by their band playing Sc
lector- Of martial music They departed from
thrcitF att ~ by special train. The First Reg
Imant boarded their train at State House sid
Ing leaving ats 80. Allthings considered this
hl- been one Of the most successful mu,ters
ever h,ll in the State. It has been charac-
trrilr1 by hard work on the part of both of
fcrr, aud men, and the results have proved
ycrg satisfactory. Assistant Adjutant Gen
cral Nprlgue has been one Of the most in
dustrlous men Of the camp, nearly all Of the
clerical work, besides many other duties,
dcyuIyIng upon him and his aid. The Cap
imI Guards came out of the muster in good
plight. Their record during the camp has
been one which they may well be proud of,
and they have made better showing than
before for several years.
Notes.
Five members of the Bath Light Infantry
were in the city Saturday. They wore grey
uniforms.
MIR. J. A. Fairbanks of the Capital Guards,
was detailed as orderly to Col. Harrington,
lnsi cctor of rifle practice. Mr. Fairbanks
is one Of the first marksmen in the State.
4 member of the Frontier Guards is inter
csted in a sardine factory, and he brought
with him into camp two large cases OF sar-
dimes, packed in spices. Not few officers
and men were treated
The Della Collins met it'll difficulty while
coming mp the river Saturday morning with
freight and passengers for iIallowell AMI Au.
gusu, which she mad received from the
Star when a short distance above Gar
diner her steam pipes burst and the steamer
became disabled. The islander" was sen,
ior,ani steaming along side of the Della, the
freight and passengers were transferred tC
her decks. But this was not the end The
"lslaudcr" started OF up river, but opposite
Gch'> zoe houses ran aground. Upon the
occurrence of this mishap it was decided to
leave the river and take to terra TRINA. and
accordingly special train was telegraphcd
for. Upon its arrival the freight and pas
safely to their destinations. Afterwards the
"lsiaader" managed to get atloat and was at
her wharf in Augusta in season to start on
her trip down river on schedule time.
At E'na the camp meeting of Spiritualists
opens IN Buswell's Grove, August Doth and
continues ten days. This seasons meeting,
tits expected, will have the largest attendance
heretofore known in the history of Spiritual
ism IN the State. The speakers are as fol-
lows Hon. Warren Chase, California
Abby y. Burnham, Boston, Mass. Prof. j.
L. Buchanan, Boston, Mass; Capt IL. II.
Brown, New York City; Mrs. p. ID. Brad
bury, Fairfield. Maine; Mrs. Abby Morse,
Se'rsmont, Maine Mrs. Mary L. Thompson,
Rockland, Maine. For minute particulars
address Charles VI. Brown, Glenburn, Maine,
Secretary.
The family of Poor or Poore, with all con.