Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-28

AAIilES energy las AROUSED AMI m2inttlnt u
an excellent interest in his command
/ There sre eight members Of the brigade
( srat who are commissioned officers ana
| four non-commissioned. The commits.
stoned officers are an assistant adiutsn,
! general, q brigade inspector, = medical IL
rector, sni an inspector of riha practice.
With the rank Of msjor; quartermastsr :
I and a eommlssary, with the rank of capsais +;
tvo sides-de-csmp, one with the rank of
captain. the other first lieutenant.
There are sixteen persons on the Cover
nor's military staff But three of these
were eonsta~' r'mp during the muster !,
these seft u-.eral IL. VI. Sp-ague, sdju-
tant general; Colon I G. A. Philhrook,
eommissionary general; aud Colonel <. j (.
Cram, inspector of rife practice. General
j. Harper, inspector general, was preseut
part Of the time, but was called away BY
sickness in bis family. Nearly sll the other
members were present on July 51, the day
appointed for review in the Governors
h)sor.
The hospital corps vas made BY detail
Of eight men from each regiment.
By neon. June 29th, the regimentsl quar-
terniasters aud the cooks of the several
compsties arrived in camp and proceeded
10 make Arrangements for having dinner in
readiness for the troops when they would
reach camp. AT about ! O'Clock Moldsy
afternoon the % Regiment arrived in camp
and was followed soon after by the 1T
Regiment Each regiment was preceded
by band. and marched by brigace head
quarters On the way 10 its quarters ia camp.
General Mitchell, with his stsff, reviewed
each regiment as il passed. The ID Regi-
ment stacked arms on the color-hne, and
the companies proceeded TO their respective
parade grounds AMI were dismissed Afer
wheeling iaio ne, on lis parade grounds
the lst Regiment vas dismissed By it.
colorcl, and the several conf anies marched
to their quarters under arms. Dinner was
ready and was promptly served.
The VI hole command seemed 10 appreoi.
ate that the eueampment was for work, for
1t was not lcng before The "a Regiment pr .
pared for guard mounting, ami the lst Reg
ment went out for company drill. As 30 IN
as guard noun ing was over in the 3l that
r. ginien. tur0ei out for battalion drill Both
regiments had dress parade at the time pr,
seribcd in brigade orders The guar
mounting of the 1T Regiment took place
after it' dress parade. This ended the frs,
day, and when it is remembered that some
comps mes had been travelling 4 gCol part
of the GIT, the amount and quality of the
exercises were very creditiblc.
July lst and "a were exceedingly favor
able davs, and the order of exercises prt-
scribed hy the brigade commander vas
closely followed. The drills were b; bat
talon. the gusrl mounting BY regiment
an1 the parade by brigade. There were
several battalion skirmlsh drills, also a
Practice review of the brigade from regi-
mental lines. 1t is not to be expected thst
these exercises were perfect in every de
tail. The companies are brought together
but once year, and between encsmpments
the membership of each company changes
cor r>iderably. The men are Intelligent aud
well developed; their bearing is very good.
Int would he improved by a still greater
attention TO setting up than has yet becn
2 vtn The Cfhcers displayed u so d
knowledge of their duties, ard mai ifested
comm andahle interest. There WAS a
marked improvement IN the drills from one
day to the fxt, and have no doubt that
with more time allotted TO the encsmpment
very good proficiency would have been
shown. The manual of arms at para T. is
worthy of mention; il was executed in "A
satisfactory manner
July 81 Thursday the weather changed !;
the rain fell in showers all day, ard the
progre mme hal TO be abandoned. # was
int ndei 10 have review in honor of the
Governor. followed by an inspection that
would have enabled me to have made som,
comparison of the comptries with one
another. The governor and staff arrived
in f.a- Oh b. ,tt,
au artillery salute, the State Nag WAS run
up. and the commani was paraded in over
coats on the color Inc. The salute anI
psrade were repeated shortly afterwsrd on
the srfival Of the Hon. ReGfi.ld Prort1 1r.
secretary of war. About 3 O'Clock both of
tt,se gentlemen left the csmp for Port
land. The Governor vas accompanied -
lis ,taf.
on July h the rain continued, but ths
plan arranged on ertsrnt camp was 70
Lived. The command left camp at an
csfly hour 10 The morning AMI marched in
the rain to the rairosd station. where il
took the cars for Portland The trau was
waiting, and the Second Regiment en-
baked with no delay until 1t was fonn
that At insufficient numt cr of cosChes hal
been provided, aud that p1rtiol Of the
command ould be obliged to ride in box
cars provided with rough stats. The re
g'ect in Iii. natter appea-s To have been
on the part of tie IA lrosd manage men'. for
the military authorities made spplcri n
early enougn for m ample supply OF cars
y tue troops Were 20 be one attraction to
draw people to Portland ard increase thu
receipts pf this road, asd as their trapspor-
tstlon vas paid for, il was rather unfair
treatment to force them to accept such un-
sat factory and unsuitable accommoda-
TORS
After considerable remembrance on The
part of officers and men, they were Undue 4
to take the cars provided. and reached
Portland about 10 o'clock While the
stree's were muddy the clouds hal cleared
away, end pr paratols were made TO ent. r
the s're' parade in dress uniform. After
tie piraGe. the companies were dismiss ID
to assemble st the srmories in time for the
ira n. shat were t. convey them 10 Ih-ir
homes. They made fair showing in the
parade, but wonl1 have appeared to much
be- er advantage if The weather had he's n
Tl,ssfn' when they lsft camp, for tea
gr' a.er sttent'On could have been psid II
the det ills ot The uniform among other
til = r.boer ots, winch spreartd h,rs|
and there, would have been packcl with
tn. baggage
Tha uniform Of the State troars co-sst
of dress-coa'. helmet, irous' r., blouse for
2 cap, oveTcost and blanket The bl.n-
ktts are red. The ether articles are of the
same pattern ard material as those issued
to r, 2 lar troops. They are sill 10 good
c ,nditien ard most Of the uniforms fit sat
or no ~ a
will ft perfectly, as the companies change
constantly their members and il would re-
qgire larger snpp'y Of uniforms a. each
armory than it is practicable to have in or
der to give each member an excellsn. ft
10 every particular. The uniforms are the
property Of the State AMI are kept at ID
various sfmories or in the possession of in
diFidusls during enlistment. The facinzs
sre white for the infantry and red for the
gun detschments. The trousers Of all en-
Iists men have a cord ia the outside sean.
The only exception is that ron connie
stoned staf officers ~ho have stripes. Cloth
chevroas sre worn by ro1-c Jmmii. -1ntd
officers on blouses ard dress coats. the hri-
zsde non-com missionsd staff excs pied TIE
latter have 90 4 llce ehevrO5s. There j.
quite vsr.tty Of hioasts worn by the line
officers. Some Of these articles are made
pain, sile Others are braided ia trout.
The mat. rial, while uniform il color, dif-
fers in tsxt0re. The officers cap orn4-
ments are not Uniform. Very few officers
have urdrssi belts gate a number Of them
have ths officer, re9uIstoa overcos.
The isfsntry reg menis are equipped uith
the Springfield rhe. These suss have
hesH in use for quite long tire. had
no opportunity to examine a great many,
bat those that saw. While in good working