Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-04

AGlstablJ Piss.d Il Camp
Despite The Rain.
ArailJ Of Va Proctor Visits u
nssteF RIsId.
Lsoes ~ Brigade Hss6qusstsss-vis-
ifoss Among the 1spts.
Too bsd. Whist, with men 10 psak Of
eos6stion, every detssi u ssssngemsnss
esssd Tor sad nothing vsasisg sxeeps =
eeassossssss Of the fair weather to insure
the most successful Gevsrasrs Day ever
Witnessed 81 . Maine Eaesnpmsn. /. did
indeed seem s4o Bad that the eiouas shouId
yish NJ their eoatsn,s ia such . lavish
masHsr. The clouds however, - early o.
"Wednesday afternoon threstssed storm and
1t about midnight the moisture commenced
falling sni the rain began To peIr so.n by
q o'clock, driven sgsinst AMI under The
tsass Of the men By an esst changing to
southeast wind that blew quite strong
over the camp. At oas ia the nom
ing. Brigade Inspector Barnham sad
Lieut. Howe made the general rounds Of
inspection. Early Ia The morning Iaspsc-
tor General Harper made the roands u
camp In the pouring rain and visited every
tent. The men we're totally urpfe
pared for the INSPECTION, eonseqaert-
iy the General found them unier
the most unfAyossbie circumstances. lie
neverthsie. passed 70 severe criticisms.
" was evident that, while he you'd no,
say much. proposing to ssit until his report
should be Issued in due form. he was quite
pleased with the condition in which he
found the men. With the arriysI Of day.
light came no cessation Of the down. pour
and the condition Of Affairs vas aptiy ex-
pressed by Assistant Adjatsnt General
Woodbury. when he said, This rain has so
dissrrsnssd ali our plans that We scarcely
knov What 10 do
The men were not taken out on account
Of the rain. and made themselves 40 Try
and comfortable In their tents as possible.
At high noon, Governor BuIlsish, the
commander In chief. arrived ia camp with
Mrs. Burisiah, driven ia closed carriage.
the Governor arrived, so the men that were
a-s~1 up In line lowered their capes that
h.. ~ n ussd t, shelter their heads. Guns
however. lad been left In quarters and the
colors were enclosed ia the rubber protec-
tors.
AZ the Governor siishted at headquarters
gesnt Moore and the salute Of II guns was
fred. He was received by his staff In full
dress uniform. and General Mitchell and
stan came over to pay respects. The Gov
ernor's party bad preceded him and con-
sists of Miss Burleish, Miss Lucy Bur
leigh, Mrs. y. G. SpiIler, the Governor :
sister. Mrs. Col. Thompson and sister,
Miss Edith Boardman of brunswick.
Mrs. C. -. Burlsigh, Secretary of State
Smith and wife, Mrs. Col. Robinson of
Bangor. Insurance Commissioner J. o.
Smith aad wife, Deputy Secretary of State
Chadbeurne, Clerks Russell and Boyd of
The Secretary of States Department,
Messr. l.. A. BurIeigh, Joseph William.
son. Jr.. of Belfast. Albert Spiller Of No.
Abingdon. Mass. and others.
At General Mitcheii's headquarters were
Capt. Blanth' HELLER Of the Chilcothiaus
aud e.even young ladies' out OF her com
pany of 20. QUITE number Of Bangor
ladies' were present, among whom were
Mrs Henry Lord. wife OF resident Lord
Of the Sera,s. Mrs G, s. Pearl, Mrs. Geo.
Webster. Miss Mae Brett, accompanied by
Miss Ella Chamberlain of Boston, the Col
chester whistler. The party was merry
gloomy weather. At Col. Bretts head
quarters we're Mrs. Col. Brett and lady
friends.
The rain did not keep all visitors away
from camp, Ne has been seen, and among
others who were seen about the grouuts
durlag the lay were Col. s. n. Campbell
of Cherry field, Msj. i. W. Berry of Gar.
diner. Capt. Despeaux of Brunswick. J.
Ssett Rowe of Bangor
by the time Busler Jones sounded the
dinner call NJ ~ IL, the rain was once
more coming down and the wind blew cold
and raw. Light places amoug the clouds
led many to think that the rain would clear
away for the afternoon. but the barometer
kept falling and those weather wise and
otherwise predicted cot tnuei rain for
several DAYS. saying that the wind that Lad
been blowing for several days from the
southeast meant more than one day of rain.
Gen. Mitchell lid everything possible
for a man 10 do. hu. as he himself ex-
pressed it, That il was twice a. hard doing
nothing dlring rainy day in camp, than it
Ma doing double duty in fair weather"
sha otirg in the Rain.
Those who had been looking forward to
the match in which the twenty men, name :
of whom were given in Thursday mornings
Journal, were to compete AMI the IL high
ea scorers % be formed INTO State team,
were bitterly disappointed to had that a