The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-09
Reviewed by the Mayor and City
Government.
VISITED BY GOV. CLEAVES AT
DRESS PARADE.

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for the Coburn Cadets. After the
dress parade .and great audience of Sun
day, the visit of the city officials the
next day, and the battalion review
must have made the student soldiers
feel that they are the centre of interest
in the city, as in fact they are.
EARLY yesterday afternoon long line
of carriages left the City Building en-
route for the encampment on Munioy
Hill. In the first carriage was his hon.
or. Mayor Baxter and Alderman Little,
Dam and Randall; in the second, AL
derman MCGOWAN, DR.. Lowery of Colora-
do. George H. Allan, Esq.,. of the school
committee. and Councilman Anderson;
in the third, Councilmen Pagan, Lee
favor, Kent and Holland; in the fourth,
Councilman Mannix, Hayes, Nickerson
and Howell; in the fifth, Assistant
Engineer Long. A.B. Hall, OF the school
committee and Councilman Nash: in
the sixth, Marshal Trickey, Saperin-
tendent of Schools Lord, City Treasurer
Libby, and City Solicitor Chapman; in
the seventh, City Auditor Tobey, Sup
erintendent of School Buildings Hol-
land, and City Messenger MCGOWAN.
Arrived at Camp Selden Conner, the
city fathers were received by Lieutenant
Hersey, President Harris. Professor Rog-
ers and others, and followed the Cadets
to the parade ground on the Promenade.
Deputy Marshal Hartnett, with a
special force of officers, kept everything
as it should be.
!, The Cadets executed few movements,
and they fell into line. and the review
ing patty, led by Mayor Baxter and
Lieutenant Hersey, marched around
them and took care to see that every
thumb was down and all eyes to the
front. An inspection of the camp fol-
lowed, and Lieutenant Hersey took es-
pecial pains to exhibit and explain the
new Buzzacott oven, invented by a
soldier in the regular army, within two
years, and used by the Coburn Cadets
for the first time in Maine. 1t consists
of a number of pans of different sizes,
that fit together and cover each other
up, 50 that potatoes and roast of meat
may be cooked together on an. open fire.
City Treasurer Libby didn't call to
mind that they had any need for devic es
for cooking roasts of meats when be
was soldier. but came to the conclu-
sion that times have changed.
After general .hsndshaking and ex-
pressions of approval of the camp and
the parade, the city fathers..took their
leave, and every body felt that both
the visitors and the visited were very
well satisfied with the occasion.
At the regular dress parade at 4.30 p.
M, Governor Cleaves, accompanied by
Colonel Thomas P. Shaw, and Major Al
bert G. Rollins of his staff, visited the
camp and witnessed the parade, and ex-
pressed themselves as much pleased
with thecamp and it's soldiers.
THE DISPLAY AT CITY HALL.
City Hall was crowded last evening.
several thousand people, Including very
many Of the best citizens, assem- bling
| to witness the illustrated lecture about
the State College by Professor O.E.
Rogers, and the exhibition drill by q
picked squad of 16 men.
1t was very notable occasion. moi
| only for the college but for Portland as
we'll. The galleries were filled to over
flowing, and every inch of. sitting Oh
standinglroom around the space reserved
| for the Cadets was occupied
| The centre of the stage was occupied
by President S. W. Bates of the. Western
| MS. @. Alumni Association, President
Harris of the college, the Rev. D. Allen
the first president of the college, ::and AL
derman Randall. The city government
was we'll represented on the setteeI
around them.
President Bates, of the Alumni Associ
alton, in his Introductory remarks. an
nouuced that the object of the occasion
was TO introduce to the city of Portland
the Maine State College of Orono. H,
briefly traced the origin, history and pur
pose of the institution, and closed b.
saying.
"We feel thatithe people of Portland
have not known or appreciated thu
| Maine State College: that they have beer
ignorant of the advantages which W.
| have to offer as place for educating
their sons. The United States ant
| the State of Maine have beautifully pro.
vided the means for free high education
and we urge you in your own interest
to neglect them no longer. There is n,
reason why Portland. the metropoli
of the state, should not send each year
good contingent of young men to tn
State College, and il by the exhi bi
which we will make here tonight, W
shall succeed in drawing to ourselve
those students who desire practica
scientific and technical education, practi
cally at the expense Of the state, we shall
consider ourselves amply prepaid for GU
efforts"
The venerable presence of the Rev. DR.
Allen, the first president of the college
was the most impressive feature of tn
evening and he eloquently besought tn
divine blessing upon this and all of OH
institutions of learning.
Mr.. Randall declared that it afforde
him great pleasure to welcome such
fine looking company Of :youngsmen t
the city. He said that Portland peop]
| b,,d I~poxyp Int tiff1o Of bo C%o&o n.