The Somerset reporter., 1895-01-03

! rance COMMISSIONER, VINO HAS given tnc Hidliti
much in vestigation, ald trust you Will ap
! proach tn out stons involved with the gre 1t
/ est fairness, recognizing tn Importance to oui
people Of sufficient and sound insurance at fail
rates
shipping.
American ships for the American merchant
marine, will aid our ship building industry
give encouragement to American ingenuity
and skill employment,o our labor, and pho
/ serve our independence as nation. we shoulo
neither be dependent upon foreign nations fol
our navy nor for the ships comprising our mer
chant marine. Maine has occupied a con
/ spicuous position in the building of the Ameri
can navy, and the first steel sailing ship BULL
/ III America was launched the past year, from
Maine ship yard, bearing the proud motto oi
our State. II Is confidently asserted by many
Of our leading ship builders and ship owners
! that if our Government shall retain for thi:
industry the protection accorded by our wist
( navigation laws, Maine in the near future vii
T be producing much iron and steel tonnage
as She Las heretofore Of wood.
We may we'll view with alarm the proposed
/ free admission to American registry of ship
built in foreign countries, for II must be detri
/ mental to our State and to the shipping anC
( business interests of its citizens.
An expression from tn Legislature to the
/ Congress Of the United States upon Il subject
50 vital to the STATE, will be appropriate.
/ In this connection allow me TO call your at
tehtlon To the melhod Oh taxation appilcaole te
/ shiplihg. comparison Vi me .aAeS 1--WE
oy our oodte' Win tn"se ieFi. " 'iie i'aiiiit
maritime nations Of the world and some of tbs
states of the American Union upon Thu in
uu9trS' VIII impress upon YOU tiio Pioltio'3 "
! Pi'ci'ie 'hi7 ei's'' NV Nn0 " az dsy -"
/ slhllar property III o'neI loeaitieS' anu 'ilu'
ei'"i' ~ sup y" "'i' W " ~ -
u "hieh i'Mei i"''9 "a ''i-A"'i'A III 'A'9'
communities afford.
The National Guard
commend the National Guard for its excel
lence and efficiency. Recognizing the impor
lance of placing the military organizations Of
the State on a more permanent basis, tht
Legislature OF 1898, authorized the eTovernor tt
appoint II e7mmis 'ioh 70 revise ana cohsoH,ltt'
the laws relating TO our military torce5' Inc
commission appoihVeu coiistoeeu Vi Pcnela
Selden Conner, General John marshall Brown,
General samuel u. LeaVltt' General " lhhela
o. ohoate anu boiphei Flceor bie'V' 'he re'ui'
OF thelr talthlu ana Valuable services Is en-
Dooled IN the prov lslohs Oh ohapler %oo Vi uh'
fuDllc Laws OF 1870
Ihere mas peeh pracUcaly ieorsanHt''oL
during the past two years, and the National
uuaru now CONSISTS OF TWO reg ileht9 Oh ihiaf
Try OF eleven companies each. me ~" CON
TEMPLATES that each regiment snail be com
pos''o 81 no, less ohih u"eNe 'oihPahe1' "i''
t9 ue9ifaoie olJecC cot'ii NOV '2e aoe'ilPi
without exceeding the appropr'adon' winch
was not aefihtd auVl5anle. succe7Siu en-
cahliheht was heiu az Aug1ts.'' III h"Eu9'
IaSt hiShs etedi'tpie 10 ehe oleeiS' 'ho nleA
anu 10 the state
captain oharies B' Han oil the united S.a'e'
for duty IN the State, and rendered three
moh'nS eiheleht service III ms feiorV W 'n'
war department., ne gives deserFed recpsit
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The veteran SOLDIERS
During the veara that have interviewed since
the close of the great conflict for the nrcsrrva
tion of the Irnion the soldiera oP Mai,te ,vbo
norticinated in maj struggla tbeir ,vi,n,,e o,,f
ornbans in thoir bour of need bav. had the
nrutectiny care of the State TIE neonle ar,
still loyal To the assurances then given. and
will continue to recognize the services rem
drred and the sacrifices mad 'Ly those paIlnn,
men. The usual appropriation for this pur