The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-16

forth to review his troops. The cere-
monies of the day drew large number
of people to the encampment. Pretty
much all Augusta was here, and in
addition every section of the state was
represented by prominent men. The
feature of the days exercises which fur
n1shed the greatest attraction was, of
course, the grand reviews of the two regi-
ments. 1t took place at two o'clock and
long before that hour the lawn around
the headquarters building was crowded
with spectators. Two large awnings had
been erected in the shade of which were
many chairs and settees all of which were
occupied. All the available space on the
porches of the buildings were taken and
many sat or stood on the grass, pressing
so far forward that the sentries were al
most crowded off their beats. Of course,
the disciplined warrior should force back
intruders male and female, young and
old, but when bevy of girls with bright
and pretty faces and attired in gay sum-
mer raiment, calmly plant themselves
within the forbidden territory, the aver
age Maine soldier, age about 81, hesitates,
smiles insteads of frowns, then fixes his
eyes upon some small boy twenty rods off
and marches on.
1t is few minutes before the hour for
the review From one end of the village
of tents come the shrill notes of bugle
conveying message Ineligible to the
military ear. Like an echo comes the
same musical summons played by the
bugler in the quarters of the Second
Regiment away down at the other end
of the village. Chandler's band takes it's
place at the right OF the line, then are
of
somewhere among the tents where the
companies are falling in, and then as the
band plays rattling march, out onto
the parade ground comes
COMPANY AFTER COMPANY.
The Second Regiment marches away
down across the field, wheels to the left,
turns again and faces the headquarters
the battalions standing in one long line.
At their right are the three battalions of
the First Regiment each drawn up in
company front, the component companies
standing in column formation. In the
centre of each regiment wave the colors,
the national flag and blue state flag in
the First, International flag and a white
banner. in the Second.
The Governor has mounted the big bay
again and ridden on the field. the only
man in the picture who does not wear
some insignia of rank. Of course he has
on a silk hat, and a tightly buttoned
black coat. Tradition has 1t that he
must SO array himself, no matter how
hot the day. He is a great contrast to his
staff, close behind him. for the Governors
staff when arrayed in full dress uniform
with the big chapeaux and nodding
plumes is truely a gay assemblage. The
regimental staffs gallop across the field
and meet the Governor, and then all the
horsemen go at rapid trot towards the
First Regiment, passing around the
battalions while the band PLAYS a well
come, taken up by the band Of the Second
as the cavalcade repeats the ceremony
there; 49,, 1t takes atbar pne few minutes and
horses, the regimental stats returning to
the troops, the Governor taking up his
band strikes up one of the marches which
they can play as no other band in the
state can render them. The battalions