Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-02
The following orders have been issued
relating to the encampment by the al :
jutant general:
State of Maine.
Adjutant Generals Office.
Augusta. IulY 80 1897

| Augusta, July 80, 1897.
| General Orders No. L.
| |. Train service for the conveyance OF
| the several companies to Augusta, Sat
| urday, August I, will be provided as fol-
| lows:
| A special train will leave Union station.
| Portland. at 200 +. NJ.
| Companies A. h, E, G., l. NJ and the
| band LIST Regiment. and the signal corps,
| Will take this train, Go. g and the band
| connecting by the regular b. Il Nj. train.
| Western division. leaving Biddeford at
| l2l0 Z. NJ. The following companies will
| take this train at Brunswick: c and |.
1st Regiment, Il and d and band. I'd Reg
iment, connecting by train leaving Lew
iston, lower station. at l2.J0 F. NJ. Com
pany A, "a Regiment, will take the spec
ial from Portland at about $50 L. NJ.
Company III, LIST Regiment will take the
train leaving Rockland at 500 a. NJ, con-
Meeting at Brunswick with special from
Portland
Company ID. 1st Regiment, will take the
train leaving Norway at $50 A. NJ, con-
Meeting at Yarmouth Junction with spe-
cial from Portland.
Company *, LIST Regiment. will take the
Portland special from Brunswick. at
about 800 L. Nj.
Company c, End Regiment will take the
train leaving Bath at 10 +. NJ, connect
ing mt Brunswick with the special from
Portland.
A special train will leave Bangor at l.i5
+. NJ.
Companies G, l. X, L. and NJ. ID Rcgi-
ment. will take this train; companies l
and *, connecting by train leaving st.
Andrews at A. NJ and St. Stephens at
7f5 a. M; l., connecting by train on the
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad; leaving
Houlton at $40 A. NJ; f. I'd Regiment,
connecting at Newport by train leaving
Dover at Ito p. NJ. Z. ID Regiment. CON
Meeting at Waterviile by train leaving
Skowhegan at 12.55 =. NJ. company III. ID
Regiment will take this train at Water
sa,l-
Mascot, at 400 A. NJ. at Machiasport,
Saturday, connecting with trains leaving
Bar Harbor at 1870 A. NJ.
Company +, LIST Regiment, will report
as ordered by the regimental commander.
The commanding officer of the ambu
lance corps will procure horses for the
ambulance and drive from Lewiston, with
as many members of his corps the ann
bulance will accommodate. leaving Lew
lStOn i'll season TO arrive in camp before
4 +. Nj. The remaining members of the
corps will take the train leaving Lewis
ton at 1850 +. NJ.
II. Company commanders are expected
to take the trains designated with com
panies as near the complement as posi-
BILE. Officers and men allowed by their
company commanders to take "A later
train, will take some train arriving ut
Augusta not later than O'Clock A. NJ.
August g. or the first train leaving their
respective stations Monday the 9th. Men
following their companies by later trains
will be arranged in squads as far as
practicable each squad under a non
commissioned officer or private. Regi-
mental commanders will see to ii that
their men are formed at the station as
they arrive and marched in an orderly
manner to camp.
III Train service for the conveyance
of companies to their respective stations
on Friday, August 18th, Will be as fol-
lows:
4 special train will leave Augusta for
D. Il iDC
Il. c, Il, G., H. I. *, |. and NJ of the LIST
Regiment, and A, b. and ID of the %
Regiment, the bands, the ambulance
corps and the signal corps connecting AZ
Brunswick with trains leaving at 6.07 L.
NJ for Lewiston Sos p. NJ. for Bath and
Rockland, and at Portland with the S.Oo
p. NJ. train for Biddeford. Company ID,
LIST Regiment will take the train leaving
| Augusta at $50 p NJ, connecting at var
| mouth Junction with the Grand Trunk
train leaving at S.5S +. NJ.
A special train will leave Augusta Tor
| Bangor at 315 =. NJ, August 18th. taking
| companies +, +. G and II of the "a Reg
| ment, connecting at Watervlle with the
i.3G train for Skowhegan. at Newport
| with the $50 p NJ. train for Dover. Com,
| panies |, X. l. and NJ. I'd Regiment VIII
take the Las A. NJ train, August Ia.
w. Permission is hereby granted TO
the signal corps to proceed to camp
| across country on bicycles, they furnish
| ing their own subsistence en- route.
Should severe storm render IL lmpoS-
siblc for them to proceed in this manner,
they will take the special train leaving
Portland at 200 p. NJ. as indicated IN Far.
/ of this order.
v. Company baggage not requiring
transfer on the way will be sent on III
advance Saturday by passenger trains as
follows:-
Companies A. 3, f. l.. NJ and OF the
LIST Regiment will send by the train leaV-
ing Portland at A. NJ. and BRUNSWICK
at 8 A. NJ. Companies G and IA, "a Reg
iment by the train leaving Bangor at
A. NJ and Waterville at A. NJ. ON It's
arrival it will he cared for by the resl-
mental quartermasters. Company COM
manders will see that baggage Is closely
restricted TO necessary articles. All com
pany baggage will be trucked TO the
camp ground by G. l.. Marston, whose OIL
fee is on the platform of the railroad
station.
VI Before leaving their respective sta
ton on Saturday. commanding oHicers
of companies will telegraph this ONCE the
exact number of enlisted men present for
duty.
VII The commanding officer OF comp
Powers win cause the several organlza-
tons of the command to be mustered Tor
pay each day of the encampment Au-