Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-10
Notes Of tho Camp.


concert each day in front Of the camr
headquarters.
Every officer of both the LIST and I'd
Regiments, field. staff and lire, is now
in camp, an unusual occurrence.
Among the guests at dinner at the
I'd Regiments mess, yesterday. were
Mrs. r. ]. Martin, the Misses Ward
Miss Hoxie and Miss Philbrick.
Plans are on foot for competition
shoot between teams to be picked from
the 1st and I'd battalions of the LIST
Regiment, to take place later in the
fall.
Lieut.. Morton was the last lieutenant
| to be raised under the old law of senior
ity. Future promotions are to be made
through an examining board, a new
law.
In their leisure spell the men play
ball quite a good deal. Some Of the
athletic ones, yesterday. gave good
exhibition of pyramid forming, making
the three high very neatly.
This forenoon, the company team
match of the I'd Regiment will be heli
on the 20O-yards range at 7.30 A. NJ. In
the afternoon, will come the company
inspection match of the ID Regiment.
The important duties Of the commits
sary department are remarkably well
performed. this year. Not kick is
heard on the quantity or quality Of thu
food, and Col. Thompson Is to be con-
graduated.
The line officers Of the first battalion
of the I'd Regiment presented their
popular commander, Major Alonzo
York Of Skowhegan, with an elegan;
saber, yesterday. The presentation on
behalf of the officers was made by Col.
Philbrook.
An ex-Guardsman, one who has been
familiar with the Guard for 20 years,
says he never witnessed such general
courtesy to the colors In crossing the
color line as during the present tour OF
duty. salutes of sentinels are also
more general than formerly.
Adjutant General and Mrs. Richards
took tea at the camp headquarters,
Monday night, with Colonel and Mrs.
Kendall. Sunday night, they and a
party Of Gardiner friends. including
Miss Bartlett, took tea at I'd Regiment
headquarters with Colonel Philbrook.
The officers of the day, today, are
Capt. NJ. E. Conley Of Co. L OF the Isl
Regiment, and Capt. Thos. Mccullough
Of Co. X of the I'd Regiment. The
commanders of the guard, today. are
Lieut.. J. w. Knight of Co. NJ of the 1st
Regiment, and Lieut.. Geo. F. Garcelon
of Co. D OF the I'd Regiment. .
In no part Ct the camp work has i'm
provemtnt been more marked than in
the guard duty. At first 1t was
naturally rather ragged. as in their |
the companies cannot be given
practical work in this line. But great
has been made and now |
the guards are well familiarized with |
the duties Of their position. Lieut.. Roy |
den has done much to bring about this
and deserves much praise |
for it.
The sentinel in front Of the I'd Regi- |
n.ent headquarters wanted the corporal
Of the guard. the other night. and in
stead Of calling Corporal Of the.
guard. color sentinel.% as he should
have done. he got ratified and shouted.
Corporal of. the guard. colors on the
The corporal did not appear,
and so the sentinel kept repeating this
strange call. waking up everybody in
that part Of the camp. At last one of
the. stan officers could stand Sit no
longer so he stuck his head out and
yelled at the sentinel, take them, OF.
then. you blanky-ti- blank fool. beforel
they smother you." 3.
At the camp hospital everything Is |
neat, quiet and attractive and every
care is shown those insneed OF medicarti
help. ~he surgeon in charge, as last
year, is Major Edwin M. Fuller of Bath
Of the I'd Regiment. The other sur
geons are Maj. B. F. Bradbury. Capt.
J. B. O'Neil and Lieut.. G. M. Elliot Of
the LIST Regiment, and Capt r. J. Mar
tin and Lieut.. H.. v. Jonah of the I'd
Regiment. The hospital stewards aret
Sergt. w. H. Turkey Of the I'd Regiment,
and sergt. E. H. Wheeler of the 1st
Regiment. The stan is much pleased
by the new arrangement that gives
more room than last year. .Aany more
patients can NV be taken care of,
everything is in better shape, the bul,u-
ing formerly occupied by the ambd-
lance corps having been placed at the
end of the hospital and made.a part 81
1t. Col Maybury Of the Governors
staff is in charge Of this whole depart
ment.