The Portland daily press., 1897-08-07
THE NATIONAL GUARD BOYS.
They Will March Away to Muster This
Afternoon.

afternoon
Bustie of Preparation in the Armory Last
Night-Companies Go With Full Ranks
Signal Corps Boys Slept on soldiers
Beds Last Night.
Last evening all was hustle and pre-
paration in the elegant company rooms of
the new arlnory. Portland S soldiers were
making preparations for going to Angus
Ia to the State muster today. The
great benefits of the new armory are we'll
shown by the fine condition of the COM
panies. All of them will go with full
ranks, and the four will turn out over
two hundred men. Last evening the
packing of camp equipage was the prin-
cipal business, as this morning at five
O'Clock all this baggage starts for camp
ahead of the men. The company cooks go
with the baggage.
The companies will leave the armory
promptly at twenty minutes past one
this afternoon. They will march as a
battalion, the Biddeford band furnishing
the music. Major Charles Collins will
command the battalion, with Lieut.. T.
P. Shelby of Company E, as adjutant,
and Sergeant FIR Loud as sergeant ma
jor.
Company B will turn out the largest
number of men. They are the Portland
Cadets and will have in camp sixty -one
men and officers. OF these about fifty
will go today and the remainder Monday
Captain /. H. Baker will command,
| with First Lieutenant r. 81. Chaplin and
| Second Lieutenant W. II. jerks.
| Company A, the ancient Portland Light
Infantry, will take fifty-one men and
three officers, under command of Cap
tain George A. Dow, First Lieutenant
Frank B. W. WEIGH, Second Lieutenant
Harry II. Sawyer
Company E, the Montgomery Guards,
| will have about fifty-two men, under COM
mand of Captain 7. J. Hogan, First
Lieutenant T. F. McGillicuddy and
Second Lieutenant Thomas Shelby.
The Sheridan Rifles, Company L, will
have forty seven men in line, with. three
officers: Captain NJ. E. Conley, First
Lieutenant S. L. Foley, Second Lieu
tenant M. J. Lee.
The troops will move in heavy march
ing order, with knapsacks and blankets
rolled
| The sixteen men of the Signal Corps
are already on the way, having departed
at two O'Clock yesterday afternoon on
their bicycles, according to regular army
rules. Last night they were to camp at
Topsham Fair grounds, sleeping in their
blankets under their little shelter tents,
| which are carried with them on their
wheels. They are also carrying rations,
and will thus see more of what regular
campaigning is than the boys who go by
train.
All the foot companies carry an amount
of baggage that would be greatly cut
down in time of war. In fact, life in the
Maine muster field is much more like a
picnic party SO far as food and beds are
commemorative signal boys for one
night, at least, will have taste of a real
soldiers bed.
All the Portland National Guard
companies will leave for Augusta this
afternoon at O'Clock on a special train
from the Union Station. Other compa-
MES along the line and in this section of
the state will board this special train at
different stations nearest their homes.
The board of examination met at tn
adjutant generals office, Camp Powers,
yesterday at 10 o'clock a. M, to inquire
into the qualifications Of such officers
elect as have been directed to appear be-
| fore it.
| Regimental rifle teams and those dssig-
mated for competitions by the inspector
general of rife pratice went into camp
for practice yesterday; subsistence viii
be furnished but no pay allowed.
The Ambulance Corps will occupy the
| west half of their mess house, the Signal
Corps will occupy the east half of the
same. A tent will be pitched near the
cook house for the use of the cook of the
Signal Corps.
Train service for the conveyance of
companies to their respective stations
on Friday, August 18th, will be as fol-
lows:
A special train will leave Augusta for
Portland at 4 p. M, taking Companies
A, B, G, E, G, H, I, K, L and M of the
First Regiment, and A, B, c and d of
the Second Regiment, the bands, the
Ambulance Corps and the Signal Corps,
connecting at Brunswick with trains
leaving at COZ p. m. for Lewiston,
sos p. m. for Bath and Rockland, and at
Portland with the Sp. m. trains for
Biddeford. Company D, First Regiment,
$50 pm, connecting at Yarmouth juno
ton with the Grand Trunk train leaving
at sos p. m.