Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-22

their monthly meeting, this afternoon at
4 o'clock So far as is known there will
| be nothing but the regular routine bust
ness to transact as there will be no par
! don hearings. or anything of that sort to
! come before them.
Adjutant General John r. Richards has
| received Il letter from Commodore Rush
| of the kittery navy yard. commencing
the steps being taken by the general and
others toward the drafting of a bill to be
presented at the special session of the
| Legislature, should there be one, for the
formation of navaloreserves
| The tickets for the transportation of
the Guard over the Maine Central Rail-
road have not yet arrived. though they
have been arranged for. Should the tick
cts not arrive before ii is time 10 call out
the troops. however. it will make no diff
ference. as the general can make the
necessary arrangements in a very few
moments. SO that the Guard will be trans
ported without the tickets.
| General Richards said. Thursday, that
| the Eastport Machias and Calais COM
panies will be taken by steamer TO the
| Mount Desert ferry ard brought the rest
of the way by rail. 8 Tie reason why this
| is done is because The Eastport and Ca
lais companies would have to be trans
ported through the Dominion of Canada
| if they came by rail
| 1t is not known just what steps would
be taken should the President issue a call
! for volunteers The mode of procedure
would be for the proclamation to so to
the war department. where the orders to
the various states would be sent out, tell
| ing each state what its quota will be, and
| the mode of enlistment TO be followed.
and that cannot be foretold
1t may be possible that they will call for
volunteers among the green men and com
mand that the National Guard be kept for
reserves. but this is hardly looked for.
| The general opinion seems to be that the
| Guard will be the first ones to go from
the states. on account Of their knowledge
of the military life. Vet no one can tell.
| The equipments are not yet all in, so
the reauisitons filed by the various com
| pany commanders have not been filled.
and probably the equipments will not be
sent 10 them this week, for the fear that
the call for the Guard might be necessary
before the equipments can reach them.
| In case they are called out before the
equipments are sent them. they will be
| equipped at the point of concentration,
presumably this city, though a part of
| the Guard may be assembled at some
other place in the State.
Councillor V. l.. Coffin of Harrington,
| arrived at the State House. Thursday
afternoon. to be in attendance at the
Council meeting, today.
The fish and game commissioners hold
a hearing at Skowhegan, Saturday, on
the matter of fishing in Hayden lake
Madison.
The basement of the State House now
looks like a general store. with all the
large packing cases laying about. n the
store room of the National Guard there
are stacks of boxes of all the equipments
of the guard. that are arriving constant
ly. The first glance through the door
| would give one the impression that it was
a hat store, by the piles of hat boxes con-
tanning the campaign hats; but a closer
examination showing the stacks of rifle
| boxes. and the other equipments shows
| that it is no ordinary hat store.
In another room there are men en-
poyed in working upon the rifles.
The following company filed a ccrtifi-
cate of incorporation, Thursday:
Electra Park Association has been or
ganiZed at Norway for the purpose of
purchasing and operating IA driving park
with $1,000 capital stock Of which $1100 is
paid in. The. officers are: President, Al
bert w Walker of South Paris, Me:
treasurer. Frank A. Shurtleff of South
Paris. Me. Certificate approved, April 49,
1895.