Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-18

Navy John ID, Long, Saturday. stating
| that the monitor Montauk would prob
ably bc sent from the League Island
navy yard at Philadelphia to Portland. on
Wednesday, the Goth day of Aprtl manned
Reserves, who will leave the monitor al
Portland
Although every arrangement has been
made for the erection of the barracks on
the mus .cr grounds. for the use of the
NatioLai Guard, the work will not be- Ne
gun at present. and it will not be done
1, all shcLld the eall for troops be with
hrli for more than two weeks. as it is
thought that by that time. the weather
and the condition of the grounds would
be in such condition. that the ordinary
canvas tents used in the annual cncamp-
ment. will be sufficient for the use OF
the men. and will help the more to get
them seasoned for the life that they
would be entering in upon,
Everything is arranged so that the bar
racks can be erected in less than week
from the time that work is begun upon
tbCm.
The barracks will be wooden structures
about 2jx10 feet in size. and each struc-
turc intended to accommodate one COM
pany of 50 men. Thus there would have
to be q buildings for the use of the in
fantry, another for the use of the signal
corps and the ambulance corps, and two
more Cor the use of the battery of arti!-
iery, and the cavalry. should it be deemed
cNpedient to have these recruited,
The officers would occupy other quar-
tors. probably their tents,
Among the other equipments that are
to be seen are the articles spoken of as
shelter halves. Of course the name will
imply that they are a tent of some sort.
a shelter half is piece of canvas about
five feet long, and four feet wide. Along
ope side is row of buttons, and a row
CT button holes These are for the pur-
pose Of buttonug to the shelter half Of
another man, the two making Il tent that
is large enough to lie under. the sides
are pinned to the ground. with wooden
pegs, and the tent is held from the
ground by poles about is inches long, two
OF the poles being used. AS they are made
so that one fits into a socket in the other
One end of the little shelter tent is pro-
vided with a flap that buttons together
thus preventing a draught. The person
usually sleeps with his head on the open
end AS IA general thing, the poncho or
rubber blanket. OF one is placed on the
ground to sleep upon. while that of the
other occupant is placed over the two.
They have few large cards with ar
ticicS attached, at the educational de
partment, that are known as object les
son cards. They are samples sent to the
State superintendent of schools by the
firm that manufactures them, for Mr.
Stctson's inspection.
These cards are about l2xlS inches in
size. AMI are interesting to anyone on ac-
count of their novel nature.
one card in the animal kingdom series
takes for it's subject a sheep. Of which it
first gives a picture Then there are the
articles of commercial value that are
manufactured from the sheep. First there
is a tuft of wool on section of sheep
skin. and the full explanation of how it
grows. and is cut etc. is given. as is the
explanation OF all the other articles on
the card. Under the wool is worsted
thread, .Woolen cloth. worsted cloth, flock
paper which is a wall paper made of
WOODEN rags roam or a kind of leather
made from sheep skin, and catsut WIKI h
is made from the ntestines of sheep.
| The vegetable kingdom is represented
| by flax, in the samples. There is speci-
men of the plant fibre Of stalks. thread,
| linen an fine grade of paper.
| The mineral kingdom is represented by
! coal. There is a picture of the forests at
an early period in the worlds history.
showing how they fell and petritied.
Then there is a bit of coal, a paraffine
candle analine color. and jet,
The latest call for copy OF the report
/ of the Maine superintendent. comes from
the head of the educational department
| in Jamaica.