Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-21
At CAMP POWERS.
Continued from page 10

| NiI,tS tHe klhuiicSS oI the offers, he
cannot very well accept them. He is
unable to tell at what hour he would
want them, and it would be disagree
able to the organizations to have to
delay several hours.
Furthermore it might act as a handi-
cap to the troops to have the escort,
as they would not be 50 free to act as
though there were none.
1t may be found more convenient to
send the troops to the train in bat
taiions, and in such case it would be
embarrassing to have an escort.
Colonel Kendall says he viii take the
will for the deed and respectfully de-
| cline the escort
The departure of the troops on Mon
day will not in any way affect the at
tractiveness of the camp, Sunday, and
different movements are being taught
the troops for their dress parade, at 8
o'clock, Sunday afternoon These
movements are the Echelon move
ments, which, no doubt, many remcm-
| Der. as they were performed at the
last muster by the 1st Regiment
They We're practced at dress parade,
Friday evening, with very good work.
The issuance of equipments was con-
tinued, Friday, the ponchos or rubber
blankets. and shelter tents being dis
tributed beside the ether equipments
that were not all issued Thursday.
il was intended to have a drill at
putting up the shelter tents, but as the
poles and pins did not arrive until late
in the afternoon, the drill was post
poned until this morning. Beside the
drill With the shelter tents, ii is the in
tention 10 practice upon the large tents.
The large conical tents will be struck,
and erected by the men in the field
after which they will be again struck
and erected over the same places where
they now stand
1t is hoped by this practice that the
men can do the work hanlily when
they arrive in the South.
There was nothing outside the rcgu-
lar drills. Friday. the afternoon being
taken up in a resimental drill.
The hospital corps was given more
practice. and some of it was the real
thing. One man sprained his ankle,
while still another had a fit, and in cacr
case the ambulance corps was called
cut.
The hospital had quite run Of bus
mess Friday, but there were no very
serious cases.
one Of the features Of today Will b.
the usual Saturday Inspection in the
morning, by Colonel Kendall Adjt.
Davis. and Lieutenant Colonel Morton,
of the streets ana tents, as we'll as
the equippagc Of the men.
The band is coming along all right,
ami there was a decided Improvement
in the practice. Friday.
They ofhciated at guard mount ana
again at dress parade in a most be
coming manner
Lieut.. Butler is having good success
with the recruiting of his signal corps
Already he has five applications for
positions upon the corps, all expert
telegra piers or electricians.
The heavy battery was lined up for
| bounty pay, in the forenoon, Friday,
and it was quite a task to pay the $50
men.
Later in the day arrangements were
made to issue more equipments to the
men Of the battery.
! They do not expect TO leave the camp
until after the lst Regiment is gone.
Major Bradbury. the post surgeon,
says he expects 10 have busy time of
| it upon their arrival in the South, and
| he looks for more trouble in the line Of
diseases than from any wounds or sur
gical work.
He stated. Friday. that he noticed
| but very few traces of the i'll effects
| Of cigarettes or bicycle riding, among
those whom he examined for the 1st
Regiment.
True he had no time to inquire into
the cases of the men, but there We're
| but very few cases of bad hearts. The
/ cases of weakened nervous systems
were far in excess Of the cases Of heart
| trouble.
The great trouble with the men was
| in the weight.
you would be surprised to see some
of the men when they are stripped
said Or. bradbury. "A man who is
apparently in good form with his
clothes on, will perhaps be almost .
skeleton " hen stripped 1t was truly
8urprisinG."
Colonel G. A. Philbrooi, who has now
recovered from his recent Illness, has
been returned TO the command of his
| ~, Ia fnIIo,fipc GnpriaJ p,G or