Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-02


for active duty Their arms are al
ready furnished. and the entire uni
forms and equipments will be speedily
prepared. and distributed"
COLONEL. OF THIRD REGIMENT.
gests the names of Lieut.. oliver Q.
Howard of West Point. and Albert II.
KELSEY, recently OF Lewiston, as fit per
sons to command the Third Regiment
Lieut. Howard is a distinguished grad
uate of the West Point military aca-
denny. and is now stationed there as one
of the professors. He is a kennebec
boy. a relative of the late Hon. John
Otis of Hallowell.
The Age also mentions the names of
Col. Tucker of Gardiner. Col. Chase of
Fayette and Gen. Moor of Watervile,
in connection with the post"
CAMP HAMLIN.
The camp OF the Third Regiment,
iotdttu III tiiS tItN on lllt Stdlc IloNiS'
grounds, has received the appropriate
name of Camp Hamlin.
The camp consists of the following
companies
Co. A from Bath, Capt. W. Rogers.
Co. b from Augusta, Capt. Henry q.
Staples.
Co. c from Gardiner. Capt w +.
Jarvis.
Co. d from Bath, Capt c. A. L.
Sampson.
Co. L from Hallowell, Capt. j. NJ
Nash
Co. F from Skowhegan. Capt. Z. e.
! Savage
co. q from Waterville, Capt 7. $.
Hasseltne.
Co. H from Waterville, Capt w S
/ Heath.
Co. l from Augusta, Capt. NJ. b.
! Lakeman.
Co. X from Winthrop, Capt. Newall
/ Strout.
/ The Winthrop company has been de-
/ tanned for a few days by sickness. but
will Immediately join the camp.
/ AT the election of officers of the Third
/ Regiment, Oliver O. Howard (profes-
| sor at West PoinD was chosen colonel;
Albert H. Kelsey of Lewiston, lieuten-
ant colonel; Henry q. Staples, major.
The regulations of the camp are:
reveille at O'Clock in the morning,
when the flag is raised, and the tents
put in order; breakfast at o'clock;
drummers call at S.15 for the as
/ sembling of the music; details FOR
guard at $50; companies form for drill
at $50; dinner at II: drill at p. Nj. :;
dress parade at $50: retreat at sunset;
tattoo beat at $50. when the rolls are
called; at 10 o'clock all the lights are
extinguished in camp. with the ex-
ception of the commanding officers and
the guard tents
ON Saturday last. the ladies of Al
gusta assembled at the Capitol in the
afternoon, taking with them packages
of doughnuts for distribution among
the troops. A long and brilliant pro-
cession was formed and led forward by
Governor Washburn and his suite, Il
young lady volunteering to carry the
Star Spangled Banner. proceeded to the
camp grounds. where the regiment was
paraded in two ranks. through which
military salute. The tents We're I'M
mediatey visited by the ladies. and
supplied With 40 bushels of doughnuts
and cheese to correspond.
The regiment was then dismissed for
t quarters. and the troops popped into
their tents With the CELEBRITY of bees into
hive and cheer on cheer. mixed and
united, rent the air in a wild hilarious
roar of pleased excitement. The boys
l looked as though calico was worth
g about a dollar a yard; and doughnuts
never SO good since their mothers fried
them for their boyish appetites The
dough nation was most acceptable. and
many thanks We're breathed for the
fair dough-nors.
>, After a pleasant interchange of social
courtesies. the regiment was formed
and under the command of the accom-
plished drill officer, Sergeant Bur-,
x illustrated very handsomely the prog
IS ress which had been made in military
/ discipline. A square was formed in
II closing the lady visitors and Their
IS friends and Governor Washburn in be-
\ half of the troops. returned thanks very
o handsomely to the ladies for theil
o generous contributions to the luxuries
: OF the camp. He paid Il fine compli.
IT ment to the people of the Kennebet