Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-15
CAMP POWERS.
Corporal Nelson, the Champion Marks.
man Of the Battalion.
Rigid Inspection Occurred, SATURDAY. After.
"oon-A Practice March Planned

ana COOK the firings to which ba u,,s
entitled, and settled the chamnionsb;r
of the battalion.
sergeant McLelland had 90 points &c
make out of POSSIBLE 100 In order r.
tie Corporal Nelson for the cb,mn;o,
SHIP and the score was too great TO,
even him, good shot though he is. He
iixed 2esshots on the 40O-yard skirmish
range, and made the score Of "a which
y q very good one. This left Corporal
Nelsorisof Battery B. the champion. OF
the Battalion and well does he deserve
to be. as be, has worked hard for it.
and has proven that as a steady nervea
marksman he leads them all. though
he was closely pressed by few others
The prize TO be given Nelson is \
pretty gold nsedalsrthe present of Al
jutant General richards and Colonel
Farr1ngton., IT will be suitably en-
graved with the corporars name, and
the feat that he has accomplished
1t is a medal Of which Corporal Nelson
can be Justly proud, having won it in
fair compstition' with some of the
best shots inffhe State.
All feel that the rifle shooting has
been a great thing for the men. as all
have had trial, and many, several
trials. at the targets. Men who had
what is known as gun shy" have
never before fired a rifle, and who were
been to the ranges, and are now able 70
stand UP and fire gun without finch
ing. More.than this. several first class
marksmen.s and sharpshootcrs, have
developed, SO that when the National
Guard is once more in form ,they will
have no. difficulty in Qualifying, thus
bringing the craftsmanship of the
Guard up to a standard much higher
than ever before
The practice has done great
amount of good. as well as furnishing
a pastime that all have enjoyed. Nov
that it is over many will greatly miss
it,
An inspection of the real sort. oc-
CURED, Saturday afternoon, when tbs
batteries were ordered to fall in, in
heavy marching order. They fth into
line at little after O'Clock, and for
the next two hours werea bf HApeetion.
The inspection was of the men, their
equipment quarters, and rifles, and all
proved to be very satisfactory.
After inspection Major 4Newcomb
formed them into square, where he
could talk to all. and gave them a few
words of advice regarding the vandal-
ism that exists to certain extent
among them. Then they were marched
back to camp and dismissed.
Speaking of this vandalism. 1t does
not go on now as it did when they
first arrived. Then they appropriated
| calf, hive of bees and several fowls.
For that work and assessment was
! made, and threats were made that Sc
rious consequences would follow if they
continued their work. in this line.
Since that time no appropriations from
property outside the camp have been
known though some of those in the
camp complain they miss articles of all
lsinds.
A few days ago man complained to
an officer that he had lost COW and
he accused the soldiers of taking 1t.
+ Nothing could be found out regarding
it, and before any lengthy nvestiga-
ton was made, the man reported that
he had found the missing animal it
being, found dead in the pasture
A joke on the boys occurred at the
time the honey was stolen. A hive OF
bees had been stolen one night, and the
| thief appeared to the guard in an IN
| toxicated condition with an immense
lot of honey in his hands, eating it as
he walked, and he was honey from
| hat to shoes. while crawling all over
| him were the bees, not one Singing
| him. He was gotten to a tub. wher1
, his friends washed him enough to make
him a little less sticky looking, for as
they said he was too stuck up 10
sleep in their tent. A few nights aftef
this the same one, or some other per
son, located what he supposed was a
hive of bees. and while upon his return
to camp from a visit to the city, went
and ''swiped" the supposed hlVe
When it had been safely carried to
place where with friends he was to
have feast, it was discovered that IN
stead of having hive of bees they hau
a hen coop, with hen and chickens Oh
the inside.
More attention to drills will be paid
this week. and the work will be mucN
of the extended order, with perhaps
little battalion work, none having beer
attempted thus far, as it has all Deer
of the single battery formation.
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