The Portland daily press., 1898-05-07
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Camp Powers, Augusta, May 6.-This
has been great day in camp. The feat
ure of the day was Lieut.. Col. Lees re-
signation, which was sent into the Second
Regiment headquarters shortly after
dinner. and he was at once given an
honorable discharge. The lieutenant's
resignation was on account of his being
unable to pass the US. examining board.
Col. Lee has been in the service for many
years. Prior to his appointment in June,
1697.as lieutenant-oolonel. he was captain
of the Calais company.
20. u OF Norway held a meeting Thurs
day night and elected Frank L. Bartlett,
captain; BENZ. P. Adkins, first Iiutenant,
and J. W. Nash, second lieutenant. The
latter has been the first sergeant of the
company.
Co. B of Portland was examined today
and lost 70 men, as follows: Sergeant
Way, Corp. johnson, Corp. Froit. Mu-
sician ODonohue, Priyates otAdams.
Crosby Curran, Cummings, Chase, Carter,
Clarke, Davis, Grover. Howard, johnson,
Mclean, Mcleod, Metcalf, Orne, Olson,
Pelton, Warren. Waite, Wilson and
Clarke. Most of these men were rejected
on account of not being up to the re-
quirements as to weight. Private Grover
was overweight and he was told by the
surgeon that he would make first-class
artillery man.
Co. L, the Sheridan Rifles of Portland.
lOct D0 follows. M,,JL
Sergt. Bragdon, Corp. Sweet, Corp. Han
non, Corp. Wheeler; Priyates Anglin,
Baldwin, Buckley, BovinDe, Conley.
Cooper, Doyle, Hooper, Judelson, Joyce,
Lathrop, Quinn, Stone and Graham.
Lieut. Royden, the mastering officer, said
today that he should finish his work of
mastering the men tonight
ss..It is officially stated in camp today that
the Second Regiment will be moved to
the seacoast OF Maine, just as soon as
the First Regiment leaves camp. The
regiment will go intact and will be
known as 1T now Is as the Second Regi-
ment, M. V. M. 1t is the intention to
divide the regiment into battaliops and
they will bs stationed at different points
If this course was adopted he would be
obliged to change his headquarters to
some other city.
Lieut.. FCol. Smith of the First Regi-
ment, who failed to pass the U. S. army
examination, has been appointed on the
staff of Gov. Powers as aide-de-camp
In addition to the companies mentioned
above, Co. A Of Portland, Capt. George
A. Dow, lost 80 men, as did also Co. c
of Auburn, Capt. L. II. Barney, Co. e
of Portland, Capt. Hogan, had 5 men
rejected, and Co. F of Augusta, Capt
Dana W. Lovejoy, bad Is men who failed
| to pass the examination.
Co Z of Brunswick, Capt, William G..
smallest number to be rejected in any one
company. Corp. S. G. Dillingham; of
Co. A, Portland, has been detailed to act
as recruiting officer for that company and
has gone to Orono to see if he cannot get
recruits from the volunteer company of
the University of Maine. Your represen-
tative saw one of the university men in
this city today and he said that at chapel
| Friday morning very warm session
was held, and the boys were addressed
by several members of the faculty and
| were advised not to enlist unless they
could all go together. The boys decided
TO heed this advice, having understood
that the men were to be recruited for
different companies, but such is lot the
case. Corp. Dllling ham has orders to en-
list the whole company of 35 men for
Capt. Bakers company Of Portland, and
it is believed that he will succeed as he
had not arrived there at the time the
meeting was held, and explained matters.
| Tonight the members of the band and
the recruits of Co. F, are being examined
by the army surgeon. If all of the re-
cruits of Co. f. are accepted, it will be the
first company in the state guard to be
mustered in. Lieut. Royden said tonight
that it was the intention to move the
First Regiment in about two weeks.
Maine has yet to furnish light battery
OF 100 men and it is expected that these
men will be furnished from the first bat
TALON of the Second regiment, compris.
ing companies A. B, G and d of Gardi.
ner, Lewiston, Bath and Lewiston, respec.
lively.
| CAPT. MORTON APPOINTED.
Augusta, May Capt. G. G. Morton
Y. g.. A, detailed as instructor oI
Malnes National Guard, has been ap
pointed by Gov Powers. lieutenant
colonel OF the First Maine volunteers.
The appointment has been excected by