The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-11

Been Taken by ADVICE OF Their super
iors-It May Be Too Late for Them to
Form the Battery.
nPEcIAL TO TIE PREss.l
Camp Powers, Augusta, May 1O.-Since
8 O'Clock this afternoon there has been a
decided change in matters in the two
regiments. First. the officers are ordered
TO do one thing by Governor Powers,
through the Adjutant General. and then
orders come from the Secretary of War,
and those given by tho chief executive
are all knocked in the head. 1t was stated
this afternoon that the Second Regi.
ment was ordered home. Such was the
case and the officers were preparing to
move tomorrow when orders came from
the State House for the members of Col
Philbrook's staff to report at the state
House at O'Clock. At that hour the OIL
GERS were promptly on hand and for more
than two hours they were in consultation
with the Governor. When they left mat
tiers had again changed. The Second
Regiment men, who had claimed all along
that they would not enlist in the First
Regiment, and were so instructed by their
superiors, now come out and announce
that they will go in and help the compa-
MES in the First Regiment fill up their
ranks, and also that they will furnish
the required number of men to equip
the battery, which. Maine has to furnish
under the Presidents call for volunteers.
By making this declaration matters are
more unsettled than ever. The Governor
has ordered the Second Regiment to re-
main in camp until further orders. and
has summoned Col e. z Gould of Rock
land to come to Augusta by the first
train.
Your representative called on the Gov
ernor late this afternoon, land he said: 81
have ordered. the Second Regiment to stay
in camp until further orders When the
boys got around to finding out that they
were to be left altogether they decided
that they would go into the thing and aid
all hands of us in fixing up matters so
that the First Regiment and the Light
Battery called for could be at once mus
tered in and the rest of the men could
ne sent home. I have notified Col. Gould
to come here and am going to see if be
will not throw up his claim to furnish
Ing the light battery and let us take it
from the Second Regiment. 1t is costing
the state thousands of dollars to keep both
regiments here and am anxious to sst
every thing settled SO the men who ss.le
not needed can go home.
"We have more recruits than we know
what to do with irrespective of the men
who are DESTROYS of enlisting. from the
Second into the B irst Regiment
1t is stated here tonight that Col. Gould
will not give up his claim to furnishing
the light battery. Lieut.. FL. N. Royden,
the regular army mastering officer has
been ordered by the war department. to
go to Rockland at once and muster in the
men of Col. Gould's new company. So
it would seem that the Second Regiment
is not going to figure in anything. The
from the companies of the three senior
captains in the Second Regiment, Capt.
W. A. Paul of Lewiston, Capt. Il. G.
Crockett of Lewiston and Capt. W. s.
Hume of Houlton, to fill the light battery.
1t would take 100 men and all three
captains could have commission as there
is captain, FIRST lieutenant and two sec
here tonight that Capt s.. P. Dennett Of
Bangor wants TO go with the battery and
he may he given a commission.
The work of mastering in the first bat
tation of the First Regiment was finished
tonight The other two battalions will
be mustered In tomorrow.
At 6 O'Clock tonight the PRESS CORE
spondent was furnished with the follow
ing order:
State of Maine. Special order, No. 30,
Adjutant Generals office. On account
Of the illness of Col. G. A. Philbrook,
I'd Infantry, M. Y. NJ, he Is hereby re-
lieved from his command until further
orders. By order of the commander in
chief.
John T. Richards,
y Adj1tant General of Maine.
The university of Maine boys who were
enlisted by Corp. Dillingham; Of Co. B
OF Portland, for the First Regiment, have
been placed in Co. A, B, d and NJ Capt
Governs company of Norway got ID of
them. and Capt. Baker of Portland was
given IL of the men. The Augusta COM
pany was the first company in the regi-
mont to fill. Capt. Bird of Rockland
brought 46 recruits from Rockland, and
enough men were obtained from this
number to fill his company.
United States Surgeon Stiles renorts
number examined today 42; rejected.
~. Total number examined to date.
1895; total number rejected, 3s1; number
musterded in today. 80; total number
mustered to date, IS. Recruits are con-
tinuing to report for examination.