Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-23
CAMP POWERS
Clothing and Equipments Issued te
Two Batteries.
First Trial at Rifle Practice Nearly Completed
The Scores.

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their new uniforms Friday, that were
drawn and partly issued, Friday None
| of the men, so far as known yet, have
the red stripes on their trousers and
none of the 'non-coms' have added
their red cheverons.
Captain Hume of Battery b filed his
acquisitions for clothing with Quarter
master Dutton, Friday afternoon, and.
late in the afternoon, the clothes We're
delivered at the captains tent Then
began the process of making the civil
ian soldiers into real ones. These men
though they. some of them. have good
civilians clothes, dislike to visit the
city With them on, as they imagine all
know they are members of the bate
ries, and their clothes mark them as
raw recruits.
Lieut.. McPheters of Battery d, went
to his home in Skowhcgau, Thursday
to get what uniforms and other equip
ments he could collect of the men who
did not accompany the company, and
also those equipments that We're at the
armory.
He returned. Friday, With good
number of the equipments. He and
CAPTAIN kimbau will make out the
necessary acquisitions for equipments
that they need, and will draw them, to-
day.
Captain kimhall is from the sea coast
city Of Bath, hence his mind at times
turns toward the sea, and matters that
| pertain TO it, He has instituted an idea
for his own benefit that will prove in
after years interesting to him, even if
it does not chance to be useful now.
This idea is that of keeping a log book
of the days proceedings in brief.
Adiutant Wade has been appointed
the postmaster of the camp. and the
has as an assistant, r. r. Watt of Bat
terry b. who has been regularly sworn
| in as United States mail carrier.
The recruits are showing great i'm
provemont in the way Of their drills,
and they can now execute some of the
simpler movements without looking at
someone else to see how it is done.
The many gifts of papers and other
reading matter, that is received at the
camp are most acceptable to the men,
has they have no regular reading tents,
and must depend upon other sources
for their reading material. They feel
under great obligations to Russell Bros
Of Gardiner, who are sending each day,
large quantities of newspapers and
magazines.
Perhaps the most acceptable of all
the papers that they receive are the
home papers in which there is mention
made of people whom they know. All
gifts of papers, magazines, or books OF
any sort, will most assuredly be re-
ceived with many thanks.
AS in the case of the time that the
two regiments were in camp, IN May,
TWO photographers are almost coi-
stantly at the camp, and they are nav
ing a good run of trade in taking
groups that will sometime be valued so
highly by the men, that money cannot
buy them.
More were at the firing point at the
rifle range, Friday, than on any other
day, and all but about 20 of the men
have had a trial at the targets.
The second trial will begin, today,
when the range will be $50 yards in
stead of 100, as it has been in the first
trial.
The personnel and team scores, Thurs
day. were as follows:
BATTERY B-Sixth Team
Private r. l.. Hackctt ............... q
T. A. Hall OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. =
). Adams Observation-Disclosures. q
III. Jones OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ID
K. o. Idlley Observation-Disclosures. =
y. ClockodiIc Observation-Disclosures. 2
r. Wilson observation-disclosures. ::
w. H. Niles. Observation-Disclosures. i
V. Grey Observation-Disclosures. q
'1otdl ,...'-................ ..'...'.'' 90
Seventh Team.