The Portland daily press., 1898-05-07
SOUTH PORTLAND.

General Order No. % Reorganizes the
Army.
It's Provisions DetaiIed-Infantry, Cavalry
Artillery and En- gineers Increased-Re-
cruiting Parties Authorized-socie, v
Personal Items, etc.
General Order No. 81 from the War
Department has been received at Fort
Preble and it's provisions work COM
plete change in the organization OF the
Army. One of the paragraphs reads as
follows:
''By direction of the President and to
carry out the provisions of an act for the
better organization Of the line of the
Army, third battalion will be estab
lished for each infantry regiment; and
company, troop and battery organizations
| provided for in that act will be recruited
| to their war strength.
| (Signed), r. A. ALGER.
Secretary of War;
| The limits of the heavy. artil ery were
stated in recent issue of the PRESS.
and those for light battery are. l First
Segeant, o. M. Sergeant, Veterinary
Sergeant, Is Corporals, 2 Farriers. Ar
tifcers, Saddler, Musicians, l Wae-
oner and al privates. making q total
enlisted of 173.
For each company of infantry the ar
thorized strength is First Sergeant. 1
Quarter.naster' Sergeant, 4 Sergeants.
IL Corporals. Musicians, Wagner and
81 priyates. total enlisted strength of
LOG.
For.troop OF cavalry there will be | First
Sergeant, / o. M. Sergeant, 6 Sergeants,
s Corporals, Farriers and Blaoksmiths,
trumpeters, 1 Sadlder, Wagner and
rs priyates, total enlisted of 100.
The limit of each company of engineers
is First Sergeant, 10 Sergeants, 10 Cor
porals, 2 Musicians, 81 first class private,
6S second class priyates, a total enlisted
of $50.
Regimental commanders are authorized
to send recru iting parties into any terri
tory not already occupied by parties from
other regiments Of the same army, having
due regard to economy in transportation !;
each recruiting officer thus detailed will
also be an acting quarternaster.
Bayard Lodge Z. of P. will work the
rank of knightsnext Thursday evening,
and will have as invited guests Ivanhoe
and Pine Tres lodges of the city. A COL
lation will be served.
Next Monday evening the anniversary
of Ocean View Commandery q. o. G. G.
will be celebrated, and they will be joined
by Oasis Commandery of Knightville and
Casco Bay Commandery of Portland. Re-
freshments will be served and good time
is anticipated.
The Myrtle left the ways yesterday and
the Island Belle and ferry boat Elizabeth
! City have been taken on for repairs.
| The Fort Preble base ball club is prac-
ticing daily. and an earnest invitation is
given to uniformed clubs to meet them
on the diamond.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. ". Carter and fami-
ly of Pleasantdale have returned from
Scarboro, where they were the guests of
Mr.. Carter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin E. Carter.
will give hearing at the Town House
on the petition of the Portland and Cape
Elizabeth electrics to extend their tracks
over M eetinghouse Hill.
| Mr.. James H. Taylor of the Sentinel.
who has been quite ill,.iis improving.
| Something like one hundred men are
now busily engaged at the Mortar Bat
terry, and on the receipt of cement which
| 80 tho
| increased.
| The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Lucy Hobbs, wife of W. W. Hobbs were
held yesterday afternoon at 2. 80 o'clock at
her late residence Cape Elizabeth. Inter
ment will be at Fryeburg.
The Goodwill circle at its regular week
ly meeting Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Rachel Shanning, decided
that public reception should be given in
honor of Rev. and Mrs. D. Fl. Ford, at
the Methodist church, Wednesday even.
ing, May IL. Refreshments will be served
by young ladies of the parish.
Mrs Rebecoa Brown is having extern
| sive repairs made in and around her resi-
| dence on K. street.
Mrs. Arthur l. Jordan of Cumberland
street, Portland, has moved his family
into the house owned by Mrs l., Nj.
Mariner on Middle street.
| Mr.. Fred Orcutt has severed his con-
nection with Mr.. Gregory Blish, druggist,
and is passing two weeks vacation with
his father in Lancaster, N. n.
Mr.. William G. Hobbs, motorman on
the Portland and Cape Elizabeth railroad
has been off duty for the past three days
on account of the death of his mother.
Mrs. Lucy Hobbs of Willard.
Mrs. George Woodbury. has been enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. Fairfield futile.
Minneola Council. d. of P, held very
interesting meeting Thursday evening,
when an Interesting literary programme
was rendered
Mr. Charles Littlefield and DR.. j. K.
p Rogers have been enjoying fishing
expedition at Wells Branch.
PLEASANTDALE
bay to be the guest of relatives for few