Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-05
CAMP POWERS.
The Adventures Of the First Provost
Guard, Wednesday Evening.
Man Frightened to a Speeches. Condition
by Guard Excellent Rifle SHOOTING,

we'll settled that there is nothing of any
consequence out of the ordinary. The
monotony seems greater to the visitor
perhaps, than it does to the regular
toned to it, still. as has been said many
times before, they are all anxious to
move.
Now they have the Philippines on the
brain. and nothing short of there will
satisfy them. In some way they have
seen in the papers that all the troops
not sent on the Porto Rican expedition
will be sent to the Philippines, and nat
urally they include themselves among
the rest
They repeated the guard mount with
good effect, Thursday evening. ana
Sergeant Rogers of Battery d. did
good job at acting sergeant major. 1t
is said he will be detailed as acting
sergeant major for the present
The visit of the provost guard to the
city, Wednesday evening. was the first
one of the encampment but il goes to
show that the few recreants will be
more thoroughly looked after in the
future The officers have had a chance
while they have been here, to see who
will behave when placed upon their
honor, and who will not. and they are
glad to see that those who will not are
are unpopular with the rest of the
men. who look upon them in the light
of stones around their necks that are
liable to drag them down and deprive
them of some of the privileges in the
future that they would other
wise have. Some of the recre-
ants will be broken of of their evil
ways while in the ranks by their COM
panionS without the aid of the officers
some of these men that the small pro-
vost guard, consisting of only 10 m IN
under the command of Sergeants Pratt
| and Rogers of Battery d, were sent to
the city. Wednesday evening. They
were men. however, who could be de-
pended upon and were rugged. de-
termined boys who would follow their
| leaders anywhere. Many We're asleep
when Sergeant Pratt sought them in
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vost had not been thought of. 1t
| seems that there were certain few
men who had been heard to make thu
threat that they would so to Bath to
attend the tournament of the firemen,
even if they could not get a furlough.
These men were absent at roll call and
it was thought advisable to see that
they did not go on the Pullman. The
| provost was formed and marched At
once to the train where guards were
posted at every car step, with orders
| to arrest every man in uniform, unless
he could show pass or furlough. and
in the meantime the two sergeants
went through the train. The news of
| their arrival had cleared the station of
all the soldiers but those who were
legtimately there
Anyway they found no one there.
Perhaps the scare that they gave
was the cause of their i'll luck. Ser
geant Rogers saw the man and en-
tered the place with a couple of men
He asked the man to what battery he
belonged, and the man being a new
one in the service, was so frightened
at the sight of the three comrades he
could not speak, and it was only after
Il little coaXing on the part of Ser
&eant Rogers, that he could show that
he was out by right. 1t was amusing
for the men and those who witnessed
it, but the poor fellow nearly had ner-
Vous' prostration in consequence. He
would doubtless give a better account
of himself when before the guns of the
enemy
After the Pullman had gone the pro-
vost started upon tour of the street
to see what and whom they could find
hoping against hope that they might
encounter a certain member of Bat
terry d, who is at large and who is
badly wanted. This man is a former
Augusta man though he has since lived
IN Bath, where he was mustered After
the bounties We're given out he dis
appeared for three days and was cap
tured under queer circumstances. A
sentry near the cook houses heard :,
man swearing one morning in the
region Of them, and he at once called
he officer Of the guard, Lieu
tenant McPheters, who rushed
upon the scene and dragged the
man out from underneath and downe1
him, that he might cause no further
trouble The prisoner proved to be the
missing man who, it appears, had
passed the guard during the night, and