Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-14
STATE HOUSE.
Governor yt and Council Have
five Petitions for Pardon.
Colonel :. Dunwoody Pays High Com
p''ments to Maine Signal Corps.
Showing Of Some Of Names Electric Rail,
foads--ctaer Capitol Gossip.

The stock Of the Maine sigma, corns
mas presumably, been at the highest
notcn ever since they returned from,
CUBA. laden with the fruits of vicforv
notwithstanding all this the stock is
ABOUT TO take another boom, when all
is learned concerning the achievements
OF the gallant corps. A letter that fol.
lows from Colonel Dunwoodie, the act
ing chief signal officer of the war de-
partment, to General Richards viii,
explain why more honors are to be
heaped upon the heads of Captain Rut
Ter and his men.
1t was been the wish Of Captain But
Ter and his entire command. that thew
might be retained in the service if Il
We're possible, and to see if there was
chance for this to come about Cen
eral Richards. at the request of Can
tain Butler, wrote to General Greeley
VINO IS in command of the Signal Corps
of the United States. The opinion of
General Greeley regarding the Maine
Signal Corps is well known. He has
complimented them from the first.
when they struck Washington, and he
said they We're the best equipped and
best drilled lot of men in the volunteer
service, and We're almost the equal of
the regulars xyI
that branch of the service for years.
The reply to General Richards letter
does not give any encouragement of
the retainment of the corps, but it
gives the men some of the highest
compliments that could possibly be
paid to anyone.
The following is a copy of the letter:
Washington, Nov. 10, 1898.
Adjutant General State of Maine Au-
gusta, Me-:
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your favor
Of the 5th instant. addressed to General
informing the department that the COM
pany of Volunteer Signal Corps from
your State is DESTROYS of remaining in
chief signal officer, in selecting companies
to be mustered out of service. designated
those which had seen foreign service,
and of all those designated / am free TO
say that the company from Maine rem
dered the most arduous and difficult SER
vice and were subjected to more exposure
than any other company in the Volun-
teer Signal Corps. The service rendered
by this company was not only efficient,
but will prove historic in the records of
the Signal Corps, and l can assure you
that were it possible to retain an addi-
in, hn M1i
pany would be among the number select
ed The department has called upon the
several bureaus to reduce the volunteer
force and with this end in view six COM
panies of the Volunteer Signal Corps
have been designated for muster out
Every member of the Maine company
leaving the service may be proud of the
record made during the war.
(signed II. Ii. e. lDUNwooDY.
Colonel. Signal Corps, U. S. A; acting
chief signal officer.
The Maine Signal Corps has never
been entirely together. There are
three officers who were assigned to the
corps, who were not ordered to report,
as they were assigned when the orders
came for the Maine Corps to come
home. These officers are one captain
and two second 1ieutenants. The cap
tain is a Pennsylvania man, who has
served in the regular army as lieu
tenant, and who was promoted at the
beginning of the war, when he entered
the volunteer service. He will be the
second in command, as Captain Butler
outranks him..
These four officers We're assigned TO
the corps at the request of Captain
Butler The full complement of OIL
GERS for a signal corps calls for this
number of officers.
The entire command will probably be
brought together when they are to be
mustered out The muster out, 1t IS
understood. will occur on the first week
in December. probably at the state
House in this city.
There is possibility that the FUR
loughs NAV be extended if the trouble
with Spain is not entirely adjusted, but
it is not probable.
No farmers institutes VIII De ar
ranged for Thanksgiving week.
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