Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-23
CAMP POWERS.
The Battery Sick to Be Placed in
Regular Hospital Building.
Even the Bst.ey Streets Ars sss,tsd-lasrs
1st Regiment Premosleas.

tney are practlcaMy all gone. Wner(
the LIST Regiment camp stood lie nov
nothing but the floors OF the tents, and
a clutter that will take days to clear
up SO that 1t will look presentable
Two long rows OF officers tents art
still to be seen. and half a dozen tents
Of the prtvates who have stayed tc
guard the property.
The first sign OF inabdtation that one
sees. or at any rate this is the way il
looked. Thursday, was the flag that
flies as usual from the staff i'm front OF
headquarters.
The hospital where the seven pa
tients Of the regiment are now improv.
ing. does not look % iivelY as the doors
have to be closed throughout the day.
This hospital will assume a Mvlier air
as soon as the sick Of the batteries are
moved here, as is the intention. In
fact they have already begun to move
them there. The regdmental patients
are all in the ward in the south end of
the building, 50 that left the other por-
ton vacant.
General Richards visited the place,
Thursday forenoon, and made arrange
ments so that the patients OF the bat
tertes who are better off in a building,
Will be placed in the vacant wards, and
the cook house will be utilized to do
their cooking. The task of moving the
patients was commenced the last of
Thursday afternoon, when six were
taken over and placed on the cots.
The sick men of the batteries were
reported to be better, and the number
was Increased by but one during the
day, that being case of typhoid fever.
OF the so men who remain in the reg
!ment to guard the camp, but few can
be seen about, and apparently all there
are about are the members of the small
guard that is around the camp.
1t was an imposing dress parade that
they had, Thursday night. The few
men who were in camp, were assem-
BLEED and the roll was called. After
that the bugler played the retreat and
the flag was lowered. Only Lieut..
Blackington of the officers was present.
Twopromotions that were overlooked,
Wednesday, have occurred, and they
were among those who received their
commissions, Wednesday morning.
Second Lieutenant M. A. Rice of Co. H.
who has been acting as quartermaster,
was promoted to 1st lieutenant, to the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Lieut.. Frank Chaplain of Co. B. This
left a vacancy in the ID lfeutenancy,
and Sergeant Major F. R. Lang was
given the position. ~
Augusta people will be glad to learn
that an Augusta young man has been
appointed to the staff Of Col Kendall,
to act as sergeant major, and that man
is list Sergeant Wilfred r. Tolman of
Co. r.
There were not many mem to spare
in the ranks of the batteries, Thursday.
after the guard detail had been taken
out. At the moon hour there were but
a small number present to go to mess.
and the camp seemed as deserted as
that Of the 1st Regiment.
Some of the men are absent with
leave, and some are absent without
leave OF course the men will be pun
is!led upon their return, yet 1t is what
the officers feared. They say nothing
else could be expected when so much
money is given lot of volunteers, who
are right near home. The officers and
those of the men who look at the mat
ter for the good of the service, think
the government is doing wrong dr
keeping them here where they are sc
near home.
1t would hardly be thought that the
men would be foolish enough to place
stigma upon their names for their en-
tire lives by not returning to camp ant
thus be classed as deserters, but some
have done it, and it is with reluctance
that the officers have to admit Others
are liable to do the same thing.
Among the visitors at the camp
Thursday, was Lieut.. Dana T. Merrill
formerly private in Co. H OF Rock
| land. He took an examination while
at Chickamauga as candidate for
commission in the regular army, and
has received the appointment as
End lieutenant, being assigned to tn
10 tn Infantry. His home is in Eas
Auburn, and he has relatives in Au
gusta
Lieut.. w. 3. McPheters of Batter!
B, was at his home in Skowhegan
Thursday afternoon. as he is unfit TO
duty on account of the condition 0
his arm upon which he was vacci
mated.
When the recreant men OF the bat
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