The Portland daily press., 1898-04-11
FOR WAR.
Maine Troops Must Be Made Ready.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss.l

| ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.]
Augusta, April 9.-The following i'm
portant orders were issued by Adjutant
General Richards today:
STATE OF MAINE.
Adjutant Generals Office,
| Augusta, April s, 1885,
General Orders No. 6.
l. All Springfield rifles, cal. 45, not
included in the accountability of COM
pany commanders will be at once shipped
by express to the Quartermaser-G
| II. All officers who are, from any
cause, physical or otherwise, unable to
volunteer for service in the Army Of the
United States, or who have good reason
| to believe that for physical or other cause
they would not be accepted should they
volunteer, are thereby requested to for
ward their resignation to the AdJutant-
General, through military channels.
| Ill. Regimental, company and corps
commanders are hereby directed to i'm
mediately recommend for discharge all
| enlisted men who from physical disability
are unable TO perform military duty, or
who are at the present time, over 10 years
of age.
". Companies and corps will be, as
soon as practicable recruited to the full
strength allowed by the Militia Law.
| Copies of said law have been forwarded
| to regimental commanders, who will
make the necessary distribution. Elk.
animation of recruits will be conducted
| in the usual manner, except that they
will be in accordance with the rules gov
| erning the U. S. Army in time of war,
and that application for surgeon may
be made when a smaller number of men
than previously necessary has been en-
| listed.
V. All companies and corps will, until
further orders, hold meetings for
theoretical and practical instruction at
least semi-weekly, should var be declared
these meetings will be held nightly ex.
cept Sunday. Instructions of companies
will he under the direction of regimentai
commanders.
vi. Commanding officers of companies
and corps Will adopt such means as may
seem best for calling their men together
quickly in case of necessity. -,
VII. All State military property VIII
be kept in the armorles. Every arblcie
will be placed in the best possible condl-
ton for service in the field.
VIII Officers and enlisted men will
make such arrangements AS may be nee
essary to enable them to leave their homes
suddenly for service of indefinate dura.
ton.
BY order of the Communicating Chief,
JOHN r. RICHARDS,
Acknowledgement.
Other ordders issued today were as fol-
lows:
All badges or other insignia won in
target practice will be the personal pro-
perry of those winning them, and when
taken up in property returns will be
dropped from the same as expended. The
next property return will be rendered
May 81.
Badges and insignia may be worn
unon the blouse when uniform coat is not
issued.
acquisitions will be at once submitted
by the company commanders for sufficient
haversaeks, haversack straps, canteens
and canteen straps to bring the number
of each, for which they are accountable
up to AZ.
A company clerk hereafter will be paid
the amount permitted by the law only
upon the certificate of his company COM
inander that he has properly performed
his duties, which certificates must be
approved by the regimental commander
after consultation with the adjutant.
The following enlisted men having
made application for their di charge, APP
proved by their company and regimental
commander, have been honorably dis
leharged:
First REORGANIZATION II. Jeffrey,
Co A, Portland; Orrin 0. Dinsmore,
Frank H. Read, John B. Nadeau, Perley
Norway: Fred III. Scribner, Augusta;
Edward f. Glover. Rockland; Frank NJ.
Nugent, Michael j. O'Day, Co. L, Port
land.
Term of service expired and honorably
discharged
First Regiment-Zephirin n. Pepin,
Henry P. Seymour, Biddeford; Alexan-
der McKone, Co. L, Portland.
Ambulance Corps-Percy F. Jones.
First ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Bernard S.
Shelvey, Portland.
Discharged for the good of the service:
First Regiment-George W. O'Donnell,
Alfred Il. WaSe, William M. Wallace,
Co. l., Portland.
Ambulance Corps-H. d. Hathaway,
J. A. Emmons, Lewiston.
Signal Corps-Benjamin r. Crossman,
Portland.
BOOTHBAY LADS
Bath, April 9. - Boatswain P. q.
Smith, U. S. N. arrived on the
boat from Boothbay this morning
with squad of seven young
men who enlisted at the recruiting
Office in Boothbay. They were an able
bodied set of fellows and were in high
spirits at the prospects of their service
for Uncle Sam. They left on the noon
train for Boston and will see their first
service on the recruiting ship Wabash.
The recruiting office in Boothbay was
closed last night. Lieut.. John Herbert,
thu recruiting officer, went to Rockland
this morning Following are the
pames of the boys who enlisted: Edward
Poor, George W. Boyd, Herbert Woodward
Ambrose Harris, Lyman Riggs AND