Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-01
STATE HOUSE.
Several Decisions Rendered by the
Railroad Commissioners.
Thanksgiving Dinner Of the LIST Maine HEAVY
Artillery Other Matters.

""i'eTy -Uther Matters.
ine ''.iio''u commissioners made sew.
~ ueeis'ois' Iuesday. on their hearings
held earlier in the season.
1hey approved the crossing of the 7 .ew.
iston' brunswick & Bath Street Railway
over .ne Maine Central Railroad IN tba
caty OF Bath, and also in the city Of Lew
istoh. lhey approved the crossing of a
highway under the Canadian D,o;sa
halfway at Woodville. The crossire ~
the Portland Railroad over the tracLs ~
the Portland & Rochester Railroad on
Green street in Portland. was apnrovad
ana the conditions determined.
a highway In the town of Jaw over the
rortiahd q Rumford Falls Railroad. was
approved A change in the location of n
nrahch track OF the Bangor & Aroostoo,S
fsaiiroao III the town of Island Falls.
was approved. They also approved the
crossing OF highway in the same town.
They approved a change in the penoh-
scot Central Railway in the town If
Charlestown, but refused to make any
ehalse IN East Corinth. No decision was
made IN the petition for a change in Same
The LIST Maine Heavy Artillery is ont.
ting a wide swath in the city of Savan-
man, ana II receives more newspaper no.
tce than any other organization there
1hls IS perhaps due to the fact that it is
the ohlv organization in the 18th Corps of
the artillery branch and they are distin-
guishable from all the rest by their red
capes, and the red shoulder straps of the
officers, with the red stripes down the lep
OF the trousers.
Not only are they receiving newspaper
notice but they are doing all the things
that call for the newspaper talk. In the
9TH Corps there are about $4,000 men. and
there should be some good rifle shots
among them. Yet in a recent contest be-
tween the organizations of Savannah.
and picked team of Is riflemen from the
Ih Corps, six of the latter We're from the
LIST Maine Artillery. Lieut.. W. A. Paul
who is the senior first lieutenant of the
battalion, was the team captain of the
eth Corps team and associated with him
IN the team We're Leutenants Adams,
Lellan and Corporal John Nelson. The
CNi-N'
officers of the other regiments, there be-
ing one colonel. The regular signal CORPS
had three of four men who did great
work The Savannah men defeated the
9Th Corps team in both the 200 and the SO
yard match by a small score 1t is un-
derstood that the Maine men were using
the new krag-Jorgenson rifles, so that
may account for the defeat. The scores
made We're marvellous on both teams. and
the Maine men We're right up with the
leaders.
1t may be interesting to learn that the
Maine battalion was treated to the best
dinner on Thanksgiving day. of any of
the 9TH Corps. The ladies of Savannah
undertook to give dinners to all the It'll
Corps, and the different organizations of
the ladies of the city took certain regi-
ments or divisions, to feed. The lot of
the Maine men fell upon the ladies of the
Cathedral parishes. and according to the
Savannah papers the best spread of the
day was accorded the Maine men. The
ladies took command of the camp for the
day and set the tables of the various bat
teries to suit themselves. The menu con-
| sisted of roast turkey, ducks. chicken.
y
cranberry sauce and jam, sweet potatoes.
sandwiches which were done up in fancy
papers, pickles, oranges. cake, nuts, APP
pies and candy. Followin" all came the
cigars which We're wrapped in dainty pa
pers that made nice souvenirs of the oc-
casion. The ladies had provided SO boun-
| tifully that they had enough left for the
mems supper. Thus it was that while the
people at home were moaning because
| the boys were not having good dinner
away out South, those boys were enjoy
ing two meals that contained the best the
South afforded, thanks to the hospitality
| of the Savannah ladies.
! The conquests of the Maine men in the
South seem to be as numerous as when
| they were in Augusta. The officers IN
writing home have nothing but good
words to say of the ladies of the city.
who have used them like brothers ever
! since they arrived