The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-28

the military bravado and In many cas- g,
Essomething on the soldiers cheek,
washed off the stain of powder. "
The officers who occupied the Pullman
on this train were re, u Capt George A.
Dow. Lieut.. F. 3. v. WEIGH ana Lieut..
II. Baker,, Lieut.. +. A. Chaplain and
Lieut. W. II. jerks of Company b, Capt.
T. K. Hogan, Lieut.. Thomas +. McGilli-
cuddy and Lieut.. Martin j. Sullivan OF
Company E, Capt. M. e. Conley, Lieut..
Michael f. Dooley and Lieut.. K. E.
Philbrook of Company L.
The, station resounded with cheers
when the train moved off. Half an hour
later the third section came in. 1t con-
tanned the companies from Auburn,
Brunswick, Augusta and Norway. IheS,
too were given hearty greeting when
they came in, and were. showered with
good wishes when they left. Their Off.
GERS were: Capt. Lincoln II. Barney,
Lieut.. George A. Hubbard and Lieut..
Stanley p. bennett of Company c., Au-
burn. Capt. w. c. Goodwin, Lieut..
George o. Hubbard and Lieut.. William
j. Wilson of Company K, Brunswick,
Capt Dana W. Loyejoy, Lieut.. Cyrus
(, Blaok III n,nna ama Lieut.; BENJAMIN D.
T. L. BARTLETT, Lieut.. B. p. Adkins and,
Lieut. John W.Nash of Company D, Nor.
way.
At every station between Augusta and
the New Hampshire line crowds were
waiting to see the troops, and cheered
them as the trains passed.
There will be no change of cars be-
tween Augusta and Chickamauga. The
distance is l $40 miles, and the route is
as follows: Maine Central from Angus.
ia to Portland; Boston & Maine from
Portland to Rochester, N. H., Portland
q Worcester to Worcester, Mass, Boston
& Albany to Albany; West Shore to Jer-
sey, Jersey Central to Bound Brook;
PPhiIadelphia & Reading to Philadelphia;
Baltimore & Ohio to Cincinnati; Queen
Il Crescent to Chattanooga; Chattanooga,
Rome 81 Southern to Battlefield station,
Chickamauga Park.
MIR. H. o. Webb, travelling agent of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, will &C.
company the train as far as Cincinnati.
MIR. W.. b. Walker of~Boston, conductor
of the Pullman car on the first section,
will cover the entire route. When as
signed to this trip he had just returned
from Chickamauga, whittier he went in
charge of the New Hampshire troops.
Conductor C.. L. Martin of the Boston Il
Maine had charge of the troop cars in the
first section as far as Rochester.
r The nations of the soldier on this long
journey will consist of bareback, canned
oorned beef and canned beans. Lieut.
Royden, who goes with the regiment as
commissary. has provided four days ra-
lions for The troops. In the baggage car
attached to each seeJion is stored separate
~ by companies these travelling rations,
to be drawn upon as wanted. In addit-
ion, every one of the companies will be
served ten gallons Of coffee at every meal.
The coffee will be purchased at stations
along the route and brought aboard the
cars in boilers with which the companies
are equipped. M
DEPARTURE FROM AUGUSTA.
Augusta, May a7e-The First Maine
Volunteers left this afternoon for Chick
amauga by special train of thirty -four
cars, divided into three sections. The
first section took Cox "a Ken dali and his
staff and departed at 2. 40 o'cl ook.
The other sections lett at 335 and at
4.s0. 1t was one of the most disagreeable
days of the encampment and the depar-
ture was delayed on account of the rain.
1t was little past one O'Clock when
the march was taken up from the camp
headed by Colonel Kendall and followed
by the twelve companies of about eighty
two men each. There was great enthu.
siasm and great crowd to bid the men
farewell Hot coffee and other refresh.
ments were served by the Augusta citi-
ZenS Ss.