The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-25
THE NAVAL RESERVE.
Orders for the Enlistment Of the
Portland Division Received.
The Necessary Number of Men ts Ready
Go he Enrolled.

The following order from the Office OF
the Adjutant General ut Augusta was re-
csived In this city on Saturday:
"Augusta. December SO, 1899.
T.-The petition signed BY Hon. Frank
W. Robinson and otherf, citizsns OF
Portland. requesting that division Of
Naval keservss rs part Of the National
Guard Of the State OF Maine be organized
In Portland. IL hereby granted.
'iII.-Harry n. Bigelow, late lieutsn-
ant u. s. navy, IL hereby authorized to
enlist division Of Naval Reserves. num-
bsrina forty six petty officers and men.
be pars Of the National Guard Of the
state Of Maine. with station nj Portl4nd.
GIL Mo appropriation having been
made for the equipment OF the Naval He
ssrves, the men Of the division herein au-
thorized will provide their own uniforms.
"By order Of the Commandsr-in. Chief,
John 4. Richards. Adult Gen."
The above order having been received
Saturday the adjutant general was mott
led that q division Of 40 men had bssn
enlistsd and that they were ready b. be
mustered into the service Of the state.
Thsreupon General Richards ordered the
men who have enlisted 10 assemble at tbs
Armory In Portland at 7.so O'Clock on
Tuesday, December Goth. for the purpose
Of passing the required physical sxamina.
ton and be mustered into the state SER
vice.
OF the enlisted men over two-thirds are
from thosa who served In the volunteered
navy during the war with Spain and
were regularly enlisted for general duty
In the United States navy for a period of
three years unless sooner disohar ged. The
men were stationed on the u. b. s. Mon
tauk for four months and after The proto.
col was signed the Montauk was taken to
Philadelphia where she was put out OF
commission. These men who sevred on
the MontAuk are already provided with
uniforms and all personal equipment and
10 seemed wise to organize them into q
regular division as part Of the National
Guard Of the ptate. Two thirds OF ths
men owing their uniforms 1t was believed
better that all the enlisted men should be
placed on the same basis and all of them
own their personal equipment. IL Is un-
DER this agreement that the men have
been enlisted to ssrve the state.
The examination OF enlisted men Will
take place Tussday evening at $50 o'clock
In the arinory. DIR. J. b. O'Neill. sur
geon OF the first infantry will be the ex-
aiming officer. 1t Ii essential that every
enlisted man be present at the armory at
this time In order that the work OF mus
teriug and examination may not be de-
iaysd.
The new division will be equipped as
infantry and as artillery. They will also
DO provided with a completes signal outfit
and hope to be able to obtain beats for
drill from the government. They will be
given an annual cruise of one week on
regular man o. war which will be de-
tailed for this purpose by the navy de-
psrtment The new men who have en-
listed In the naval reserves. form
excellent material and the old men
showed themselves to he as good as any
in the volunteer navy during the war.
BY general orders No. 80. issued from
the aajutant generals Office, Major Chas.
Collins, first infantry, was ordered TO
muster IN the nav division on Tuesday
eysning.