Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-18

Besides the list of officers that was Civ
en-, Tuesday morning. two others will an
pear today to take the examinations be
fore the board of examination These
two are Lieut.. f. l.. Chaplain and Ser
geant Rupert c. Parker of Co. of
Portland. The former was elected. Mon.
day night. to the captaincy of the COM
pany and the latter to succeed I.ieut.
Chaplain as first lieutenant
The examining board that will condue,
the examinations Of the - men who have
been elected to commissions is COMPOSED
Of Inspector General T. l.. lioyt and the
two c"lonels Of the regiments. Colonels L.
II, Kendall and L. l.. Newcomb.
1t may he Of interest to the reader to
know something of what is done al these
meetings Of examination and OF what the
examinations consist. The board as
scmblcS at the command Of the adjutant
general, the senior officer presiding and
the Junior officer acting AS the recording
officer. After the certificates Of election
to commissions have been approved the
board will require the candidate TO fur
niSh some reputable surgeon, a surgeon
of the guard being preferred, that the
candidate is in good physical health ana
qualified in that manner for the position
he is to hold The candidate is required
to state upon his honor that he is cit
i3en of the State whether or not he has
ever been convicted Of any infamous
crime, whether he has failed to pass a
previous board. and the position for
which he was a candidate if he failed,
whether he has ever been dishonOrably
discharged from the service Of the United
States, the National Guard or the militia
of any other state. Evidence of his moral
character may be asked for by the board.
AL public proceedings are conducted in
! the presence of the candidate. The con
| illusions reached by the board upon any
Of its findings are considered as confdea.
tial and their report to the adjutant gen
cral is made as they may find, each Of
/ fcer having a right to assert his own
| opinion.
| When the oral examinations are given
the candidates the whole board must be
| present but the written examinations
| may be given by one member.
| The board shall ask such questions
| they may see fit that are to be found in
| the militia laws and regulations drill reg
| ulations Of the different arms and corps,
| manual Of guard duty, and Wagners
catechism of outpost duty. An average
of - questions are required from each o.
the subjects.
| The examinations of course, vary ac-
| cordng to the branch Of the service that
| the candidate is to enter and for the
| rank. Every one, however, includes the
military law and regulat tons, first Of all
| The medical and ambulance officers arc
asked questions that pertain to their de-
partment while the signal officers are
asked questions pertaining TO their de-
partment
For officers appointed for the ranks IF
first or second lieutenants, first of al
comes the military rules and regulations;
| infantry drill regulations are to include
, the school of the company alone in close
and extended order; manual OF guard
duty, writing from dictation and official
papers This latter it may be explained
is the work on the various forms that an
officer is required to make out in the pur-
| suance of his duties. All the forms, and
! they are many as. every one who ever
| studied anything about military life can
attest. and have to be gone through with
to see that the officer knows about them.
Candidates for appointment as captains
have in addition to the examinations Of
the captain the drill REGULATE tons in com
panv alone and in battalion and also in
the way of advance guards, outposts.
marches. camping. etc. The applicant for
a position as field officers is carried still
higher in the way of battalion and regi
mental drills and in the line of the posi-
lions for which they are to fill. Cand!-
dates for field officers commissions APP
pointed from civil life are not examined
for their knowledge of military matters
alone, as this is not attended to strictly,