The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-09
WILL ELECT A MAJOR.
oaieer 90 he Chosen In First Regiment
THIS Month.

The Kennebeo Journal has this TO say
concerning the coming officers school OF
the First Regiment to be held here some
time this month:
1t is understood that the offloers' school
for the 1st Rsg.. N. q. s. NJ. will be
held not far from the 9th Of this month.
In Portland. The dats Is rot definitely
decided upon. CT IL Il IL OF course will
ret b. announced tefers the general or
der IS issued. The order is looked for at
any time and viii probably make Its
appearance during the coming week.
The chief interest Of the meeting will
Ger ter In the election Of major which
will bs ordered et the same time The
election IL to ill the position left vacant
by the untimely dsath Of Msjnr Ralph X.
Ulmsr from fever oort-ao.et In Chick a.
manga Park drrln q the summer Of '9S.
There Is no dsarth Of candidates, an
nounced or on the quiet, and the contest
promises to lack nothing for excitamsnt
Lewiston, Eiidefcrd and Rcckland have
a candidate apiscs and Portland, as
usual, has several The Sd Battalion,
which includgs Auburn. Auguits, Bruins
wick and Norway. IL without candidates
unless they are OF the DARK horse order.
Add yet this election is likely to lbe one
OF the kind which Is mott favorable 10
a dark equine. II the supporters OF the
ANNOUNCED candidates hang to their men
with the consistency that they have In
time pnst, there can be nothing else than
deadlock-one OF the kind which Will
go on for vote after vote as II did when
Charlie Collins shifted n ieutenant's bar
for the gold leaf OF the majority. And
those are the times when a dark horse
may circle the bunch OF leaders aad skim
under the wire winner.
Speaking Of the candid ates In the field,
Lewiston will probably present the name
Of Lent James l.. Moriarty, LIST lieutsn-
ant, Co. I. Lieut.. Morisrty 10 without
question one Of the best tas Il ,ians In the
National Guard and handled his COM
pany admirably during the absence of
Capt. Moriarty on recruiting duty while
the regiment was at Chiokamauga Park
Ia 1898.
From the right OF the same battalion
comes another candidate, Capt. John
Bird OF Co ], Rockland. Capt Bird
won praise from headquarters during the
spanish war for the way In which be
looked after his company. Hs has
marked executive ability and will COM
mand support outside his own company.
There is one more candidate from the
late majors battalion Lieut.. q. X.
Jsfrriss Of Co. q. Of Biddeford. Lieut..
Jeffries has been long In the; Guard and
II popular with his brother officers.
The I'd Battalion, which IL all from
Portland, has two candidates. Capt.
George A. Dow of Go. a, and Capt.
Ihos. j. Hogan OF Co. H. Both men
will command strong support and will
divide thu 10 votes Of the battalion among
themselves.
The Sd Battalion has no announced
candidates, end N Is on these four COM
pAnies that the others Will come and so.
And 1t Is also probable that from these
fo6r Companies may come dark horse or
I NO to make the battle Interesting.
IL will be o warm contest at all events,
and at the present time 1t 10 as easy to
pick winner rs IL is to guess what the
A0Ars Nkill do next.