Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-15
STATE HOUSE.
Deposits In our Savings Banks
Steadily Increasing.
Effect of Improved Conditions on
Health of National Guard.
New Corporations Formed and Other Work al
The States Capitol.

| II there Is one person more than an
other who has a Just reason to be pleased
! with the cncampment of the First Regi.
ment it is Adjutant General Richards
| His pleasure is caused by the health OF
the men in the camp. When the plans
for muster were first thought of he in
sisted that the sanitary conditions should
be as near perfect as possible In fact
the precautions We're taken long before
the thoughts Of the muster began. Then
re had in mind first the careful selection
of men of good physique. So strict were
the orders given that man who was
mustered into any company had passed
an examination as strict as that required
two years ago when men We're enlisted
for the Spanish-American war There
were great many questions asked why
;he examinations were 50 strict but now
the answer is readily seen.
In addition to that General Richards
looked out for the sanitary conditions of
the camp. Nothing that could be done
for the safety Of the man was left unat-
tended TO. Even the rations were looked
after that there might not he too great
change between the home and camp life
of the men. At the muster field the men
found when they arrived that instead of
being in close quarters they were given
large rlomy tents. anything but crowded.
urd located amid faultless sanitary con
ditiOns as far as possible
The result of these precautions is shown
by the hospital reports. The first day
one man came up for a scidlitz powder.
The second day two men were found who
had slight colds. That is a sample of the
present health Of the men in camp. And
this is under the most trying circum-
stances. The conditions were 50 trying
that even the people who have been in
their own homes under amid healthy sur
roundings have been afflicted with severe
colds due to the sudden and marked
changes in the weather.
The first point an efficient general CON
sidcrs is tie health Of his men ana Gen.
Richards first ana last thought has been
healthful conditions for the men in the
National Guard. The result is that when
the men return to their homes at the end
of the week they will be in as good con
dition physically as though they had not
seen change from home to camp life.
The statement just issued by Bank EX-
aminer f. L. Undertake as to the con
dition of the savings banks in Maine
shows that they have been steadily in
creasing in deposits during the last two
months. The statement is an extra, com
piled at the request Of the United States
of the currency. and is an
extra duty placed on the department. Il
is Of special value at this particular time
when there is so much interest to learn
how the wealth of the State is increasing.
\ comparison shows that the deposits
are $G6 132 $500 against So, 672. 1911 - Of the
report two months aEO. Compared with
the same time the present reserve fund is
s. 300, 1898 as against s., 2Si93l.7S when
the last report was made.
The table as issued is in detail. as fol
lows:
Statement Of the condition Of savings
banks June 20, 1860: