Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-07-01


Buy . bottle Of Hoods today.
for their 500 and 600 yard work CON,
pany commanders who have 500 and
ooV varu ranges will cndeavor in every
way TO accommodate members of less
favored companies.
III, however, the 500 and GOO ward
ranges cannot be secured scores made
on the a. target at 300 yards will be
accepted as follows: Two scores. five
shots each, of %: and two scores five
shots each. of %.
Inc above scores must be made in n
single days shooting, the only stinu-
iation being that they be made IN Of
hve consecutive shots. A score once
begun may be discontinued and an
other commented
All scores in preliminary work for
places on the state team will be so in
ulcated on the cards, which will be for
Warded to the proper officials at the
conclusion of each days practice.
conditions FOR the competitive match
at Brunswick will be as follows: Ten
shots at each range. 200. 500 and GOO
yards no sighting shots allowed.
Elunts Small Arms Firing Regula-
tions Will govern.
The l. men making the highest
scores on the day of compctition will
be given places on the team ana those
making the three next highest scores
will be classed as substitutes ana ac-
company the team.
To each member of the State team
nd -
sued 500 rounds of fixed ammunition
for individual practice prior to the de-
parture Of the State team for Sea Girt.
score cards to bc returned as herein
provided.
H. Transportation. quarters and
subsistence Will be furnished, but no
per diem viii he allowed. Any compcti-
tor whose station is 50 far distant that
he cannot reach Brunswick on an early
morning train, Saturday. August :.
will arrange to arrive on the day pre-
Ceding.
III. Officers and men will report at
the range in fatigue uniform with cam
pagn hats and leggins
". Members Of the team who 20 10
Sea Girt viii be furnished transporta-
tion. quarters and subsistence while
absent from the State, but no per diem
will be allowed.
BY order of the Comma ndcr- in chief.
JOHN T. RICHARDS.
Adjutant General.
Four thousand of the Governors Old
Home Week invitations have been re-
ccivcd and 400 were sent, Yesterday to
the town Of Lebanon. which has quite
a celebration in view. The invitations
read:
State of Maine.
Executive Department
Who has not felt how sadly sweet
The dream Of home. the dream of home.
Steals 'cr the heart. too soon. too feet.
When far DER sea or land We roam"
The setting apart of a week in sum-
mer known as Old Home Week. which
is given up to the entertainment Of
relatives and friends who come back
to visit the old home, is a most beauti-
full custom and has so generally re
ceived the approval of the people of
this State. that it seems likely to be
come an established institution.
The week from August tenth to
seventeenth inclusive, has been desig-
mated, this year. as the Old Home
Week in Maine. and in behalf of the
state. | desire to extend an earnest and
cordial invitation to every son and
daughter of Maine as well as to their
families and friends. to visit Maine at
that time. and they may be assured
that they will be greeted with heart
felt gladness and as sincere welcome,
and will be amply repaid for IA visit to
the old home. whose memory must
always be dear while life lasts.
JOHN f. HILL, Governor of Maine.
One of the socially inclined youns;
clerks in the Office of the secretary of
State has attained such reputation as a
fisherman that he is experiencing. much
trouble therefrom from the number Of ap-
plicatjons from persons who want to ac-
company him on a trip. evidently beiev-
ing that his success may be catching.
+ The pckcrel are biting now and this IA
nous individual says nc is. going to take
his "male'' spinner. disappear for q day
or two and surprise somebody Inc iast
trim he made he caught more chubs than
anything else but certain circumstances
that day. were not favorable to sood iisfl-
ing and his courage and confidence Is still
good. The mule spinner is present
and he is anxious to try 1t.
! State Librarian and Mrs. l.. d. Car
yer will leave, today. for Waukesha'
Wis.,. where they will attend inc, an
nlaI convention of the American Ii
brarians Association during the
IN, citing Mfr. Carver will read a paper
on .'The Free Distribution OF state
Documents and the Limits Thereto :
William George of the force OF State
House employees, has returned from q
two weeks vacation and J. M. Lippy
has gone out for the same length OF
time.
The condition Of s. w. Matthews OF
the labor bureau, is reported as daily
improving.
! Orders have been issued from the
office. of the adjutant general appoint