Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-13

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The order constituting the First In,
fantry was as follows:
Adjutant Generals Office.
Augusta, April 5, 1879.
/. The following named companies viii
constitute the First Regiment of Infan-
try Maine Volunteer Militia, viz:
Portland Light Infantry Company A.
Portland Mechanic Blues. b
Auburn Light Infantry, q
Norway Light Infantry a.. d
SkoWhegan Light Infantry II
Capital Guards. Augusta n
Jameson Guards, Bangor c.
Belfast City Guards, H
Crosby Guards. HaInpden,
Hersey Light Infantry, Old
town, a. X
II. An election for the choice of field
officers Of the regiment is hereby ordered
to be held at the State House, in Angus
Ia. on Friday, the eleventh day of April.
1873. at five o'clock p. NJ.
All commissioned officers of the ten
companies composing the regiment are
entitled to vote at this election.
Col. Elias Milliken will preside at the
election and make return to these head
quarters.
BY order of the Chief,
Il. b. MURRAY. JR.
Adjutant General.
In accordance with these orders, an
election was held and the following off.
GERS We're elected: Charles p. Mattocks
Portland, colonel; Daniel White, Ban
gor, lieutenant colonel; William II. Fog
Ter, Belfast, major
Col. Mattocks made the following staff
appointments: Matthew Adams, Port
land, adjutant; Samuel j. Gallagher Au-
gusta, quartermaster; George w. Martin
Augusta, surgeon; Charles o. Hunt
Portland, assistant surgeon; Frank W.
CLAIBORNE. Oldtown. assistant surgeon;
Joseph c. Snow, Auburn, chaplain. The
non commissioned staff included the fol-
lowing: Alvin II. Jacobs, Portland, ser
gednt jor; Thomas p. Shaw Augusta
quartermaster sergeant; Ossian c.
Phillips, Auburn, commissary sergeant;
Henry II. Butler, Bangor, hospital ste
ward; Daniel Skillings, Portland prin-
cipal musician; Isaac Prince, Oldtown,
principal musician.
The roster of 1873 shows the follow
ing men holding line commissions in
the First:
90. A, Portland, Nathan c. Fessen-
den, captain; Dr. Porter f.. Pride, LIST
Lieut.; Fred Proctor, md Lieut.
Co. Il, Portland. Charles j. Pencil,
| cartain; William c. Young, 1st Lieut.. !:
| jVi tiI'eiii liiSltN. -lfi LIEUT.
Co. G, Auburn, Defiance Young, cap
! tain: Murray b. Watson. LIST Lieut.
| Eliphalet Noyes, End Lieut..
Co. d, Norway, William W. Whit
marsh, captain; Arthur +. Dernison,
2nd Lieut..
| Go. Il, Skownegan Isaac Dyer, cap
| tain; Brooks u. Savage, LIST Lieut.: Asa
S. Emery, End Lieut..
Co. F, Augusta, Charles p. Morton,
captain; William H. H. Ware, LIST
Lieut.; Silas W. Wyman, End Lieut..
| Co. G, Bangor. Edward f.. Small, cap :
| tain; James NJ. Davis, 1st Lieut.; Sim
con A. Hapworth, End lieutenant.
Co. II, Belfast, Andrew e. Clark.
captain; Fitz NJ. Gilbert. 1st Lieut..
Allen ID. French, End Lieut..
| Co. |, Hamden, Frank G. Flagg, cap
tain: James E. Urban, 1st Lieut.; An
drew j. Emery, End Lieut..
| Co. X, Oldtown. Melville NJ. Folsom,
| captain: Oscar e. Hinckley, 1st Lieut.;
Henry A. Pratt 2nd Lieut..
The formation of the First Infantry
| left the following as unattached or
| quotations
| Portland Montgomery Guards, Au-
| gustus J. McMahan. captain; Peter s.
Doyle, 1st Lieut.; Thomas II. Gately,
End Lieut..
| Riddefcrd Light Infantry, James NJ.
| Andrews captain; Joseph l.. Small.
LIST Lieut.; Horace NJ Davis, End
| Lieut.
AndroscogSin Light Artillery O4ewis-
ton and Auburn Aurestus S. Per-
ham, Auburn, captain; Charles A. Hun
fer Lewiston 1St lent Calvin w
Richardson, Auburn. End Lieut.. John
1 Corville, Lewiston. 2ud Lieut.: Thomas
| Il. Mennealy, Lewiston, End Lieut..
The law at this time placed the max
imum number of enlisted men to Il
company at 80, the minimum at So, but
as the State only issued 60 uniforms II
a company things didn't seem to jibe.
In 1878. the troops We're brought to-
| gether near Portland and in his report
| Mai. Gen. Joshua l.. Chamberlain conf
manding says: The general results OF
this first assembly of the State troops
| were very satisfactory. The battery
was handled with marked ability ana
spirit. and the unattached companies
We'd with those of the regiment in sol
dierly accomplishments. The State
will lock. however, as sheshas right to,
TO the 10 privileged companies now
comprising the First Regiment. as her
| main reliance for military preparation.
The object and intent Of these organic
| atoms are still kept in sight, ana now
that they are in such efficient hands,
we should demand of then the highest
| excellence. 1t seems to me they meet
the object of maintaining the spirit and