Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-17
tncampment Orders Issued by
Adjutant-GeneraI.
Complete Instructions to Officers and
Troops of the National Guard.
Camp Hill" Will Be Destination of
This Years Camp.

Hill, Governor and Commander-in-
chief, has issued the following general
orders relating to the coming encamn-
ment of the National Guard:
The camp of the National Guard
of Maine during the annual encamp-
ment 1T Augusta, August u to %. in
elusive, will be designated Camp
Hill"
III. Colonel Lucius Fl. Kendall. First
Infantry, will be in command of the
camp from August u to Is, inclusive.
and Colonel Everard f. Newcomb. Sec,
ond Infantry, will be in command from
August Is to %, inclusive. Each camp
commander will prepare and present
to this office for approval. orders en-
bracing the routine of each day during
his tour of duty, the hours of calls.
duties and ceremonies. and such rules
and regulations as he may deem neces-
sary for maintaining order and dis
cipline and promoting the efficiency OF
his command.
III. The Colonies of the First and
Second Regiments, with their Ad-
jutants and Commissary Sergeants,
will assume their duties in camp on
the mornings of Tuesday. August u
and Monday, August IS respectively.
The Quartermasters and Quartermas-
ter Sergeants of each regiment will as
sumo their duties on the mornings of
Monday, August II and Saturday, Au-
gust Is respectively.
". Lieutenant Atwood w. Spauld-
ing, Commissary, Second Infantry, viii
report to the Commissary- General on
Monday, August II, for duty, reporting
back to his regiment on Saturday, Au-
gust Il.
v Lieutenant George NJ. Kava-
naugh, Commssary, First Infantry,
will report to the Commissary-Ge
on Saturday, August IS, after his regi
ment has broken camp on that day. He
| viii return TO his home station on Fri
day. August %.
VI. Company cooks will be ordered
| to Augusta in advance of their COM
| panies so that those of the First In
f4ntry. may arrive in camp on Monday.
August IL. and those Of the Second In
| fanIy on Saturday, August 16.
VII The INSPECTOR General, Com
missary- General, Surgeon-General ard
Inspector General of Rifle Practice will
attend the encampment and discharge
the Cutfes devolving upon them under
| the militia law.
/ VIII. Muster and pay-rolls in tripii-
/ cate of the field and staff, noncommis-
stoned staff and band, companies and
corps, will be prepared before going 20
camr by entering on them the name OF
each officer and enlisted man of tn
| organiza ton, with date of rank of Of
ficers and date of muster-in of the en-
listed men. Any stoppage, under pro-
visions OF Section 73, Militia Law, to be
deducted from the pay of any COM
/ missioned officer or enlisted man will
| be entered against his name in the
column for remarks. The columns for
The ray ;tcco unit will be left blank to
be flied in by the Paymaster- General.
UnunifoImed enlisted men viii not be
brought to camp and no substitutes
| will be permitted or paid. Attention
is called to the assignment of pay IN
on the pay-rolls. Each officer or en-
listed man must indicate upon the pay
rolls to whom his pay is to be assigned,
by writing IN the proper columns upon
the payroll the name of his assignee
But one assignee will be named for
each organization.
| TX. The commanding officer OF
Camp Hill will cause the several or
carnations of his command to be mus
t.: cd for pay during the encampment
| August 10 to 16 and % to %, inclusive
on the proper forms, which at the close
of the encampment Will be forwarded
to the AdjutGnt-G General. Mastering
officers viii report no officer or enlisted
Imam present who does not answer e
his name at the muster, and they viii
ilnuStCr no Substitute.
X The Adjutants of the First and
Second Infantry will arrange for the
crlpicy ment of one civilian cook for
each band. Accounts for payment OF
such cooks. whose names must be en-
tered in the account, will be rendered
They will be paid $3.50 a day for each
days services.
| ri. The Ambulance Corps will oc-
cupy the west half of their mess house
the Signal Corps will occupy the east
half of the same. A tent will be
pitched near the cook house. for tht
use OF the cook Of the Signal Corps.
| XII. A separate sink having beer
assigned to each company, camp com
manders will require the COMMANDING
officer Of companies and corps to see
that the sinks provided for their re-
ispective organizations are properly
used ana cared for.
XIII. The commanding officer O
Camp Hill will render to this office
consolidated morning report on th'
rcrning OF each day of the encamp
llnert He is authorized to gran
leaves Of absence and burroughs II
cases of necessity. upon application ap
proved by intermediate authority. IL
cases Of sickness. certificate of tn
re-imental surgeon, must accompan.
The application. officers and men 40
scntirg themselves without such leav
Of absence OF furlough will be Reported
by name.
XIV. BY virtue of the power con
ferred by Section 81 of the Militia Law
tie authority of the officer in comman
of the camp is hereby extended to
distance of one half mile around IN
State Camp Ground. and upon the eX
terraI suace within such DISTANCE fror
the camp, with the exception OF an
road or roads within said distance n
person or persons save those speclaii
authorized by law shall be allowed [
enter except under such rules as ma
he established by the officer command