Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-10
STATE HOUSE.
Conference of National Guard
Officers at Capitol, Yesterday.
Annual Muster viii Be Held in August
as Last Year.
Additions 10 Membership Of Maine Sanatorium
= Association.

The hrst meeting Of the regimenta
commanders Of the National Guard OF
Main since the appointment Of Adju-
tant General Farnham took place al
the Capitol. yesterday. There were
present Adjutant General Farnham
Inspector General Frank l.. Hoyt OF
Lewiston. Col. Lucius II. Kendall Of
the LIST Regiment and Col. f. e. New
comb of the I'd Regiment. Many mat
ters of interest to the National Guard
were discussed by the gentlemen and
plans were mapped out for futuI G
work.
It was decided to have two schools
Irf instruction for officers during the
year That for the officers Of the I'd
win be held in Bangor some time dur
ling March. Col. Kendall desired to
have the LIST Regiment school held late
in the year. and 1t was determined to
hold il during the month of November
al Portland.
| The question Of the time for having
the annual encampment was discussed
and it was finally settled that 1t shall
take place during August. the dates to
be selected by General Farnham to
conform as near as may be to favor
able weather indications.
| It was determined that the plan Of
having the regiments come into camp
separately should be continued. for it
is claimed that better and more last
ing results are obtained by that ar
rangement than by having both regi-
ments in camp at the same time.
| General orders will at once be issued
for company inspections, and General
| Hoyt will Immediately begin the work
| OF visiting and inspecting the various
| commands.
| Adjutant General Farnilam has re-
| cc!ved a communication from the Ma
tional Guard Association Of Minnesota,
asking the corporation Of the Ma
tional Guard Of Maine TO secure the
assistance of senators and representa-
tlves in Congress in bringing about the
adoption of a law authorizing the dis
tIihuticn of the Krag- Jorgenson rifle
to the National Guard Of the United
Sintes. The secretary of war has
| recommended the plan and President
| Roosevelt has approved and endorsed
the same.
| secretary of State Boyd has received
|
! Hannibal l.. Hamlin of Ellsworth.
which he will hang in a prominent
place or the walls Of his private Office.
Mr.. Boyd has quite Il collection of por-
! traits of distinguished Maine men, but
he is still looking for more. That Of
ex-Gov. Cleaves, and those of ex-Sec
retaries Oramandal Smith and Nicho-
las Fessenden are wanted. When these
/ H.
rarily satisfied. He now has fine pic
lures of the following: Hon. ]. W.
Bradbury. Hon. j. Manchester Haynes.
| Hon. J. II. Manley. Hon. John r. Hill,
! Hon. Edwin c. Burleigh Hon. S. ].
! Chadbourne. all of Augusta; Senators
Hale ard Frye; Hon. Llewellyn Pow
ers of Houlton; Hon. Seth NJ. Carter
| Of Auburn. Hon. F. NJ. Simpson of
| Bangor, and President Hamlin of the
Senate. With all of these gentlemen
| Secretary Boyd has been officially and
personally associated for many years.
| In some parts of the State, partic-
ularly In Portland. there is considerable
local interest in favor of aiding the
Maine State Sana torium Association in
the work which il proposes to do in
saving the lives of consumptiyes. Three
persons have lately become honorary
life members Of the association by
their contributions of fifty dollars each:
Mrs Margaret y. c. Bursley. Portland;
Mr.. Henry Deering. Portland; and Mrs.
| Margaret d. Gilman, Portland. There
were previously five honorary men,
barE who had Zach contributed fifty
dollars or more to aid the work Of the
association. These persons were: Mrs.
Pauline G. Lithgow, Augusta. fifty dol
liars: General Thomas II. Hubbard
New York, fifty dollars; Mr.. d. w.
Clark, Portland one hundred dollars:
lMr. Hiram w Kicker. Poland Springs.
Ifitty dollars; and Mr.. Robert II. Gardi-
liner, Gardiner. one hundred dollars.
The friends of the association are
receiving much encouragement. The
ladies " Portland who are arranging
for a concert TO be given in Kotascn-
Imar Hall on Wednesday evening. jan
luary %. are having great success All
, are so much Interested that they are
willing to give their services. 50 that
lprc ctieaiiy All of the money viii go d.
rs.tfy into the treasury of the as
ISOLATION.
There are 20 honorary members, who
have contributed 80 to the fund.
Governor Hill has been notified by
the attorneys having the matter in
charge that the United States court of
claims has finally disposed of the
states claim for money due on account
of the Civil War. sustaining its former
decision. The attorneys sought TO Sc
: cure a much larger sum than that al
lowed by the court a short time ago,
2 but their claim was not recognized az
, valid. The original decision of the court
q will stand. The amount allowed was
| s13f, 900, for which Congress will Dc
, asked 10 appropriate.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bradbury o.
: Boston. and Mrs. Chas. S. Hichborn OF
y Augusta. were recent visitors to the
: fish and game museum.