Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-03

requirements after a series of pral
teste under all the usual field Cd
tons. The new weapon will be XII
as the Springfield agazine rifle. n
of 1903, and will gradually replace
! krag- JOrgensen rifle now used by)
regulal troops and the older SPRING
rifle, with which the majority OIL
miitiamen are armed. The rifle
equally adapted for infantry and ca
ry, and it is believed will prove esl
tally effective in the Philippines on
count of the Shortness of the bal
facilitating it's use in operations
forests and underground. The sur
Tor merits of the new piece over !,
present service arm have been III
demonstrated during the recent te
In accordance with the decision or
war Department., Gen. CroZicr has 2
en- instructions for the Immediate mn
ufacture of the new gun at the Cover
ment arsenals at Springfield, Mass. q,
Mt Rock Island. H., to the full extn
possible under available appropriately
by direction of President Roosey,
Notifications have been named as f,
Fort Ward, in honor of Col. George /,
Ward. Fifteenth Massachusetts Volu,
teer Infantry, brevet brigadier gener
of volunteers, who died July 3, 1863
wounds received at the battle of Gle
-ysburg. The battery on the Fort ca
~ military reservation, WaShingto
-
Truman Seymour, Fifth United Stat
Artillery, breVet major general. WI
endered distinguished service in til
var with Mexico and in the Civil Wa,
nd died October so, 1891, at Florenc,
tally. ..tlI
The President has set aside for mill
ary purposes tract of land, embrac
lg about 466 acres, situate on tn,
kagWay River, near Skagway, Alaska,
Gen. Davis at Manila has reported t,
he war Department that on his recen
sit to Benguct province he selected s.
tie at BaguiO, where Il military SAM,
rum will be built. 1t is proposed to
instruct q hospital with Il caDacity of
200 men, where soldiers may be sent
recuperate.
rho Doard Of ,Io3;-17 ON. :,
washington to examine candidates for
polntmcnt as assistant surgeons com,
ted its labors last week. after having
ahmed flEe separate classes of apDli-s
I loS, nr I h ~ candidates in all. The
~ liz naNc neeh recommended for APP
ntments: Edward Il. Vcddcr of pcun-t
vanla krag R, Snyder. Illinois; George
Juenemann. Washington. ID. g., Chcs-
ar AIahamai b ,nrtiH ''I'o' Joseph f.
see: Ralph : Pn,tor ~ 1,,i Zones Ten i
piner ,Wi.1.t T y nttpr' iIlnniS; Henry |
ryland ~ hiaiihll, J0hn H. E"Seley /
| Sevn %''i' ,1tb tmur n. Nhaley, Michi-
mod in ~ 49, Mlo naive bccn "A- i
nher. ~ Ks hSt ciASS OF some twenty
cnndido Mim pe aoaed to these success
1nortant cbonooe. - a.. n
q OF olllcers OF the Signal Service /,
T, n,,nu "auGreu rs follows: Col II. +
l.. uhWoonN, renewed from duty at
d,.id .ci - department of tho East, I
= vi l i1cIed 10 duEy at Fort Mycr. Va; {
emf d,,+ '"i,ltn, hilph, on Completion of
,,n,i 'a NV, VIII ttke station in this city
;art VI ne department of the | t
.lieved frnn, a., itElltrd Il: Thompson Z
,a1 ~ i I uuty az Fort Mycr. and Y
~ - vancouver barracks. Wash. q
Ivy III ne Iepartment of the Column
t ,li ae'oitlon - winch he will assume u
Cnormo 'i - system IN Alaska =,
l., 80 -. h'Tnell, at juneau, =
h., where he win ASSUME cho oa.', nf =
ape system between Puget Sornd llHs
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~, ~ t.lidrlcS NeWbold, paymastor's Z