Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-09
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PREPARED ~
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"ilHoul being seen, IL practicable.
promptly report anything unusual or
important. Use signals as directed.
s. Keep piece loaded. Avoid giving
raise alarms. Fire when attacked when
certain enemy advancing. to compel
opeuience; and on party refusing or
falling to halt after order once repeat
Ell. II more than one advances. or
party falls to give countersign. proper
signal or identify himself as friend. fire
at once. Always give distinct and time
ly alarms; fall back only when neces-
sary-then slowly and to right and left
Of picket.
4. Halt and challenge every one be-
tween darkness and broad daylight
Pass no one in or out, night or day,
without special authority, except COM
manding general, field officers of the
day, commanders of outposts, of re-
serves. OF support and of the picket and
patrols.
b. Halt. at so yards or more, all I'M
known persons coming from without
and hold for examination. Flags of
truce or messengers from enemy faced
outwards and not conversed with. Com
pei deserters to throw down arms and
hold up hands until taken in charge.
6. Unfix bayonets in bright weather.
Expose nothing shiny and prevent
lights of any kind on or near post.
Z. Pay no formal compliments. Hold
no conversation except in line of duty.
8. Arrest all unauthorized persons
who try to pass out without permission.
Receive. obey and turn over all orders
from the general commanding. the
field officers of the day, commanders of
the outposts, the reserve, the support,
and officers and non-commissioned Of
ficers of the picket and from them
only.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
Orders for particular purpose, e. g.,
such as relate to a detached post, post
OF examination, and the like.
The foregoing instructions, compiled
from Orders and Regulations, Customs
of the Service in War, and from Amer
lean authors (Mahan, Lippitt, Regain.
Burnham, Pettitt and 5th Cavalry
Manuel for NOn- CommissOned Off
cers), for information and guidance of
the members of this command. Every
we'll instructed soldier should be able
to repeat and understand the substance
of the foregoing orders.
Sentry over picket has similar or
ders to sentry on main guard in camp
or garrison, with necessary mOdif1ca-
lions dut to changed situation.
The commissary department is yet
to receive its first complaint Of any i'm
pOrtance.
I rt.~lt ~,
Major Thompson of the third battalion.
is having his first experience as adju-
tant during the encampment and is dong
nicely. His work shows considerable
study in military works and he ably
represents his city of Augusta. Before
accepting a commission battalion
adjutant, Lieut. Enright served sec
ond lieutenant of Co. NJ of Augusta.
Lieut.. ]. Frank Bilodeau of Co. NJ. has
a record that is hard to beat having
in the last year steadily worried his
way through the several non-commis
stoned officers lines and comes into camp
this year as a second lieutenant of the
company.
Co. l. of Houlton are receiving many
compliments on their good work at dress
parade, Monday evening.
First Lieutenant James w. Hanson of
Co. NJ. Is a regular army man. having
served three years in the Philippines as
a member of the 18th Reg. Inf. During
his term of service he served as a pri-
vate, regimental quartermaster and left
his company a full fiedged top sergeant.
Clarence Dunlap. son of Captain Fred
c. Dunlap Of Co. f of Skowhegan, is the
company's mascot and Captain Dunlap
hopes to see his son take up work in the
guard, where he leaves off. The lit
tie fellow is enthusiastic over the drills
etc. and even now handles himself with
the military precision and tact of an
old campaigner
The bugler's school is one of the inter-
esting features of the camp and almost
any hour Of the day visitor In camp
can hear the large assortments of calls
played a. large assortment of ways
as the sounds drift DER the hill from
Meath the shade of the old apple tree
Tomorrow will be observed as Cover
nor's day at Camp Cobb and the officers
and men look for a record breaking at
tendance.
The boys do not feel as clipper as they
are gradually working down to 4 happy
medium.
The old timers at camp are holding
daily reunions among themselves and
rehearsing the scenes of the stirring
times of '98
With citizen soldiery who do not know
how to keep step. others who do not know
how to shoot and commissary officers
who are yet uncertain of what the requi-
sition blanks they have mean, the camp
has it's humors. even though they are
semi-tragic at times
1t Is hard to call names in a case of
this sort, but Co. from up river,
most certainly has attracted Inc atten-
ton Of many of the boys as being the
protectorate of one of the best riding
men of the entire camp.
1t is not the custom for dough boys"
TO ride as a rule. but a man called at
the camp grounds yesterday leaving
MS horse outside and some of the boys
VINO had by chance secured a leave from
camp happened to pass in the imme-
diate vicinity Of the animal About this
time the owner of the horse returned