Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-16

1883 pounds of onions. 425 pounds of
turnips. $50 pounds of beets, S57 pounds
of cabbage, 1883 ears of green corn, %
bushels of string beans, ZIG baskets OF
pluns. 911 peaches. 9O7 pears, 1866 ba-
nanas, Is bushels of apples. 21S gallons
of cooked prunes. 10 pounds of ginger,
ii pounds of pepper, gross matches
Portland Star 49, pounds of wax cam
die, bags of -four, As gallons of vine
gar, o32 bars of American Family soap.
IS pounds Of rice, 115 pounds of rice, so
gallons of kerosene oil, 172 pounds OF
salt pork. 562S pounds of hay, 1926 BUSH
els of oats, S bushels of cracked corn,
leo pounds of fine feed. 100 canned
peaches, 100 canned apricots and 1927
quarts of milk.
1t will thus be seen by the foregoing
that there has been considerable work
in camp just looking after the disposal
of the mess of eatables, let alone pre-
pairing them for the soldier boys.
Life in the National Guard is no day
dream or summer vacation as many
might be led to suppose and an incident
that shows what a militiaman may eX-
pect occurred at the camp ground. yes
terday afternoon. when 4 delinquent
member of Co. F was brought into
camp under guard and was placed in
solitary confinement in the guard
house. The story is somewhat lengthy,
although its moral is one that every
man whether member of the guard or
not should learn.
1t seems that Private Edgar Smith, a
member of Co. F of Sanford for near
- two years, and who has attended two
other eiIcampmentS with the members
of his company did not think we'll Of
the idea Of going into Camp Cobb for
the period of six days and consequent
ly when his company left Sanford, Sat-
urday morning, he was among the
missing, having left town an hour pre-
Vious. Now Capt. Bennett is q man
slow to anger. but when he heard of the
trick that had been played upon him by
this private, and heard of many subse-
quent remarks about how no man was
obliged to go to camp he decided that
it WAS time to act. Accordingly he left
word in Sanford that should this pri-
vate show UP to send word to Camp
Cobb
Sunday night, Private Smith blew in
to his home town and was enjoying
himself immensely thinking how wit
tingly he had outwitted his captain
and making promiscuous remarks
about the service of the State Militia.
Meanwhile the captain sent a man, a
corporal in Co F to Sanford, and armed
with authority and a sheriff to back
him in case of an emergency. The COR
poral called at Smiths home and sue
ceeded in corra!ing him without much
trouble and the delinquent soldier was
brought to camp and was placed in the
guard house.
Capt. Bennett is thoroughly aroused
and says that he will give this soldier
boy just one chance and that is to pay
the expenses of the corporal going to
Sanford, also his own fare to Augusta,
besides other expenses incurred in the
escapade, amounting in all to about
ST., or the private under arrest will
have to submit to a court martial, to-
gether with dishonorable discharge
and the disposition of the man left to
the tribunal.
This seems rather hard treatment,
but is in accordance with military law
and something that every man should
consider before entering the service
The hospital is a busy place during
parts of the day. and while much of the
activity is in drilling the men in the
necessities Of the moment when a man
ms injured or sick, there has been some
time passed in the actual application of
these lessons. At the present time there
is but on man in the hospital, although
there have been quite n number treat
ed in one way or another. The only
case reported, yesterday that looked
at all serious was that Of a private
who had been on guard the night be-
fore and had contracted a severe cold
and it was thought that it might turn
10 pleurisy.
The officers Of this department and
their efficiency has been spoken of be-
fore in these columns and at the pres
ent time there is a detail OF one man
from each company doing duty in one
way or another at the hospital recruit
ed as follows: Privates Hawkins of Co.
X, Bean Of Co. c. Farris of Co. u,
Spear of Co. NJ, Hamilton of Co. G,
Whitney of COX, Cobb of Co. B, Carey
of Co. l., and Collins Of Co. f.