Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-14

V. All public property heretofore is
sueu TO and now in the possession OF
| the Held, staff and nOn-cOmmisSiOned
stan of the LIST Regiment Of Infantry,
Maine Volunteer Militia, will immedi-
ately on receipt of this order, be care
fully packed and shipped by freight.
properly invoiccd. to Gen. George L.
beal, acting quartermaster general
Augusta, Me.
GEORGE l.. BEAL.
Adjutant General
| Under the foregoing orders the field
officers Of the two regiments were an
nounced as follows: 1st Infantry, John
Marshal Brown. Portland, colonel;
Henry NJ. Sprague. Auburn. lieutenant
colonel; Edward II. Ballard, Augusta
major; I'd Infantry. Daniel White, Ban
gor. colonel: Frank G. Flagg. Hamp-
den, lieut. colonel; james NJ. Davis,
| Bangor, major.
The organization of these two regi-
| merits left large number of unat-
tached companies. which We're consti-
| tuted the 1st Regiment of Infantry, Re
serve Militia OF Maine. viz: Parknan
| Light Infantry, Parkman. Capt. Will
liam S. McCusck. Co. A; Corinna Light
Infantry. Corinna. Capt. Wyman D..
Piper, Co. b: Foxcroft Light Infantry,
Foxcroft. Capt. William w. Miller, Co.
Z; Monsoon Light Infantry. Monsoon,
capt. Charles j. House, Co. d; Atkin-
son Light Infantry. Atkinson, Capt.
Thomas O. Eaton. Co. f: Milo Light
Infantry, Guilford, Capt. Steadman H.
Stevens, Co. G.: Ireland Guards, Sebec,
Capt. Edwin S. ireland. Co. II.
The field and staff of the Reserves
were: Joseph p. Peakes, Dover, colonel;
Levi c. Flynt. Monsoon. lieutenant col
oncl; Charles J. House, Monsoon, major:
Wainwright Gushing, Foxcroft, adju-
tant: George G. Downing. Dover, quar-
termaster; +. A. Thompson, Dover,
surgeon; L. c. Lord, Sebec, assistant
surgeon.
There was militia to burn in the
State of Maine about this time. In adj
dition to the two regiments already
mentioned and the Reserve Militia,
there was a sod Battalion of Infantry"
| under command of Lieutenant Colonel
Fifeld Mitchell of Canaan. with Ma
than Cole of Palmyra and John H. Nc
Core of Sowhegan. as adjutant The
battalion was made up of six compa-
Hts etS lOliONS. SoUuIn SudTuS, SkOW-
hogan. Capt. Francis H. Wing. Co. a.;
Smithfield Cadets. Capt. Albert S.
Marston, co. B; Wyman Guards, Pal
| myra, Capt. Nelson Davis, Co. C: Ca
| naan Light Infantry. Canaan. Capt.
| Charles Waldron. Co. D; Ware Guards,
Athens, Capt. JOHN F. Holman, Co. E;
Hartlani Guards, Hartland, Capt. Eben
Waldron, Co. f.
over and beyond this there were five
companies Of unattached infantry as
| follows: POrtl nd Cadets, Portland,
| Capt. Frank A. Moseley; Paris Veter-
| ans. Paris, Capt. Horace n. Bolster;
Saco Rifles. Saco. Capt. Frank P. Clark
| son; Bryant's Pond Light Infantry,
| Bryant's Pond. Capt. Horace c. Berry:
Chamberlail.s Guards, Wellington.
| Cant. Henry c. Dorr.
The reorganization of the list in 1880
| has been continued until the present
| day with the change of the Tillson
| Light Infantry from the cd to the LIST.
| the Mechanic Blues became the Port
| lanu Cadets and the Capital Guards of
| Augusta, became the Sanford Light In
| fantry. When the battalion forma ton
| was adopted and the regiment expand
| ed to Il companies the Dana Guards
| of Lewiston, came into the outfit as
| Co. I, the Kendall Guards of Bruins
| wick, came i'm as Co. X: the Sheridan
| Rifles of Portland, came in as Co. L,
and the Cleaves Rifles of Wcstbrook,
| joined as Co. NJ. and that makes the or
| ganization of today.
| The following hours of service. duty
| and roll-call are established for the
| week.
| First call for reveillc, 5.45 A. NJ; re-
veillc. 5.1i a. NJ; mess call breakfast,
| f.15 A. NJ; assembly for roll-cal. ath-
| lcticS and policing of quarters, 6.5J A.
| NJ: Sick call. I a. NJ: roll-call, 7.05;
| A. NJ; assembly, 8 A. NJ; guard mount.
| 11.30 A. NJ; 1st sergeant's call, j. NJ. !;
mess call dinner. 1915 p. NJ: officers
| call. l l.. NJ: drill call, 1.25 p. M; as
| sembly, $50 =. NJ: adiutant's call, Las
| Z. NJ: roll-cail, $40 2. NJ; mess call,
supper. 60 Z. NJ: first call for pa
rade, 30 minutes before sunset: assem-
| bly,. 80 minutes before sunset; adju-
| tant'S call to form battalion, 20 min
utes before sunset; adjutant's call to
| form regiment. 10 minutes before sun
set retreat, sunset; parade will be i'm
mcdlateiy followed by roll-call and
muster in company streets: tattoo. p.
NJ: call to quarters, 1915 p. NJ; taps,
| II T. NJ.
One Of th" visitors in Camp Cobb, this
| week, is Captain Frederick A. Walker,
| adjutant of the 5th Regiment of In
fantry. I'd Brigade of Massachusetts
| Volunteer Militia, and also senior vice
commander of the United Spanish War
| Veterans. His visit i'm camp is taken
| partly in the way Of business, as it
| might be called for he is looking for
| points in the different cncampmcnts
held throughout New England and
| aside from this is inspecting the camps
| Of the veterans of the Spanish war. In
| his own state. Capt. Walker has a most
| enviablc record and he alone has done
| much for the cause and organization of
| the Spanish war veterans.
| Considerable friction exists through
out the country by the several different
branches Of the order that Capt. Walk
| er represents. there being no less than
| three distinctive organizations all with
| TIC same object, the betterment of the
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