Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15

W.
1ST LIEUT.. GEO. NJ. KAVANAUGIT,
Commssary.
of men, generally four from each COM
tany, stand around waiting for their
company initial to be called and then
they stand in front of the receiving
quarters and pile the bread dough-
nuts and all other eatables that go to
make a meal into the several utensils
that they carry. From Z o'clock until
8 every morning one can see this in
teresting and important side Of camp
life.
The I'd Regiment consumed about
1900 loaves of bread and 5000 dough-
nuts and as the 1st contains the same
number of companies and approxi-
mately the same number of men the
issue will be about the same.
The guard lines of this. and in fact
the encampment of the I'd, last week
have been somewhat lax, not owing to
the incapableness of the guards to
ders. For the most part the men are
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the lines although if they wish to be
absent from drills they are supposed
to have secured a leave of absence
from their company commander and
generally this is done. But the fact
that is noticeable is the lack of strin-
gent orders on the guard lines, al
though during the night orders are
given regarding the passing of citi-
zens and soldiers and they are obeyed
to the letter and irrespective of per-
son, the men that pass the guards are
obliged to explain matters before they
get across the line.
Provost guards rave been in COM
mission during the encampment and In
several instances have succeeded in
rounding up the boys who had inten-
tlonally forgotten to secure passes and
were absent without leave. The regu-
!ations in regard to this disappearing
without leave are not as rigidly en-
forced as in the regulars and for a
military organization the boys hold q
pretty free rein.
The following is the bill Of fare, to-
day:
Breakfast Baked beans, brown
bread. white bread, hard bread, dough-
nuts and coffee.
Dinner-BOiled dinner, white bread,
trown broad and coffee.
Supper-Vegetable hash. with an as
sortment of different breads and coffee.
1t Will be seen by the above that
while the food is not exactly first
class hotel fare. the boys feed pretty
we'll and when 1t Is considered that
there is enough for all to eat his full
there is little chance to kick at the
grub of the 1St Regiment.
The guard details, Monday was Cap
tain John w. Nash. Co d; officer of
the day; First Lieutenant James w.
Palmer, Co. G, officer of the guard;
Second Lieutenant Howard f. Perkins,
Co. + supernumerary officer Of the
guard. In addition TO these officers
there wero as men on detail, evenly
divided between the several companies.
The entire II companies of the 1st
Regiment have a distinguishing name
other that the initial letter that of the
company. X is known ~ the Kendall
Guards Co. c as the Auburn Light In
fantry; &c. T. as the Goodwill Rifles;
Co. D as the Norway Light Infantry;
Co. NJ as Cleaves Rifles; Co. / as the
Dana Guards; Co. G. Akcrly Guards;
Co. II. TillSon Light Infantry; Co. b,
Portland Cadets: Co. +, Montgomery
Guards; Co. a, Portland Light Infan-
try and Co. l. as the Sheridan Rifles
The several companies OF the 1st
Regiment are encalnped on the pin
clpal of battalion precedence and the
several companies Of each battalion
have positions i'll The camp according
TO the length of service of the cap
tains commanding. Anyone wishing to
find friends among the different COM
panies can easily do so by remember
lnS that the companies are encamped
in the following order. In the first
row OF tents is Chambers 1st Regiment
Band and followed in line Dy Cos. K.
{. E, and d Of the 1st Battalion. Cos.
NJ. /, G, H of the I'd Battalion and
Cos. 3. l.. E, and A of the Sd Bat
TALON.
The neltness that is apparent
the company streets is one Of |
the most noticeable features of the |
camp. all stray pieces Of paper, etc
that occasionally find their way about |
the grounds are Immediately spotted |
and picked UP and in this way the |
camp always presents neat, cleanly |
appearance.
No new cases were reported at the |
hospital, Yesterday. except an occa-
sional case of indigestion brought o,: !