Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-13
STATE HOUSE.
Plans for Encampnent Of
National Guard.
Route for First Infantry to Be
Looked Over To-day.
Regiment will Mobilize at Bowdoinham, and
March From There 10 Augusta.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council
Friday, June %, at 10 A. M.

The preliminary arrangements for
the coming encampment of the Nation
al Guard at Camp Cobb in this city in
August, the plans for which will be
somewhat different in detail from
those which have been followed in pre-
viOuS cncampmentS on the hill to the
westward of the city, and which will
include for each regiment march
from some point of rendezvous to the
campground in this city. the place Sc
lccted for the mobilizing of the LIST In
fantry being Bowdoinham and for the
md Infantry. Watervillc, have been
completed to that extent that Il party
of the military authorities of the
State, which will include Adjutant
General Farnham. Brig. Inspector
General Charles f.. Davis. Col. LuciuS
H. Kendall of the list Infantry and
Captain f. h. Harris, quartermas-
ter of the LIST Infantry. will go to
Bowdoinham today for the purpose of
looking over the ground with "a view
to establishing a site for the camp.
and also to select a route of march
and camping places between that
town. and Augusta.
According to the plans AS they now
exist. the regiment will arrive at
F'owdoinham at about noon, and after
leaving that place will proceed to
Richmond, a distance of between eight
and nine miles, where il will go into
camp for the night. The march of
the following day will take the reSi-
mcnt to Gardiner, which is about 10
miles from Richmond. and at that
point the second night will be passed.
and the remaining seven miles will be
made on the following morning.
1t is probable that the route of
march from Richmond to Gardiner will
follow the railroad. which is the more
direct route. but the route from Bow
doinham to Richmond is yet to be de-
cided. There are several roads lead
ing from one town to tho other, hut
none of them follow the railroad very
closely. Judging from tho maps made
by the last Typographical survey the
majority of the roads between the
two towns are we'll supplied by hills.
bu. there is a road which leads from
BOWdoinham village out to AgabadaS-
set Point and then up along the river
which is more level. although it may
he longer. All of these matters will
he taken NJ by the party and conSid-
cred before Il decision is rendered
II is thought THAT thr men CompoS-
ing the two regiments will be in
hearty accord with III" plan 10 b. fol-
lowed out at the coming cnctnrm"nt.
as he march will give them Il good
taste of work in the field. and will
also he of much benefit to them from
a military standpoint. The attend :
Hncc at the cncampmrnt this year will
no doubt b" larger than it was in 1905.
Al the last inspection of the different
organizations Of the guard both by the
inspector general and the United
States officer. detailed for that pur-
pose. the condition of the companies
were found to be good. there was a
healthy degree of interest in the work
manifested by the members as A whole
their equipments and arms were well
cared for. and the general standing of
both regiments was excellent. A
number of changes have taken place
in the company officers. but they have
been succeeded in command by good
men. and there is a feeling on the part
of many that the cucampmcnt Of the
summer of 1905 will be equal. if not
| better. than many others which have
preceded il.