Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-17

has been ISSUED from the office of the
adjutant general providing for the
Organization of Il hospital corps iii tht.
National Guard of the State of Maine:
STATE OF MAINE.
Adjutant Generals Office.
Augusta, March l.. 1906.
Genera. oI,Icr# M. t.
|. t"l"n"l Jane, T.. DNc,l surgeon
<, neral. is hereby authorized IA uruviln
for tn. organization of Il flu- ,,it ii
Corps to consist of tW" ictarhmrHt: to
serve with the FIRST aud Second Rcgi-
mcnts of Infantry. y. G. :. NJ. respcc-
lively, in accordance with the require
ncntS Of Section 40. Chapter 81 Of the
Public Laws oC 1903. relating to tn"
Militia, as promulgated in General
Orders No :. state Of Maine, a. G.. o.,
Augusta, March -, l9G5
II. Each detachment shall consist of
one sergeant 0irst class. three
S"rGeants. six privatcS UirSt class, and
three privatcs.
Ill. Rec ruting for this service will
j." conducted as far as practicable at
the nome stations Of medical officers
now serving in the National Guard. 50
that each surgeon and assistant
surgeon may have charge Of at least
ON" sergeant, two privateS (first class).
and one private.
IN The surgeon general will prepare
such rules ANA regulations governing
the enlistment, assignment cuuipmcnt.
instruction. and examination and an
p"lntmcnt Of non-commissiuncd OIL
GERS of the Hospital Corps. as he NAV
deem advisable. not inconsistent with
the laws of the State. and submit the
same to this office for approval
'. SerSeants thrst class will be an
pointed and warranted by the surgeon
general provided. however. that The
men now serving as hospital stewards
OF the FIRST and Second Regiments of
Infantry. respectively. will he trans
| f"rred to and shall serve az sergeants
(trst class, of the Hospital Corps dur
ing the remainder of their present
| perioi Of enlistment.
| VI Uniforms and equipment for the
Hospital Corps will be issued by III.
quartermaster general. upon rcuuisition
O: the several medical officers who will
ne held responsible for the proper care
and preserva ton Of the same.
| BY order Of the commander-in-cbior.
AUGUSTUS Il. FARNHAM.
Acknowledgement.
Major Chas. }. House clerk at the
bureau of industrial and Labor static
ties, and the statistician of the canitoI
mas peen looking up the population of
the State. and in connection herewith
has compiled the following Interesting
facts ana figures. The total poIls in
the State as returned by the town as
SCISSORS in 1900 u92, 1851. plus the number
of school children between the aces &c
four and 2l years. as returned bv town
school committees 211.0S5). Amounted
| to 403.SS0. The United States censu,
! that year gave the population of Maine
as 6si.466.
In 1905 the number of polls returned
was 20o.3'o and the number of school
children between the ages of five and 81
years. az required by the present school
law. was 201.2S4. AS the school lifa &C
| children under the old law covered -
years. while under the present Law !,
covers but is years. l-16 of the numba,.
of children returned in 1905 should he
added to put it on the same basis as ,ba
number returned in 1900 This would
show 30. 3S9 children in 1905 hetvaa,,
the ages of four and u years and :
| total. by adding the polls Of 4a3 700
| Assuming that the same ratio exis,.s