Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-23
STATE HOUSE.
Coming Encampment Of
the National Guard.
Project Of Trip to P|attsburg
Barracks Is Still Uncertain.
]. A. Norton Of Augusta Will Build
State Rifle Range.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, May "a, at 10 A. M.

, The question regarding the tour of
| duty of III. Maine National Guard for
| the coming summer, whether the tWo
! regiments will as usual go into camp
! on the hill overlooking the city and
/ known rs Camp Cobb, or whether one
! or both or Il portion of one or the other
| will 10 sent to Plattsburg Barracks, y.
Y. for Il season Of work with the men
Of the United States army, is still L
matter Of con lecture III the minds of all
at the office Of the ;tdjutant general,
among the officers Of the field and
stan and in the rank and file of the
| men Of the different companies which
| conn use TIE regiments, and moreover
with those higher military authorities
who have in hand the planning of the
movement. In fact. the plan may still
be SAID to be very much i'll the embryo
! state as regards what viii or Will not
/ De done in the way Of giving the or
e;nized militia Of the different states
the opportunity for deriving the bene-
hts which would doubtless accrue from
a tOur of ,iuty III company with Inc
troops Of The regular army.
Tie suggestion has been made IN the
letter which was recently addressed to
from the war department at Washing
ton. but little further progress has YET
been made III the matter. and the
question which is now III process OF
solution is that Of the cost of carrying
out the plan. The Appropriation when
has been asked for by the war depart
mcnt for the purpose is $i0o.OO0. ana
Names share in the allotment of TINS
amount would be about $1,000. which IS
however small If amy considerable
number Of men are to be sent TO me
point designated. 1t has not been stat
| ed by the war department whether Il
regiment or both regiments are TO DE
| required, and all That is known at Inc
| adJutint generals office is that blanks
| have been received asking the cost OF
! transportation, subsistence and pay,
| AMI these will be filled out and for
| varied.
| The iica of the department is to es-
| tablish the camp at plattSburS from
| August to September 80, and that the
| states send their troops there for IN
| strrctinn for such periods Us they deem
| advisable. 1t is admitted that the m
structiun received would be valuable TO
| The men but it has also been demon
| Str,tcd that the weeks tour of duty
| which the. men of the two regiments
| get at Camp cobb is likewise OF value.
| ana while the time in camp IS snort
/ they Ic.;in work on entering camp ana
| the work done during the week Is very
| thorough. General Fdrnh;n said yes
| tcr,lay that the work done in camp last
! year was highly satisfactory. and that
| il was one of the best cncampm"nts
| that the Guard had ever had. They
| we're fortunate in having so efficient an
| instructor as was secured IN capt.
! Evan Johnson of the regular army. ana
The progress made by each regiment
during the week that it was in camp
| was marked.
| II will be some time before 1t Will be
| known whether the boys viii go 10
| plntts;burt: or whether they Will go into
camp in August on the hill. but there
| seems to be- Il feeling on tn" part OF
some of the II ilitary authorities that
the chances are as good for the on
,ampment being held in Augusta as
usual as they are that the troops Will
| be- sent to New York.