Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-24
Governor and Council Held
Meeting Friday.
Session a Short One, and Bus
mess Wholly Routine
Portland and Brunswick Street Ry. Wants
10 Connect with Portland R. R.
STATEHoUSE CALENDAR,
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, April "a, at 10 A. M.

Inc regular monthly meeting OF the
Governor and Council was held in the
council chamber Friday forenoon, COM
ncncng at 10 o'clock. All of the MEM
bers of the Council were present, and
the business of the meeting was en-
tirely of Il routine nature. Among
other matters which came up was the
confirmation of the list of appoint
ments made by Governor Cobb last
week. among the more important in the
list being that of Ernest W. Emery of
Augusta as State Librarian, Albert G..
Andrews as judge of the municipal
court of the city of Augusta, A. W.
Stone as judge of the municipal
court of the town of Dexter, and Ora
W. Knight of Bangor as State assay
cr. The meeting was adjourned a.
about 1915, after the Date of the next
aeeting had been assigned for Tues
day. April "a, at 10 A. NJ. Governor
Cobb left on the noon train for Bangor
Announcement WAS made at the Of
fee Of the board of railroad commits
siOnsrs Friday, of the receipt Of a pc
tition from the Portland e. BrunS-
wick Street Railway. asking the APP
Il proposed extension of the road from
its present terminus in Yarmouth to
cCnncct with the Portland railroad.
The petition represents that the said
company is now maintaining and oper
.ating a railway for public use in the
trinSpoi tation of persons and property
from Brunswick to Yarmouth. in the
county of Cumberland, State of Maine;
that 1t Is dcsrous of extending. con-
structinS, maintaining and operating
its road, from the present terminus of
the line in said Yarmouth, on Spring
street. TO Il point on Main street, and
that its location on streets. roads and
Ways. described in the petition, has
been approved by the municipal officers
of the town of Yarmouth. The propos-
ed extension Of the road is about three
fun tbs of I, mile in length.
Under Il recent order which was is
sued from the office of the adjutant
general authorizing the organization
Of a hospital corps to serve in COnnec-
ton with the two regiments of the Ma
tiOnal Guard. and placing the matter
i'm the hands Of Col. James +. O'Ncill
Of Portland, surgeon general on the
staff Of Governor Cobb. il is expected
that the work Of organizing the corps
i'll -oOH b. commenced. in order that
The necessary men may hc secured
as soon as 20 ;Siblc in order that th"y
may BE- well drilled ana efficient by
tho time that he Glibr,. goes in" camp
the coming summer Each regiment
will have u detachment of the corps.
which will be- in charge of the surgeon
Gnd assistant surgeon, and will consist
of one sergeant Of the first class. three
81 rgcants. six privdteS of the first
class, and three priVatcs. Ii is in
Il n:led tha5 the recruiting for this ser
vice will be conducted as far as prac-
tic able at the home stations Of the
medical officers now serving in the
Guard, III order that each surgeon and
assistant surgeon may have charge Of
at least one sergeant. two privatcs of
The first class. AMI one private. The
uniforms to bc ISSUED to the members
Of the corps will be the same as that
of the otncr organizations of the Guar'!
with the exception that the facings.
ch, vrons. etc. will be- of green. While
The corps will take the place Of the
ambulance corps which was recently
disbandcd. IL will not like the older
or rganizations, have quarters by itself
on the field. and while the members Of
e., ch detachment will be quartcred to-
gcthcr. but in the line of their rcspec-
tive regiments.