Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-05
Capt. Mitchell Inspecls States Military
Property at Augusta.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Feb. %, at 10 A. N.

| OoehANo AVA ia OAACkioilp SOUlillSSlOU OI
commission in the National Guard of
this State, is hereby published for the
information and guidance of all con-
cerned.
The candidate, if not member Of the
National Guard, shall furnish the GER
tificate of a reputable physician or sur
geon that he is physically qualified for
military service. The certificate of a
medical officer of the Guard will be fur
nished when practicable.
The candidate shall be required to
state on honor, his citizenship. wheth-
er he has ever been convicted of an i'll
famous crime, whether he has ever
failed TO pass q previous board and il
50, when and for what position he was
candidate, whether ne has ever been
dishonorably discharged or dismissed
from the service of the United States
whether he knows of any business or
other reason that will prevent his regu-
lar attendance and faithful perform
ance of the duties of the office for
which he is candidate. Evidence as to
moral character as to the subjects
mentioned above or AZ to the candi-
dates previous record in the service
may be called for by the board. Such
evidence shall be under oath when
practicable.
Boards are authorized to ask ques-
tions deemed necessary during the pro-
gress of the oral, written or practical
examination.
All examining boards will, upon as
SemhlinS for an examination. draw by
lot from 50 numbers for the various
grades as follows:
For a I'd lieutenant, S numbers.
For Il 1st lieutenant. 10 numbers.
For a captain. II numbers.
For a major. Is numbers.
For a lieutenant colonel. IS numbers
For Il colonel. 20 numbers.
The order also includes five lists of
questions relative to the militia law
and regulations. small arms, firing reg
ulations, infantry drill regulations
guard duty and advance and real
| quar- and outpost duty. each list COM
| prisinG 30 questions numbered l to g
! inclusive. The numbers drawn shall
represent the questions in each list tina!
| the candidates shall be required to an.
| swer in writing. IL more than one can
| didate is to be examined, a separate
| drawing shall be made for each. Addi
tional copies of this order may be OBJ
tained upon application to the adjutan'
| general.
Candidates for commission as regi-
mental staff officers will be examined
in the special duties Of their 8cvera
| departments If from civil life with tn
| exception of candidates for surgeon
| and chaplain. They will also be exon
incd i'm their knowledge of the Englisl
| language and their ability to read an(
! write 1t correctly. in geography Of the
| United States and Canada, in arthme
tic and i'm the history of the United
| States. They will not be examined j,
| purely military subjects.
| In the annual report of Hon. w. w
StctsOn. State superintendent Of tn
public schools, there is among the larSt
amount of interesting matter contained
| therein, the following criticism of th'
| methods followed by many in the care
food and dress of children in school. Ii
speaking upon the subjects mentioned
the report says:
Our great misfeasance in the care o
children is found in the kind of food w
1
to his best estate physically, moral!
or intellectually who is allowed to drinl
tea or coffee. or eat any considerable
| quantity of confectionery and pastry o
| partake of highly seasoned foods. TIL
number of children who do all thes'
things is so large as to seem incredi
BILE.
This is the age that will be charged
! with producing the victims of patcn
medicines. Scientific research has mad
| it clear that many of these connections
| are highly injurious. People holding re
| spectacle positions have been adjudge'
victims of alcoholism because of thu
use they have made of these com
pounds. In this great army recruite'
from the ranks of the children VIII
| drink tea and coffee, eat cOnfectiOner.
and pastry and live exciting and dc
moralizing lives?
People need no longer wonder tina
the use of tobacco and stimulants is in
creasing so long as they foster TIL
| conditions which must inevitably brin,
these results.
What right have we to expect chill
whose breakfast consists of cOife
strong enough to make veteran wine
and fat-laden doughnuts. TO do hi
work in school or grow into a worth
citizeno Upon the home rests the re
sponsibility of making needed change
in these particulars.
Many children are injured by bcinl
clothed in apparel which develops van
! ity in the wearer and envy in his com
na,,jon. These children are also harrle
by the social functions in which the
are permitted to participate fand a
which they make exhibitions of them
selves as inartistic as they are harmful
when we recall the surrounding
.h.+ mar and the influences that max
some of the children. should we he sur
nr;sed that they are slow in learning
Tho wisdom of the Carlylian philoso
nhvo This wise Scotchman has told u
that the fraction OF ire can be in
creased in value not SO much by in