Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-08
STATE HOUSE.
National Guard Will Attend
Maneuvers at Portland.
Dates Decided Upon Are Aug.
8 TO II, Inclusive.
Both Of the Regiments Will Attend
at the Same Time.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council,
Tuesday, April 16, at 10 A. M.

The question as To whether or not
The annual encampment Of the First
ana Second Regiments Of the National
Guard of the State Of Maine would hr
neld at Camp Cobb in this city during
the coming summer has been definite
ly settled and in the negative, conse-
puently the high plateau to the west =
ward Of the city which the State uses
for the annual tour of duty Of It's eli j.
zen SOldiery will not this year be the
scene OF military activity, ANA Will re-
main undiSturbcd save when il is in
vadcd by the haymakers.
As has been anticipated for some
time PAST the troops WILL instead a.,
coming 10 Augusta. be ordered Ia
Portland. for Il ten-lays tour Of duty
IN the Notifications 81 Portland h;tr-
Dor. acting in conjunction with the
troops of the regular army which con
sttutes the different earraons. This
decision comes as the result of III"
visit last week of Adju,nnt Grncr II
Farnham To Portland, ON which nc,';i.l-
iOn he was in consultation with Cob
Morris Of the regular army. now r0it-
manding tn. Portland artillery district.
ANA also on account of General Farm
hams visit to th'.-rWar department Il;
Washington. ID. C., on the occasion of
his recent trip To South Carolina, where
he went 10 attend the annual meeting
Of the Interstate National Guard Az
SOCiatiOn.
When the matter Of having the army
nHneuvers take place at Portland was
first taken up to the government II
vas suggested that the two regiments
Of bp 10 no OF nf
which would cover the first two weeks
in July commencing on tho first day
of ;he month, but this would have been
very inConvcnicnt as many of the
members of the Guard would have been
unable 10 get AWAY ut that time. be-
cause of the haying season as well 21
for other reasons. and when on The nr-
casion Of General Falnham'S visit Il,
The war department The matter ~
dates was brought up that officer was
given authority TO arrange SatiSta"-
tory dates with Col. Morris.
Accordingly at the consultation o:
the two officers last week it was de-
cidcd that the In"nCuVerS should be
held in August the dates being from
Thursday, Aug. 10 Saturday, Aug. L.,
inclusive Both regiments will pArti-
that the Ships company of the Nayal
Reserve take part in the maneuvcrs if
II suitable vessel be provided for them
by the Navy department. The two re-
gimcn's will he recruited up to II"
minimum strength if possible" ANA il
IS expected that tho number Of men
which will report for duty VIII be about
1900
Tho members of the Guard will be
distributed among the different fort i
tications in the harhnr. Fort Mckinley,
Fort Lyon, Fort Prcbic, Fo,1 Williams
ana Fort Lcvctt. ana while tho plans
are not all formulated PRINCIPAL OBJ
itrt of the mancuvcrS is that the
Guard may 10y its tour Of duty in con-
junction with tn" troops of thc regular
army he so trained that il will become
familiar with The details Of duty NJ
the fortifi, atoms and thus be anlc "a
Supnlencat the regulars in case ot
WAY.
II * expected that the manCuvcra
as carried out this summer VIII u" oi
vast hcrcnt to the members of the
Guard. ~ j. will give to them il large
DronOition If tie experience which
comes with actual warfare BY work
| ing side by sid" with the regulars IN
the handling of the guns and attending
to IN" Other details of garrison dut y
they " i'll Inc enabled to learn m,L'il
more quickly than by any other me
thod. ana in th. ten days Of service III
| tile forts should acquire an Hmnrnt 81
| experience that should hc of great
value To them. II is thought that IN"
plan IS an" that viii meet with general
favor in the Guard.