Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-05
STATE HOUSE.
National Guard Goes to
Portland, Thursday.
Seven Cos. Will Participate In
Baths Celebration.
Contract for Machiasport Bridge
May Be Let, Tuesday.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Coun-
ciL Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 10 A. M.

OF general OrQerS NO. l., lSSueu IIoi.l
district headquarters at Fort Williams
in which is included the general i'll
structions governing the Joint army
and militia coast defense exercises to
be held Aug. s to Aug. II, inclusive
The different organizations of the Ma
tional Guard which have been designat-
cd to participate as artillery reserves
are by the order assigned to batteries
as follows:
Fort WiIliams-Co. H, I'd Infantry
Waterville, to Battery Blair. Co. L, I'd
Infantry, Houlton, to Batteries Eras-
mus keyes and Garesche.
Fort Preble-Co. c, I'd Infantry, Bath,
to Battery Kearny, pit L. Co. X, I'd
/ Infantry, Pennington, to Battery kear-
ny, pit y.
Fort McKinlcy-Co. a, 1st Infantry
Portland, to Battery Ingalls,, pit B. Co.
E, LIST Infantry, Portland, to Battery
Ingalls,, pit A. Co. l, LIST Infantry. Lew
iston, to Batteries Carpenter and Ram
say. Co. NJ, LIST Infantry, to Batteries
Ackcr and Fairy.
Fort Levctt-Co. X, 1st Infantry,
Brunswick. to Battery Bowdoin.
| The other companies. of the two resi-
ments are assigned to duty as artillery
supports. as prescribed in general or
| dcrS M. IL, from the office of the adju-
t11t general of the State of Maine
| Included in the order is the complete
program for the ten days, for the artil-
lery defense. infantry defense, the at
| lacking force, fleet and the scheme for
the simulated naval attacks, together
| Wi he u
war exercises.
| With reference to the Office of the
adiutant general everything is in read
mess for the coming maneuvers at
Portland. The tents and supplies will
be shipped from Augusta to Portland
commencing this morning, and il is cX-
pected that there will be about four
| carloads.
4 The movement Of troops will COM
mence Wednesday morning when seven
companies of the Guard will leave their
home stations for Bath, where they will
participants in the exercises to be given
that day. in connection with the ter
centennial of American sllipbuildiLg.
| The companies which will participate
are Co. Hsof the LIST Infantry and COM
panics A.tC, ID. f, II, X and NJ of the
Sd Irfantry.These companies will leave
| Bath for cortland on a special train
at $50 the following morning. on which
| day the other troops of the two rcgi-
| mcnts will also go to Portland. 1t is
| expected that about 1900 men of the
Guard will participate. in the maneu-
vCrS.
Paul d. Sargent, State commissioner
of highways, will go to Machias today
for the purpose Of meeting the trustees
who are to build the MachiaSpOrt
bridge. This board was incorporated
under an act Of the last Legislature I'M
der the name of the trustees of the
Machasport bridge and is composed nj
citizens of Machiasport and East Ma
chias. The purpose of the board is to
build u bridge between the two towns.
Tha trustees were authorized and en-
powered 20 erect and maintain a bridge
over the west branch of the MachiaS
river from Il point near the dwelling
house of Melvin Morse in Machiasport,
to "a point on the east side of the river,
near the Washington County Railway
station the bridge to be built of suit
able material and not less than Is feet
in width. ard in all respects to he made
safe for the passage of travellers.
The act also provides that the bridge
shall be constructed with suitable
draw or hoist to allow OF the passage
of vessels through the same, and also
so that open boats without masts.
launches and RATS of lumber may pass
under the, same. The trustees are also
required to sink and maintain all nee
essary buoys and mornings above and
below the bridge, to facilitate the pas
sage of vessels bound up and down
river through the draw of the bridge.
The members of the board of trustees
are Irvjng NJ. Bangs, George A. Welch'
b. F. Small, J. w. Gates, F. IL. San
born, S. n. Tobey and S. l.. Bulson Oh
Machiasport, and c. Hollis White, Hem
nv M. Gardner, Carl G.. Wiswell, James
A Foster, j. Arson Wiswel, w. f.
Pope and c. B. ODER of East Machias.
The act was accompanied by re-
solve appropriating the sum oil Ssooo'
+, aid in the construction of the bridge,
the same to be expended under the dl-
rectior of the trustees of the bridge OF
nv some person appointed by the Gov
ernor and Council. Mr.. Sargent stated
in connection with the matter that the
contract for the construction of the
bridge would probably be let at the
Tuesday meeting.
Among those who have been men,
toned as possible successors 10 the iate
Gen. John Marshall Brown of Portland
as a member of the board OF managers
of the National Home, d. V. S. and
local manager of the Eastern branch
at Togus. is Gen. Augustus IL. Farm
ham of Bangor, adjutant general on the
staff of Governor Cobb. While the gem
eral would not enter into contest 1or
the position with another candidate, IL
is understood that should the honor OF
a membership on the above board be
rendered him he would accept IL. Gen.
Farnham is a veteran of the civil war.
a good soldier and able officer. ana
withal a clean man. He is popular in
Grand Army circles in Maine and mas