Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-04
Second Lieut.. Harold {.
Mari Of Pennington
Recommended; for Second Lieu
tenancy In 0. S. Army.
Assistant Dairy Instructor . Thomp.
SON Gets Government Position.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, April 2, at 10 A. NJ.

Thursday, April 2, at 10 A. M.
Announcement was made yesterday
at the office of the adjutant general
of the recommendation by Governor
Cobb on Monday, March 2. of Harolds
E. MARI. second lieutenant of Co. X. I'd
Infantry, \. G. S. NJ, of Pennington.
as a suitable person to compete with
others July next, for the position of
second lieutenant in the United States
army.
The recommendation was solicited in
n communication addressed to Cover
nor Cobb by Robert Shaw Oliver, as
sistant secretary of war, under date
% Jan. Z, 1908, and which was embed
led in a circular issued from the office
of the adjutant general two days later
The text of the communication was
as follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, January Z, 1893
Sir:
In view of the present and prOSpec-
tive vacancies in the grade of "a Lieu
tenant in the Army over and above
those required by law for the graduates
Of the United States Military Academy
and the enlisted men of the Regular
Army, am authorized by the Presi-
dent to inform you that he will he
pleased to name for competition in
July next a candidate to be named by
you from among members Of the or
ganized militia of Maine.
This candidate will be authorized to
compete with other civilian candidates
for a limited number of vacancies I'M
der regulations prescribed by the War
Department in General Orders inclosed
herewith. This order gives in detail
the requirments of the examination
and all information needed by the
candidates in advance to enable them
to prepare themselves. The following
fundamental rules of eligibility are
laid down by the Department in con-
formity with existing regulations. and
in order to secure uniformity among
candidates who shall be named by the
various governors in response to this
invitation.
The candidate must be unmarried;
must not he less than 81 years Of age
or more than 81; must be a citizen of
The United States; must be physically
qualified to discharge all the duties of
an officer in active service; must be
free from mental or bodily deformity
and Of good moral character and hab-
its; must have been a member of the
organized militia Of your State con-
tinuOusly for not less than two years
prior to being named by you. and must
have the favorable recommendations OF
the commanding officer of his immedi-
ate organization and of the reSimental
and brigade commanders when the
same exist and are his direct superiors.
The candidate, whether officer or en-
listed man, may be of any grade.
Early action is urged to the end
that the candidate named may have a.
much time as possible for preparation
Very respectfully.
ROBERT SHAW OLIVER,
Assistant Secretary of War
To the Governor of Maine. Augusta
Maine"
Lieut.. Mari has served in the Nation
al Guard of the State of Maine since
June. 1900 From that time until June
1906, he served as private and sergeant
of Co. x. I'd Infantry, and since the
latter date as second lieutenant of thu
same company. which position he now
holds. He is a native OF the tow
Of Clinton. Penobscot county. hav-
ing been born there December 10
1888. and graduated with high
honors from Bowdoin College in the
class of 1905. At the present time he
is attending the Harvard Law School
lie Is young man of excellent charac-
ter and is in every way qualified to
present himself for examination.
The many friends of S. c. Thomp-
son of Winterport, former dairy in
structor in the employ of the de-
partment of agriculture, and al
present assistant to Leon G. Merrill
Of Scion. the present dairy instructor
will be interested to learn that he has
received from the United States de-
partment OF agriculture at Washing
ton, D. c., an appointment to the posi-
ton of assistant dairyman. and viii
leave for that city the first of April
Mr.. Thompson's new duties will in
clude the work of creamery and
market inspection, and while his
territory in the former work viii
probably include the New England
States. New York and Pennsylvania
that of the market inspection will pro-
baby include the cities of Boston
New York and Philadelphia. He Is
well qualified for the work, having