Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-26
STATE HOUSE.
Lieut. Harold {. Mari,
Co. K, I'd. Inf,
Accepted as Candidate For
Place In Regular Army.
Col. Dill Resigns as President Of
National Guard Asso'n.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, April 2, at 10 A. N.


Announcement was made Wednesday
at the office of the adjutant central
OF the receipt of a letter by Governor
Cobb from Adjutant General F. C.
Ains,gorth of Washington, D. c., stat
ing that Second Lieut.. Harold +. Mari
OF Co K, I'd Infantry, n. q. 5. NJ, who
had been recommended by the Govern
or as a suitable person to compete with
others for the position of second lieu
tenant in the United States army. had
been accepted as a candidate for the
position, and that Lieut.. Mari was
authorized to report in person to the
examining board at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, July /, 1908, for the competitive
as follows:
War Department.
The Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington.
March 90, 1903.
1.-THE Governor of Maine,
Augusta, Maine.
Sir:
The secretary of war desires me to
acknoU lodged the receipt of letter OF
the 10th instant, from the adjutant
general of Maine, inclOsing the recon-
mendations Of I'd Lieutenant Harold
F. Mari. Company K, I'd Infantry, Ma
tional Guard of Maine, for appoint
ment as second lieutenant in the army.
and to inform you that Lieutenant
MARI has been advised that he is au-
thoriZed to report in person to the ex-
aiming board at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, July /, 1908, for the required
competitive examination,
Very respectfully,
F. c. Ainsworth,
The Adjutant General.
II will be remembered that Lieut.
Marr's recommendation by Governor
Cobb was announced March 2. in re-
sponse to a communication addressed
to the Governor by Robert Shaw Oliver
assistant secretary of war, under dat'
of Jan. of the current year, which
stated that in view of the present ant
prospective vacancies in the grade o
second lieutenant in the regular arm!
over and above those required by law
for the graduates OF the United State
Military Academy, and the enlisted
men of the regular army. he was au
1horized by the President to state tina
he would be pleased to name for com
petition in July next candloate T.
be named by the Governor from among
members of the organized militia
Maine.
The communication was accompa
MED by a general order from the wa
department giving in detail the re
uuirements of the examination and a.
information needed by the candidate
in advance to enable them to prepar
themselves. The examination is
strict one, but Lieut. MarrS friend
are. confident that he will pass it wit
hOnors.
At q meeting of the executive com
mittee of the National Guard Associa
ton of the State of Maine. held at TN
West End hotel in Portland Tuesda
evening. for the purpose OF discusSin
the proposed amendments to the militl
laws OF the State, Col Elliott c. Dl
rendered his resignation as preslder
of the association, his letter to tn
secretary being as follows:
Portland. March "a. 1908
Capt Walter ]. Mayo. Secretary Ma
tional Guard Association OF IN
State of Maine. Foxcroft. Me
Dear Sir-Believing that the asso
citation should have at its head som
officer who can give it large -snai
of his attention, and finding that m
time Is so limited that such attentio
is impossible on my part. feel II m
duty to tender herewith my resignauo
as president.
regret the necessity which dictate
this course but believe there IS "lu
field of activity for the assoclat"
which cannot be fully cultivated unies
those in executive positions are ap'
to give the requisite time.
In severng my official relations VIII
the association, L bespeak every sue
cess for it's endeayor to advance III
interests Of the National Guard OF III
State of Maine. and through you WIS
to assure the executive committee tha
will do all in my power to be Oh SCI
vice at any time.
Very respectfully yours.
ELLIOTT C. DILL.
One squad Of the field force engage