Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-10
State Muster Of 1908 Now
Thing Of the Past.
Great Good Accomplished For
All at This Encampment.
Meeting Of National Guard Associ.
alton In This City.

Breaking camp at the Muster field
Saturday was accomplished with the
usual ceremonies and horse play. Sew
eral companies gave their ''rooileS" the
First and Second degrees, and even the
candidates appeared to enjoy it.
The Sd Battalion of the ID Infantry
was paradcd shortly after mess, In
command of Lieut.. W ). Alexander,
battalion aGjutant, and calls We're made
at the headquarters of the battalion
commander, Major George Mel Pres
son: the ether majors OF the I'd In
tantry, Col. NeWcomb, the camp COM
nlander, Capt. AnSell, the retiring nIil-
itary instructor, and Col. Collins OF the
list Infantry. Each officer was gwen Il
rousing cheer and then called upon for
Il speech. When he had responded he
WAS given hearty hand.
The short address which Capt. An
sell made to the men WAS extremely
Wei received. He said that when man
donS the uniform of the National Guard
he lays aside citizenship and becomes
IL soldier He said that there is 10
such thing as Il man being MALT clti-
zen and half soldier. He mast DC either
the one OF the other.
1t il Impossible for Il man to be both
III the same time said Capt. Ansell.
1T cannot bc done He must ~ ready
when he puts on his uniform 10 per-
form freely full military duty with all
its attendant hardships. | believe that
service such as you men have rendered
ut this camp makes better men. be-
licvc ii makes better citizens.
@ncakiug as Il regular officer, ! have
reason to feel proud, not of what L may
have done, but of what you men arc,
the equal of the soldiers of any other
country, and | believe that this is the
highest praise that | could give YOU"
Officers parade was next in order.
Tie officers Of the 1st Infantry, headed
by their land, marched around the
camp and finally reached the hcadquar-
tcrs of the I'd Infantry, whose officer"
were drawn up il line to receive them.
Next the ID Infantry officers paraded
with their band, and called at the
of the LIST Infantry to re-
pay the compliment extended to them
Il short time before. Then the officers OF
both regiments fell into a line of twos,
Il LIST Regiment officer marching with
Il I'd Regiment officer. and proceeded
to general headquarters, where they
We're welcomed in Il short address by
Adjutant General Augustus Il. Farm
ham, Led by Capt. Nash cheers were
given for General Farnham and for the
National Guard of the State of Maine,
The lines then returned to regimental
Headquarters.
After these exercises We're concluded
the officers and men lined up in front
of LIST Regiment headquarters and
watched an exhibition Of rope swing
ing and trick riding by Il cowboy,
"Bobby" owens, said to have formerly
been connected with Buffalo Bilfs Villa
West and paWnce Bills show The en-
hbition was Il good one, and collcc-
ton was taken up for the performer.
The first companies to depart were
those whose home stations are farthest
| Of Eastport and co. l. OF
Houton, both of the LIST Battalion of
the 2d Infantry. They left on the
train at 905.
At / F. NJ. the Lewiston companies
and those from Pennington and Liver
more Falls, left by way Of Winthrop
on the cicctrcs.
Tho Bangor, Dover. SlioWhcSan and
Watcrville companies left on special
train at > o'clock while the 1St and ID
RattalonS Of the 1st Infantry, COM
respectively by Major Wclch
and Major John Bird, left by special
train west bound. at 50 +. NJ.
This latter contingent was accom-
panied w q band, and therefore march
Cd from the Muster field to the rail
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