Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-11

taken up at Camp Fernald
IL Tuesday forenoon instead of
outpost work, as it was thought
by Col. Newcomb, the Commanding
Officer of the Second Regiment, and
capt. F. d. Hutton, the military in
structor detailed by the war depart
m"nt, that this would be of great value
to the officers and men of the. COM
naEies when they went back to their
armories. The Majors in command of
the three battalons gave the captains
Of each company a chance for short
time to command battalion, in which
position all acquitted themselves very
creditably. The event of the afternoon
was the shoot between teams from the
| Regulars and the National Guard AS
no Officers schools were held nearly
all of the officers and men repaired to
the State range to witness the shoot
| Adiutant General Dill, Gen Morarty.
Col. kaVanaugh, Col. Dooley and Capt
| Hutton We're guests at dinner of Capt.
| Prescott of the Regulars, the occasion
being of farewell nature as Capt.
| Prescott and the detachment Of Reg
ulars will be the first to leave the field
Capt. Prescott's orders are to return
to the barracks at Plattsburg. n. "
upon the completion of his duty here
Accordingly the Regulars will be in
| marching order at 80 this morning
for the journey back to barracks. The
heavy tents We're being prepared Mon
day for shipment back to Plattsburg
| Capt Prescott was busy Tuesday
forenoon mapping out his route for the
return march and fixing the dates at
which he would arrive at various places
| along the route. His dates of encamp-
ment will be as follows: Tacoma
Lakes Aug. II: Lewiston, Aug. y: Po-
land Springs, Aug. IS. IA; Naples, Aug
Is; Fryeburg. Aug. 10; Intervale, n. H.,
Aug. Il; Bems, n. H.. Aug. is; Bret
/ ton Woods, n. r., Aug. 10, 20: Bethle
hem, \. H.. Aug. q; Upper Waterford
\. H.. Aug. %: st. Johnsbury VT, Aug.
%. "a South Danvillc. Vt, Aug. 25;
Montpelier. VT. Aug. 90; Woodbury.
VT. Aug. 81: Richmond. VT, Aug. %;
Burlington. VT, Aug 90. Boat will be.
taken at Burlington, VT, across Lake
Champlan to Plattsburg, n. Y. Camps
will be made at practically the same
places as on the trip to Augusta, the
only exception being the making of a
camp at South Danvile. The distance
from Burlington. VT, to Augusta is
1885 miles, making the entire "hile"
$40 miles.
| The Augusta trip is not all the "hik-
| ing in which Companies x and l. of
the regulars have to participate. The
monthly hike of three days in which
the entire regiment at Plattsburg is
obliged to participate will take place
early in September, and in October the
entire regiment is ordered to partici-
pate in a practice march from Platts-
burg n. V, to Albany, NJ Y, and re-
turn, a distance of 400 miles in all.
| Capt. Prescott expressed himself Tu-
esday in words of the highest praise
in regard to the treatment which the
officers and men of the regulars had
received in Maine. We have been
most cordially received everywhere that
we have stopped on our march. l am
particularly pleased with the royal wei
come accorded us at Camp Fernald
The relations between the regulars and
militia have been most friendly. Since
the Spanish War; regulars and militia
iIlpIl lidNt tdCIi Cpillt' ~ uIlCtl SldIiu tHc
need of the other more fully, but it is
seldom that relations between the two
are as harmonious and pleasant as
they have been at Camp Fernald.'
Capt. Prescott in speaking of the
health of the two companies during the
stay at Camp Fernald said: Not an
officer or man of the detachment has
been obliged to call at the hospital for
single dose of medicine during the
10 days. neither has a horse or mule
been off feed for the entire time"
AS has already been stated the men
Of the Second Regiment, n. e. S. NJ.
were mustered for their pay Sunday
in connection with the inspection OF
Camp Fernald by Capt. Hutton and
Inspector General Morlarty. The new
military law passed at the last session
of the Legislature and which became
operative July 3, under the provisions
of the initiative and referendum, pro-
vides that each officer and enlisted
man ordered for duty by the Com
mander- in chief, or under his authority
shall receive for each day actually on
duty the following pay: Brigadier
general. Sc; colonel, IS; lieutenant col
onel, $3.50; major, "a; captain, $3.50;
first lieutenant, So; second lieutenant
$3.50: first class sergeant hospital corps
regimental sergeant major, quarter
master sergeant. commissary sergeant
and first sergeant, 81; battalion SER
geant ma jor, 81. go; color sergeant, Use
company quartermaster sergeant, ser.
geant cook, s!.75; corporal, $3.50; first
class private. hospital corps, $1.40
private. hospital corps. s1.30; private
81 5; members OF the band, SO.
Col Everard E. Newcomb of East
port, commanding officer of the Sec