Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-09
THE SECOND Regiment
UNDERCOES INSPECTION,
Shows Up Well Under Combined Examination Of
Army and Guard Inspecting Officers Religious
Services Conducted by Cha plain CoChrane.

II INSPECTION was the in4portan
event of Sunday at Camp Fernald
The regular army and Nationa
Guard inspections were held at thu
same time, Inspector General James
l.. Moriarty of the Governors staff be-
| ing accompanied on the inspection by
Capt Franklin u. Hutton, the United
States army officer detailed as military
Instructor during the encampment.
| The inspection was a most thorough
one, starting in at about O'Clock in
the forenoon and continuing until noon
Col. Albert j. Stearns of Norway, judge
advocate general, accompanied the in
specting officers and attended to the
mastering of the officers and men.
Every detail of camp life was includ-
ed in the examination and complete
inspection was made of the tents, quar-
ters, arms, equipment. hospital corps
and commissary department as well as
the inspection of the officers and men
themselves. The inspection of officers
and men was held by companies in the
company streets, Col. Everard E. New
comb of PASSPORT, the commanding of
ticer of the I'd Regiment, and Lieut.. Col.
Frank NJ Hume of HoultOn assisting
the inspecting officers in this part OF
the work.
'"The officers and men passed the in
spection WELL" said Capt. Hutton of the
regular army to a Journal reporter a
fuW minutes afte' the Inspection was
over. "Everythin5 looked good an ut
the encampment," was the laconic
manner in which the general result OF
the inspection was expressed by that
very busy officer, Inspector General
Moriarty, who is spoken of by re-
tired officer, who was a visitor at camp
Sunday, as the best inspector general
the lsuard has had in years.
One noticeable fact in regard to this
encampment is the caliber of the otii-
GERS in command. They are for the IN 'st
part men Of standing socially III the
communities from which they come and
inclnded among them arr postmasters.
doctors and lawyers. The tone of the
enlisted men, too, is excellent and fur
nishes evidence that the work of the
National Guard is attracting each year
more clean, bright young men from
good families.
Another important event of Sunday
was the general religious service, which
was conducted at go p. M. III front
Of genrral headquarters by th2 req
mental chaplain, Rev J. r.. Cochrane OF
Brunswick This is the 18th camp Wllch
Chaplain Cochrane has attended in his
present capacity and IT is saIe to say
that outside of Col. NnWcomb there is
not reGimental officer III the 2d Reg
iment better beloved then he. HIS pnr-
ularity arises largely from the TACT
that the chanlan is a good mixer.
He ACCOMPANIES the boys of the 2d on
dress parade goes with them on
''hikes." and has established with all
of them that delightful feeling of good
fellowship that makes everybody IN the
regiment a warm personal friend OF
the chaplain. He is also the regimental
postmaster and his having charge OF
the mail gives him additional facilities
for keeping in touch With the officers
and men of the regiment SO much for
Chaplain Cochrane's services with the
I'd, but he is also a clergyman Of more
imam D1ullldTN NIUE III tllt bdpiiHt "
nomination of the State, being the pas
tor of the Berean Baptist church oi
Brunswick, which has greatly in
creased in prosperity under his pas
| torate.
The services Sunday afternoon were
we'll attended Notwithstanding the heal
| and the shower, which came just re"
minui IS before the hour appointed TOT
the services The officers and men gen
orally attended the services and there
was a large delegation present from
the city, attracted by the novelty of q
Sunday service in camp. The I'd Regi-
ment Band of Bangor. which was sta
toned under one of the marquee tents
in front of headquarters, furnished ths
music for the service and the chaplain
took his stand upon the platform il
front of general headquarters. The or
der of service was as follows:
i ffertoire in F, Batist,
Band
| straightforward, Christian Soldiers"
/ Reading of Scriptures
Chaplain j. f. Cochran
Prayer, Chaplain j. E. Cochran
/ ''Inflammatus'' from the "Stabat Mater.
II Rossin
Address, Chaplain j. E. Cochran
Il Singing"
''Hallelujah Chorus" from THE Mes
II siah," Handle
H Band
Il Benediction.
II Soldiers and citizens Joined in tn
H singing of Onward Christian Soldier,
Il and America" the large volume J
voices producing very impressive eff
/ feet.
II Chaplain Cochrane took for his tex
two phrases from the book of Hebrew:
1.-The Captain of Salvation" and Con
slider Him." He spoke without note
and his address though brief was prac
tical and to the point and was yer
favoraoly commented upon by tn
/ members of the staff uraSapf