Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-15
Lewiston and Auburn to
Have Rifle Range.
Forest Fire Situation Still Bad
In Aroostook County.
Commissioners Approve Petition Of
B. 4 4. Railroad Co,
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, June IS, at $50 A. M.

great deal Oh interest 10 the Lewiston
and Auburn members of the National
Guard of the State of Maine is that Of
a rife range which is soon to be con-
structed in the vicinity of the city Of
Auburn and will furnish them an op-
portunity for target practice on a
suitable range, of which they have
long been in need. Col John J.
Dooley chief of ordnance and small
arms practice, has completed the plans
for the construction of the range,
which will be one of the finest rifle
ranges in New England and will be
located on a tract Of about 65 acres of
land which has recently been acquired
OF the government for the purpose
mentioned.
The range will be located but few
miles from Auburn and in close prox-
unity to the line of the Electric road
and can be reached in about IS
minutes time from the cities of Lewis
ton and Auburn. 1t will be provid I'd
with ranges of from so yards for
revolver practice to 1000 yards with
the best facilities for skirmish prac-
tce and will be for the exclusive use
/. of the members of the National Guard
The stops on the range will be of the
most modern construction with walls
Of solid concrete several feet in
thickness reinforced with banks of
earth six feet across at the top and
will be SO constructed as to do away
with the use OF pits.
The target frames will be of the
most modern and improved pattern
In addition to the concrete stops a
large high sand hill back of the 1000
yard range will form q natural and
perfectly safe stop for the bullets that
might by chance go wild. The con-
structiOn of the range will be let out
to bidders and it is understood that
the range will be ready for use not
later than July I.
Should the occasion require there is
sufficient area on the range for a regi-
ment to encamp there. The site has
been approved by number Of officers
of the Guard and of the regular army
as one of the most desirable locations
in the country, as it is of the preferred
sandy soil and almost as level as a
floor. 1t will fill long required need
as the several companies of the
National Guard which have their
DIT IAtWIStOH anu Auburn
have for years been without suitable
range facilities.
The following general orders has
been issued from the Office of the ad-
jutant general:
Augusta, June s, 1909
General Orders No. %
Brigadier General James l.. MORTAR
ty Inspector General, Colonel Evcrard
/ +. Newcomb. Second Infantry, Colonel
James r. O'Neill, Surgeon General,
Colonel Charles Collins, First Infan-
try and Colonel John J. Doolcy, Chief
Of Ordnance, are hereby constituted
board to inquire into the qualifications
s Tor their respective positions of persons
who have been elected or appointed to
Offices In the National Guard of the
I. state of Maine. as follows:
n FIRST INFANTRY.
Captain Myron T.. Bennett rc-clec-
ted, Co. F.
Second Lieutenant Frank c.. Thomp-
son u'irst Lieutenant elect, Co. f.
First Sergeant Edward J. Hogue
(Second Lieutenant elect, Co. +.
AIt"hIN Il H ~ NoCociN
Lieutenant elecD, Co. l..
SECOND INFANTRY.
capt Walter J. Mayo (MayO-elect.
captain Albert Greenlaw, appointed
captain and Quartcrmaster.
second Lieutenant James w. Hanson
NappOinted First Lieutenant and Batta-
lion Adjutant.
battalion Sergeant Major Josiah NJ.
Alnby appointed Second Lieutenant
ana Battalion Quartermaster and Com
missary
and such other persons as may be or
dered before it.
Inc proceedings of this board will be
onuucted in accordance with the pro-
VISIONS of Paragraphs 40 to 81 inclusive.
regulations for the National Guard as
amended by General Orders, No. "a, A.
u. u, series of 1907
Inc board will meet at the West End
, MOTEL Portland, on Monday June 81,
'ss. at 10 O'clock A NJ
me persons elected or appointed to
s'ces as above are hereby notified to
"eseht themselves to the Board of En-
n' 'a'lon Mt the time and place Speci-
~ LOT the meeting of the board. Of
."e's elected or appointed. who are
"en'oers of the National Guard, will
sppear IN dress uniform without side
s' transportation and subsistence
a ne provided but no per diem will
u oy order of the Commander-in-Ch Chief:
ELLIOTT c. DILL.
Adjutant General.
y commissioner Ring of the forestry
s ny arrived in the city Monday
In was at his Office during the day.