Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-09
STATE HOUSE.
0HiEnaaItAE s- MlMNYlVW
Special Orders Relative 10
Guard Enhsimenis,
Washington County Normal
School Bids Close May ID.
Maine Range Officers for Wakefield
Mass, Rifle Matches.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR,
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, May 81, at 10 A. M.

Special Orders No 1o2, which has
been issued from the Office of the ad-
jutant general under date of May 6,
reads as follows:
Paragraph III of General Orders
No. 9. State of Maine. the adjutant
generals office, Augusta, Feb. Is. 1910.
il hereby amended so as to permit new
enlistments up to and including May
81. with the following provisions:
Coast Artillery Corps-In the Coast
Artillery new enlstments will be
limited to 10 per cent of the minimum
aggregate for the II companies, which
is d total Of seventy six C6) for the
entire corps. No company will be al
lowed to enlist in excess of sixty three
63 men and when the total en- list
ments received at this office aggregate
seventysix C6). entlistments will
cease and papers received after that
time will not be accepted
Second MISUNDERSTANDING in
the Second Infantry will be governed
by the same general rules prescribed
for the Coast Artillery with the excep-
ton that the MAXIMUM number for
the entire regiment will be seventy
Go} instead of seventy-six G6). and
40 company will he allowed To enlist
in excess of hfty-eight (5O men.
"Hospital Corps--Not exceeding
two new enjstmcnts will be allowed in
each Hospital Corps detachment up to
ard including May 81.
Commanding officers will see that
this plan will benefit the organization
which files its enlistment papers at
the earliest date and companies which
r. - a
read filled.
mo recruit enlisted under the pro-
visions of this order will be advanced
b' ycnd tho grade of private prior to
the completion of the summers field
exercises.
NO new cnlistments will be made
between June /. 1910. and the conclu-
sion of the summers field exercises
without special permission from the
adiutant general and such permission
will be granted only in exceptional
cases.
Bids for the furnishing of all labor,
material, etc. necessary for the con-
StruCtion "f Il state Normal school
building at MachiaS will be received
at ;h" nlc" OF the state supcrintend-
cnt of public schools until 10 A. NJ.
Saturday. May II. Separate bids for
heating and plumbing will also be re-
ccivnd at that time. The architect is
Fred l.. Savage Of Bar Harbor, and a
bond of 90 per cent. of the amount of
tie contract will be required for the
faithful performance of the work. The
act establishing the new school which
will he known AS the Washington
County Normal school was passed by
the last Legislature as Chapter A OF
the Public Laws of 1909. ana an appro-
rriation of $4,000 for the building was
made the town of Machas to furnish
the site Bids were advertised u few
months ago. but they We're unSatiStac-
tory and new bids were called for.
Prof. William NJ. Powers at Pressure
Isle, superintendent of schools at
Prcsu,c isle and Easton. has been Sc
l.cted by the Normal school trustees
as the principal of the new school,
In the list of honorary range officers
who will attend the matches of the
New England Rite Association t" be
held at Wakefield Mass. July Ills.
the following have been designated
from the state of Maine. Lieut.. col
Loui~ T. t;ocdall of Sanford. aide de
camp on the general staff; Major
Michael i. Moriarty OF Lewiston Gre
t'redD; Major William G. Goodwin OF
brunswick r"tircd); Major James M.
Palmer Of Auburn. Coast Artillery
CORPS: Major George Mel, Presson of
Pennington, 2d Infantry; Lieut. Ev-
crttt g. Scullcy of Portland. Naval
Reserves Tetired).
The active range officers at the
matches will he as follows: Major
Myron T., Bennett Of Sanford. Coast
Artillery Corps: Major Walter j. Mayo
of bower, 2d Infantry; capt. Robert {.
Foster of Portland. Coast Artillery
Corps: capt George c. Webber OF Au-
burn Coast Artillery Corps: Capt.