Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-14
IT'S COL. HUME.
Elections in Second In
fantry Held Monday.
Major T. B. Cummings, Port
land, Chosen Lieutenant Colonel,
Capt. William E. southard, Ban
gor, Elected Major.

Inc second camp of instruction for
the of1lcerS of the organized militia Of
the State OF Maine was instituted yes.
terday at l.30 p. NJ and at precisely
at that time Col. Newcomb had his Of
hcers assembled in quarters provided
Tor the opening of the school. Capt,
hanna, chief instructor, in a thorough
military manner, lost no time in bring
ing the organization to order and as
signing capt. Particle to instruct the
men IN military department of officers
on dutH. In very able manner he pro-
ceeded with his work of informing
those present of the duty required
while in field service, which they will
get this fall at Pine Plains. The men
readily saw the force. of his remarks
as he told them what was required
only by regulations He spoke plainly
of what usually transpires in militia
camps as To the lax department of Of
ficers and its unmistakable. influence
II has Oh the enlisted men and Subor-
dinates or junior officers; also the re-
latlon of officers toward enlisted men
and their constitutional rights. He ex-
tolled the American soldier as superior
in thought and intelligence to that of
any army III the world, and spoke Of
their loyalty to their commanding of.
ticers, as brave, fearless and willing
If once commanding their respect.
Capt. Particle speaks from experience,
although Il young officer, he has seen
foreign service and has had opportu-
nifty of Witnessing the best trained
armies of Europe. He conducts his
work in a very impressive manner and
intersperses it with anecdotes that
carry strength.
After the conclusion of instruction
on department the captain gave a short
talk on the proper handling of the sa-
Der, in which many errors commonly
made We're corrected, much to the
satisfaction of those present.
Capt. Hanna then informed the men
that they would be divided into sec
tionS and assigned to instructors who
would take up map reading, each
battalion forming section. Every man
was provided with a typographical
map of the surrounding territory and
then the bugle sounded the call for
p the session of map reading. Was there
the old-time spirit of take your time
and stragglers moping along or some
man looking for his hat, or some with
one puttee on and one under his arm
and buttoning up his coat on the way?
No, nothing like that. 1 don't know
where it came from or whether it was
the effects of the last school, but al
the call every man jumped and in the
JoIo
The re they took what is as fascinating
to the infantry man. as the plot
ting room is to the artillery man, map
reading, for that is where he plans his
tactical walks.
At P. NJ. came the inspection under
arms and here the knowledge already
gained by the past inspections of this
sort was beneticially supplemented.
After this first days work was COM
pleted and the men began to real
ize what they are up against, they
were about ready to pay homage to
King Grub.
At P. M. the election of a colonel
for the Second Regiment took place.
All the line officers of the three bat
taliOns present assembled in the re-
ceptiOn room at the headquarters
building and with Inspector General
James l.. Moriarty presiding and Adjt.
f. f. Drake as clerk, the original roster
Of the company officers of the regiment
was used in calling off the names as the
men proceeded to ballot for colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank NJ. Hume OF
Houlton was unanimously chosen
colonel.
Next came the office of lieutenan'
colonel and MAYOR Frank B. Cumming
of Portland was unanimously chosen
for that Office.
This caused a vacancy for major and
a recess was taken to prepare ballots
and when the voting was resumed two
We're entered in the field
Capt w. F.. Southard, commanding co.
G., Bangor and Capt. Blaine Owen,
After the ballot Gen. Nor
iarty announced that Capt Southard
had received II to IS for Capt. owen.
The meeting was then declared closed
and officers quietly filed out. Con-
gratulations was then in order
Among those in camp Monday were
Adjt. Gen. Dill, who seemed to be en-
thusiaStic with the prospects of the
school, and Col. John J. Dooley, chief
of ordinance The medical staff is rep
resented by Maj. Fuller. who is detailed
as surgeon during the camp. Col.