Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-07
Gen. Dill Speaks About
instructions for Guard,
Dairy Testing Association 10
Meet al Winthrop Tuesday.
Automobile Registration Business
For Month Of January.
STATE HOUSE CALENOSh.
Next Meeting Of Governor ana Counc''
Thursday. Feb. "a, at 10 A. M.

"rn the oninion Of those who have
studiod conditions in the National
Cuara Of this state, the principal
weakness in the training of both Off
GERS and men has been the lack of sys-
tematic instruction during the armory
drill season." stated Adjutant General
Dill Saturday, Section rs, The Mill
tary Law, requires the COMMANDMENTS
chief to prescribe courses in theoreti-
cai and practical instruction for the Of
fcers and men OF the regiments. corps
ard staff departments in the National
Guard and for tho officers and men of
the Naval Reserve.
Pressure oi other work consequent
uron the change of the First Infantry
to Coast Artillery" continued Gen.
Dill, has delayed the institution of
such courses of instruction, but begin
ming early in 1910 all commissioned Of
ficers Of the National Guard and Ma
val Reserve VIII be following q pro-
gress've coarse If armory instruction.
In the corps of Coast Artillery this in
struc,ion viii be given by an officer
ard nom commissioned officers Of the
regular service detailed for that pur-
pose. III lllt SECOND infantry Inc
course will be conducted along cores
pOndencc school lines. This years in
struction viii form the basis for a
more compreh rnSive system of instruc-
ton to be out into effect next fall. I'M
de- which it is the intention to pre-
scribe proficiency examinations 50 that
the ineflicients may be weeded out
Courses of study will also be pre-
scribed in the Medical Department and
in the Naval Reserve
while the instruction of the COM
missioned officers is being taken care
of through the foregoing courses of
study. the instruction of non commits
stoned officers is also being given spe-
cial attention. In he Coast Artillery
Corps such instruction will come from
non commissioned officer of the Reg
ular Coast Artillery in the Second In
fantry il is beirG given by Sergeant
John A. Schwcitzcr. First Infantry. L.
S. A.. detailed by the war department
for this purpose. Sergeant Schweitzer
reported on the latter detail October
%. and since that time has been stead
lily employed under the direction of this
office.
''NlnP IT, inc WltelN scattered Std-
tiOnS of the Second Infantry compa
mics. -,,rogrees has been some what slow
The instructor is bt ing detailed for pc
RODS of two weeks to the companies
in turn under instructions to arouse in
tercst among officers and nom commits
stoned officers and hold as many SEES
s0nS for instruction as possible during
its stay with n company. In this he
has been very successful. and, though
attention on such schools is wholly VOL
untary, has frequently had ma ority
of 5oth commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers present every evening.
These records Of attendance indicate
that the non-comissioned officers of the
Guard are taking their work seriously
and that the state will have good ma
tcrial from which to fill its commits
sions as vacancies occur. In the fur
therancc OF instruction for nOn-Com-
m.sSioned officers and particularly to
bring about uniformity of instruction,
it is planned to hold n special school
for first sergcants prior to the sum
mers field service.
Last year. for the first time the
National Guard of the state has been
allowed pay tor a,mory drills. Pay
mCnt Cor TIE first six months was I'M
der the provisions Of General Orders
No. - lated October %. 1905 and for
the latter half of the year in Accord
ance with the provisions of The Mill
tarv Law. regret to state that
prompt payment has been impossible
owing to the complications which have
arisen in putting new plan into OPP