Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-14
New Service Medals for
The National Guard.
Some Of Long Service Men,
bers Who Wear Them,
Commissioner Gilman Predict.
Big Hay Crop for Maine.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR
Next Meeting OF Governor and Council,
Friday, July 20, at 10 A. M,

Among the many other details of
business at the office Of the adi,,tant
general is that of issuing the new
honorable service medals to such mem
bers of the several organizations COM
posing the National Guard of the State
of Maine encircle by a wreath of laurel
exchanging the medals with sudh
members as already have the old form
Of medal issued by the State.
These medals are conferred in az
cordance with Section 80 of The Mill
tary Law, which provides that "everv
officer and soldier who has rendered
honorable service for nine years in tho
active militia of the State shall receive
a service medal therefor and an add
tional bar or clasp for each additional
three years service"
Compared with the service medal
which has heretofore been in use the
new medal is decided Improvement.
although the design of the medal itself
IS the same. The medal is circular in
form and bears the seal of the State
of Maine encircle by wreath of Iaure,
In the Old form it is suspended from
bar on which is embossed helmet
like those formerly used by the Guard
and behind the helmet are crossed
rifles. etc. With every additional three
years Of service bar bearing the
words Three Years. was added be-
tween the medal and the bar to which
was attached the pin. so that by the
time that man has served 25 years
or more in the Guard his service medal
would reach nearly to his belt The
medal itself and the bars are of bronze
The difference between the old and
the new medal is that the latter does
not increase i'm size as the term of ser
vice of the wearer increases, but re-
mains always the same after the term
of the Wearer's service has reached ~
years The change comes in the mate
rial of which the medal is made. The
medal is of bronze and consists of the
medal described above suspended from
bar on which are the words: Hon
orable Service" For IL years of ser
vice the medal is the same with one
bronze bar added and bearing the in
scripton: "l2 Years For Is years of
service the medal is of bronze and the
bar bearing the inscriptions: "15
Years is of silver.
When the Guardsman has served IS
years ne is given a silver medal bear
ing bronze bar on which is the in
scription: "1S Years." and when the
period of his enlistment reaches u
years the medal ana the bar are both
OF silver. the bar bearing the inscrp-
tlon II Years" The next change is
the silver medal with the gold bar.
WI nh 4
years of service, the bar bearing the
usual inscription in debating the num-
Der Of years. The man who has served
n years gets a gold medal with a silver
bar, and the man whose service runs
back 30 years gets medal and bar of
gold While the medal is very simple
In design it is in its varied types of
construction handsome trophy and is
highly priced by those who have re-
Ceived it,
All members of the National Guard
on the active or retired list are en-
titled to exchange the medals now in
their possession for the new pattern
upon application to the adiutant gen
eraL The following is a list of men
who have been in the service II years
OF over:
II years-Col. George NJ Kavanaugh
commissary general: Maj, George A
DOW. retired: Mai. William c. Good
win. retired; Maj Michael J. Moriarty
lettred, Maj. Wilbert w Emerson. re-
atired.
~ years-Brig Gen. James l.. Mortar
~ Inspector general; Col. Charles Col
Ins, Coast Artillery Corps; Lieut.. Col.
William Q. Peterson. Coast Artillery
corps. Maj. Bal F. Bradbury Medical
corps; Mai. William S. Hume. retired:
! .apt. Michael H. Rrogan. retired.
Lieut.. William F. Gilligan. Co. I. Sec
ond Infantry.
u years--Brig Gen. Charles F..
JAWS retired: Capt Everett L. Holt.
Mh Co. Coast Artillery Corps: Sergt.
RE. IIed l.. Edgecomb. Sd Co. Coast Ar
fillery Corps.
>'o years-Brig. Gen. Everard f..
Newcomb retired.