Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-11-18
STATE HOUSE.
Report Of Golf. N. Hume
Of Second Infantry,
Covering Tour Of Duty at Pine
Camp, n. Y, in August.
Letter TO Dairymen Relative to Com
ing Meeting at Augusta.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Coun
Gil Tuesday, Nov. 20, at $50 A. M.

The report Of Col. Frank Nj. Hume
I of Houlton, commanding the Second
Marie Infantry, of the tour of duty
of the regiment at Pine Camp, n. v.
last August which has been received
at the office of the adjutant general,
state: in part as follows:
THE regiment modified at Port
land Maine. the morning of August
q, 1910 as per order No. 6. these head
quarters. dated August L.. 1910. The
regiment in two sections, as provided
for IN paragraph III of above order,
left Portland on schedule time, the
first section under my personal COM
mand al 1905 p. NJ, and the second
section under Lit. Col. Cummings
command at 12.14 p. NJ.
'"rhe first section of the train ar
rivcG at Pine Camp at exactly 6.oj A.
Nj. August -, 1910. and the second
section - minutes later. The men
were Immediately diScntraincd and in
~ lcinut"e were on the site o our
c@mr.
We were met upon arrival by
Captain Palmer T.. Pierce. 18th [. ;.
Infantry. and also by Captain Louis
II. basil. 1th r.. :. infantry, an officer
we'll known 10 our regiment These
officers very kindly escorted us to cur
camning ground and by their many
kindly suggestions greatly assisted III
making camp. We were scmcWhat
SLOW in getting the tents up as the
railway employees mixed up the tent
age while we We're unloading, causing
moro or less delay in again sorting
it out after it arrived at the camp
oh
experience, in pitching terts that should
be rcmcdieG il the future
..Captair Pierce, 18th l.. S. Infantry,
mentioned above. Captain Hugh j.
Wiso. oh L. : lnlantry. and 1st
Lieut. Walter krucsar 2%d |. : m
fantrv We're :sSigncd to the regiment
az, instructors, captain ITcrc" I" heao-
quarters ?ld tin, 1st battalion. captain
Wise I" the "a hatta'ion. ard 1t.
kruc.sur is the ,d battalion. The
vno!. -hnarttG spirit thar these officers
net into their work in our bchalf can
hardly nr estimated. They were ever
courteous and We're always ready ahG
anxious to attend to our many NaltS
and ulIrStiunN. 1t is impossible to give
too much praise to these officers Tor
th.ir interest in their work as III
structors IN" cordial relations that
existed between the officers ana men
nr tine Regular establishment ana the
officers and irrn of the regiment were
very pleasiny and but result IN nuch
good to tn" y, .Sinent
.Tac regiment left Pine Camp on
itr ~.tnrr movement August 30. 1910,
n,r crd.r 40 T., these headquarters.
in two scrtinnS Colonel Cummings
c,n,n,andinp- the first section, and the
second under my personal command
I ,rhc hauya.c was loaded very prompt
ly at a.05 p. NJ. the first section pulled
ont followed - minutes later by tho
second section,
..,roo much praise for the train ar
, rangements made by tluartermaster
;reenlaw. with your advice and as
.istancc. cannot b. given. They were
ld,a, with the single exception that the
mon were somewhat crowded. In the
future would advise that the T. ,
reyulatiors thereon be adhered TO-
namely three men To section. ic''
,hat the regiment and particularly my
self. is under a great Indebtedness 70
Mr.. G. +. Grrlrley of the Boston
Maine r. r. and to Mr.. j. NJ. kllborh
of the Maine Central K. T.. for III"
excellent treatment that we receive"
ron, the railroads. Their n"t"r-iall-
ing courtesy and attention to tic many
details were of great assistanrA to us
aad undoubtedly the fine schedule ana
connections were due to them. would
reenectfully Sugsesr shat YOU express
th, regiments appreciation "' their
services to their respective chiefs.
"The ARRANGEMENTS for mounts We're
the best that this Regimen; mas ever
had. Every officer had a well trained
and serviceable horse. AS to horses
for the orderlies I cannot say as
much. 1t seems to me to be mistake
to give an orderly poor mount. They
are often called upon to take orders
a long distance and in hurry ANA
I think should have as good. tract
able horses as are to be had.
..The instruction given during this
neriod of duty was the best that L
have ever seen both in transportation
and in field service. ] feel certain that
fine Regiment learned more of SOL
dier's duty during this short tour than
In the total seventeen years of my con-