Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-13
STATE HOUSE.
Device for Indoor Train
ing Of Gun Pointers.
Invention Of Army Officer Wei!
Known TO Maine Guard.
Maine Water Storage Commission
to Meet at Augusta, Oct. IS.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and coun-
Gil Friday, Oct. %, at 10 A. M.

issued by the War Department at
washington, D. c., contains a descrip-
| non OF device to be used in indoor
pracuce IN training gun pointers, which
| Will De OF interest TO the Maine Ma
| tlonai Guard in general and Coast
| artillery Corps in particular, as it is
the invention of Capt. J. 3. Mitchell,
| commanding the SOD Co., Coast Artil-
| lery Corps. who it will be remembered
was detailed few years ago as in
| spector of TIE Maine Guard, and who
formed at that time the friendship of
both officers and men
| The district commander in speaking
OF the device says: Attention is in
Vited to the ingenious and very usefnl
device submitted by Capt Mitchell for
training Of gun pointers during the
indoor season. I regard this as an
excellent adjunct for instruction. and
believe it would be of great benefit
generally in the service.
The device consists of a target made
OF tin painted white with black aim
| Zig point mounted on wooden block
| which is free to move forward and
backward along a wooden rack by
| means of a small rope cable with
| drums at both ends OF the rack On
| the back of the wooden rack is a tin
splash painted black. fastened by a
TN strip to rod free to move along
the rack. The splash also revOIves
| around horizontal axis allowing it
to be rotated out of sight and brought
to an upright position by string at
tached near the apex. The device
| may be fastened to the wall between
| two window frames in the barracks
| and telescope sight on a Hagood
| mount placed about 10 feet away The
target is placed in motion and the gun
| pointer follows it with his vertical wire
| on the aiming point with d given de-
| Election set on the sight. The gun
| commander gives the command
| ready" followed by fire by the gun
| pointer and the gun pointer stops
| traversing the sight for a moment and
| then again follows the target Dur
| ing this time an operator moves the
| rod to which the splash is attached
along after the target with the splash
out Of sight. When the time Of flight
| is up he then quickly raises the splash.
| The gun pointer as soon as he sees
the splash stops traVersing the sight
and moves the vertical wire onto the
point of the splash and then traverses
the sight 50 that the vertical wire with
the new DETECTION is again on the cen
ter of the target. Two sights can per-
form this operation at the same time,
one used by Il skilled gun pointer and
the results compared. This device can
ESQ be used at the battery by placing
it about 50 feet from the sighting plat
form of the gun, on suitable stan
dard
A meeting of the Maine state Water
Storage Commission. the members OF
which are. Governor Fernald. Land
Agent F.. f.. Ring of Orono. r. p. Rick
er of Poland Springs. ]. M. McNulty
of Bangor and T.. c. Jordan of Port
land. will be held at the office OF the
commission at the Blaine house on
Tuesday afternoon, Oct. Is, Tor the
purpose of considering the work to
| date which has been carried on at the
Office and getting tho details OF the
annual report together.
| Paul D. Sargent. state commission
| er of highways. left Tuesday for
| trim through Penobscot and Waldo
| counties for the purpose of looking
over the work which is being done in
| those sections in the way of building
state road, and also for the purpose OIL
| inspecting the work of repairing anu
| rebuilding bridges across MARSH river
| in the town of Frankfort, Waldo coun-
| ~ for which the sum of $4,000 was ap-
nropriated by the last Legislature.
Hon. Beecher Putnam OF Houitoh'
| insurance commissioner Tor the State'
! who had been in Mobile, Ala, IN at
| tendance at the annual convention vi
| the National Insurance Commissioners
Association. returned to Augusta Iues-
dav night. and reports that the trip
was n most enjoyable one. me con
vantion ouened Sept. - and continued
| +hrea DAYS. the time being devoted 10
tho discussion of department methoos
and listening to papers ON ms any
matters by the various commission
ers Nearly all the states or the oiii'ii
| uara rcpresented at the convention
rho commissioners also passed TWO
dovs at New orleans, where they We're
entertained by Eugene }. McN,Ne"S'
;,,.,,ronce commissioner for Louisiana,
and also by the people OF New orieaiis'
| The next meeting of the assoc'a''oi'
| win be held at Milwaukee, WIS, III
| +be summer of 1911.
II is learned at the ONCE "l t"e
Board of state Assessors that theie
| ;s unite q delinquent list among the
assessors of the various towns OF .i'e
| state in the matter of returns reia'Ne
| m insane. feeble minded persons t'c''
i, those towns The law requires ti'e
| assessors of each town, on OF oe"oie
the first day of August in each year u
i retnrn to the state board the Name
aoe physical and financial conui'io''
If every person within their municlpai-
;,;es who is blind. deaf and duino'
fe.b,e-minded, idiotic, insane etc'' Oh
a blank prepared for that purpose
some 100 of the boards of assessors
have failed to comply with the law ana
the secretary of the state board IS nov
sending out notices asking them 10 a.
tend to the matter at once.
The Commission of Pharmacy, Tic
members of which are FREDERICK n
wilson of Brunswick, Frank w. buck-