Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12
Maine Militia Finishes Its
Duties al Portland.
Everyone Well Pleased With
Results Of the Work.
High Endorsement Of Men Made
BY Officers in Charge.

PORTLAND, Me, Aug. 11.-Peace has
been declared the mimic war is over.
This morning the 500 militiamen in
camp at the different Notifications
are now private citizens once more.
All the militia camps We're broken this
morning and the Sanford, Brunswick,
Bath, Auburn, Lewiston and West
brook companies nave returned to their
homes. While the camps have Keen
abandoned until .neXt year the tents
It'll. remain standing as il was decid
ed 10 allow them to dry out for every
thing had become drenched during the
downpour of the night. The tents VIII
be taken down i'll few Gays by the
regular army men and shipped to the
different companies
The militiamen We're transferred
from Fort Williams and Fort Prebie
to the depot III special ears while the
companies AT Fort Mckinley arrived
in the city early this afternoon by
steamer. There was unusual activity
a all the camps during the early hours
of the morning for after nights res;
the men We've up bTiSft and early pre-
pairing to leave for home.
Yesterday AFTERNOON Lieut. Col.
NeWCOThb commander Of the fortified
ton in this district. gave a reception
to the militia officers and the regula
army officers on the veranda of his
residence and made brief remark.
about the mimic war He said tina
the exercises had been very pleasant
that the work accomplished by tn.
militiamen had been very satisfactory
that the men had secured excellent re
suits from the instruction given ant
that in his opinion the men had re
ceiVed good practical experience. Col
NeWcomb said that he sincerely HOPED
he would De in Portland for the exer
else next year.
Last night It was very quiet at al
the camps. as Col. Newcomb decide
that the men had worked hard enough
and that it would not be advisable t,
have another attack from the hostile
fiee;.
Owing to the heavy rain during tho
entire forenoon the day was rather a,
uncomfortable one to break camp, Du
weather and We're all ready to leavs
On time. Every man is enthusiastic
over the artillery worl. and it is prob
able that each company Will send more
men to the front another year.
ManV of the men express diSap
pointrlent that they have not been able
to get more actual gun practice at tn,
different batteries than they have. Thi
,oI., tio,,I 10, Il TO Ia en-
calibre practice, in which they partic
pated comparatively little on accoun
of the thick fog which sent in. This
work started Monday morning at ali
OF The batteries, and on that day tn,
men W ere able 20 put in the entire time
allotted to it the fog holding off 50 a:
not to interfere with the target pfac
tice But Tuesday and Wednesday the
fog seriously intarfereG with the work,
on Tuesday being foggy throughout the
forenoon. while yesterday deep mist
set in about the middle of the forenoon
and did not lift until late IL the fore
noon When it was not deemed adj
visable to resume the practice.
The station work was at all tlihe
effective and the men assigned to the
various stations and engaged IN the
con putatiOnS made manifest progress
in the efficiency with, which they nan
died the instruments and made up the
,etail of figures sent to the different
gun stations for setting the guns. II
,n of the stations the members OF the
Coast Artillery Reserves did efficient
work and the experience is most val
uaDle. At the different batteries tie
reserve details resigned to positions
showed equal efficiency. 1t was eX-
ceedingly interesting TO see the com
nani.s at work On their batteries, the
men working in their respective posi-
tons with a snap and f'daptapihtN
which showed shat the regulars nae,
few if any points ON Them III mlh'p"-
Iating the big guns.
The members of the Portland compa-
MES. which are stationed at Fort Me
kinlev. are much pleased with the gen
oral tour of duty which the Joint maneu-
yers with the regulars involved. As stat
ed tine men of the reserves have been
that there was not more OPP
portunitv given for actual gun practic"
particularly with the subcaliber, and the
Portland companies share very strongly
in this opinion. However, no one is
put in in camp has been exceedingly
pleasing to them.
In the l. companies of c. A. c. re-
serves there are but two mortar com
panies, these being the LIST and ID compa-
MES of this city; the former under com
mand of Captain Frank f.. Cummings
and the latter of Captain William X.
Norton. These companies were assigned
to Battery ingalls,, the Finch mortars on
the North Fork. as were also the 23d and
oath companies of the regulars Lieut.. |
Marsh and Lieut.. Avery. respectively, |
On the South Fork were the 5th Com |
pany Captain Robert E. Foster assign |
ed to Battery Honeycutt; 18th Company. |
Captain ]. J. A. Alulhearn. Battery Car
penter. both Portland companies; 9Th |
Company of Sanford, Captain Frank c. |
Thompson. and eth Company of Bidde-
ford, Captain f. L. Holt. both assigned |
to Battery Weymouth. The regular COM
panies which We're assigned to duty at
he fortifcations on the South Fork were:
First Company, Lieut. Musgrave, COM
Sth, Lieut.. II. T. Clark and
Lieut.. Musgrave: 9th. Captain Pierce
10Th, Captain English and Lieut.. F. S
Clark and l5ith Iieut Gage Datach-