Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-15
STATE HOUSE.
Plans for Coming Exer-
Cises Of Naval Militia.
Livestock Breeders Associa.
ton al watervl||e, April IA.
Bids for Machias Normal School
TO Be 0pe ned March is.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Wednesday,, March 80, at 10 A. M,

"COUCSOdJy warren ~, at III "A, M.
Included in the annual renort of tho
operations Of the Naval Militia for the
years 1903 and 1909. by Commander
Marsh, the assistant secretary of the
Navy. which has just been received at
The office Of the 1djutant general. is the
proposed scheme for the exercises for
The year 1910. which will be Of general
interest in military circles The text OF
The same is as follows:
ITO prove the Valu" of the Naval
Militia. 10 give the navy a most valI
able experience in Stimulating a sudden
call 10 arms. to prove our system is
good. or discover defects and remedy
them before the call is a real one. il is
proposed that the exercises of 1910 con-
sist in modifying eight battle ships in
reserve,
1T viii be understood that the Naval
Militia believes that its maximum eff
cheney, its greatest benefit to the cOun-
try lies in being parts of the regular
naval organization. not to man YES
eel or vessels exclusively with it's own
members. but to be distributed among
the regulars. The details Of the scheme
OF mobilization then are as follows:
= l. 1t is assumed that on each battle
ship in reserve there are three or more
officers ana 100 trained men of the navy.
III. That war having been at least
threatened, the ships stores. coal etc.
bre on board.
H. That there are l6 battlaships in ac-
tive commission in the fleet.
". That to each reserve battle ship
there are assigned battle ships from the
feet as mates. That these : mates are
sent to the station at which is The
serve battle ship. Then
y Transfer from each of the mates to the
reserve ship $50 men and officers. AS
Stunning the complement of all the battle
ships as $40 men. the situation will then
be: reserve ship $50 men. each Of the
mates 600 men
Assign to the reserve ship 200 naval
militia men; to each of the mates, 80 ma
val militia men, and distribute all the ma
val militia officers among the a battle
ships.
All ships will then be exactly alike a
to personnel. the naval, militia men being
in the proportion to regulars of | to 2ia
If necessary, detach the mdshipmen and
order them to complete the complement
proper war basis.
Consider that this exercise is success
If organizations of MasSac husetts. New
York etc, are on board ship six hours;
those Of Duluth, st. Louis. and New Or
leans in thirty-siN hours.
Direct the reserve S.upS and their mates
10 proceed to a rendezvous at once, and
then give the naval militia officers q
chance to handle the ship.
The reports of the Spanish show
that when thus distributed on a regular
ship the Naval Militia fill their stations
and aSSimlat" with the organization with
great success
There has never been Il thorough
scheme Of mobilization carried out in
our navy for the two reasons that
there have not been available either
the ships or the men. Il is certain the
scheme outlined above will be of ines
Unable value to the navy From the
instant the organizations report in
Z their armories till they return thereto
they are as the regular force of the
United States. and all cost of trans
portation, rations, and pay should de-
volvc uInn the National Government.
There can be no better experience for
Z The Bureau of Supplies ;.p'l Accounts,
Or whatever bureau will have to do
4 with these matters in time of war, than
this peace "mobilZation" An estimate
q has been made of the expense of this
great practice maneuver. the cost OF
j transportation. of the GOO Naval Mill
Tia from ports as remote rs st. Louis,
Duluth New Orleans etc. to the At
lanlic coast the rationing. and pay on
navy rates. and il Is found to be about
$250000 This is little in comparison
with the resulting benefits.
1T is probably only necessary to give
ample notice to the naval militia or
carnations that they may procure the
necessary vacation on the date set by
the Navy department for such maneu-
NerS'
The following circular in the inter
eS,s II Il stat" Live Stock breeders
Association was sent out Monday by
The department of agriculture:
Ever since the movement for the or
gaaization of local cooperative breed :
crS. associations began in this state.
about two years ago. there has been a
growing sentiment in favor or organlZ-
ing a state Live stack Breeders Asso
citation. This sentiment has finally
Crystallized into action on the part or
the loCa, breeders associations endorS-
ing such Il proposition. and at the Far
mcrs' Week Course held AT the ,'niver-
Sitv of Maine last week one hour was
set apart for the discussion of the
proposition,
At that meeting there were IN atten-
dance some ~ the most progressive
breeders of live stock in the State and
the fun hotli was Spent in discussing