Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-04

leave Foxcroft on Maine Central train
No. 81, leaving Foxcroft at sos A. NJ,
connecting at Newport with special
train; Co. G. and Band will leave Ban
gor at 6.45 a. NJ, at special train over
Maine Central following Train "a; Co.
H and the Hospital Corps detachment
will leave Waterville about A. NJ, on
special train, following Maine Central
train No. Cd Co. / will leave Eastport
at 100 A. NJ. on Train 446, connecting
at Ayers Junction with Train 416 at
Washington Junction with Train 122,
and at Bangor with Train 102. arriv-
| ing at Augusta at 4.05 p. NJ; Co. X
will leave Pennington on Maine Cen
trail Train No. Sc, at SIS A. NJ. con-
Meeting at Leeds Junction with Train
5. arriving at Winthrop at 1912 A. NJ.
thence by electrics to Augusta; CO. l.
will leave Houlton at 1919 A. NJ. on
Bangor & Aroostook train, connecting
at Northern Maine Junction with
Maine Central Train No. 102, arriving
at 4.05 P. NJ. at Augusta.
The camp will be made on Monday.
the guard established and the non
perishable subsistence issued AS the
Houlton and PASSPORT companies will
not arrive in Augusta until late in the
afternoon, it will be easily seen that
nothing in the way of the actual work
| of the muster can be attempted at that
| time.
The program for Tuesday Aug 8.
| will include in the forenoon the follow
| ing periods: S to S.45. company close
order drill 8 TO 945, battalion close or
der drill 10 to IL, regimentaI close or
der drill. The first period in the af-
ternoon from 100 to 215, will be given
over to non commissioned officers
school and guard duty: at 80 will
come the officers school with confer
ence on close drill and instructions III
giving commands, while at o'clock
will occur successive battalion parades.
one for each battalion.
| The exercise for the forenoon at Aug.
IL. will be the same as on the preced-
ing day. while in the afternoon. from
| 80 to 2.l5 will occur the nom commits
stoned officers school taking up troop
leading; at go will occur the officers
school with conference on close order
drill. and instructions in the manual
OF the sa Der. while at P. NJ will come
| the regimental parade
| Aug. 10, the fourth day of the en-
| campment, will be Governors DAY.
The following members of the staff
will report TO the adjutant general for
duty on Governors day; Lieut. Col
Eben F. Littlefield, judge advocate:
| the senior officer on duty in the ord
nance department.; Major Charles b.
Day, aide de- camp: Major George p.
Freeman. aide camp; Major Level
| lyn Cooper, aidede-camp, Major
George b. Heath. aide-de- camp; Lieut.
Commander Everett G. Scully. Naval
aide. Company extended order drill
will be taken up from 80 to A. NJ.
ard battalion extended order drill from
$50 to II A. NJ The escort of Gov
ernor Plaisted to the camp will take
place in the afternoon, and a regimen
| tai review at P. NJ, will be followed
by a regimental parade and guard
mounting The guard will be excused
from taking part in the parade.
The forenoon of Aug. II. from { 30
to u o'clock will be taken up with the
working out of some field problem.
while the afternoon will be devoted to
athletic sports. The entire day of Aug
u will be devoted to field problem.
INV OlNlitS ti1G 1ildhIilS Vi ii shelter tent
camp. establishing and relieving out
posts and individual cooking If ground
is not available for this work the com
manG will march out short distance
return to camp ana pitch shelter camps
on the parade ground and establish
outposts
Sunday. Aug 3D. the seventh day of
the encampment will be taken UP with
inspection until p. NJ, when religious
services will be conducted by the reg-
mental chaplain. The entire time dur
ing Aug. IA and l., will be given over
to problems involving a bivouac. if
ground is not available short dis
lance from camp. the bivouac will be
established on the parade ground, and
outpost established The cooking will
be by company, and the method of
feeding the men on outpost duty will
be illustrated. The regiment will
break camp on Aug Is, the 10th day of
the encampment.
Col. Hume has already announced
the appointments of Lieut.. Col. Cum
mings as surveying officer, 1st Lieut.
Lucian w. Blanchard as summary
court officer to have trial of all breach
es of discipline occurring during the
tour of duty at Camp Reyes The
Post exchange will be under the rlan-
agement of LIST Lieut. Thomas NJ. j
Enright.
Much more attention will be devoted
to athletics this year than formerly,
and these events which make up the
lighter side of the tour of duty will
be in charge of Lieut. D. l. Gould of
Bangor. Six diamonds will be avail
able for the championship baseball
games. The field events will include
Toward dash, accoutrement race, So
yard barrel race, running broad jump,
300 yard dash. running high jump.
three-legged race of 100 yards, sack
race and 440- yard race.
The many new features connected
with the encampment will undoubted-
ly bring to Camp E. d. keyes much
larger number of visitors than has at
tended State encampment for
number of years while the return to
the old name by the camp on the hill
will cause many Civil War veterans,
who remember wildly another Camp
E. d. Keyes, to pay at least one visit
to it's modern namesake.