Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-12

~. LIeutenantS James "a. II. Rels-
niger and Charles H. Bonesteel have
been detailed by the Eastern Depart
ment to assist in the officers camp OF
instruction, June 22-26. Lieut.. Farnum
and Lient. Reisinger will have charge
Of the officers class and Lieut. Bone
steel the non commissioned class Cap
tains Daniel 3. Belcher, Charles H.
Norton, John A. Hadiey and William
Fl. Murray are to assist Lieut.. Bone
steel with the non-commissioned offl-
GERS. Lieut. F. S. Clark. Military In
structor, University of Maine, at the
invitation of the Adjutant General, viii
attend the camp Of instruction, accom-
panied by 10 or 20 of University of
Maine students.
80 There was a large attendance
Of officers at the meeting. in the Port
land armory on April IS, to meet Lieut..
L. w. Niles, c. A c.. the new In
spector- Instructor detailed by the War
Department to succeed Capt. Merriam.
81. a competitive drill between
Cos. H and NJ was held in Augusta.
MAY 3. The judges. Maj. William E.
Southland, End Inf, and Lieut.. f. W.
Niles, c. A. c., [. S. A, decided in
favor of Co. II. Another drill by the
same companies will take place at Wa
terville on May IL
80. Lieut.. George Z. Fogg and Corp.
George c. Kern Of the 18th Company,
c. A. c., having successfully passed
the board Of examination convened at
Portland. May d have been commits
stoned captain and End lieutenant, re-
spectively, Of the LIST Company. Other
changes in the commissioned personnel
IF the Guard are md Lieut.. Arthur F.
Kinds promoted TO list Lieut., Battalion
Adjutan1, and Pvt. William N. c. Saw
yer of the Machine-Gun Company pro-
NOTED TO End lieutenant, Battalion
Quart erraaster and Comnissary, md
Infantry. The following officers have
been elected in Company D; Guy F.
Stevens as captain, Guy !. SWEET as
LIST lieutenant. and Charles II. Pix as
md lieutenant. WyVern A. Coombs,
NJ. D, of WestbroQk, has been COM
mlssioned LIST Lieutenant. Medical Re-
serve Corps, to succeed Lieut.. George
NJ. Woodman.
So. Elections have been called in
liz - - Np444l'---AH - -aA~~' 49, 40
md lieutenant, in the 18th Company,
c. A. c. May Il, for LIST lieutenant, and
in Co. J., IND Inf, June g, for captain
and second lieutenant.
"a Among other Improvements At
the State Camp Ground q stable large
enough 10 accornn7 oda1e IS horses is
now being built.
So. a special effort is being made 10
protect all members Of the National
Guard from typhoid fever and II Is
desired, # possible. 10 complete the
treatment before the annual cncarnI'-
mems. From the returns received. in
reply to the Memorandum of March
j.. The Chief Surgeon reports only As
men in the Z. A. c. and 6S n the IND
Infantry have taken The prophylacrc.
In all 113 men, leaving approximately
1900 men who are not protected. Il IS
believed that ny active effort on the
part Of company officers and the Med
ical Department q large percentage Of
these can lie treated Al once. To TINS
end it is requested that comnandInS
officers notify the Chief surgeon how
many men in their commands will take
the treatment in or9er that the neces-
sary serum may lee forwarded to the
local surgeons and the work com
1uenced without DELAY
sc. Capt. Edward Carpenter, Chief
Military Bureau, Pana-na Pacific E1-
position, has informed this ottce that
in order tc place the Organized Mill
tia of tire country on The same footing
as members q the Regular Establish
ment with reference 10 admission 10
the Exposition Grounds, hereafter all
bona ide, active members Of the Or
ganized Militia Of the United States.
in the proper uniforms OF their regi-
ulent, department or corps. will be ad-
mitted free 10 the Exposition Grounds.