Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-15
Adjutant Gen. Presson Issues
Special Orders and MemoS

The following important orders ana
memoranda have been issued from the
Office Of Adjutant General George Mel
Presson, National Guard, State OF
Maine:
Discharges Ordered.
Special Orders, No. 131. Of date Nov.
10. 1916, orders the discharge OF quarter
master Sergeant Antoine Credit. 7th
Co.. c. A. c., by reason Of re-enlist-
ment, to date Oct. 81. 1916; and dis
charge Of Ensign Austin B. Durgtn,
Naval Militia, by reason Of resignation.
Protection Of U. S. Uniform.
The National Defense Act Of June 3,
1916, Section 125, Protection of the uni
form:
1. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son not an officer or enlisted man of
the United States Army, Navy or Ma
rine Corps, to wear the duly prescribed
uniform Of the United States Army,
Navy, or Marine Corps, or any dis
tinctive part Of such uniform, or a uni
form any part Of which is similar to a
distinctive part Of a duly prescribed
uniform of the United States Army.
Navy, or Marine Corps: Provided, that
construed so as to prevent officers of
enlisted men OF the National Guard
from wearing. in pursuance of law
and regulations. the uniform lawfully
prescribed to be worn by such officer
or enlisted man of the National Guard:
nor s. /" the boy scouts of America
or the Naval Militia = - =: nor to
prevent persons who in time of war
have served honorably as officers of
the United States Army. Navy or Ma
rine Corps. regular or volunteer. - =
from wearing, upon occasions of cere-
mony. =; nor to prevent the in
structors and members Of the duly Or
ganized cadet corps of a State univers-
lty. college or public school - b" from
wearing the uniform duly prescribed. =.
Any person who offends against the
provisions Of this Section, shall on con-
viction. be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding $500. or by imprisonment not
exceeding six months, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
2. The wearing of all or mart NJ tho
uniform by members Of the National
Guard lin pursuance Of law and regu-
lations" means that the uniform or anv
part Of it may be worn only in actual
performance Of a military duty.
Sections lib and lis, Military Law Of
the State of Maine, provides as follows.
Section 113. No body of men. other
than the active militia and the troons
OF the United States, shall associate
themselves together as a military com.
pany or organization, or parade in pub
nc win firearms in any city or town
OF tnls State; nor shall any citv or
town raise or appropriate any money
toward armfng, equipping, uniforming
or m any other way supporting, sus
tanning or providing drill rooms or
armories for any such body Of mon
but associations wholly composed ~
soldiers and sailors honora b1v d,s-
charged from the service Of the United
states and the order known as the Sons
OF veterans may parade at any time in
pubic with firearms, having first oh
tanned the written permission of the
city or municipal officers of the town
or city IN which they reside to parade.
ana students in educational institutions
wnere military science Is taught az a
prescribed part Of the course of IN
struction. may, with the consent If tho
governor, drill and parade with f,re-
arms IN public under the superintend.
ence OF their military instructors Arv
person violating any provision Of this
sectlon shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
oemeanor and punished by a fine not
exceeding ten dollars, or by impr1son-
ment not exceeding six months. or hv
ootn SUCH fine and Imprisonment.
section us. Everp person. otbcr
than an officer or enlisted man ~
the active militia Of this State. mr. NJ
any other State, or of tho r1n,+ed
states Army. Navy. Marine Corps, or
revenue or forest service. or a member
OF any service Of the United States for
"hom such uniform has been pre-
scrlbed by proper authority, or inmate
or any veterans or soldiers home. or a
member of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. or of the Sons of Veterans
VINO at any time wears the uniform of
the United States Army or Navy or ac-
tive militia of this State, or any mart
OF such uniform. or uniform or a part
or uniform similar thereto, within
the limits of this State, shall be guilty
OF 4 mlsdemeanor and shall upon con-
Viciicn be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not ex-
ceedjrg thirty days. or by both such
fine and imprisonment; provided, that
nothing in this act shall be construed
as prohibiting persons of the theatrical
profession from wearing such uniform
in any playhouse or theatre while ac-
tually engaged in following said pro-
fession, and provided that nothing in
this act shall be construed as prohibit
ing the uniform rank Of civic societies
parading or travelling in a body or
assembling in a lodge room; and pro-
vided further. that whenever the active
militia or any part thereof is in active
service. or is called into active service
no civic organization or member there
OF shall parade or appear in uniform
in the locality where said active militia
is in service.
Examination Of Candidates,
The following unpublished for the in
formation of all concerned:
The next examination of candidates
for provisional appointment as second
lieutenants in the line OF the Army will
begin on January 20. 1917. Applicants