Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27

| tice, nearly 400 recruits who have been
ed trains from their respective towns
ana cities, Monday, al q all had arrived
at Camp keyes before sunrise Tues
| Cay morning. The first to arrive was
a detachment of nearly SO men from
Bangor, who have enlisted in Co. &
of that city. The new band of rockies"
who marched into camp at about 4.30
m the afternoon showed clearly the
hurried nature of their departure; few
: had uniforms, and one lad filed up
the hill with his companions clad in
hite flannel trousers and with gun
metal dancing pumps upon his feet;
another wore cap adorned with the
insignia of the American Express Co
and the checkered coat of an express
man. OF the new men to arrive from
Bangor there are but seven who are
married. One of the Co. G recruits said
that the word for departure did not
reach the majority OF the men until
the fire bells sounded the call to mus
ter shortly after noon.
The last recruits to arrive We're for
Co. | of PASSPORT and Co. L of Houl-
ton, and these boys did not reach the
Capital until after 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning, following an all-night trip
by rail-
The newly enlisted men in Co. NJ of
Augusta were marched to the grounds
ir the middle of the afternoon under
the command of Lieut. Frederick
Owen, who has charge of their train
ing, and the veterans" of NJ gathered
gleefully in the company street to
greet them. 1t was not, however until
they had passed several times with
more CELEBRITY than dignity between two
solid lines of flying belt straps that
the rockies" fully realized the true
warmth of their greeting.
The arrival of so many new me 1
at such short notice taxed the vari
Gus departments to their utmost, but
food was provided for all finally. and
all were given comfortable sleeping
quarters. In order to relieve the con-
eeStion somewhat the new Augusta
volunteers dined down town in the eve
ming.
The number Of new men to arrive
at Camp Keyes and their orga nization
assignment follows: Co. A Of Dexter,
81; Co. B of Rumford Falls, rs; Co. G
,of Livermore Falls. q: Co D of Nor
way, 10; Co. f of Skowhegan, 3d. Co.
F of Dover. 90 Co. Of Bangor. IS:
Co. H Of Watervile, IS; Co of East
port. 10: Co. K of Pennington, II; Co.
l. of Houlton %; and Co. M of Au-
eusta, 60.
The "Weedins out" Begins
Work all day Monday ana nearly all
night as well, the members of the medi-
cal corps are doing their best to weed
out those physically unfit for active SER
vice on the border by applying the strict
federal military medical examination to
every man in the regiment And it is
surely quite some rigid examination. Con-
stantly during the afternoon long faces
and disappointed mutterings from many
a man announced fresh failure to pass.
Although the exact figures could not be
determined Monday night, it is believed
from those which have been learned that
over 10 per cent. of those already under
enlistment at Camp Reyes will be unable
| to leave for service because of a failure
to pass the examination. The larger part
OF the reflections made Monday were for
under-height and under-weight, poor eyes
! and bad teeth
Because of the examination the day
was, in general, quiet. Much the same
Old routine was followed with the excep-
ton that the men were given drill with
arms Monday for practically the first
time since the start of the encampment,
The inspection Of federal property which
was begun Sunday was continued yester-
day, and the calisthenics were admin
lstered as usual. A representative of a
Maine movie firm provided some excite
ment at the camp, photogra phing nearly
everything in sight, including a little one
| act scenario in which Col Frank M.
| Hume was the leading man. At guard
mount at 40 in the afternoon Co. F of
Dover relieved Co. L, with Captain
Charles H. Norton becoming officer of the
day and Lieut.. Carlyle Bailey commander
of the guard.
COL MauIdin to Inspect
Lieutenant Colonel Frank G. Mauldin,
commander Of Fort Mckinley c. A. c.,
In the Portland district. arrived at Au-
gusta Monday afternoon in response to
orders from the war department for the
purpose Of officially inspecting the End IN
fantry at Camp Keyes.
ReeimentaI Officers
The official roster of the regimental Of
ficers of the End Maine Infantry is as
follows:
Frank M. Hume, colonel, Houlton.
Frank B. Cummings. lieutenant colonel.
Portland.
Walter j. Mayo. major. Foxcroft.
William E. Southland, major, Bangor.
John A. Hadley, major. Bangor.
Frank E. Drake captain and adjutant.
Pennington.
Albert Greenlaw. captain and quarter
master, Eastport.
Arthur Ashworth, captain and commits
sary, Bangor.
Moses P. Styles. captain and A. l. s. A.
p, Norway.
Rev. James A. Cochrane, chaplain. Ma
tional Soldiers Home
Thomas NJ. ]. Enright, first lieuten-
ant and battalion adjutant, Augusta.
James w. Hanson, first lieutenant
and battalion adjutant. Belgrade.
Arthur F. Kinds, first lieutenant and
battalion adjutant. Livermore Falls.
Harold r. Peacock, second lieutenant
| and battalion ouartermaster and COM