Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-04
STATE HOUSE
Public Utilities Commission Re-
ports on Two Fatal Accidents
National Guard Notes -
State Is Interested in Suit
Brought in Massachusetts,
COUNCIL MEETING ON
JANUARY Z

A notice is prefixed to the January
bulletins of news notes issued from the
adiutant generals office stating that
hereafter two copies OF each bulletin
will be furnished to each organization,
one Of which will be posted on the bull
letin board where it may be seen by
the members Of the companies.
National Guard Notes
Under date of January the adjutant
generals office issued the following
bulletin of news notes of interest to
the National Guard Of Maine.
/. The following communication has
been received from Division OF Militia
Affairs relative to the attendance OF
militia officers at service schools:
Subject to the appropriation Of the
necessary funds it is proposed to au-
thorize 4 limited number Of officers Of
the coast artillery militia to attend the
gunnery course at the Coast Artillery
school.
The conditions governing attend
ance will be as follows:
(a) Tn. course Of study will COW
er the period Aug. l to Sept. 8. 1916.
The student officers will be expected to
report either one or two days before
the opening of the course and remain
until it's completion.
(b) Candidates may be nominated
from the grades OF captain, first lieu
tenant or second lieutenant providing
they have passed the war department
eXaminat tons prescribed for their grade
in General Orders No. 166, War De-
partment, 1911.
(c) Officers will be provided with
quarters, Communication of subsistence
at the rate Of 81 per day during actual
attendance at the school, and travel
allowances from their home stations to
Fort Monroe, Virginia, and return. 1t
will he impossible to pay officers the
salary Of their grades.
In order that preliminary plans
may be considered it is requested that
You report the names, in order of pref
erence, Of any officers of the Maine
Coast Artillery Corps, who may re-
quire this detail and whom the Cover
ncr may recommend as eligible"
.. In order to provide a figure of
relative efficiency between companies
given each company at the annual in
spection to be held during the latter
part OF February and the early part
of March. The standing will be deter
mined upon proportional parts of the
value given below:
Captain Gf complete in CORES
pondencc course) 50O
LIST lieutenant Gf complete in cor
pondence course) 4O0
End lieutenant if complete i'm cor.
respondence course) aoO
Strength of company (65 men ex-
ciusiE" of Machine Gun Co. men
attachedD 1nf
attendance at drills determined
| by the annual record Of attend
ance, Form ~ %,
| Military bearing Gncluding disci-
pine, saiuting and courtesy for
both officers and men in and ont
of ranks IN,
Drill:
Formation ,or
Attendance .oc
Uniform 1oo
Close order or
oioeI Wy squad or pla-
tOOn) oar
Fire direction and contro, tbv
suad or platoon) 20,
| Bayonet exercise %,
Gallery practice (by company rec
ord ,.r
First aid Thy SQUAD :,
1906
s'oo .o2o' equal 100 per cent.
Inc result and relative standing will
ne published in the bulletin. IT will he
hoted that the failure of COMPANY off.
GERS to complete school work will he
large factor in determining TN. rel.
awe Standing Of their companies
D. Lieutenant Commander Reuben
n. Dyer. commanding Ships Co. Ma
val Militia. has rendered his resigna :
ton to this office.
| =. The distribution of funds Under
'he Act OF May %. 1908, for 1861
VIII depend upon the total attendance
at the winter inspection and not unon
the total reported enlisted strength
1t is very important that comma MOS
should be enlisted to their fu,,
strength and special endeavor made
to nave every man present at the in
spectlon as upon this attendance de-
pends the amount allotted to the State
1or the use of the National Guard
thus making each individual man re-
sponsible for his share Every alb
sentee makes a proportionate reduce
ton in the amount. Last year nearly
$4,000 was lost to the State Of Maine
owing to the small attendance at in.
spection.
.. BY orders from the War Depart.
ment dated Dec. %, 1915, Sergeant
Eustace o. Squires. 49th Co., C. A, C..
Is relieved from further duty with the
| Organized Militia Of the State OF
Maine and ordered to Fort Williams
Maine, for duty. Sergeant John J.
FitZSfmmOnS oath NJ ~ ~ =.