Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-01

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Recruits from Bath and Brunswick will
be assigned to the batteries in the Port
land district.
If practicable. one battery will be rails
ed in
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If this is done the Portland district will
have two batteries instead of three.
(e) There must be some prospect
of permanency of organization.
AS the men must enlist for six years
| in the National Guard, three years in
active service and three years in the
Reserve, I think that a discussion of
| the permanency of the organization Is
superfluous.
60 The war strength required for
| units of the regular Army will be re-
Quired for Federal recognition.
This means we must raise 100 men
| for each battery, six batteries in ALL
| Counting the Headquarters Company,
As officers and about 1900 men will be
! required.
| co Before receiving Federal recog-
milton officers will be required to pass
| such portion of the examination pre-
scribed in Circular 10, Militia Bureau,
| 1916 as may be deemed eXpedient,
| which portion will in general include
! an inquiry into the candidates ante
cedents, morals and character. educa
| business and professional experience,
conduct, efficiency and soldierly hab-
| it's while a member of the regular Mi
litia or Volunteer forces, and his prob
able efficiency and aptitude for the
service. The elementary and profess
| sional examination will be completed
when practicable. Attention is direct
ed to the qualifications for officers pre-
scribed in paragraphs , and IA, Circu-
| lar 10. Militia Bureau, 1916, which
must be strictly complied with.
The paragraph permits provisional
appointments of the officers to be
made and is a big item in the forma
| ton of a Heavy Field Artillery regi-
ment, as none of the officers will know
anything about this branch of the SER
vice and they will have time to pre-
pare for their professional examina-
tons.
| (b) An inspection by a regular
Army officer will be required prior to
Federal recognition. When a state is
ready to have an organization inspect
ed, report will be made to the Militia
Bureau. and arrangements will be
made by the War Department. through
! dan ~ q n66r for the
spection. The inspector will verify
the numbers and see that all the men
presented have been properly examin-
| ed physically and properly enlisted
and that their general appearance is
satisfactory. He will conduct such
portion of the prescribed examination
| for officers as may be required. He
will base his recommendation as to
recognition upon compliance by the
organization with the conditions set
forth above. Upon completion of the
inspection he will mail his report and
recommendations to the Militia Bu-
reau.
| No comment.
| The War Department further states:
1.-THE State authorities should make
reQuisition for arms, equipment and
| clothing for the new organizations
raised in conformity with the provl-
sions contained herein. AS these sup
| plies become available they will be
| furnished to the states as promptly as
possible. The extraordinary demands
upon the government at this time must
necessarily give rise to unavoidable
| delays.
| Federal recognition as National
| Guard is entirely separate and apart
from a call or draft into federal SER
| vice. The entry into federal service
| NAV be expected to follow federal rec
| oenitfon when new organization IL
sufficiently equipped to move to the
mobilization camp and there main
| tain itself and begin effective military
training. Bodies Of men can not be &C
| cepted into federal service and sent to
mobilization camps without adequate
| provisions for sheltering, subsisting
| and training them. No definite an
! nouncement can be made of the exact
|. time that will elapse between federal
| recognition and call or draft into FED
! eral service nor is it possible to an
nounce with any degree OF accuracy
approximately what this time Will De.
In conclusion shall go into my mil
itary record, to enable you to determine
my military fitness for this enterprise.
I have had commissioned service as
| follows:
Spanish American War:
I recruited Company A of the SEQ
ond Regiment Of U. S. Volunteer En-
| sineers and was commissioned first
lieutenant in that regiment, July l.,
1898. I was mustered out May 16. 1899.
! was a battalion adjutant and the req
| ,x.e,%,I cn,,opoiSSarv officer I served