Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-26
after 700 men
Personnel of Recruiting
Parties Announced
Maine to Be Well Covered to Get
Best Material

Col. Frank NJ. Hume of Houlton
commanding the I'd Maine Regiment
infantry, Friday announced the make
up OF the various recruiting parties
that are to start Saturday to motor
through the roads and byways of
Maine charged with the duty of Sc
lectlng the best material for the 700
men to recruit the I'd Maine to war
strength. From present indications
these parties are going to have a big
job. Instead of difficulty in finding 700
men to enlist in Names crack military
OUTFIT the trouble is to be to select
from the men who want to be enrolled
the best men. The drastic draft bill
has sure enough stirred up the State
as never before, and all classes and
conditions of men are falling all over
themselves to enlist and get on the
band wagon
Inc recruiting parties are to pay es-
pecial attention to the communities of
the State which have had no oppor-
tunity to enlist in a local company
For instance, Capt. Arthur Ashworth
OF the Machine Gun Company of Ban
gor is ordered to .trooStook county to
establish recruiting stations at IIoul-
ton, Caribou, Prcsque Isle and Van
Buren,. From these towns as cen
ters, the parties will motor over the
whole county. Aroostook owes the
State a whole big lot of men. She has
only one company and ought to re-
cruit at least two, if she produces men
as well as potatoes and politicians.
The localities that are to be visited by
Capt. Ashworth's parties arc:
Fort Kent. Frenchville, Limestone
Stockholm. New Sweden, Eagle Lake
Portage, Ashland, Masardis. Oakfield
Smyrna, Island Falls. Washburn. Shcr-
man, Patten, Monticello, Brdgewater,
Blaine and Mars Hill.
penobscot county boasts the most
efficient and energetic Public Safety
Committees in the State. 1t sent the
chairman of its recruiting committee
Mr.. Sabin Wood, down to confer with
! Col. Hume the day the order to recruit
! to war strength was Received Lieut.
, Harold G.. Newell of x Co. stationed
in Bangor on Railroad Guard Detail
will have charge Of the pcnobscot re-
cruiting under the council ana as
sistance of Mr.. Wood. The commune
ties to be reached by this party arc:
Pittsfield, Hartland. Harmony, Ban
gor, Brewer, OrringtOn, Bucksport
Ellsworth. Hancock, Franklin, Hamp-
den, Winterport, Frankfort, Prospect
Stockton, Searsport, Orono, Old Town,
Milford, Enfield, Lincoln. Carmel,
Newport. kenduskeag, East Corinth
and Charleston.
That old war horse of Names mill
.. tary activities, Capt Albert GrecnlaW,
ex- Adjutant General of Maine and the
Duke of Washington county was dis
patched yesterday to his home county
to lay tho plans for recruiting that
Capt. MILFORD s. Alexander is to put
into execution. Capt. Greenlaw knows
every man, woman and child in the
county and claims that his old BALL
wick will furnish more than 700 men
alone He and Capt. Alexander are to
cover:
Kingman. Danforth, Topsfeld,
Brooklyn. Waite, Princeton, Cherry
field. Charlotte. Baileyviile. Calais.
PASSPORT, Perry, Pembroke, Robin
ston, Milbridge, Perry, Dennysville, Lu-
bee, Whiting, East Machias. Machias-
port, Machias, Steuben, Gouldsboro,
Rouues Bluff, Jonesboro Columbia
Falls Harrington, Jonesport Addison
and Franklin.
The kennebcc Valley and Central
Maine in general will be looked after
by Lieut.. William ID. Ireland and Capt.
Roy l.. Marston.
AS the resimental headquarters is in
this district all the officers at Au-
gusta. including the band. will he used
in recruiting here Gardiner Will be
the chief object to attack. A recruit
ing tent has been set up in Railroad
square in that city and frequent prac-
tice marches will be made from Au-
custa to stir up the people. Seven
recruits came in yesterday from Gardi-
ner. The other communities to be COW
cred are:
Augusta, Hallowell, Skowhegan,
Fairfield, Clinton, Norridgewock, Mad
ison Oakland, Scion. Bingham Bel
fast. Swanville. Brooks, Benton. WINS
low, Knox, Thorndike, Unity and
Burnham.
In addition to the regular recruiting
parties the railroad guard details are
all authorized to open enlistment sta
tions in their localities.
Citizens have responded splendidly
to the suggestions of Chairman Sewall
of the Public Safety Committee and
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