Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-03
NATIONAL GUARD

The members OF Companies C and D..
are once more guarding the bridges Of the
Boston & Maine railroad in Biddeford
and Saco and vicinity. No one with au-
| thority would say why they were put
back.-Biddeford Record.
The many friends of Ora Mountain. a
member of Company A. I'd Me. Regiment.
will be sorry to learn that he is yet a pa
tient at the Weber hospital. Biddeford.
having suffered a relapse during the past
few days, and will be confined to his room
during the coming two or three weeks.
Mr.. Mountain is a sufferer from serious
burns, sustained. it is understood, while
assisting the cook at Co. A headquarters
at kennebunk.
Lawrence A. Crosby, formerly Of Ban
gor and now in that city, saw service on
the battlefields of France and relates an
incident which gave him a strong home
feeling. In one place he came across a
man who was reading a newspaper which
had a familiar appearance. being a Ban
gor paper and the man reading proved
to be Waldo Pierce Of Bangor, who was
in the ambulance service.
The I'd Maine Regiment is in the Fed
eral service. it may be stated for the in
formation Of the public and to correct
misapprehension on the part of some
people, but the coast artillery has
not yet been called into the Federal fold
although receiving and taking orders
from Gen. Edwards, in comand OF the
Department of the Northeast, through
the adjutant general of the State.
Advices to the Department OF the
Northeast from the War Department
state that the Fifth Division of the Ma
tional Guard-New England-will go
South to training camp. somewhere in
General Woods district in the South At
lantic states. The Guard Of the six New
England states will mobilize, according
to previous instructions, in their armor-
les, where they will be mustered into the
! Federal service Then, on date to be
set later. they will proceed to National
Guard divisional camp in the Department
of the Southeast. July % still stands as
the mobilization date for Massachusetts
and her sister states.
Members Of the National Guard organi
cation when drafted into the Federal ser.
vice will have to undergo a physical ex
animation by medical surgeons of the
army and unless physically fit will not
be enlisted in the service of the nation
Those who fail to pass the physical test
prescribed by the army regulations will
be refused enlistment and this refusa
will mean that they will not be subject tc
draft when the CONSUMPTION army Is
called later in the year. The War de-
partment made this announcement Sat
urday.
The Government printing office has
completed work on the 50-page booklet of
| rules for exemption for the draft and
they are now being distributed through
out the country. AS soon as sufficient
time has elapsed for the rules to reach
the most distant exemption board. Presi-
dent Wilson will issue a proclamation
making them public and giving them
strength. The most surprising thing
about the rules. which covers every as
pect of the draft problem, at the great
est length, is their extreme severity.
They leave little room for any man not
engaged in a war occupation which is
definitely listed as vital or a man who
is not the sole support of dependent
family. and proved to be so by the closest
investigation, escaping service should he
claim exemption.
Company % Of the Red Cross Ambu
lance Corps. which left Portland Satur-
day night for Allentown, Pa, where it
will have some 10-days' training before
sailing for France. was given royal
send -off, a big crowd saying goodbye and
safe return, at the Union station.