Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-26
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Waterville for second major and
Lieut.. ID. S. Dexter of Lewiston
named Fred +. Riley OF Livermore
Falls. The result:
Whole number OF votes............... q
Necessary for a choice................. 10
Harold l.. Pepper. Observation-Disclosures. 3
Fred +. Riley.................. "a
Third Major
Capt. 7 W Witherly Of Bangor nam
ed Frank L Brown of Dexter for third
major and 1t Blaisdell pamed y. 4.
Redlon of Portland. The result:
Whole number OF votes................3 A.
Necessary for a choice. IS
Frank L. Brown. So. q
y. {. Redlon. .'........................ II
The business Of the meeting having
been concluded, General Presson gave
a brief sketch of the cab for anotne:
Maine, its birth and growth, resulting
in this election. The officers then sign-
ed the pay roll and were excused.
The Officers
Coone4 Harry NJ. Bgelow was the
organizer and commander for six years
of the Naval Reserve of Portland and
also served in the National Guard as
lieutenant of the 5th Company in Port
land. He has always been interested
in affairs military and was for a time
cadet at Annapolis. He served with
credit as a lieutenant in the navy dur
ing the Spanish war. He is managing
editor Of the Portland Press.
Lieut.. Colonel Leroy p. Moulton was
long the lieutenant commander of the
Naval Reserves and is now naval aide
to Governor Milliken, having served in
the same capacity to Governor Curtis,
He is the manager of the Falmouth
House at Portland. is a former presi-
dent of the Royal Greeters OF America,
the well-known hotclmens association,
is prominent in the Elks aud widely
known.
Major Philip F. Chapman was born in
Portland. graduated from Bowdoin In
1906. from Harvard in 1919 He studied
military service at Fort Howard and
Fort Monroe, taking special instruction
for the heavy artillery. and later passed
two months in study in Berlin. Germa-
ny. his brother-in-law being military
attache to the American amba ssador.
He is president Of the Chapman Ma
tional Bank of Portland and was for
three years chairman OF the board Of
health Of that city.
Major Harold L. Pepper entered
the service as a private in Co. H. Of
Waterville on May II, 1908. when
that company was reorganized. He
was soon made corporal and then
sergeant: later being detailed as
company inspector of rife practice.
He developed fine rife team.
which for three years won the Capt
Hill trophy. which then became the
permanent property of the company
He was in 1904 elected I'd lieutenant
and in 1905 elected captain. He re-
built the company and remodeled the
armory and secured a 10-year lease
of the armory. one Of the best in New
England having range of 1000
Yards His company attendance
kept up and its morale and discipline
was excellent He made a special
point of general all-around training
for service and got good results. He
was retired on Jan. 81. 1911. in order
to take the Maine Bar examination
and has since practiced law in Wa
terville.
Major Frank z Brown is an honor
graduate of a military institute. the
West Point of the South" being
fitted to enter the army as a second
lieutenant. but instead enered Mass.
Tech. and studied engineering. He
was a commissioned officer in the
Virginia State Militia and for IA
years had charge of military forma
tions at Richmond college. He was
offered the position of major in the
Virginia Militia but came to Maine
to live. He has been recruiting of
ficer Of the Dexter-Corinna COM
rany, Co. NJ. He holds diplomas in
ordnance. gunnery. field fortified
tions and art of war.