Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-28
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
THIRD MAINE INFANTRY
CLOSES IT CAMP kEYES

Friday evening marked the close Of
tie school Of instruction for omcers
and nom commissioned officers Of the
:rd Maine Infantry. N. G. S. NJ. At
Camp Keyes and today the 800 men
will be on their way back to civil
life with a new and broader idea Of
their duties and responsibilities as
leaders and instructors.
The schedule planned for Friday
was not carried out on account OF
the rain, but the rainy day sched-
u!e was followed. Capt. Harold p.
Sheldon lectured on fire control.
infantry drill and. on clothing and
shoes. The latter subject 10 one Of
great importance for when a soldier
carries 50 or 20 pounds in his pack
and equipment. the shoes must be
well fitted to his feet so that he can
wear them with comfort. The lee
lures on first aid were given by Ma
jor Bal F. Bradbury. And the
smoothness with which the rainy
day schedule went off testified to the
care with which Lieut.. Col. Francis
H. Farnum had worked it out.
At the Thursday evening confer
ence Lieut. Col. Farnum gave a iec-
ture on Courts Marshal with especial
reference to summary courts. and he
read a letter from Major Thayer.
Judge advocate general of Bangor. Of
the National Guard of Maine. who
had planned to be present and dis
ouss the matter Of summary court
As he was unable to be present he
covered in his letter many Of the
points he would have taken up oral
ly. Lieut.. Col. Farnum commented
to some extent on the subjects taken
up in the letter. showing the i'm
portance of going carefully in the
matter Of court marshal for the in.
terests of all parties concerned. He
distributed to the officers sample
copies of blanks to be used in con-
nection with the work of summary
court marshal. such az the charge
sheet, the record of the trial. etc.
Lieut.. Col. Farnum then discussed
tie matter Of the sand table in con-
nection with instruction in field for
t,fications and entanglements. He
had with him a most interesting COL
lection of models which had been
made at the disciplinary barracks at
Fort Levenworth, the collection in
Guiding miniature railroad trains.
wire entanglements. pontoon bridges.
etc. He expects to make use Of
these models in connection with the
srmory instruction in the winter.
The latter part Of the afternoon
ET{AaU fhA
formed into detachments in front Of
the headquarters and received their
pay. and they were indeed a happy
lot of men at being paid of on time
The officer Of the day Friday was
Capt. c. A. Rogers and the officers
Of the guard were Lieut. r. I. Ham,
mond and End Lieut.. William e. An
drews.
The camp will be broken this morn
Ing. but several of the details moved
cut last night to get late trains.
The four officers who had been
detailed from the Northeastern De-
partment to assist Lieut.. Col. Far
mum at the school. Capt. Harold P.
Sheldon. Capt. George P. Moyse, list
Lieut.. Ralph w. hobart and list
Lieut.. Sydney A. Cook, won the re-
spect and admiration Of all at the
camp by their willingness to work
overtime and their cheerfulness in
working hard under the hot sun. In
fact 1.-The Farnum Camp" as it will
be remembered by the men, has done
great things in giving the regiment
its initial impetus.
From the course Of instruction
and the quality Of instructions, 1t
Is seen that the rebuilding Of the
National Guard in the State Of
Maine is being attempted in earnest.
Lieut.. Col. Farnum has been de-
tailed to Maine as infantry instructor
and the sergeant instructors work.
ing In the several cities and towns
where there are companies under hts
direction. make 1t possible to per-
feet a regiment that will uphold the
standards that the crack regiments
OF Maine volunteers from the earliest
Gays Of the country have set.
The intensive program during the
five days of the school Of ;nstruc-
ton has taken up the war game from
the very rudiuents to minor tactics,
including all problems of admins
tration, sanitation and rationing and