Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-15

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third of its members are those who
have. had former service-many of
them are World war veterans
Thanks to hard and persistent work
On the part of Capt Raymond w
Swift and those who assisted him
. in whipping the Augusta contingent
into shape. Co. F left home complete
~ equipped, even to the smallest de-
1 tails.
With the present cutting down of
our regular Federal army, the Ma
tional Guard has become of greater
importance than ever before. Chief
of-staff General John j. Pershing
has issued an order for the fullest
cooperation or all federal units in
training the militiamen. and the in
structors at Camp Devens will be
the pick of regular army officers and
non-coms Every hour at Camp
Devens will be a busy one for the
! Augusta boys, for the manoeucers
there have been planned to approx
innate as nearly as possible the con-
ditions of actual warfare. including
re gimental and battalion review,
sham battles. musketry and range
! firing and other features that will
tend to make the guardsmen an eff
ticient fighting body
While the. period OF duty at Dew
ems will be one of intensive study
and work. there will baseball games.
boxing and other diversions to keep
the men in good spirits. The Gull
nary department of Co. F. will be
under the direction of Herbert
Leonard and Herman Redmond,
both of whom have enviable reputa-
tons as field cooks,
Go. F. of Augusta. with Co. G. Of
WaterNllle, Co. f. of Lewiston, and
, the machine gun company. forms
the Bird battalion under the COM
mand of Major Thomas of Water
Vile. and IT is this battalion that is
generally considered the crack bat
TALON of the regiment.
Accompanying the Augusta men
were Major Francis Farnham. Fed
eral Instructor, and Captains Lester
the State Quartermasters Corps who
vii! join their command which went
through to Devens by truck last
/ Thursday Accompanying them
was Private Clarence a. Perkins of
the Q. NJ. c. With the arrival of
Staff Sergt. Floyd \. Chase on
Thursday. the Quartermaster Corps
will have a 100 per cent attendance
Following are the names of the off
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trip to Devens:
Capt. Raymond W. Swift End 1t.
. Frank Is. Sprague, LIST Sgt Leland W.
Niles Mess Sgt. George H Cooper.
Sup. Sgt. Ronald w. Tnbey, Co Clerk
Corp. Walter y. True Musicians Le-
! land Anderson and Waldo Froterger.
lst platoon. Sgt. Oliver D. Letendre.
Sgt. David A. saith: lst squad. Corp.
Percy L. Larrabee. Priyates John X.
Turner. Ralph Newman, ANGEL Reeves
Harold Herrin, George Hoyt, Earl Tre-
worgy. Earl Dunlap: End squad Aac,-
ing Corp. George Griffiths. Privates
Alton Moody. Bert Tenney. Charles 5.
Buckley. George H. Bangs Ir. Sewall
Austin. William c. Brann. Harvey Lis
comb; 3rd squad, Acting Corp. Octave
Gilbert, Privates Walter Austin, Hen.
~ Folsom. Patrick Farrell. Henry
Austin. George Young. Alfred Poulin.
John King; Ifh squad Corp. Arthur
Nickless. Pritates Ivan Howe. Verne
Rowe. Leslie Fl. Hail, Harry H. Har-
rington, John jenkins. Alfred Duel
iette;; End platoon, Sgt. ROBBIE Lis.
combe: 9TH squal. Acting Corp, James
Chambers, Privates Philip V. Black.
VIM. J. Lupin, Raymond Gidney. Ma
than Raynes. Arthur Butler. Pe,ley
Rice, Herman Redmond; 9th squad
Corp Jcffery Lcclair. Privates Arthur
Dennis. Arthur Newall, Lester Young.
Herbert Perry, Lawrence Burke. Peter
Butler, George Spear: TIN squad. Corp.
Albert Bouffard Privates Clyde Pull
len, Harry Madore, Francis Marley
Emery Doyon, Harry Pauiin. Samuel
Baker. Albert Chaput; Cook Herbert j.
Leonard.