Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-15
leo. F STARTS
SUNDAY FOR CAMP
IDEVENS TRAINING

It's back to the war for 76 Au-
gusta boys Sunday when the troop
train leaves the station at 1885 in
the morning bearing the 103d Infan-
try, Maine National Guard. For two
weeks at Camp Devens, the men will
have the annual muster, and now
adays its more Of a workout than
before the war. for General PERISH
ing and his staff have directed the
training Of the national guard to
state of efficiency comparable with
the regulars.
New recruits within the past few
weeks bring the total Of the enlist
| ed strength OF the company to ~, a
very satisfactory number. Three Of
fcers accompany the men: Captain
Raymond w. Swift, First Lieutenant
Frank B. sprague and Second Lieu
tenant William H. Doyle. The per-
sonnet Is az follows:
lst. Sgt. Leland 8. Niles; Supply
Sgt. Ronald W. Tobey; Mess Sgt,
George H. Cooper. Co. Clerk, Corp.
Elmer A. Davis; sergeants Oliver lie.
tendre, Arthur N.ckless, Robey Lis
combe. Thomas Chambers, David
Smith; Corporals 8. 2. Austin, Percy
Larrabbee, Earle Sailing. W. l..
Austin, Octave Gilbert, Joseph Bio
deau; Privates Seldom Jones. Donald
Jones, Walter True, Harold Blair.
I. on Jones. Wallace E. Shaphard,
Ance Reeves, Leland Anderson,( mu-
sician), Ralph Newman, Patrick
Farrell, Bert. Tenney, James Grit
fiths, Joseph Levesque, John King,
Harold Herrin, Samuel Folsom,
(musician), Alton Moody. John Jen-
kins, Elroy Bragg, Herman Red
mond, Orride Mayo. Raymond Vigue,
George Young. Philip Bartlett. Milo
Pease, Raymond Gidney. Verne
Rowe. Henry Austin. Charles B. Jr,
| Willie Dubay, Perlev Rice. John P.
Jones. Arthur Newell, Alfred Que
lette. Phil Black. Bernard l.. Gray.
Albert Chaput, Lester Young, Will
| liam j. Lupin, Harry Madore. Scott
| Black. Emery Doyon. Harold Allard.
Russell Smith, Howard Farnham.
Dickev Levasseur, Herbert J. Perry,
Francis J. Marley. Harry Poulin.
AdeIbert Dennis, James Toman. Pc
ter Butler (cook). Lawrence Burke.
! Herbert Leonard Gee k, Bickford.
CLYDE Pulle,n Frank Olsen, Joseph
Burton. Albert Iatullippe. Charles
| North.
First Lieutenant Samuel Titcomb
! is assigned to regimental headquar-
! tiers and will act as summary court
officer for the period of the camp.
Company f is unit of the Second
! Battalion commanded by Major Irwin
/ Thomas of Waterville. Companies T..
OF Lewiston. G of Waterville. and n
! (machine gum also of Lewiston
! comprise the remainder Of the bat
! talon During the last year the bat
! TALON has been conspicuous in the
, regiment for its efficiency and all Of
! the units have improved in great
measure The entire regiment of T3
officers and 1913 men will be led by
| Colonel Harry NJ. Bigelow of Port
! land.
A five days bivouac on the rife
range at the end of the first week
will provide ample rifle work. Ger
tain men will also be trained in the
use OF the pistol and the automatic
rife. No modern weapon in use by
infantry today will be neglected dur
ing the intensive period of training.
| The men Of Company + have
worked faithfully in the recent
months and may be counted to share
! in the honors which the entire regi-
ment. encamped with units from 9TH
err states, will bring to Maine. So for
IA days. until the end Of the 30th OF
this month the newest Of the new re-
cruits and perhaps a few CT the old
tuners will wonder who awakened
the bugler.