Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-02
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day, Capt. c. j.
James Daley has resigned as SER
eeant of Home Co. NJ. and Leroy
Sias has been appointed to NIL the
vacancy. -
+ George B. Stanton. sergeant of
Home Co. c, has resigned to go on
furlough to Fitchburg. Edward f.
Kenney has been appointed to I'LL The
vacancy.
John f. Mahoney, of Boston. late
Co. G, Is. L. S. Inf, and William /.
Richmond, of New York City, late
10th. Unassigned Mass, Inf. have re-
ported for re-admission.
The remains of the late Fisher A.
Ames, a former member of the Home
who died at Nob!eEoro, June Is,
were brought here Saturday and in
tered in the Home cemetery.
Burroughs were granted Saturday
to Thomas J. Turley to Boston;
Cleophas Forte to Milwaukee; Jere-
miah j. Shaw to Providence. and AL
exander L. Mclaughlin to Holyoke.
The Sunday concert was attended
by large crowd and thoroughly en-
ioyed. The clarinet duet, 1.-TWO Lit
tie Bulfinches" was pleasingly rem
dered by Messrs John Barrett and
Carl Pfeifer.
This weeks pictures will be. Tues
day, Miss Dorothy Dalton and Jack
Holt in ION The High Seas" with a
Pathe News and comedy; Wednes-
day, Claire Windsor and Kenneth
Harlan in THE Little Church around
the Corner" with Harold Lloyd COM
edy, "A Sailor Made Man." and Fri
nj Nolnnfino in, a
Young Rajah" with Pathe News
and comedy.
On July 18th. there is to be a
grand united field day. under the
| auspices of the Grand Army. United
Spanish War Veterans. Veterans of
Foreign Wars. and the American Le-
gion. The morning events will COM
mence at 8 A. NJ. on the baseball
grounds and include, Childrens dash,
1 races between the members of the
different wars; officers dash, three
legged race, ladies race, fat mems
race, centipede race, shoe race, po-
tato, race, broad jump, SAX race and
creased pig race. There is to be cash
prizes to nearly all the contests eX-
cept the ladies race and childrens
dash. AT l P. NJ, the veterans Or
CARNATIONS at the Home will assem-
BILE at the Club house and headed by
the Home band march once around
the square to the North band stand
where they will take seats and listen
to the address by Congressman John
+. Nelson. The next on the program
will be a boxing bout followed by a
| baseball game with the Fort Preble
team from Portland, very fast ag-
gregation of ball tossers. There is
TO be band concert at P. NJ, and
| special moving picture program at
$50.
Early Saturday morning the fol-
| lowing veterans left for Bangor to
attend the Third Annual State En-
| campment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars: Amos r. Ingham, Will
liam j. Evans, Walter F. Lee. Phil
ip S. Malloy. Walter White, Thomas
! Millett, John ]. O'Brien, Peter E.
Girard and Thomas ", Rabbit.
Major B. f. Hayden, and Mrs.
Hayden arrived Saturday morning
from Dayton, Ohio, to pack and ship
their household goods to that place,
Major Hayden having been promot-
ed to the position of assistant chief
| surgeon. Major Hayden has been in
the Home service since 1905 with the
exception of two years service in the
World War, and by hard work and
| close attention to his duties, has
won this promotion. Their many
friends here although pleased of his
advancement, will be sorry to see
them leave.