Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-17

ln1., Name National Guard.
very good. indeed" was the char
lacterization of the appearance, mill
}itary set-up and drill of Company
f., 103rd Infantry, Maine National
Guard, by Captain T. w. Freeman
u. S. Infantry, d. O. L., who con-
Quoted the Federal inspection of the
local unit Of the Maine guard at
City Hall, Thursday evening. OF
course Capt. Freeman's pronounce
ment was entirely informal. as his
official report will be forwarded to
the War Department, but those who
observed the close order work and
inspection of the guardsmen by COM
pany and as individuals, last even
ing were unanimous in their express
sions of approval of the splendid APP
pearance of the local company.
Company +. missed one hundred
per cent attendance at the annual
| inspection. only by the unexplained
absence of one soldier, So of the pres
ent strength of SO enlisted men be-
ing in uniform last evening. The
| company was commanded by Captain
Frank B. Sprague, with Lieutenant
| William II. Doyle. whose promotion
| to the First Lieutenancy only awaits
| issuance Of the official order from
the Adjutant Generals office, in
command of the first platoon. and
End. Lieut.. George A. j. Froberger
newly commissioned into the Maine
| National Guard, in command of the
End. platoon.
| The official visitation of the Fed
eral inspecting officer was also wit
messed by Irving +. Thomas of Wat
erville, of the 2nd, Battalion. 103rd
| Inf, Captain Claude G. Adams and
| Capt. Il. J. Potts, U. S. Inf. and
| Captain Almon Il. Sullivan of the
! Headquarters Company. S6th Inf
Brigade. NJ. n. G., and a consider
able gathering of former service
from formal military displays, and
interested citizens.
Captain Freeman conducted the
inspection in most thorough man.
ner. The two platoOns were put
through the manual of arms, squad
platoon, and company drill and each
soldier was submitted to quiz on
military etiquette, school of the sol
der, and general military matters
The same officer inspected the paper
work of tie company at the armory
in the afternoon, in the presence OF
Capt. Sprague. and declared las,
evening that he found this depart
ment Of the company's affairs also
most satisfactory.
Following the somewhat strenuous
session in City Hall auditorium, the
enlisted personnel of the Co. j. en-
joyed a luncheon of frankflrters anG
hot coffee in the armory, while there
was an informal smoker in the or
derby room for the visiting officers
and commissioned staff of the com
pany.
New Commissioned Personnel
| The recommendation for the pro
| motion of Lieut.. Doyle from md
Lieutenant to LIST. Lieutenant and tho
| commission .or Lieut.. Frobcrger il
the Maine National Guard are in tho
Office OF the Adjutant General and
only await ofticialt sanction. These
two officers functicned in their res.
pective capacities with the Augusta
! Guard Company at the Federal in
tspeotion Thursday evening, and with
Captain Frank l.. Sprague made q
lSplendid appearance. Company +
has been without 1st. Iieutenan,
u. Letcndrc, but it was the genera
concensus of opinion last evening
that the local company had one OF
the strongest commissioned staffs
which it has ever enjoyed, in these
three experienced officers.
A Splendid Officer
| lieutenant Doyles experience il
the regular army and National
Guard dates back to 1912, when Inc
served u three year hitch in the
| regulars, as member of Co. T., 9th
| L. $. Infantry. lie was discharged
| from the regular army in 1919 with
the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant
He enlisted in Co. NJ. md. Me. Inf
in June ;, 1916 and served with that
unit Of the Maine National Guard
until August, 8. 1917. when the com
| pany was Federally recognized as
the 103rd. Infantry. He was Jst Ser
| Geant of the company until Septem-
Der 1918, when he was transferred
! TO the 42nd Inf, and served with
that outfit until February 1919, be-
| ing list Cergeant when discharged
| Lieut.. Doyle served overseas dur
ing the World War. He left the
| United States September -. 1917, as
! Duty Sergeant Of Headquarters
Company, 1O3rd. Inf. He WAS APP
pointed LIST Sergeant in March 1915
and returned to the United States as
Sergeant Instructor of Infantry, as
signed to the And Infantry and
! served as 1st Sergeant until dis
charged. He saw service in France
| in the Chemins des Danes. Aisnc-
Marine and Champagne Marine Of
| fensives. He also attended the list
J Army Corps school at Gondrecourt
| France, in January and February,