Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-13
Call Extra Session and Give
Aid to Farmer, Urge Borah
500 C. M. rs WILL
TRAIN IN PORTLAND
HARb0R This YEAR

Boston, Jan. 12.-Members of the
New England National Guard units and
others who enroll for training in the
reserve officers training corps, organ
lied reserves and citizens military
training camps next summer will be
assigned to duty in camps at regular
army posts throughout New England.
according to an announcement by Brig
Gen. John D. Barretts. commanding the
First Corps Area. This is departure
from the practice of former years.
when the bulk of New England's mill
tary were given their training at Camp
Devens. This camp, it was announced
will continue to be the big training
center of New England, although the
scale. Brig. Cen. Malvern-EIill Bar
mum, commanding the 18th United
States Infantry Brigade, will be in
command at Devens this year.
The citizens military training camps
will be held this year at Fort Ethan
Allen, Burlington, VT: Portland Har-
Dor, Maine; Fort Adams. Newport, Il.
l.; Camp Devens, and at Fort Terry.
off New London. Conn. Five hundred
of the $500 students already enrolled
in New England will be trained at
Portland Harbor in the advanced infan-
try and basic courses, and probably
the advanced field artillery. 1t is pos
sible that zoe students from the Sec
ond Corps Area. New York, also may
be trained there.
Four hundred students will be train
ed at Fort Adams and 900 at Fort Ter
ry, the latter to specialize in anti-air-
craft artillery. About 1900 students
will be trained at Camp Devens In the
infantry, engineer and basic courses
AS in former years. these camps Will
be held during August with the cXcep-
ton of Fort Adams. which Will conduct
it's citizens military training camp
during July.
Although plans for the New Eng
land National Guard units have not
been completed. it was announced
that the 26th Division. Massachu-
sets, will encamp at Devens from
Jnly IL to July 25. The 10lst OBJ
servation Squadron. Air Service:
Massa chusetts National Guard. VIII
be trained at Langley Field, va.
while the 11Sth Squadron. Air Ser
vice. Connecticut. will so to Mitchell
Field. N. Y. The Maine National
Guard Coast Artillery regiment VIII
have its camp at Portland from July
10 to "a; 242nd Connecticut Coast
Artillery, 243rd Rhode Island Coast
Artillery, 245th New York Coast Ar
tillery, and 251st Massachusetts
Coast Artillery, all at Fort II. &.
Wright, New York; 240th Maine
Coast Artillery at Forts Preble and
Williams. Maine: 18th New Hamp-
shire Coast Artillery at Rye Beach.
n. H.: and Filth MASSACHUSETTS,
Coast Artillery at Fort Terry. n. l.:
AS in the case of the Nallonai
Guard the camp schedules of the Or
ganized reserves have not been WORK
ed out in detail, but it was announced
that one or two regiments OF the olst
Cavalry Division. New York, Will
train at Fort Ethan Allen from June
l to IS and that units of the 15th
Cavalry Brigade of New England will
train there at later date. regi-
ment of the 9th Division, o. r., Will
be assigned to duty with the Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont Citi-
zens' Military Training camp at
Portland, from July 26 to August y,
while another regiment from the oath
and 10Th Divisions will hold en-
campment with the c. M. I. c. at
Devens during the same period. Two
regiments of the 209th Coast Artil-
lery (Railway) with headquarters at
Boston will train with fixed arma-
ment in Boston Harbor.
The plans for the reserve officers
training corps call for the training of
$50 students in the cavalry and field
artillery courses at Fort Ethan Allen
or Camp Devens. the giving of in
struction to 225 students in the In
fartry and engineering courses at
Camp Devens, the training of signal
corps students at Camp Alfred Vail,
N. j., and air service instruction at
Langley Field, Va.
Eighty five artillery students will
camp at Fort Wright for six weeks.