Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-25
General Payne to Make
Return Trip to Con-
necticut by Aero
plane


campment of the 152nd Field Artil-
lery Battalion and the State Staff
Seth Infantry Brigade Headquarters,
and Headquarters Company at Camp
Keyes, has been featured by the
| number and prominence of the high
ranking officers of the National
| Guard and United States Army In
attendance for training or as In
structors and inspectors. And on
| Wednesday of this week the camp
will have the extraordinary honor of
sheltering at the same time four
generals, including the commanding
general of the 43rd Division and the
commanding generals of the S5th
and Seth Infantry Brigades, which
make up the divisional troops.
Camp Keyes is under the COM
! mand of Brigadier General Albert
Greenlaw of this city. commanding
| officer of the Seth Infantry Brigade,
and Adjutant General James w.
Hanson of the Maine National Guard
| has been in camp most. of the time
| during the tour of duty by the artil-
| lerymen. Late tonight or early We'd
| nesday, General Morris B. Payne, of
Hartford, Conn, commanding the
43rd. Division is expected to arrive
and he will be accompanied by Gen
eral John Haggerty, of the S5th. In
| fantry Brigade which Is composed of
| the 169th and 1O2nd Infantry regi-
ments, Connecticut National Guard.
| Generals Payne and Heggarty will
also be accompanied by Colonel
Harry B. Bissell, Chief of Staff of
the Ard. Division and Colonel John
fota nt
eral of the Connecticut National
Guard.
Plane Arrives From Connecticut
An army type Curtis JN-4 aero
plane arrived at Camp Keyes Mon
day afternoon after a trip from
Hartford, Conn.,, In hours 40 min
utes, flying time. The plane was
piloted by Lieutenant E. w. Fleet
of the 18th Aero Squadron, Con-
necticut National Guard, with Ser
geant Harry Generous as mechanic.
The plane was dispatched In advance
of General Payne's encourage to map
service points, and Gen. Payne will
probably make the return trip after
his visit to Camp Reyes in the plane.
The Connecticut National Guard
has an allotment of eight planes of
the type flown to this city by Lieut.
Fleet, and also one German Fork
ker. The army pilot and his
mechanic left Brainard Field at
Hartford at = 8 o'clock yesterday
morning and arrived at the Boston
air port at 1925 A. M. After servicing
their plane there they took to the
air again at 11.25 and arrived at
Portland at 1880. Lieut.. Fleet made
a landing at the Stroudwater flying
field to replenish fuel and oil sup
plies, but could not secure gas and
hoped off again at 210 P M. The
trip from Portland to Camp Keyes
was made in 80 minutes, the aviators
landing at Camp Keyes at 3 o'clock
They had exhausted the supply of
| gasoline In the main tank and had
been forced to call upon the reserve
! fuel in the small auxiliary tank, and
| when they TAXED into position on
the west side of the muster field
there were hardly two cups full of
| gasoline unused.
Brigade Hqtrs. Co. Busy
The officers of the Brigade and of
the State Staff will inspect the Bril-
gade telephone net spread by the
communication platoon of the S6th
Infantry Brigade Headquarters Com
PdHyS ACdi tuo Oluucy dug dTIllIeTy
range today. The net was run out
| Monday in a practice problem, and
will again be established today under
the direction of Captain Almon B.
Sullivan and Lieutenant Harry E.
| Farnham.
On Wednesday the men Of the seth
Inf. Brig. Hqtrs. Co. will go onto the
rifle range for qualifying practice
with service rifles and pistols. 1t Is
expected that some good scores will
be turned in as there are two beauti-
full trophy cups for proficiency with
the small arms.
Artillerymen On Range
The annual service practice with
the French 75 NM. guns is being ex-
perienced by the three combat bat
teries Of the 152nd Field Artillery at
the North Augusta Sidney Bog range,
| which General Hammond, U. s. A.,
Chief of the Militia Bureau, charac-
| terized as one of the finest ranges for
| artillery firing in the country. The
| Headquarters Battery is also on duty
| at the range, and has established
communication lines between the
| battalion command post, the obser-
walton points and the firing position.
| Battery B. of Caribou, Captain
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