Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-06

| to fall out of ranks. Very little wa.
| ter from the canteens was drunk By
the men during the journey, most Of
them arriving without having un'
screwed the caps OF the canteens
The men have been cautioned mot
to indulge too freely in bottled soda
or chocolate candy, and because Of
| this oautionary measure very little
stomach trouble has been reported
| The 1O3d Band, after making nee.
! essary preparations for the night al
the encampment. were taken to the
Augusta Country Club yesterday aft.
ernoon, where 1t played a concert
whlie the golf tourney was going on
Today's Program
| The objective of the regiment to.
day will be the Brown farm, about
a quarter mile from East Monmouth
near the foot of Lake Cobbosseecon.
tee. The same schedule of march
| wi!l be preserved ~ yesterday. The
md Battalion, under Major Thomas
Will act as advance guard.
| Mess Officer Has Some Job
IND. Lieutenant George A. j. Fro
berger OF f. Company has been de-
signated as mess officer for the Sec
ond Battalion for the overland hike
and during the tour of field duty,
and with his subsistence and stores
on the road Lieut.. Froberger is hav-
Ing his troubles. Wednesday one of
the horses on the water cart, which
Is part of the equipment under his
! control, had an attack of the heebe-
| ]eebes or some similar summer all
ment peculiar to military horseflesh,
and the Lieutenant practically got
into the harness himself and hauled
the water wagon into camp at Num-
| ford Farm.
In the several days In which Lieut.
enant Froberger has had the direc-
ton OF water carts, rolling soup guns
or field Kitchens, commisary trucks
and draft annals as Battalion mess
officer, he has come to know consid
| cradle Of the vagaries of army
trucks and quadrupeds. After his
experience on Wednesday on the
| first days march to East Winthrop,
| Lieutenant Froberger is said to have
| reported at the picket line and ask
ed for his place along side Of the
| other horses of the regimental es-
cort.
Lewiston Co. ScintilIates
Company E. of Lewiston, under
the command of Captain Dan Dexter
| has made a brilliant showing in
every department since the encamp-
ment started last Saturday, and
their line-up of pup" tents on the
Mumford Farm site Wednesday af-
ternoon was a sight for the dimning
eyes of service veterans. Emile Mar
cou is the ''top-kick" or LIST Sergeant
of the Lewiston Rife company and
it is due to the all seeing watchful-
ness or this non-commissioned Of
ficer that the company is being
pointed out as a model for the regi-
ment, Sgt. Marcou is the ranking en-
! listed member of the outfit in point
| of service and his National Guard
experience dates back to 1918 when
| the 1O3rd then the 3rd Maine was
| organized.
Camp Comedy
A soldier from the mess detail of
| the 2nd Battalion reporting to Lieut..
! F'roberger at his tent at the field
camp Wednesday afternoon. saluted
| in well-disciplined manner and ad-
| dressed the Battalion mess officer.
| Sir. the man on the water cart is
sick"
~''Sick OF what?" was Lieut.. Fro
berger's quick rejoinder.
| Carrying only the necessary arti-
cles for q field tour, the officers OF
the regiment as well as the men of
the ranks are pretty much on their
resources and ingenuity in many
ways. The efforts of the three COM
missioned officers of Company F. of
| Augusta to police" themselves up a
bit after the long dusty hike of We'd
nesday was typical of similar little
| comedy-dramas being enacted all
| over the big camp. There seemed
| to be but one complete shaving out
| fit among them and 1t was necessary
to call "Murph" the orderly several
times before Captain Frank B.
Sprague could get started on his
shaving process. Finally with shat
tered mirror being held by 1st Lieut..
William Doyle, and a collapsible
| canvas bucket of water manipulated
by 2nd., Lieut.. George A. J. F'rober-
ger, the commanding officer made
| himself most presentable.
The three commissioned officers Of
Company F., are veterans of the
World War, and all saw active ser
vice in France, SO the matter OF
sharing alike with one shaving out
| fit is all in the game to them.
FerIeCteQ PlanS
The advance plans for the over
the-road hike to Lewiston We're most
| carefully laid, and the beautiful spot
| selected for the first nights field
camp on the Mumford Farm at East
Winthrop offered every advantage to
the big body of troops and the nee
essary accompanying motor and
horse divisions. Practically every Of
ficer and man of the regiment took
opportunity for swim in Lake
Cobbosseecontee yesterday afternoon
and evening, and at times there were
three to four hundred men disport-
ing in the refreshing waters of the
lake.
The march discipline Of the regi-
ment was superb on Wednesday, the
| first day of the long grind on the
| hike to Lewiston. Soldiers in the
; ranks Of several of the companies
have harmonicas, and the tunes
from these mouth organs, alternat-
ed with the singing of old favorite
marching ditties by the men of F. r..
and other companies. materially
| lightened the tedium of the, hike. and
kept the cadence lively.