Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-31


seldom makes itself felt in peace
time encampments such as the one
| now being held at Camp Reyes but
on Friday as a result of a party in
which three soldiers, members of the
Headquarters Company Second Bat
/ talon, participated at Waterville,
! Thursday night, a summary court
martial, rarely found necessary IN
the Maine National Guard, was call
| ed.
The three men, Almer Hall, Everett
! Reynolds and Basil Sleeves, all of
Pittsfeld were tried before Capt.
! Wilfred G. Chapman of Portland, the
| summary court officer of the 105rd
/ Infantry on charges resulting from
wild automobile ride through the
streets of Waterville, but last night
/ it was stated that Capt. Chapman
/ had not reported his findings to Col.
/ Harry NJ. Bigelow, commander of the
/ regiment.
The three men with a civilian who
was tried Friday in the Waterville
municipal court, were apprehended
! by Watervile police officers late
| Thursday night after they had driv-
! en- through Main street in that city
. at quite a rate of speed and had
! knocked down several silent police
men" which were used to mark off
/ safety zone" When the police
( started after them they drove away,
| only to drive into a blind street and
I thus fall into the hands of the Off
! GERS. They were later turned over
to Sergeant jor Edward Miller or
/ the 10Srd Regiment, who was sent 10
/ Waterville after them and were taken
! to Camp Keycs
In the afternoon three witnesses
from Watervile, Deputy Marshall
; Thihodeau. and officers Maheu and
! Niolette of the Waterville police
/ force were heard as witnesses before
/ The summary court.
Boys Get Second Shot Para
Typhoid
| The principal event at the camp. a
/ least in the minds of the soldiers OF
| the regiment. was the administration
of the second shot Of para-typnoiu
serum. The boys today are suffering
this treatment, and on Friday several
were taken to the hospital, temporar-
ily too sick to remain in their tents.
Ar a regimenal review which was
held 80 Friday afternoon in honor
of col Wright OF the Fifth infantry,
T. s. regular army. several men teu
over during the formation and cere-
mouY.
Capt. Frank Sprasue of Co. T. OF
Augusta was a proud man last even
ing AS he told of the review and the
way his men went through il despite
the incubation. Two of the boys
went over cold before the review. as
they were standing in formation, but
as Capt. Sprague said they We're
both in line when we went by on inc
review. That is the spirit of our
company this year. the best ever ana
| am mighty proud OF them.
Col Wright was a visitor for sew
eraI hours at the camp and was very
much pleased with the layout at the
improved camp and the way in which
il is being conducted. Because OF
the inocuiation which is bound to
make the boys feel rather mean
the regular regimental parade at
guard mount was not staged, formal
guard mount only being conducted.
Great Workmanship Howitzer Com
pany
The Howitzer Company. which went
onto the Sidney Bog range for the
first time Friday morning, drew much
praise from Adiutant General James
w. Hanson Brigadier General Albert
Greenlaw. Col. Harry NJ, Bigelow, Lit
Con Spaulding Bishee and others who
witnessed their wonderful markSman-
ship.
Adiutant General Hanson later said
"A tremendous increase in the effiCien-
cy of these units has taken place dur
ing the past eight years. We are
proud of the work those boys are cap
able Of doing right now
Using both one-pounderS and the
stokes mortarS the men bombarded
clump Of spruce trees about S00 yards
away, and time and time again they
registered perfect hits. About 100
shots were fred during the forenoon
and nearly every one of them was
within killing distance of the target.
! Each man of the gun crews was given
a problem to work out for himself
during the practice.
The boys of the gas pipe dctach-
ment" elevated the muZzles of their
| Stokes mortars to an angle of about 70
| degrees and they dropped their flying
! pigs" with much accuracy as the
| one-pounders had done. This is par
| ticularly spectacular as it is possible
! to watch the shell in its flight as it
| turns over and over in high parabola
| before descending on its target with a
| heavy report.
| Capt. Lester Brown. Lieut.. Baglcy
! and Lieut.. Baker of this outfit, which
| comes from Portland, were very much
! pleased with the showing the men had
/ made.
Co. d Wins Baseball Game
| Despite the shot of para typhoid
| which they had taken Friday morning,
| the ball teams OF Co. D. the machine
| gun aggregation from Livermpre, and
| Co. NJ, the machine gun outfit from
| Bangor. fought ii out on the baseball
/ field with y company winning by a
| score of Is to l. The game was not
/ such q slaughter as it sounds for In
the first few innings it was very close
| and exciting.
| Today the boys Of the 103rd will be
! called upon for the regular Saturday
| field inspection, which will probably
be conducted by Col. Bigelow. They