Outing . first full regi-ment from Maine was commanded byColonel James Scammon, of Biddeford,and Johnson Moulton, just referred to,was the lieutenant-colonel. So many men having been enlistedand sent to the scene of active opera-tions in the vicinity of New York madeit the more necessary that increased vig-ilance should be exercised by the smallnumber of defenders left at home, andevery effort made to afford proper pro-tection. At Falmouth a small force ofmilitia was stationed and supplied withsix cannon and a suitable quantity ofmilitary stores. One-fourth of all themale inhabitants over sixt
Outing . first full regi-ment from Maine was commanded byColonel James Scammon, of Biddeford,and Johnson Moulton, just referred to,was the lieutenant-colonel. So many men having been enlistedand sent to the scene of active opera-tions in the vicinity of New York madeit the more necessary that increased vig-ilance should be exercised by the smallnumber of defenders left at home, andevery effort made to afford proper pro-tection. At Falmouth a small force ofmilitia was stationed and supplied withsix cannon and a suitable quantity ofmilitary stores. One-fourth of all themale inhabitants over sixteen years ofage, except those to the eastward ofCamden, were either enlisted or drafted,organized into companies and providedwith a good gun and bayonet, or in lieuof a bayonet with a tomahawk, cutting-sword or hatchet They were requiredto hold themselves in readiness to marchat a moments notice, and if needed, toserve for three months in the Conti-nental Army under officers appointedby the General I. K. STETSON. COL. E. P. FARRINGTON. GENL. W. S. CHOATE. 8i Outings M0NTHLY Review OF AMATEUR SPORTS AND PASTIMES. YACHTING. DURING the past summer, our Canadiancousins have beaten our yachtsmenfairly and squarely at their favoritegame. In the Seawanhaka-Corinthianhalf-rater races, and in the Canada-Vencedormatches at Toledo, the Canadians won clearlyupon their merits, although both times theywere fortunate in having weather suited totheir boats. In treating of the races and the designs of theyachts it has been necessary to take the weatherfactor into consideration, but it is apparent thatnone of the American yachting journals haveattempted to detract one iota from the applausedue to Vice-Com. ^Emilius Jarvis and to H. Duggan to whom the Canadian victoriesare chiefly due That our people are not un-willing to go abroad for a race was shown bythe avidity with which the Lincoln Park Club,of Chicago, and the Seawanhaka Club, of NewYork, hastened their respective c
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