The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-11-25
An Appeal to Patriotic Teachers and
Pupils of Maine.

While you pursuing quietly the pleasant labors
Of the schoolroom, your brothers and friends in the
service of their country exposed to many hard
ships the tented field languishing in pris-
ons and hospitals While they doing and suffer
ing so nobly to maintain for schools and other
free institutions, do anything, as teachers
and pupils in those schools TO relieve their suffer.
ton to the following method of united action Sc.
cure this object.
Let every teacher in the State organize in his
school q company of the
SCHOLARS PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.
The following are the general features of the Or
1. Each school is entitled to furnish one company
with its teacher. or one of its teachers, as Captain
company clerk or other necessary officers may be
chosen from the members of the school.
2. The companies of each town shall constitute a
regiment; and one of the school committee or some
other suitable person. shall be elected by the compa-
ny officers Colonel.
3. Memberso of any academy or private school are
invited to enroll themselves as battlion under their
teacher, as commander and join the regiment In the
town where their school is located.
4. The regiments of county. or of some large di-
whole Of rsae Ss
Maine Dicision of the SCHOLARS PATRIOTIC
CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP.
LIST Every member of the League shall be volun-
teer. No conscYipts desired in this organization.
I'd. Any person of the legal school age may be-
come member of the company in the district where
he resides, whether attending school or not by pay
ing admission fee OF five cents, and the same sum
at each quarterly meeting, olong as he chooses to
remain a member
Sd. All money paid for this purpose shall be sent
by the Captains of the several companies, TO the
respective regiments who shall give receipts for the
and forward it Immediately to the treasurer of
the Division, State League, Mr.. Eben Steele of
Portland, who shall keep and publish an exact ac-
count of the same, in the League Record.
4. The funds received from the several companies
of the Patriotic League shall be divided equally be.
tween the two great agencies for the relief of the
suffering soldiers viz: the Sanitary Commission and
the Christian Commission, and to be used solely for
the benefit of Maine soldiers.
8. Each Captain shall call meeting of his CON-
pany often he may think proper, TO explain the
nature of the organization, and to awaken inter-
est in its objects aud once In quarter all the
panes in town will be invited TO meet in regiments
to be addressed by the Colonel commanding, and
other persons whom he may invite for that purpose
upon subjects appropriate to that occasion; such
patriotism temperance, and the duties of the young
as citizens of the Great Republic.
1t is suggested that the quarterly meetings be held
on Thanksgiving day; Washington's birthday cad
Of February: the day Of the annual Fast, and the
Fourth Of July
O. Every school that shall organize a company o.
the Patriotic League shall receive on application OF
its Captain, with letter-stamp enclosed to the pub
Usher of the Maine Teacher Mr. Brown Thurston
of Portland, copy Of the printed rules of the
League with suggestions for the management of the
companies
Win the friends of the country and of our BRAY,
and suffering soldiers aid in this patriotic
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In behalf of the SCHOLARS PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
EDWARD Y. WESTON,
Superintendent Of Common Schools.
GORHAN Nov, 90 1862