The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-03-17
Letter from the state CanitoI.

Military Appointnaents--D isnaissals-- Resig-
nations Barracks Burnt Death of the
Land Agent-Morement of Troops.
AUGUSTA, March l6.
To the Editor Of the Press: en-
The following commissions have been issued
since my last, viz:
FIRST REG. HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Frederic A. Cummings, of Bangor, Captain
of Battery NJ; Cyrus K. Bridges, of Penob
scot, LIST Lieut. Battery M; Charles w. Len
fest. of Milford, LIST Lieut.. Battery NJ; Albert
P. Eastman, of Grand Falls, I'd Lieut.. Battery
NJ; Benz. c. Frost, of Bangor, I'd Lieut.. Bat
terry NJ.
FIRST REG. LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Jos. W. Whitmore, of Hampden, LIST. Lieut..
Sd Battery; Willis NJ. Haycock, of Calais, I'd
Lieut.. Sd Battery; Geo. E. s. Skilings, of
Portland, I'd Lieut.. Sd Battery.
SEVENTEENTH REG. INFANTRY.
Sumner Richards, of Saco, Captain Co. K !;
George w. Verrill, of Norway, Captain Co. c /;
William Hobbs, of Auburn, Ist Lieut.. Co. III !;
Henry L. Bartels, of Portland, LIST. Lieut..
Co. F.
AfhA Ah'A INV. lNr
Thomas Hight, of Augusta, Lieut.. Colonel !;
Stephen c. Talbot, of East Machias, Major;
James M. Williams, of Augusta, Captain Co.
G; Sanford w. Siphers, of Gardiner I'd Lieut.
Co. @; Chauncey o. Hayes, of Mt. Desert,
Captain Co. D; George W. Thompson, Of
Trenton, 1st. Lieut. Co. D; Augustus r. Wes-
colt, of Castine, I'd Lieut.. Co. D.; John P.
Sheahan, of Dennysvile, 1st Lieut.. Co. f 1;
Edwin G. Rogers, Of Patten, I'd Lieut.. Co. E !;
William K. Currier, Of Brewer, Captain Co.
f; Byron G. Gilmore, of Bangor, 1st Lieut..
Co. F; Albert S. Snow, Of Brewer, I'd Lieut..
COL
THIRTY-SEcoND REG. INFANTRY.
Arthur Deering, of Richmond, Major; Amos
F. Hayes, of Norway, Captain Co. b; Joseph
E. Colby, of Rumford, 1st Lieut. Co. B Hen
ry W. Bearce, of Hebron, I'd Lieut.. Co. b.
The following discharges not heretofore re-
ported have been officially announced from
the War Department, viz:
Mustered out--1st Lieut.. Melvin S. Hutch
inson, Co. c, I'd Cavalry.
Resigned, incompetent. DIR. Frederic s.
Parker, Asst. Surgeon 10th regiment; 1st 1t
James U. Nichols, Co. K, Goth regiment.
Dismissed for absence without ledre. -
Capt. Winslow Roberts, Co. ii, 14th regiment !;
Capt Andrew F. F. Hall, Co. c, 14th regi-
ment.
Dismissed by Court-Martidl.--Capt James
o. Thompson, Co. X, 18th regiment.
Resigned and honorabty discharged.-Lt.
Col. John Hemingway, sth regiment; Capt.
Austin S. Bump, Co. A, Sth regiment; Capt.
George II. Cheney, Co. G, 14th regiment;
Capt. Alfred f. Robinson, Co. B, 9th regi-
ment; I'd Lieut.. Benjamin +. Hartman, Co.
A, 14th regiment; Major George NJ. Brown,
1st Cavalry; Dr. Rotheus E. Paine, Surgeon
1st Heavy Artillery; I'd Lieut.. Rodney C.
Barker, Co. B, sth regiment; I'd Lieut. Alvi-
rus E. Osborne, Co. A, 10Th regiment; LIST
Lieut.. William T. Smith, Co. G.. Thirteenth
regiment.
Last evening about six o'clock fire broke
out at Camp Coburn in the quarters of Com
pany c, I'd Cavalry regiment. Ten of the
twelve cavalry barracks were entirely con-
sumed before the progress of the fire was
arrested. During the night the quatermas.
ter's and suffers buildings were also burnt
The general impression seems to be that the
| fires were the work OF incendiaries.
Hon. Hiram Chapman, Land Agent died at
the Mansion House of typhoid fever yester-
day morning at o'clock.
The second Cavalry has at length com.
menced to move. Two companies started
| yesterday and two more leave to-day for your
city where they embark for the seat of war.
Yours truly, HELIos.