The Portland daily press., 1877-08-20
AnniyersarY Of ,he lz,h nIaine.

The surviving members of the gallant 18th
Maine Regiment celebrated their fifteenth an
niversary by an excursion to Little Chebeague
Saturday, This regiment was the first to form
an association at the close of the war and they
never fail to celebrate its anniversary. The
18th of August is their day and they make the
most of it invariably. The fact that they had
received the blood stained colors presented to
them by the merchants of this city rendered
this anniversary little above the. average.
About seventy-five of the veterans met at
Grand Army Hall in the morning and at 9
o'clock, headed by the Portland Band, march
ed to Commercial wharf where the steamer
Henrietta was waiting to receive them. The
remnants of the much priced flags were car
ried and were as carefully handled as though
they were made of the most delicate lace. They
naturally attracted much attention and their
appearance told of many hard fought battle.
The steamer left the pier at $3.50 and made q
quick run to Little Chebeague where they land
ed and marched to the Sunnyside House.
Breakfast was awaiting them, and the order to
break ranks for rations was quickly obeyed.
Gen. West of Boston. a former commander,
presided at the table which was loaded with
toothsome eatables.
After breakfast target shooting was the Or
der. The shooting was carried on under the
rules adopted by the state military authorities,
it being the best out of possible 25 Serg't
John W. Flint made 20 and was awarded the
first prize, solid gold medal in the form of a
diamond, properly inscribed. Aaron Hodg don
do Q ri 70 nd too r;1 oil
yer cup, while Major W. 81. Green was award
ed an elaborate leather medal for the poorest
shot. The following are the names af all max
ing five points or more: John w. Flint 90
Aaron Hodgdon 18, Ephraim Fl. Brown A.
Edward A. Duncan 10, Isaac S. Faunce 9,
Martin Written 9, Samuel Cannon 9. Alph-
Gus Grover9, John Doughty 8, Jabez Mariner
8, JosephS Hobbs s, Geo. w. Verrll Z, Mar
shall L. Babb 7, Charles Goodenough z, j. G.
Richardson 6, e. j. Goodhue 8
At the close of the shooting business meet
ing of the association was held in the grove,
President West presiding. Several changes
were made in the constitution. The number of
directors was reduced from five to three. 1t
was also amended so as to give the association
authority to arrange for the reunion instead of
the directors The election of officers resulted
as follows:
President-Col G. P. Mattocks, Portland.
Vice Presdents-Adjt Geo. A. Parker, Lew
iston; John o. Rice, Portland.
Secretary and Treasurer-Lieut. Josiah Rem
lex, Portland.
Directors-Sergt. John Yeaton, Jr.. Adjt. G.
W. Roberts and E. H. Brown, all of Port
land.
Necrologist-Capt. Geo. W. verrill, Port
land.
Henry B. Cleaves Esq. was elected an hon.
orary member.
The merchants who presented the colors to
the regiment were also elected honorary mem
beers.
A special vots of thanks was rendered to
Major W. Fl. Green and H. B. Cleaves, Esq,
for their successful efforts to procure the flags
from the state authorities Mr.. Cleaves re-
sponded TO the announcement Of the vote in
his usual apt style and was loudly cheered
The meeting adjourned to the dinner table
which was awaiting the veterans. At this
point Col. Mattocks and DIR. Hersom, who had
been detained on very urgent business, arrived.
The dinner was one of the best Mr.. jerks has
ever gotten up and it naturally required some
time to thoroughly discuss it. At the close
the men formed 10 line in front of the hotel
and Gen. West formally surrendered the COM
mand to the newly elected President, Col Mat
tocks. After three cheers for mine host jerks
the veterans marched to the steamer and re-
turned to the city. At Grand Army Hall they
were dismissed. Each and all pronounced it
the best time they ever enjoyed.