The Portland daily press., 1880-09-09
G.. A. R.
The Grand Reunion in Portland.

To-day the Department. Of the Grand Army
for Maine will hold its sessions in this city at
Grand Army Hall. The Grand reunion of the
veterans will take place Friday when they
will visit Chebeague Island and partake of
breakfast and clam-bake returning to the
city in time for the campfire to be held at
City Hall in the evening
On Friday morning the Portland Cadets
and Portland Band will do escort duty for
those Posts arriving on the morning trains.
1t is hoped that all those who have ex-
soldiers in their employ will allow the latter
privilege Of participating in the festivities of
the day.
The veterans under Capt. Hanson will turn
out at least so we'll drilled men.
Among the invited guests who will be pre-
sent, both at the clam-bake and campfire,
are Col. Robert Inger soil, Col Boynton and
Major Loring of Fitchburg Mass, Gen. Cilley
of Rockland, Gen. Tilden of Castine, COL A.
W. Wildes of Skowhegan, Assistant Adjutant
General Corcoran of New Hampshire, Surgeon
General Hamlin of Bangor, Gen. Tilton of
Togus and General Fitzpatrick. These gentle
men are in addition to Gov. Davis and staff,
Gen. Wagner and staff and Mayor Senter with
members of the City Government.
The line will be formed at $50 a. m. the
Grand Army right resting on Hampshire
street, and the left on India street. The right
of the 1st Regiment Maine Volunteer Militia
will rest on India street. The Cadets will re-
port to Gen. J. Marshall Brown who will
assign them their place in line.
The route will be taken up at 10 a. M, and
the invited guests will be taken up at the City
Building. The route will be Congress, State,
Spring, Park, Congress, Free, Middle and
Pearl streets to the wharf where steamers will
be taken to Chebeague Island The process
sion will march in the following order:
Drum Major Bean.
Portland Baud.
First sRegiment NJ. V. M.-Gen. j. Marshall
Brown.
Portland Cadets Capt. Eaton.
Invited Guests.
Chambers Band.
Bosworth Post No. 2-Commander NicKerson.
Heath Post No. 6-Commander E. A. Libby.
Farnham.
sheridan Post No. 2s-Commander W. F. Brad
Cutter Post No. 48-Commander G. n, Jenkins.
A. A. Dwinal Post No. 3-Commander H. B.
W. s. Heath Post No. 4Commander I. s. Bangs.
Custer Post No 7-Commander w. G. Haskell.
Sedgwick Post No. 14-Commander j. H. Ray
Webster Post No. 9-Commander W. F. Bowen
Doughty, Erskine, J. F. Appleton, T. T.
Rideout, Abraham Lincoln and f. Nc
Gilvery Posts will probably be present.
Upon arriving at Cheheague Island break
fast will be provided at once. Then games
and story telling will be in order until m.
when the bake will be opened. At p. m.
the boats will return to the city, and the in
vited guests escorted to City Building. Then
the column will march to G.. A. r. Hall and
be dismissed.
In the evening the posts will march to the
campfire in City Hall. The hall will be
beautifully decorated by Mr.. Beal of Boston
and $50 of the prettiest girls in the city will
act as walters After the banquet there will
be toasts, and among those responding will be
Col. Robert Ingersoll.
Owing to the camp at Sebec the Piscataquis
battalion, three posts of the Grand Army, and
Col. White and officers of the I'd Regiment
M. V. M. will be unable to be present.