Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-02-25
Annual Encampment of q. a. X.
at ROCkland.

The annual encampment of the Maine
posts of the Grand Army of the Republic was
held in Rockland Tuesday. One hundred
and thirty three delegates, representing -
out Of 81 Maine posts, were reported present.
From the report OF Assistant Adjutant
General Sawyer. it appears that there were at
the end of the fourth quarter for 1879 borne
on the rolls of the department as in good
standing, ~ posts, with membership of
1884. During 1850, eight posts were mus
tered in. making the whole number -.
Since Dec. 3lst, three new posts have been
mustered in, and two reorganized, making
the total number Feb 2lst, 1881. 81. The
present number of comrades is l,9Sl-a gain
of 800 since the last report. Sixteen of the
ship. and eight have lost. The
largest gain was made by b. II. Beale,
Post of Bangor-3t; the largest loss, by
Wilson Post of No. Turner-lt. OF the
eight posts organized during the year, Douty
Post No. 23, of Dover. has the largest mem
bership, sixty-three. The new posts are
Mounfort. No. -, Brunswick; Douty % of
Dover; Erskine 81 of North Whtefield; J.
+. Appleton, % of Pennington; Thomas F.
Rideout 46 of Bowdoinham; A. Lincoln %
of Wells, +. McGilvery 30 of Searsport; J.
s. Sampson 81 of Milo; George Goodwin 30
of st. Albans; Farragut % of Bridgton; joel
A. Haycock - of Calais ;-33 of North Vas
salboro. The total amount expended for
charity during the year was S3,So9.s+.
There are four ladies' relief corps in the
State, Bosworth Relief Corps, No. |, Port
land; Heath Relief Corps. No. ,. Gardiner;
Sedgwick Relief Corps. No. ;, Bath b. II.
Beale Relief Corps, No. 4, Bangor.
The tax was raised from eight to ten cents
on each member per quarter.
The following officers were elected De-
partment Commander, W. G. Haskell of
Lewiston; Senior Vice Commander, John II.
Raymond of Bath; Junior Vice Commander,
A. b. Adams of Wilton; Medical Director,
Benjamin Williams. I'd. of Rockland: Chap
lain. Rev. X. l.. Howard of Bangor; Council
of Administration, c. q. Wadsworth. Ban
gor; II. X. Gatly, Portland: Levi c. Flint,
Monson; ]. l.. Pierce, Machias; W. z. Clay
ton. Bangor: Delegates at large TO the Ma
tional Encampment. c. A. Boutelle, Ban
gor; Alternate, A. ID. Stetson, Bath; Dele
gates to the National Encampment, S. W.
Lane. Augusta; George +. jenkins, Togus
Alternates, Frank Adams, Brunswick; W.
X. Ripley, kenduskeag.
The officers were installed by Chief Mus
tering Officer John +. Foster, Bangor.
Department Commander Haskell made
the following appointments lnspec-
tors, 5. o. Rogers, Bath; Judge Adj
vocate, II. +. Blanchard. Augusta: Acting
Assistant Quartermaster General. George II.
Abbott, Portland. An invitation was received
from General W. s. Tilton to hold the next
annual encampment at Togus, and it was ac-
cepted. the date to be fixed hereafter.
In the evening grand camp fire was held
in Farwell Hall, which had been splendidly
decorated for the occasion by the comrades of
Edwin Libby Post. A substantial supper was
served, after which toasts were responded to
by Rev. X. l.. Howard of Bangor, X. X. Cat
", of Portland. Commander-in- Wag-
ner, Rev. j. +. Lowering, Commander l. S.
Bangs of Waterville, w. G. Haskell of
Lewiston, W. o. Fuller of the Rockland
Courier, and Major Myrick of Augusta
Excellent music was furnished by the Orpheus
Club. One of the most attractive features of
the evening was the walters drill by q COM
pany Of young ladies. A Bummers' Con-
vention, presided over BY Comrade r. X.
0asly, followed the camp fire.