The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-13
MAINE.

General Orders, No. s, issued at Lewiston,
Ne, on the 27th ult., by order Of T. II. Shaw,
Department Commander-D. Horace Holman,
Assistant Adjutant- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the fol-
lowing:
Posts throughout the State are requested to use
their best endea-ors for the organization OF Relief
Corps IN connection with the Posts
the following Posts have been organized since
General Order Ne. =:
.soc Hooker Post ,So SO EnGeid-A s. Miller
Commander; Grind. aIeKeEney, Adju.anti James
SkiliIn, QGartermasser.
laInes {. Cushlnas Post. No. 81. Phillips--W. III.
McNceH Commander; ii. II. Fuller, Adjutant ;
Lewis Prescott, QusrtegiGaster.
Billings Post, No. s.. Ciinton-A pheus Rowell,
Commander; 8. + Miller. ASjuialt; Albert Hun
D. L. N'esre Post. -Co So East Srllivan-Joshua
3 johnson, Comm si.der; Aler J. Pattee, Ad-
jGtani ;. x. downing tIa7ferlnaster.
ElArsdi.e y. Pratt Posi-. No. 50. E2irteld-A. =.
Nickerson, Commander; Preston III. Emery, Adj
jutallt; III. 4 s.tvage. seua' isrl..asler.
r . {. Ord Posi-, 80. g. North AnsoG-S. 7.
1iutcisiDs. Commander fIs;i.k Eodfish Adjutant
Geo. r HapgOcG. q lia:tert,sa~lcr.
Weld Sargent Post No. 81. LOCI iiay-tieorge 3.
Remission. Commander W i. Dolliff Adjutant
J. u. Lake. ttCsrfern.f.stc-.
Libby Post. No. .. Iitch:ie.d-E. D. Percy. Gem
nlanaer A I. True, Aejutanti VIM. NJ. Hatten,
GEartefnsaster.
Isaac A. Pegnel Post. No. Fl. North New Port
lend-Abel Davis Commander; -, Adjuiant
Phil. 3. Merry, Quartcr:naster.
The fourth quarter closes December 3lst, and
would ask that special efforts be made by the diff
feTeut Posts 10 send their fourth quarterly reports
TO these hcaaeartcrs ~ soon after as possible. We
are DESTROYS az closing oar work for the year at
that tiIlc and have the whole business put in print
Tor The next annual Ercampment in February.
Comrades, try and help Us much as possible on
these returns.
/ am pleased 10 announce the prosperous and
SOUND condition Of the Order in this Department
Great activity l. being manifested throughout this
Jurisdiction, and we pleasantly anticipating
report of over Coco comrades IN good standing by
December 3lst. Comrades, push on the good work
/ Past Junior Vice Commander-in- Chief l. S
Bangs Waterville, Ne. sends the following
encouraging account Of the work in Maine;
/ g. 4. r. matters are booming in Maine. We
4 shall score the largest gain we have ever made
Ia any year since the organization of this De
partment, and we propose 10 score larger per.
centage Ct gain in Maine than any other New
England State. Thousands of our old veterans
are joining the ranks Of the G.. A. Z. in all the
! States from here 10 the Pacific slope. Up Il
/ December 1st we have mustered thirty three
new Posts since last Department Encampnent
and 2,0a5 members, a gain of 80 per cent. IL
each, and still the good work goes brayely on
/ Ninefy-liTe camp-fires are burning brightly il
the old Pine Tree State, and we viii make il
an even hundred with a membership of 6,00l
/ before next Department Encampment. Will,
weave increasing Cur numbers re are improving
our work, promoting greater efficiency By
| greater zeal, and cementing our Order by un
ostentations charities toward the needy and
! destitute