The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-07
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, MORNINe. FEB. :.
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE
G. A. r.
G.. A. R.

G.. A. r.
of Maine.
Especial Despatch to the Press.l
LEWISTON, Feb. 6.
The sixteenth encampment of the G. A. r.,
Department of Maine, was called to order at
10 o'clock by Department Commander A. B.
Farnham, The following officers were present:
acknowledgements B. Farnham, Post
II, Bangor.
Senior Vice Commander William T. Brad
bury, Post %, Biddeford
Junior Vice Commander--John L. Pierce,
Post 10, Machias.
Chaplain-Rev. r. L. Howard, Post 12,
Bangor.
Assistant Adiutant General-John f. Fos-
ter, Post II, Bangor.
Assistant Quartermaster General-Edward
Jordan, Post IL, Bangor.
Inspector-Erastus NJ. Shaw, Post 10, Lis
bon.
Chief mastering officer Roscoe G. Rollins,
Post 10, Bangor.
Council of Administration-F. NJ. Drew,
Postz7s lewiston; Caleb m. LANG. Post q Port
land; Frank Adams, Post %, Brunswick.
Representatives to National Encampment-
SamI " Lane, Cat largel Post 13, Augusta;
w. *. Ripley, Post IL N. Turner.
Past Department Commanders-George T.
Beal, Post 2, Portland; Nelson Howa d, Post
Z, Lewiston; Winsor B. Smith, Post 2, Port
land; L. s. Bangs, Post IA, Waterville.
The roll was called and S3 comrades, repre-
senting 50 Posts answered to their names as
delegates to the Encampment
The ogening address was made by Com
mander Augustus B. Farnham.
The following reports were submitted:
REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL
Number of Posts, Dec. 81, 1S8l....s... -. 80
=" 1882. ........ 64
Number OF members in good standing, Dec.
Nspber O5 Of members in good standing Dec -'.1-
Gained during the yea f'2az
Number of meaber admitted by muster 1879
g q eraesnsfis. rainstafa. 'i
ment.......- ...............s 1872
Losses
Number of members lost by death. .......... 20
by honorable discharge. "A
dlopped from the i.s,iiiis.. rolls. =
dishon ,rabl discharged.
remaining suspended. 241
Disbanded-Post AZ, kockland .........,.... Is
Nnmoer OF rejectlons.... ........ ........ "a
Paid for relief during the year In the State
$2,740.52; Bosworth Post for charity expend-
ed $6o9.S9, the largest amount of any Post in
the Department.
REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMAsTER GEN.
ERAL.
Cash Cash on hand last report $50. ...... s17402
Total....... :. ....... :. s3,4p7.99
Expenses during the year, 1ss2......... 2oes 33
Balance on hand .......N .......S1, 1896
REPohT OF INSPECTOR
Inspector E. M. Shaw of Lisbon consclidat-
ed the tabular report Inspections have been
made and reports received from all the Posts
OF the Department. The inspections exhibited
coed showing OF the order in this depart
ment
CHIEF MUsTERING OFFICERS REPORT.
During the year 1882 there have heen Is
new Posts organized Nos. 43, 50 to 68 inclu-
sive.
Post As surrendered its charter during the
year and the number given to the Belfast
Post. The Post that surrendered its charter
WAS located at Richmond.
cHAPLAIN's REPORT.
This report gives full account of the me-
mortal services on Memorial Day by all the
Posts in the Department.
All the report was accepted by the Encamp-
ment.
committee on credentials was constituted
as follows: S. ]. Gallagher, NJ B. Watson,
Geo N jenkins.
The Nation Il officers present are I. S. Bangs,
Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief;E z. e. Ham
son, Inspector.
1t was recommended that the salary of the
Acting Adiutant General be $500; of the Act
ing Quartermaster General $1e0; of the In
spector and Chief Mastering Officer $50; and
the tax five cents per quarter instead Of eight
cents.
At 1925 recess was e ken until 2 p. IN.
AT the afternoon session the meeting
was called to order at O'Clock D. m.
Gov. Robie was present Rev. r. L. Howard
moved that all names on soldiers monuments
be forwarded to the Department Chaplain.
Carried.
A resolution was offered by A. NJ Sawyer
that reflections should not be published. Car
ried
l. s. Bangs resolution on the death of At
wood Crosby was carried.
e. Nj, Shaws resolution on the death of o.
r. Small, Past Department Inspector, was
carried.
I. S. Bangs resolution that all Post Com
manders become members of this Encsmp-
ment was carried.
resolution protesting that the Orphans
Home at Bath shall not be discontinued was
carried
w. B. Smiths resolution that the time has
not come to discontinue the Home at Bath
was carried.
! 1t was voted that this Department pay the
expenses of the Department Commander to
the National Department at Denver, Col.
A. Champlin offered resolution that the
thanks of the G. A. r. be presentedito Robert
Hamilton for his personal and noble conduct
to the prisoners confined in Andersonvlle
prison pen and that the Department Com
mander be authorized to prepare a vote of
thanks printed upon parchment and send it to
him. Carried. Rev. Mr.. Hamilton was
Catholic priest.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
Commander-ErastusM M Shaw, Lisbon.
! Vice ommander-Richard X. Galley, Port
! land.
Junior Vice Commander-D. P. Fields,
Lewiston.
Medical Dirsctor.W. S; Howe. Pittsfeld.
J Chaplain-R. L. Howard. Bangor.
Council of dministration-Wm. Wiley,
Gardiner; VIM. K. Ripley, North Turner; e.
Fl. Bryant, Machias; e. P. Lovejoy, North
Turner; Albion Whilten, Pittsfeld.
Representatives. to National Encampment-
Alternate Delegates, S. w. Lane, Augusta; j.
Q. johnson. Liberty; @. A. Coombs. Bath; D.
/ P. Field, Dewiston; B. f. Beals, Lisb IN; f.
A. Walls; Vinalhaven; I'll. 9. Vaughan, Els
worth; o. j. Conant, Rockland; A. D. Brown,
4 Livermore Falls; o. S. Haskell, Pittsfields
A resolution was offered on the death of
John D. Myrick, Past Department Command
er, and remarks were made by Comrade
Fred Robie.
An invitation was received to hold the next
4 meeting at Pittsfeld. The usual resolution
of thanks to the railway companies was adopt
ed. After the public meeting, secret work by
Burnside Post, No. AT, followed.
A rousiDg meeting was held at Auburn Hall
this evening. Speeches were made by Hon.
G. A. Boutelle and other prominent speakers.
Marriage OF Miss Alice Blaine.
WASHINGTON, Feb o. Miss Alice Blaine,
daughter of the ex-Secretary, was married at
her fathers residence to Brevet Colonel John