The Portland daily press., 1885-06-13
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
The Route of the Grand Procession
The Tents TO be Placed In Position ON
Monday.
The retail shoe dealers report the following

ington street, down Washington to Cumber-
land, to New High, Ito Deering, to State, to
Congress, to Carleton, to Pine, to State street
square, through State to Danforth, to Park,
to Spring, to High, to Congress square, down
Congress TO the reviewing stand in front of
City hall, where, after passing in review, the
parade will be dismissed.
It is hoped that our citizens will decorate
literally along the line of the procession. Dec
orstions can be furnished, at no expense to the
decorators If they will follow the example of
the citizens OF Rome when Victor Emmanuel
entered that city. All along the route people
hung out bright colored rugs, handkerchiefs,
shawls, anything in fact that possessed bright
color, and the effect on the great brick build
ings was most artistic.
Headquarters for the camp have been locat-
cd near the corner of the Eastern Promenade
and Congress stree, where building has been
erected for the purpose. and a flagstaff also,
sixty feet in height. Some twenty wooden
buildings are already constructed for booths,
etc., and the great dining hall, 72o feet long
80 feet wide, and one story high. Next Mon
day, Capt. W. FL. Sargent in charge of the
camp at the campground, will supervise the
erection of the tente. There will arrive today
from Lansing, Mich, under the charge of Ser
geant Baker, 800, nine by nine, wall tents, with
poles and pieces, 800 tents from Hartford, OF.
under charge Of Sergeant Fl. W. Dsming, and
300 common and 100 wall tents from New Jer
sey, under the charge Of Capt. John Make
chuey.
The Maine militia will be dined and supped
on the grounds june 23d, and Commissary
Dow is now making the proper arrangements.
The executive committee will wear purple
badges, and the reception committee at City
Hall peacock blue badge
At the camp.fres on Tuesday evening, June
23d, Comrades G. NJ. Seiders, G. H. Boyd and
W. II. Sargent will have charge of one
and Comrades A. A. Nickerson, w. Fl. Green
and J. D.lWiliams the other.
The citizens reception committee will wear
a red ribbon.
tion to Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, president of
the National Women's Relief Corps.
The balloon ascension June Oath, will take
place from Lincoln Pork, as well as the exhibi-
tion of the war balloon.
The Sons Of Veterans headquarters will be
established at the corner of Exchange and
Milk streets, opposite the Western Union Tela-
graph Company's office. These headquarters
will be under the auspices of Shepley Camp,
No. 4, OF Portland.
The Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
and Vermont divisions of the Sons Of Veterans
will have place in the grand parade.
The Sons Of Veterans OF Bangor, with their
friends in the eastern part of the State, will
make an excursion from Bangor to Portland,
on board the steamer Oimbria, during the Ma
tional Epcampment. The Cimbria, under
command of Capt s. A. Barbour, will leave
Bangor Monday morning, June 22d, touching
at the river landings, and arriving in Portland
the same evening. She will make excursions
in Portland hsrbor Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, visiting all points of interest, in
GLIDING Cushing's and Peaks islands The
Cimbria will return to Bangor on Friday.
Adiutant General Gallagher has issued the
following order to the militia:
HEADQUARTERS MAINE MILITIA,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Augusta, June 8, 1885.
1.-The militia having been invited to perform
escort duty for the Grand Army of the Republic on
Tuesday, June 23d, at Portland the several organ
izations composing the Volunteer and Reserve Mi
htia, having accepted the invitation, will be fur
nshed subsistence and transportation by the State.
1.-The Portland Cadets, Bath Light Infantry
and the Yarmouth Rifles will form part of the es-
eort, and will report to Brig Gen. John Marshall
uI.-Capt. George w, Proctor, commanding LIST
Maine Battery, win report with his command with
rihesl Tuesday, June 23d to the Brigade Command
IV.-Substitutes or volunteers will not be allow.
ed, and only such men as are duly enlisted EXAMINE
ed and mustered into the State Service armed and
equipped, will be furnished with transportation
tickets.
y.-Company commanders will forward to this
ONCE, through the proper channels, before the
18th instant all enlistment papers of recruits Al
SO forward, on or before the S0th instant roll
containing the names of members of his company
land on the 23d,
VI-Special trains for carrying the companies of
the I'd Regiment will leave Monday. June ed as
follows oldtown, 1886 p. M; Bangor, IL D..
m; Hermon Center, 1.30 p M; Dexter, l30 PM;
Skowhegan 2.40 p. m; Waterville, $50 p. M !;
srGDn at SSo p
train at Dexter; Company A CROSBY Guards Hamp.
den, at Hermon Center.
The companies of the I'd Regiment, except Com
pany d (Nealey Rifles, Lewiston, will remain over
night at the fair grounds lewiston and be ready
to take the train from there at a. m. Tuesday.
train which leaves Lewiston at BIO Auburn al
pig. Companies Capital Guards, Augusta, and
Il Orchards Light Infantry. Gardiner, Of the LIST
from Augusta; the Bath Light Infantry the z a. m.
train, the Yarmouth Rifles the Maine Central train
at Yarmouth junction at 7.5O a. m.
Returning, will leave Portland Tuesday, at $40
p. m.
VII.-Brig. Gen. John Marshal Brown. COM
manding First Brigade M. v. NJ, is charged with
the command of the escort. On receipt of this or
der, commanders of regiments, battery and organi-
cations of the Reserve Militia, will report to Brio
Gen. Brown for instructions. On completion of the
days duty the Brigade Commander will see that the
troops are embarked in their proper trains at the
hour designated for return to their respective sta
tions.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief:
s. j. GALLAGHER,
Adjutant General.
Il. FL. Kimball, Iowa Daily State Register,
was in the city yesterday.
Gen. Logan writes as follows:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 2, 'S5.
GEN. j. A. HALL:
My Dear Friend: am in receipt of your letter
OF the 18th. purpose being at Portland June
2Sd, to the reunion, but am not particular where
stop. Any arrangements made will be satisfactory
to me- There will probably be about four with me-
Yours truly.
JOHN A. LOGAN.
The wholesale dry goods dealers report
through Deering, Milliksn & Co.,, as follows:
Deering, Miliken & COMMUNICATIONS 5000
Woouman. True q 10. Observation-Disclosures. $500
boister, sargent q Co.........,..... 1000