The Portland daily press., 1889-06-07
THE lNFANTRY VETERANS
Celebrate the Sixth of June at the
yrs esQp ocean House.

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The Veterans had lovely day yesterday
for their annual excursion to the Ocean
House. aBd itIwasYthoroughly enjoyed by the
old boys that have trained in the ranks of
the Portland Light Infantry in doys gone by.
Some thirty met at the Preble House at
o'clock and started off for days outing in
Fairfeld's large team and private convey
ances "a ride of an hour and half took
them to the Ocean, House, where they were
received by tlIei Advance Guard and "Mine
Host Dresser, who Knows how to keep
hotel. and who left nothing undone to make
the veterans have good time.
After lunch came target shooting, which
resulted as follows: ~
First prize-Samuel league
Second prize-Capt. Geo L. Brown.
The company was then photographed BY
Brown, after which the dinner call was
sounded by Mr.. d. H. Chandler, to whose
music the boys have marched many time.
The dinner was an elegant affair. pretty
boutonaiere was placed beside each plate,
and the menu especially got up for the occa-
sion. Ample justice was done to Landlord
Dresser's cooking by all present.
AT tile annual meeting the following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
y President-zSamuel j. Anderson
i Vice PIesidents-Harrison b. Brown, j. w.
Plaisted. Charles B. yarney, Geo. W. Merrill.
Seeretary-Chas. +. Pummer.
Treasurer-Geo. w. F'.rlong.
b Finance Committee-John b. Pike and Geo. E.
Brown.
Gen, 5. j. Anderson, Charles b. Varney
and Ii. b. Brown were appointed commit
tee on resolutions on the death of Vice Pres
ident c.. w. Goddard. They returned the
following. which was unanimously adopted
RESOLVED, That in the death of our comr de,
Charles w. Goddard. this association loses the
presence OF one whose good fellowship and kindly
sympathies brought us into relations almost fra
ternal; whose brilliant wit and ready resources of
intellect and learning exhilarated and gave char
acter 70 our seasons OF joy and ieasting; whose
legal skill, keen perceptions, untiring industry in
following duty's line, with his remarkable power
visor, counsellor and advocate; whose unselfsh
devotion IN friendship doing more for another
than one would think to do for ones self and
whose relentless pursuit and condemnation of
cowardce, fraud, pretenton and gilded vice easily
controlled our love and admiration. who met
death so phil0S0 phicaly, fully realizing the great
impending change but without fear or blenching
at Its near approach, as proved him endowed with
the best attributes OF Christian soldier. His
deatl makes preach In our ranks that can never
be filed and will never close up. Our sad hearts
will ever hold dear the remembrance of his kindly
deeds, his abrogation of personal indulgence that
others might enjoy the more, his modest vet man
" self Hn, laid with his, they too
r"shall moulder in the silent dust"
ResotUed, That the clerk be directed 10 spread
these resolutions upon our records
The thanks of the association were voted to
the committee Of arrangements, Messrs.
Brown, Pike and Wyman.
The meeting adjourned with cheers for
Mr.. Dresser and the p l.. /. Association.
There were many pleasant incidents re-
called during the day. Mr.. j. T. Winslow-
had dinner'tfcket that was used at the an
nual banquet in 1923. lie also had silver
medal awarded to the best shot in the COM
pany in 1922. 'aaie
The members were all glad to see Mr..
George w, Merriiliof' Bangor, who came ex-
pressly to meet with mis- old friends that
trained together in by-gone days. When
next the Veterans celebrate may we be there
to see. ii5Ef1s
These we're the members present: