The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-08
FIFTH MAINE regiment.
Twenty-second Reunion Held Yes
II terday.
A Pleasant Day Spent at Memorial
Hall, Peaks Island.
Officers Elected and Other Business
Transacted.

| The veterans of the Fifth Maine Regiment,
| with their wives and children and invited
| guests, in all numbering nearly two hundred,
gathered for their 22d annual reunion YES
terday at their elegant memorial building on
Peaks Island. Ys
AT the business meeting 1t was voted to
Join with the 1-10-29 Maine Regiment As
ISOLATION, and with such other regiments as
may signify their intention later; of also
sending delegations In an excursion to
Gettysburg and the Virginia battlefields.
Inc party will leave Portland on October
!, and will travel as one excursion as far as
Harper's Ferry, where the different regi-
ments will separate, this association visiting
Gettysburg. Fredericksburg, Harper's Ferry,
Alexandria, Washington. Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York.
The party will be absent Is days, and the
travelling expenses will be $23
Letters from the 10th and 121st New York
regiments Veteran associations were read.
The following officers of the association
were elected:
| President--Rich srd G. Shannon.
First Vice Presdent-Nelson Tenney.
Second Vice President-Frank f. Goss
| Third Vice observation-disclosures Cole.
Secretar. and Treasurer-Geo r. Brown.
st axecuti ~ rommitleeFD w Scribner. r. M.
Hannaford,
After the meeting of the association a
meeting of the Fifth Maine Memorial Society
which is the corporation organized to hold
the property of the members, the following
officers were elected:
Presidential. r. Millett.
Clerk ID. w. Sciibner.
Treasurer-Geo. Z. Brown.
Directors-H. r. Millett Clark S. Edwards
Thomas Ward, Nelson cenney, Joseph A. Chase
Hamlin 1. Bucknam, II. M. Stevens
| The board of trustees of last year was con-
tinued for the ensuing year.
The Ladies' Fifth Maine Association held
a meeting during the afternoon and elected
the following officers:
President Mrs. r. nj. Stevens.
vice President-Mrs +. q. SanbOrn.
secretary and Treasurer-Mrs Nelson Tenney
A large loaf of cake was presented to the
association by Comrade Titcomb. which was
sold at auction for the benefit OF the Ladies'
Association fund. II was sold first to Geo.
M. Briggs for S4A75, who gave 1t back. 1t
was then sold for So to Capt r. M. Stevens,
who gave it back. 1t was then sold to Mr..
Craigg for 81 30, who gave 1t back. 1t was
then sold for 81 to Capt. Buchanan, who pre-
scented 1t to the first buyer. Mr.. Briggs.
A partial list of those present includes
Thomas IL. Sprague, Topsham.
K, nj. Smith, Portland.
Clinton b. Hooper, South Wlndham.
Horace Cole, Norway.
| Lucy A. Rowland Boston.
| Mrs. Mary Il. Hannaford. n95
Mrs: L. 4. Hamblen.
A. Rowland.
| Mrs. c. b. Coombs
Mrs. j. G. Cummings, Paris, Me.
| Mrs. Mary q. Radford, Portland
| L. 3. Pulslfer. Poland.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Pullen, Monson.
Alonzo Adley, Richmond
| James 7. Bond. East Hiram.
Henry Murphy, Norridgewock.
Edwin Meserve. Lowell Center. =
G: W. Briggs, Rockland.
William stevens, Lewiston.
ID. A. Edwards, Saccarappa.
B.A. Norton and wife, Portland.
Q. O. Holt, Canton. "e3 - - e tit
Alvin t. Tufts, Auburn.
Y D. Jones, Gorham.
Fred =. Nesbett, New Bedford. Mass.
J. A. Day, Portland. = 4. -.
8. f. Haskell, Auburn.
II. J. Dwinal.
1: p. Prentiss, Lewiston.
w. B. Adams, Auburn.
n Tenney and wife, Portland.
Clark Wayland, Gorham, N. III.
l. A. Chase, Auburn.
John Harper, Lewiston.
y. u. Purngt0n.
Frank F: Goss. Auburn.
Charles n; Stevens, Saco. ips,-
w. X. York, Lynchyille.
James L. Parker, East Stoneham.
Capt. II. I. Buchanan, Mechanic Falls.
Capt. E. M. Robinson, Phillips.
II. X. Millett and wife, Gorham.
J. A. Coley, wife and daughter Portland
Geo. +. Brown and wife, Portland.
Col. Clark s. Edwards, Bethel.
Lieut.. j. A. A. Packard. Springfield Mass
Lieut.. John 81. Stevens, Boston.
Gen. s. II: Manning, Wilmington, N. c.
Thomas Ward, Lewiston.
Lent. John Summersides Gorham.
John French, Lewiston.
T. j. Shaw.
H.J. Dwinal.
K. A. Hackett.
o. +. Pratt.
The executive committee reported their
arrangements for the reunion next year, fix
ing the time for the Wednesday in August
nearest the 10th, the place to be Memorial
Hall, and the general arrangements to be
the same as this year, and picnic dinner and
the meetings of the association and of the
corporation will both be held at that time.