Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-29

General Mitchell Meeting with Sue
esss IN Bsipsirg about oseanizaticu
ia Asino.


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Gereraf n. l.. Mitchell v.s 1, III. e;,v
yor vxs seen by . JorRx.u ,sno,,e, in
rssard To the proy,e.s beia~ mad. tov.,s
forming a State y.,er.as' A,soe;.s;or 4,
tae,uae ALI .oldisy. and ..i,o,. 4, the s,.,a
WIN have aeon rrnitsd s,..s...s,zics
The General ..y, that he h.. bean s.,d.
! irg out ci-cuI.rs esnt.ioiny ,,o,o,sa bx.
| LAYS To different secttoas Of tho S.a.s and
many have been Ys,urnsa ,izp.d bv iii the
oil soldier. in the vicinity Tia esns,.I;.
| mneb nls..ed Nth ,bs ,,,,oh..io, v,,h
which the nj an (, os;rg ,sesi,sd .,a
enthusiastic ,ezz,ainxi
II vsII be remembered thu, C;ece,.I
Mitchell when he advocated before the
Lezl,lstu,e the as,;,xbiil,v az s.,.hli.b;,s
the p,e.en, eamp fer the N,;,s uiis.
spoke Of the feasibility of u.,nv IL o.,
encsmnmsnt. Of thu ola .oldis,. I'll.
camp h., been established and =. I, nov
stsods vould he admirable .u,,ad N ,h.
need, Of an Auyu.. Roc.mnnsn, of the
veterans. The ,,tna,;on I. central n.
c.on /, ,ac,.sd a, . .r;,.hls s;,,.no.
from the eitv M thu. Ill m. ,,c,,,s
lancer. NJ , citv NAV he .voida, md tho co,-
vsn,soce. he bs5 n.,;og tho .n,,,
,non,h. /. won,a he ai,Hc,,, ,o Ard ,,.,a
hssl,hfnl .not ,cs wh.r m. us,.,,v :.
d.acipy smoo, the nirs,;a. NJ, ws,s, G,
,b- emil b,esze thu, i. o.ve, .h.s,, firm,
c.mn Rn,Isigh ,a,as,, ,h. he., ha.,.h.
IL M. eni,v.hls The cscs,.i .n,,sc,.,s.
tha.e who ADV, - .oma r,o,s ON. ot.,b..~.v
ol.cs
Can.,.l u;,.hai,,. "a. Ax
s,ent ,oc.lis., eboo.a aalao.,.. g.,
executive uestin, in ,ha .,r,n. - na,tao,
An o,y.,iz,,i,o k,ox, a. the vs,.,..
A,.oci.,io, and sn,oir, . TINA o., ,o,d,,
an socamomsn, n,oh,bIv nov, .r.r.,
"A. such an enc,m,nar, . .,ia tho G..
er.,. "ve .bo,la srnee, N bsvs +, .,d;,;or
to all the old ,oldier, yeg.ra,s..
of rhe,ba, they balanced n a..
Grand Army the Sons ~ vs.s,s,.
and Ladies. Relief earn. Til. I.d;s. corIa
he nrnvidsd with recommendation. In ,ha
Rrigsda hesdop.r,a,. whiIa tho p,s.,aa,,
Of the annexation and o,bs, oe,cer. co,la
be assigned the Governo,,. heaaou.r,s,.
Then the reyiment.l a,soci.tion, copla he
each assigned a row Of tens or ,uch mar,
n, IN. ,ox g. ,oiob, hs ,eaasa In c,n-
ne ction with such a, enc,mnmsn, , .s,;e. Of
c.mn fire. couid h. held nv the .o,dia,,
the Ladis.' Relief and the Soma, Of ye,e,.n.
and regimental reun,on. ,s.cci.,i,n mset-
inas etc, After the enc,mpmept became
an established even, there wouId he from
5000 to 5000 men in c.mn. With ,ucb .
large representative BODY there wonl5 he no
difficulty in having visits from di.tin.
guished guest, from all over the connt,y
The Deoartment enc,mpment ton NIGH, he
held in some hall in the CITY during ,hi,
week and be assured of larger Attend
ancs than At present
New Usmpsbire veteran, have had a sim
liar orvanization for several wears have
thew not?
yes, and see what success has attended
il. The enc.mpment has become one of
the principal events OF the year ia that
State. They had a hard struggle for the
irss two or three wears but now own their
property at the Weirs, representing sever
Al thousands of dollars. The New Hamp
shire organization is the most popular 10
the State.
"If deemed necessary" he continued.
''the Maine Association, in two or three
years. and after the organization began to
flourish, as it undoubtedly would, could
select some other place for an encsmpmsnt
and construct buildings solely for the asso-
Citations purpose. Such an eneampment
as this would bring the veterans of Maine
together as no other organization could
The reasons for this are plain. The ex-
penses would be such that more could
afford to come than at present. Camping
GU. in this manner, they would be content
to rough it. Their living expenses
while in camp would need to be
no greater than those of the