The Portland daily press., 1890-08-15
the NATIONAL EncAMpMENr.
Maine RegImental Reunions Held
Wednesday.
SECOND MAINE cAvA,pv

sECoND MAINE CAVALRY.
Inc reunion of the Second Maine Cavalry
at Room A, Girls high School Building,
west Newton street, was an informal affair,
tne veterans meeting for a social good time.
Inc present officers retain their positions
until January and therefore there was no
business to be transacted outside of the en-
rollment of members l. K. Litchfield of
Winthrop, presided over the gathering
which numbered 200 The Second Maine
was mustered in in 1868. and saw service in
Louisiana, Florida and Alabama, taking in
Banks's Red river expedition.
FIFTH MAINE.
The Fifth Maine Regiment Association
held an informal reunion on the floor of Me-
chanics' Hall, following the meeting of the
Maine Veterans, q members of the regiment
being present. Seated in circle they spent
a very pleasant hour. Colonel A. s. Dag
gett of Boston, president of the association,
presided. Among the speakers were Com
rade S. w. Hatch of Holbrook, Mass; Jesse
Jeffrey of North Monmouth, Me-; George
Parsons Of Charlestowp, Mass; Elias KIP
ley of Lynn, Mass. Harrison Carpenter OF
Concord, N. Fl. Captain George E. Brown
of Portland; Captain John Stevens of Bos-
ton
SIXTH MAINE BATTERY.
The officers elected by the adjourned meet
ing are:
President.Captain E. B. Dow, New York.
wee fresident-Captain w. II. Rogers, New
Secretary. E. Rhodes, RockIand, Me.
Treasurer-J. @. Adams, Houlton, Me-
The roll, called from the original list,
found 40 men present. Thirty-six members
Of the battery have died. There were 151
men mustered in this corps and 301 went out.
TWELFTH MAINE.
A reunion of the Twelfth Maine Regiment
was held In the large hall of the English
High School Building. Over 100 men were
present and very pleasant afternoon was
spent ]. W. Thompson of Bangor, was
elected temporary chairman, and Major
True of Bethel. secretary. The secretary's
report of the last meeti ng held last year at
Lowell was read and accepted. The follow
ing is list Of officers for the next year:
President-E. W. Thompson, Lowell, Mass.
First vice President-G. E. Andrews, Portland.
scott, Mass.
Secretary-A. M. True Bethel, Me.
:, Executive Committee-M. NJ. Emery, E. W.
Eleien, w. II. Roberts, G. d. Field aid e. F.
Goss.
The matter of badges was left to E. W.
Thompson.
TwRNTY-sIxTH MAINE.
Owing to typographical error In the offic-
ial programme of the G. A. R. for encamp-
ment week the Twenty.sixth Maine Regi-
ment had only about 40 men at its reunion az
Everett. The programme read 'Massachu-
setts." where 1t should have read Maine"
hence the small attendance. The members
of the Maine regiment who did go to Everett
enjoyed themselves in quiet way, and list
ened to remarks by Chaplain Bowker and
Comrades Baker, Morse. Burnham and
Simpson. The regiment voted to hold its
annual reunion at Searsport, Me-, September
oath. as the gathering was too small to be
called regimental reunion.
ADJUTANT GENERAL sPRAGUE HAS MAR
ROW ESCAPE.
Adjutant General Henry M. Sprague, ON
the staff of Governor Burleigh, had a narrow
escape from a serious injury Wednesday
forenoon in Boston. he was driving In a
herdic near Lincoln wharf, when the horse
stumbled and fell to the pavement with great
force, both thills of the vehicle being broken.
General Sprague was thrown so violently to
one side that he thrust his head through the
window, shivering the thick plate glass into
fragments, and his cap falling to the ground.
Singularly he was not in the least injured.
MANY MAINE MEN COME HOME.
Very many of the Maine posts departed
from Boston for home Wednesday. going by
boat and by train as they came. Bosworth
Post of Portland left the city Wednesday
evening and arrived home yesterday morn
ing. Still there are a very many Maine men
In the city, including nearly all the more
prominent members Of the Maine Depart
ment Among the callers at department
headquarters were Hon. Henry B. Cleaves
of Portland, General Charles w. Tilden of
Hallowell and bon. G. A. Boutelle of Wash
ington. Department Commander Anderson
does not return home until Saturday. Gov
ernor Burleigh is meeting large number of
Maine men at the Quincy House, his head
quarters, and has chat with all of them. He
was accompanied by General Sprague, Col
onel Philbrook and Lieutenant Colonel
Clark when he lunched with the governors,
and also at the meeting of the Maine veter-
ans at the Mechanics Building. He will
probably remain until today and accept the
invitation to sail down the harbor with the
T,oval ,aufop