The Portland daily press., 1891-05-07
ORDER OF The LOYAL LEGION.
Interesting Letters Presented the
Commandery Last Evening.

The annual meeting Of the Maine Com
maudery Of the Loyal Legion of the United
States was held at the Falmouth Hotel last
evening. The attendance was the largest In
the history of the Commandery. Among
those present from outside of Portland were
General T. w. Hyde Of Bath, General G. l..
Beal Of Augusta. General + E. Heath and
General l. S. Bangs Of Waterville, General
B. +. Harris OF Augusta. Colonel A. b. Sum-
ner Of Lubec, Colonel S. FL. Allen Of Thom-
aston, Colonel ID. j. Stafford OF Augusta,
Hon. K. A. Butler Of R0ckland, Major 5. @.
Belcher Of Pennington, Major ID. 4. Parsons
OF Oakland, DR.. Alfred Mitchell OF Bruins
wick, and Lieutenant 5. l.. Miller OF Waldo
b0ro.
There were also present as guests, Major
w. NJ. Dunn, U. s. A, Fort Preble; Lieuten-
ant ID. A. Hill of revenue cutter Woodbury.;
Major j. III. Higbee, u. s. Marine Corps,
Portsmouth, N. H., and Chief Engineer
Joseph Trilley, U. 5. n, Portsmouth. N. Fl.
cry the annual reports Of the officers were
presented. The following were elected Off
GERS Of the commandery for the year 1912:
Commander-Breyet Brig. Gen. Thomas W.
Senior Vice Commander-Brevet Brig. Gen.
Francis Z. Heath, U. s. v.
Junior Vice Commauder-Brevet Mai. Gen.
Recorder~Brsvet Maj. Henry s. Burrage, U. s.
V.
Registrar-Brevet Maj. Holman s. Melcher, u.
B. ".
Treasurer-CaptaIn Thomas j. Little, U. S. v.
Chancellor-First Lieut. Charles W. Roberts,
Chapiain-ChaplaIn John Smith sewaIl, U. s. ".
Council Major Sidney W.. Thaxter, U. s. ";
Brevet Maj. william b. Lapham. U, s, "; Com
geon Alfred Mitchell, U. 5. ". Major David <.
Parsons, U, s. V.
The following officers were elected men,
bers Of the commandery for the first class:
Lieut.. Col. Charles Rollins Llttleheld, Kenns-
bunk.
Surgeon Albert Robinson Lincoln, Dennysvllle
Surgeon Francis Marion Eveetn, Waldoboro.
Major James Henry Hobbs hewett, Thomaston.
Surgeon Henry Coombs Levensaler. Thomaston.
Captain Hebron Mathew, Saccarappa.
For the second class:
Edmund Buxton Mallet, Jr., FreepOrt, eldest
son Of Companion Acting Master Edmund Buxton
Mallett Sr.
Charles Addison Boutelle, late Acting
Volunteer Lieutenant Commanding, U. 5.
n, has been transferred to the District Of
Columbia Commandery.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Benjamin
Merrill, 18th Maine Vols, died April 5tn.
A large number Of additions have been
made to the library.
A paper by Major William B. Lapham of
Petersburg" was read by Captain Charles
K. Nash In the absence Of DIR. Lapham.
Gen. @. P. Mattocks, in behalf of the COM
mittee, read tribute to the late Col. Charles
B. Merrill.
During the dinner there was charming
music by Grimmer's Orchestra.
During the meeting the following cores
pondence never before published was read to
the members. The letters were presented
the Commandery by Mrs. Morrill,. The let
ter from General Grant Is the original, and
that Of ex-Goy. MorrilPs Is his own original
draft. Capt. Charles E. Nash of Augusta,
presented the letters for Mrs. Morrill,.
This Is the correspondence:
WASHINGTON, March 9, 1877.
Hon. Lot N. MorrtU, Secretary Of the Treasury
My dear sir-In separating officially allow me TO
express my gratitude TO you for your able and
satisfactory administration Of the arduous duties
of your Office during the brief period you have held
It. feel secure in saying tnat no man has held
the office OF Secretary OF the Treasury from the
foundation OF the government to the present day
who has inspired more public confidence than
yourself. No man has my confidence more fully,
and hope the very kindly personal relations ex-
isting between US may always exist. With sincere
wishes for your speedy restoration to health and
long and prosperous career, L submit myself
Very faithfully yours.