The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-08

Once Commanded the Seventeenth
| Regiment.
Especial to the Press.1
BANGOR, December 1.-THE Maine
Commandery of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States
held one of the largest and most inter-
esting of its stated meetings this evening
at the Bangor House in this city. The
Bangor members of the order had made
| elaborate preparations for the meeting.
The dining hall was beautifully decor
ated with flowers and bunting. The
| Orpheus club furnished delightful in
strumental music and the Apollo quar-
| tette sang spirited war songs. The fol-
lowing officers were present:
Thos. W. Hyde, colonel 1st Maine Volun-
/ teerS.
Portland, 1st Lieutenant Both Maine Volun-
Frederick Robie, lieutenant colonel, Port
John S. Sewall. Bangor, chaplain, sth Massa.
Selden Connor, brigadier general of yolun-
! teerS, Portland.
Eugene F. Sanger, brigade surgeon, United
| States volunteers, Bangor.
Seth c. Gordon, surgeon, 1st LOUISIANA Volun-
/ teers, Portland.
Joseph S. Smith, brigadier general United
States volunteers, Bangor. , s..4.
VIM H. Anderson, paymaster, united States
navy, Portland.
s Sidney v. Thaxter. major, First Maine Cav
| airy, Portland.
Ghas. o. Hunt 1st lieutenant, 9th Battery
| Maine Volunteers, Portland.
Thomas P. Beais, captain 32nd Maine Volun-
| teers, Portland.
Charles V. Lord, quartermaster, I'd Maine
| Volunteers, Bangor
| Lester Dwinei, captain and brevet major,
| 18th Maine Volunteers, Bangor.
Edward Moore, captain and brevet colonel,
| 18th Maine Volunteers, Portland
Augustus b. Farnham, lieut.. coionei anu
| brevet colonel, 18th Maine Volunteers, Bangor.
! z. B. Mallet, Jr, Second Glass, Freeport.
| Henry G. Staples, colonel 3rd Maine Volun-
Etc Elton a W. Ware, lieutenant 9th Maine volun-
Benjamin. F. Harris, 9Th Maine Volunteers,
b. j. Stafford. lieutenant colonel 18th Yer
mont Volunteers, Augusta.
H. N. Fairbanks, 3Oth Maine Volunteers,
A. K. Small, major 10th Maine Volunteers,
Il. W. TiIden. colonel 10th Maine Volunteers,
Marx L. Hersey, goth United States Infantry,
Orono.
Heavy Battery. Portland.
Charles HaInlin, assistant adjutant general
United States Volunteers Bangor. ,
Henry S. Burrage, breVeG major ooGn
Massachusetts, Portland:
Augustus G. Hamlin, lieutenant colonel q. S.
George L. Beal brgadier general United
States Volunteers. Augusta.
John Marshal Brown, breyet brigadier gen
eral U. S. A., Portland. ,,
| George arney, breVeG Drlgad1er general v.
Alfred Mitchell, assistant surgeon, Bruins
Robert M. Rogers, captain End Artillery,
]. R. McGunss, major y $. A.. Augusta.
George E. Brickett M. D., Augusta.
John ID. Anderson, 101st Wisconsin Battery.
Togus: .o ,no,o+ ,or ,7+, Mama
| Volunteers, Portland.
Wainwright Gushing, lieutenant 1st Maine
Stephen d. Benson, 1st lieutenant 3oth Maine
Volunteers, Bangor. ,ro; W,
William Clayton, captain 1st Minnesota bat
Horatios B. Sawyer, 1st lieutenant sth Maine
Charles W. Roberts, adjutant, 18th Maine
i. s. Larrabee, captain 10th Maine volun-
e. A. Busler, acting ensign, U. S. navy Rock
H. S. Mecher, brevet major of volunte ers,
A. E. Fernald, brevet captain, goth Maine,
Gene General Charles W. Roberts, Bangor.
Captain R. B. Brown, Castine, Me.
The new members elected were: Lieu
tenant Richarda Lawrence Howard,
Northwood Ridge, N. II. Captain George
Washington Verrill, Portland; First
Lieutenant and Adjutant Calvin Lewis
Hayes, Kittery.
Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Q. Ham
lin of Bangor read a paper entitled "Ac-
ton at Hazel Grove, Saturday evening,
May 2, 1862
The recorder presented to the COM
mandery and read the following auto
graph letter from Major General Am
brose E. Burnside:
Gen. Burnside's Letter..
PROVIDENCE, August 10th, 1865.
Ma Dear Cdpt0i7G
Your kind letter has just reached me here. 1t
would have been answered sooner but for my
absence from home.
1 feel as you that our East Tennessee cam
paign is not well understood, and now that the
\ war is over will be glad to render you any as
sstance in my power in the preparation Of an
ob TT e te th ana u Mau DC
am sorry to say that have not yet pre-
pared my report of operations in that section.
You will remember that General Halleck took
occasion to say some hard things of the early
part of the campaign in his report to Congress.
Following out the principle that have tried to
carry out since the war began, decided not to
write a report until such time as could with
out injury to the service speak of Hallecks
wrong statements. Since the war closed have
been too busy with my private affairs to write;
but before Congress assemblies hope to make
up my report In the meantime If you desire
any information from me will give it, or will
gladly give you free access TO
my papers and am sure Goddard Will assist
you in looking them over. If you wish will
look over your article after it IS finished, and
give you my views. go West in few days,