The Portland daily press., 1893-02-11
Such Was the Choice Made By the
Grand Army Of Maine.
CLOSING SCENES OF A HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL ENCAMPMENT.
The Other Officers Chosen-Co
in-Chief Weissert Present and Makes
Some Sensible Ta1k-Reunion of the
First Maine Cavalry.
Especial to the Press.l


RocKLAND, February 10.-The wealth
er yesterday which had been so propit-
ious for the opening of the Grand Army
Encampment changed during the night
to a driving snow storm, and it has been
raining a deluge here since morning.
Owing to the ice under foot, travel about
the city has been greatly impeded. The
second days session of the encamp-
ment came together at 10 a. M, Depart
ment Commander Dyer, presiding. The
forenoon was devoted to the unfinished
reports of yesterday, among them being
the report of Medical Director Cohan of
Auburn and Chief MASTERING Officer A.
D. Russell of Augusta. The report of the
committee on committees reports was
read and accepted. Other routine busi-
ness followed, at the close of which
Commander-in-C Chief Weissert of Wiscon-
sin, was escorted upon the platform, ac-
companied by Inspector General Goodell
of Boston.
Afteran enthusiastic ovation which
lasted several moments, Commander
Weissert addressed the convention. His
remarks were confined to post work and
stated as reasons why some posts were
not more successful, was beca use the
right officers were not always elected
and the right means not adopted in MAX
ing posts interesting to the members.
He urged the Importance of electing to
duty only such officers as had the inter-
est of the Grand Army at heart.
At the afternoon session the election
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That of Department Commander of
course, excited the most attention. 1t
was one-sided, however, and required
only one ballot The total vote cast was
259.
Wainwright Cushing OF Foxcroft had....178
VIM. H. Green, Portland ............... 53
Eustis of auburn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
Gilman of Oakland. d...................... IL
For Senior Vice Commander, 243 votes
were cast.
Timothy Elliot OF Biddeford had. ...... 153
James L. Merrick of Waterville. 80
For Junior Vice Commander 21O votes
were cast.
Henry o. Pierce of Monmouth, had. ..143
C. NJ Chase of Freeport. ................. 4S
S. b. Lagr0ss of Bucksport.- 18
j. P. Cilley of Rockland. ..-..
G. A. Southland of Thomaston, was un-
animously reelected chaplain for
the fifth time. w. 81. H. True
of Portland was unanimously elected
medical director. The following repre-
sentatives to the National Encampment
were chosen: C. F. Jones, Skowhegan,
at large; Horace B. Sawyer, Auburn
John w. Caldwell, Shermans Mills; FL.
| P. Ingalls,, Portland; James E. Parsons,
Ellsworth; George Fuller, Hallowell; !;
Horace M. Bolston, South Paris; Alfred
E. Fernald, Bangor; Alfred E. Nicker-
son, Searsport; Alexander B. Sumner,
Lnbec; John Fl. Smith, Kittery; alter
mates, Winfield S. Norcross, Lewiston;
Luther B. Rogers, Patten; Alonzo Syl-
vester, Pennington; Francis M. Eveleth.
Waldoboro; Pearl G. Ingalls,, Washing
ton; E. A. Thompson, Foxcroft; B. E..
Leonard, St. Albans; George D, White,
Liberty; Albert K. Lincoln, Dennysville;
administration: ]. Wesly Gilman, Oak
land; c. C. Cross, Rockland: VIM. S.
Dunn, Alphonso B. Holland and George
Fl. Fisher. 1t was voted to hold their
next department encampment at Bangor.
Tonight camp fire in Farwell Opera
House called together an audience which
completely filed all seating and standing
room and many could not gain admit
tance.
The evenings programme took the
form of an intellectual banquet at which
Col VIM. Ell. Folger of this city made
most successful POSTMASTER. He ex-
tended the address of welcome in behalf
of the Edwin Libby Post, and was fol-
lowed by Mayor Butler, who delivered
up the city's keys to the boys in blue.
The first toast was the grand
Army of the Republic, responded to by
Commander Weissert with remarks by
Inspector General Goodell. These gem
tlemen were obliged to leaveson the night
Pullman. The other toasts were as fol-
lows:
Department OF Mane-Responded to by De-
partment Commander Cushing.
The State OF Maine-Response by Governor
CleaveS of Portland.
Ladies' Relief Corps Response by Mrs. Mason
of Biddeford.
Sons of Veterans-Response by Past Colonel
Edward R. Gould of Rockland.
Volunteer Soldiery-ReSponSe by Past Com
mander Samuel L. Miller Of Waldoboro.
The United States Nayy-ResDonSe by John
O. Johns N of Liberty.
Volunteer Militia of Maine-Response by Rev,
r. W. Jenkyn OF Rockland, chaplain of First
Regiment.
Women in the War-Response by Mrs. James
E. RhoadeS OF Rockland.
Army Of the sPotomac-Response by Ell. II.
Burbank of Saco.
The Union Cavalry Response by Gen. j. P.
Cilley Of Rockland.
The programme was interspersed with
songs by Herbert M. Lord, editor of the
Rockland Courier Gazette, and Miss Ade-
laide M. Crocker, of the Emerson College
of Oratory, Boston. When years ago,
when the encampment met here, Miss
Crocker then a little girl, gave a recita-