The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
VETERANS GATHERING.
Many Reunions Win be Held this Week.
Who are Here,

This is to be week of reunions of the
Maine regiments that took part in the
late war. At the 18th Maine quarters
the mem bers have just begun to arrive.
This regiment is probably more scat
tered than any other in Maine. Colonel
A. ~. Bollan, president of the associa-
ton, who is spending the summer at
Castlne, IS expected to arrive at any
moment. He will come in his yacht.
MajorJ. NJ. Wissell of birmingham, Mass.
IS expected to arrive at an early period.
The first two days will be given up to
social chat and to informal meetings,
but on Thursday the annual business
meeting of the association will be held.
Among those who are already present
are General Sd. Gallagher of Augusta,
colonel L. W. Porter of Boston, Captain
Charles Burnham of Chelsea, Mass,
Captain AT. Noyes of Norway, Irving
Morse, C.S. Gordon and Willis Carver of
Boston, William M. Perkins ssof Mechan-
&c Falls, FIT. Mehier of Auburn, Rich
ard Thurborugh ofsBethel, and George
Webster of Portland.
At the Fifth Maine quarters at Peaks
Island, the comrades are, as usual, gath
ering in force, company K sending in
the largest number of "foragers. The
ladies have turned out in goodly num-
bers, and the comrades have got SO used
to throwing the burden of the work on
their shoulders that if they should stav
at home for single day the reunion
would be dead failure. The ladies' like
it, and they have increased their num-
bers by inviting friends and memb ers of
the re. The poysn say that thew
are going to be well taken care of this
year. Among the members of the asso-
citation who have already arrived are
The following: Colonel Fl. r. Millett of
Gorham, Captain EN-. Robinson, Coo,
OF Phillips, Captain H. D. Bucknam,
Go. Is, of Mechanic Falls; CAPTAIN Geo.
e. Brown, Co. Fl, of Portland Captain
J.B. Ham mond Co.. of New Gloucester.
Goa, 70. Hatch and Walter Docken-
dorff OF Deering Cob, Edwin Meserve of
Lowell Mass. N. K. Lougee of Nashua,
MI, Coo Clark Wayland of Gorham,
Nil, Al. 6ryant of Lynn, Mass, S. S.
Wormell of Waterville Co. E, J.A. Chase
OF Yarmouth, Frank ]. F. Goss of Au-
burn, Thomas Ward of Waterbury, Conn.
Co. g, A. E. Titcomb Of Norway, Co. H.
James G.Sanborn and Crawford Dunn
of Portland, George f. True of Auburn.
Col, j l.. Parker of Norway, Cox,
C.O.Holt of Canton, Horatio Bumpus of
Wakefield, Mass, A. H. Hutchinson of
Bethel. Colby Sanborn OF Canton.
General j. p. Scully of the First Maine
Cavalry is present as an invited guest
of the association.
Among the ladies present were the fol-
lowing. Mrs. H. r. Millett of Gorham.
Mrs. H. P. Hammond, Miss Lottie Ham
mond, E Miss Hattie Hammond, Mrs.
Nelson Tenney, Mrs. Clara G. Lyon of
Portland, Mrs. Robert E. Stevens of Old
Orchard, Mrs. Theodore Stafford of Cor
ham. Mrs. Clark Wayland OF Gorham. IN.
H., Mrs. Lyman A. Titcomb, Miss Emma
Z. Iitcomb, and Mrs. Emma Young of
Norway; Mrs. G. o. Holt and Miss MYRTLE
Holt of Canton Mrs. A. Gilbert of Ches-
ter, Mass. Miss Alice Brown of Boston.
Mrs. H M. johnson of Charl eston, Mass. I
and Mrs. E. A. Sanborn of the W,R.C..
SO, of Franklin, Mass