The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-27
THE PRESENTATION.
Yesterdays Programme a Big Sue.
cess.
BRIGHT UNIFORMS FILLED CITY
HALL STAGE.
The Governors Lunch-The Exerc ises and
the Great Crowd-The Grand Banquet.

The Governors Lunch-The Exerc ises and
the Great Crowd-The Grand Banquet.
Yesterday was big day for Portland,
and the State, and marked an event that
will not be forgotten in the history of
either. Everything was propitious but
the weather, and everything passed off
successfully and pleasantly but that
There can be no excuse for the weather.
1t was thoroughly and utterly bad. The
fog was so dense that it was much more
Oppressive than darkness. However it
was so dark that one couldn't see the
time ON the Birst National CLOCK from
tho upper corner of Exchange and Middle
streets.
At ten O'Clock the city government
paid an official visit to the warship. They
went out in two open cutters, command
cd by Cadets Knopper and Butler. The
party was made up of Mayor Baxter,
Aldermen Little and Dam, Counoilmen
Nickerson, Nash, Holland and Snow,
Treasurer Libby, City Auditor Tobie.
Superintendent Of Schools Lord, Com
missioner Fernald, Assessor Lefa favor and
DR.. Charles D. Smith.
At 10. 80 the steam launch in command
Of Ensign Ward, conveyed Gov. Cleaves
and his staff to the warsihp. When
the party left for the shore they were
given salute of seventeen guns
THE GOVERNORS LUN CHI.
At one O'Clock p. M, there assembled
at the Falmouth large number of the
prominent men of the city and State to
meet the officers of the Maine and attend
an informal lunch as guests of the State.
After the reception the doors were
thrown open, and very tempting table
was disclosed, extending the entire length
of the small dining room. 1t was a stand
up lunch, and for nearly an hour every
body was pleasantly busy. 1t was a
brilliant spectacle, there were SO many
magnificent uniforms and so many big,
handsome, imposing men. There were
the uniforms of the Maine's officers. the
Governors staff, the State militia and
the officers of ForJ Preble. AL were
A1AOlCAu dAo Oil WOI0 AduuSOlAO.
Governor Cleaves and Mayor Baxter
were of course present. OF the Maine's
officers, the following were present :
Captain Crowninshield, Lieutenant
Holman, Lieutenant Jungen, lieutenant
| Long. Ensign Jenkin, Ensign Ward,
Surgeon Nelson, Chaplain Chadwick,
Past Asst. Engineer Bowers, Past Asst.
Surgeon Means, Asst. Engineer Trench,
Naval Cadets Gherardi, son of Admiral
Gherardi, Krepper, Wabhams and Mans
field.
OF the Governors staff there were
General Choate, Colonel harrington,
| Col. Prescott, Col. Stetson, Col. Lom-
bard, Col. Whitemarsh and Major Rol-
| lins.
| OF the State militia officers there were
Col Kendall, of the 1st regiment, and
the following of his staff: Lieut.. G. e.
| Davis, adjutant; Lieut.. j. B. O'Neill,
assistant surgeon and Lieut.. George A.
Anthoine, inspector of rifle practice
Col. Philbrook of the 2nd regiment, was
present, but with none of his staff
OF the officers ut Fcrt Preble there
were, Capt Rogers, Lieut.. Clifford,
Lieut. Goyle and Surgeon Harris.
OF the Governors Council; there were
O. B. Clason, Gardiner, II. L. Shepherd
of Rockport; E. S. Marshall of York !;
E. Dudley Freeman of Portland; ]. G.
Holman, of Pennington; C. E. Dagget,
of Presqus Isle
Among the others present were mem
bers of the city government, Ex-Go ver-
nor Robbie, Collector Deering, Judges
Webb, Putnam, Strout, Haskell, Pea
body and Bonney, Hon. Charles 4. Lib
1 by, Payson Tucker, Hon Fred. E. Rich
ards, U. S. Marshal Donavan, Clerk of
the.U. S. Court Davis, City Treasurer
Libby; Gen. G. P. Mattocks, Hon. W..
W. Thomas, Jr., Department. Com
mander W. H. Green, Of the G. A. R.,
Edward B. Winslow and M. N. Rich,
president and secretary Of the Board of
Trade, City Solicitor Chapman, ". w.
Mason. Capt. Picking Of the U. S. Navy,
Commander Leary of the ram Katahdin,
Lieut. Col. Damrell CT the U. S. Eugi-
neer's office. and Col. Fred N. Dow
From out Of town were COL Stanley
Plummer, of Dexter; Col. Charles B.
Morton, of Augusta, who when he was
third auditor of the Treasury had rela-
tions with some Of the officers of the
Maine, and came down to greet them
Bank Examiner Timberlake; Gen. Geo.
L. Beal, of Norway; Hon. Arthur Se-
wall, of Bath; Insurance Commissioner
Carr; Col. Stevens, the Governors pri-
vate secretary, N. S. Purinton, messenger
of the governor and council, and others.