The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-22
NAMES THIRTY-SECOND.
Reunion Held at Long Island
Wednesday.


Wednesday.
Next Reunion To Be Held at Rumford
Falls-Oficers Elected-Spme of Those
Present
The annual reunion of the Thirty
Second Maine Regiment Association oc-
Cured Wednesday at the building of the
| First-Tenth, Twenth- ninth association at
Long island. There was large attend
ance of veterans with their wives and
children.
The Thirty second Maine was remark
able regiment. 1t left Maine in the spring
of 1864, with $50 members On the 31st
day of the next July only nineteen men
answered the roll. The regiment had
been literally smashed to pieces. 1t had
plunged at once into the Wilderness cam
paign, and at Spottsylvania, North Anna
and Cold Harbor had tasted military life
under Grant Finally, at the mine at
Petersburg, it met it's heaviest loss. Col.
Mark F. Wentworth, now surveyor OF
Portland, was in command and was
wounded.
The business meeting was called to Or
der by President William M. Dow OF
Gray, who spoke briefly, greeting the
comrades present. He referred to the
oldest man present. Captain A. +. Noyes
of Norway, who was venerable figure,
in blue clothes still decorated with the
army buttons. Captain Noyes went to
the front three times, with the Four
tenth, Twenty third and Thirty second.
Secretary E. G. Milliken of Portland,
read the records, and Treasurer J. B.
Ham, of Lewiston gave a statement of
the finances.
Henry G. Houston of Portland, made
his report as historian. But two deaths
had come to his notice during tho year
Dr. Henry S. B. Smith Of Middleboro,
Mass, native of Bridgton and graduate
of Bowdoin and Joel H. Little of Bremen,
Me-, Sergeant. A history of the regi-
ment is under way James L. Meserve of
Center Lowell, and Lorenzo D. Hobbs of
Norway, were reported additionally as
having died during the year.
Comrade L. 7. carleton of Winthrop
brought up the question of the next
meeting. and presented an invitation
from the Rumford Falls Board of Trade
asking the regiment to be the guests Of
the town in 1896 MIR. Carleton seconded
the invitation in speech highly eulogis-
tic of Oxford county and her bears and
promised an excursion into the Rangeley
region. gf0f
Comrade H. Fl. Burbank Of Saco,
seconded the idea, and Comade Swasey of
Ruumford Falls repeated the invitation
of his town. Comrade Horace II. Sargent
of Portland, was also in favor of it.
| It was voted almost unanimously to go
to Rumford.
| The following officers were elected:
Observation-Disclosures Swasey of Rum
| ford Falls
Vice President-Jerry c. Brackett of
Lewiston, Charles f. Burr of Auburn.
Secretary-E c. Milliken of Portland.
Treasurer-John Ham of Lewiston.
| Executive Committee - Winfield S..
Howe of Hanover, Forest B. Bisbee of
| Auburn, Hiram Conant of Buckfeld, and
the president and secretary ex-officio.
discriminatory G. Houston of Port
land.
| The following were present:
George W. Richards, Portland; Lora Fl.
Collins, Portland; Augustus Smith,
Boston; Fred B. Jeffrey, Lewiston; John
l.. Ham, Lewiston; Silas F. Harlow,
Portland; John A. Keene, Norway !;
Charles K. Davis, Buxton; Marshall
Martin, Gorham; Sewell WEIGH, Cumber-
land Mills; J. Fl. Hobbs, Eta M.
Roberts, Nettie L. Hobbs, Villa Smith,
S. 3. Cobb, Gray F. Burr, Auburn !;
J. G. Brackett, Auburn; R. D. Foss,
Cumberland Mills; Judson Pratt, G. II.
Goodwin, Lewiston; M. II. Stevens, Wal
than, Mass. J. N. Jones, Waterb ORC
Centre; L. D. Randall, Hebron; E. R.
Harmon, Salem, Mass. Kallock,
North Conway, N. H.; H. 6 Mitchell,
j. j. Chase, J. B. Hammond, Intervale;
A. F. Noyes Norway; N. G. Frost, Ok
ford; David Flood, Jr,, Norway; J. M.
jackson, Lewiston; 81. Fl. Burbank,
Saco; Joseph L. Small and family, Bid
deford S. B. Horr, Waterford; W. S.
Howe, Benjamin A. Swasey, Rumford
Falls; N. A. Herrick, Mechanic Falls !;
| george n. Benson, bluueloIu, Jouu
Anderson, Gray; T. P. Beals, Portland !;
L. T. Carleton, Winthrop; James f..
Prichstad, Westfeld; W. Fl. Sargent,
Portland; R. NJ Burgess Auburn; King
S. Hill, Rochester, N. Fl. Daniel Tarbox,
Lewiston; B. E Bisbee, Auburn; Miss
Maud Downs, Bridgton; G. 81. Potter,
Bridgton; Mrs. g. w. Richards, Mrs
VIM. Richards, Amos Littlefield, Fl.
Beatrice Littlefield, Kennebunk; Elias
A. Morse, North Livermore; Henry G.
Houston, Portland; e. G. Milliken, Port
land; William Frank Cox, North Nor
way; Mrs. Frank Cox, North Norway /;
Mr. and Mrs Frank EBaker, Effingham,
N H. Mr.. and Mrs. George A. HASKELL
Bolsters Mills; Ray P. Eaton, Benjamin
F. Milliken, Bridgton; Florie E. Gould,
Freeport; W. L. Gray, South Paris; Mr.
E. Fitzpatrick, Waterville; Mrs. E.
Fitzpatrick, Waterville; D. W. Leavitt
Dry Mills; George E.Joy, South Berwick
Comrade George E Joy of South Ber-
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