The Portland daily press., 1895-10-23
BOsWORTH POST
Enjoy a Delightful Camp Fire Last
Evening.

DELEGATIONS Present from Yarmouth and
Freeport Posts-Bright Speeches Inv
Well known Commissioning Good
Stories Told by the Boys.
Bosworth Post,EG. A. r. held it's first
camp fire of the season at their spacious
hall last evening. There was large AFT
tendance of comrades and their guests.
Among them were Department. Com
mander Green and Adjutant General A.
M. Sawyer, of his staff, His Honor Mayor
Smith of Auburn, Commander Leighton
of Haskell Post of Yarmouth with twenty
comrades of the post, Comrade Banks and
others of Fessenden Post of Freeport
Comrade Jones of Roberts Post of Rut
land, VT, ex-Alderman Henry Fox, Mr..
G. III. Randall, chairman of the Board of
Alderman, Mr.. VIM. Chenery, cashier of
the post office, Col. f. E. Boothby OF
the Maine Central, L. II. Tobie inspector
of customs, Chief Clerk Elmer E. Water
house of the Railway Postal Service,
Major Charles H. Boyd, llate of the United
States Coast Survey, Captain A. NJ.
Soule and officers of Shepley Camp, S. of
", and others.
Comrade B. A. Norton was chairman
of the committee of arrangements and
Post Commander E. G. SWEET was toast
master.
At 7.3O O'Clock the party marched to
the large banquet hall and enjoyed a well
cooked and delicious supper. While the
customary baked beans, hard bread,
brown bread, coffee and pickles predomi-
mated, there was also served an excellent
oyster soup and fruit. A barrel of hard
bread just the kind that was eaten in the
army, was sent to the post by q New
York friend. and the Henry Weissinger
company of Louisville-who entertained
the Maine boys so handsomely at the
National Encampment- sent a large
donation Of their choice tobacco and
pipes, the tobacco known as the "Peace
and Good Will," and the pipes marked
with the same words.
When the comrades were all gathered at
the tables they occupied five long ones,
and mustered some one hundred and
twenty in all.
After grace had been said by Chaplain
W1nslow, Toastmaster Swett-than whom
there is no man that we recall who fills
the position more gracefully or wittily-
opened the speech making. He said that
the duties devolving upon him were
among the most agreeable that the
Commander of Bosworth post is called
upon to perform because he is sure of the
warm support of the members when he
welcomes guests to the hospitality of the
post. He then recitod that beautiful
poem, as he knows how to recite it: "We
have drank from the same canteen, -
which embodies the whole spirit of COM
radeship, and said that the object of the
Grand Army is to perpetuate the spirit OF
these times Ey gathering around the
camp fire as they met about the real camp
fire of old, cheering up the weak and low
spirited and enabling them to take heart
for the long fatiguing march of the
morrow. The sugar of our camp fire to-
night, said the speaker, is not as yellow
as that was. the coffee isn't half as black
and the salt horse is too fresh compared
with that of the army ration. If one OF
the old sheet iron kettles had been on
hand we could. as of old, have cooked all
we had in it from boiled rice to a boiled
shirt. (Great applause.) But friends
there is one dish tonight that We have
OVERLOOKING, and that is the bowl of well
come to the hospitality of Bosworth Post.
I am embarrassed, he continued, as to
who to call upon, because all cannot
speak, but 1 will call first on our worthy
department. commander. W. II. Green.
with great applause. He said he was
pleased to be here and greet the delega-
lions from other posts. He was pleased to
note the interest and enthusiasm shown
by the posts in Grand Army matters, an
enthusiasm and interest he had striven
to create and foster during his term OF
office. He spoke of the grand reception
he met with in Bridgton short time
ago and how out of that had grown the
North Cumberland battalion. He wanted
to impress upon the comrades that there
were many who did not belong to the or.
ganization and that every effort should
be made to induce them to join. He paid
high compliment to the Grand Army
as an organization, and was warmly ap-
plauded as he took his seat.
Mayor Smith Of Auburn, on being in.
PRODUCED said he wanted to congratulate
himself OH being here tonight, for il
there was one place more than another
where he felt at home it was with the
comrades of th Grand Army. He paid q
compliment to Portland for the beautiful
post hall that Bosworth comrades had
built, and congratulated the post on hel
long list of able and wealthy members.
He thought people didn't appreciate what
the war had cen. How today men that
should hayo been strong and healthy
citizens were more or less broken down
from wounds and sickness. Ii we have