The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-18
BOSWoRTH POST.

BOSWORTH POST.
Celebrate Their Goth Anniversary at Long
| Island Yesterday.
| Tho goth annivers ary of Bosworth Post,
q. A. R., was held ct Cushing's, Long
island. yesterday. The Post left their
hall Mt 9.15 O. M, under command of
Commander &. G. Milliknen, and headed
by Chandler's band, marched to Gus
tom house wharf where they took spec
ial boat to Long island.
| Upon arriving at Cushing's the teams
tried rifle shooting with this result: Will
Hanson, 10; Johnson, 18; Milliken, 20;
Ellis, s.; Staples, 9: Lang. 10; Norton,
10; Tobin, 49,; Winslow, II; Dunn, 49,;
Grsey, 10; Poor, 81; Wentworth, 49,;
4 Bennett, Is; Webb, 9; Harris, is; Mars
/ ton, II. The first prize was awarded to
George H. Poor. 1t was silver shaving
mug and brush. The prize for the poor
est shot, a toy gun, was awarded to
Hiram Ellis.
| At l O'Clock fine shore dinner was
served to.about 100 comrades and their
guests. After the inner man was salts
| fed, Commander Milliken called upon
Past Vice-Commander 7. H. Hastings.
of Post 80, Cambridge, Mass, who in re-
turn presented Bosworth Post a beauti-
| full silver goblet
Comrade Hemtsreet of New York.
was called upon and spoke as follows:
We are told that everything has been
said in the last thirty years. Has itP NOT
until everyone of the two millions of
patriots who offered their lives has told
his experience, not until four millions of
aged parents tell how their hearts were
rung at seeing the loved boy depart for
war; not until the major part of our
population tell their story of the desola-
ton OF homes. And all for what? To
stand only as patriots ought to stand for
the Tag OF their nation against oause-
less, wicked, rascally, whiskey rebellion.
But now that.the prize is won, that the
nation is going on in unexampled
prosperity we are forgetting the past and
blind to the present you will hear some
cuckoo that the war is over. But is ita
Let me tell you as traveller and OBJ
server that this land is today honey
combed with seini-loyalty. with defiance
I to the law, from anarchists, from the
greed OF mammon, from clubs and COM
binations up to sectional jealousy. I
went to the late General Confederate Re-
union solely to satisfy my own mind up
on the mooted question of Southern loyal
~. did thoroughly satisfy myself, and
take the full responsibility of saying
that In the cotton states, although the
old flag on public and official occasions
has plenty Of lip loyalty, it does not
reach down to the heart; for when the
representatives Of the whole South get
together at their secession capitol, max
ing such day of festiyity and secession
glory as Richmond never saw before and
then dishonor the Stars and Stripes by
practically ignoring them everywhere,
and by waving the secession flag from
housetops and windows and coaches and
public platforms flag that they ought
IN common decency and honor to have
foldsd away forever when they received
their war paroles, when within two
months past reasonable songs were sung
in mass meetings and cheered to the echo
then it Is uime for the Grand Army of
| the Republic to take solemn counsel and
teach their descendants, their own fight
Ing blood, that they must ever be q
phaiar rallying around the old flag
wherever Its authority is questioned or
disrespect is shown to it's mandates North
or South, East or West. know full well
the sneers that will greet an alarmist.
but after four years fighting I am not
likely to be very touchy. think that In
a bulky people ike the American people
we can never tell far ahead what is going
to happen. The sectional hatred of the
South which is stronger in this genera
ton than the last. may recklsssly seek
their opportunity in the tuburlanoe of
the rest of the Union. I know that there
Is much expression Of loyalty In the cot
ton states, but it is forced expression
out OF wholesome respect for the power,
tho education, the wealth, and the refine
ment OF the rest of the Union. A
southern Clergyman, formerly q rebel
soldier, told me il wanted to know the
real feeling of the South toward the
North, go among the children who
are taught universally to despise you. A
Grand Army man of twenty years down
South said they were more eloquent in
what they suppressed than in what they
expressed. But they have healthy re-
spect for the mighty determination of
Union men that the flag of the Union
shall rule with one soeptre unalded, un-
cOunselled, unadvised, .unshared from
any other com bination in the land.
Teach this to them who come after you,
| for eternal vigilence is the price of the
Union and it's fighting blood must be
kept together.
Comrade Hemstreet was followed by
Comrade Gray of Post 80. Comrade Pike
was presented a rubber doll by Comrade
Galley, amidst much laughter and ap-
plause.
There was general football kicking,
and there would have been baseball
game but the weather was too moist
Comrads Staples won the first prize.
bronze statuette, for the nuger shoot, and
Comrade W. Fl. Green the second prize.
The band frequently disooursed good
music and the Post returned about six
o'clock delighted with their day outing.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments were B. A. Nort,,n W n Went