The Republican journal., 1896-12-10
Banquet OF Loyal Legion.
The Commandery of Maine Meets in Bangor.

In the handsome dining hall of the Ban
| gor House on Wednesday night, Dec. ID,
was held the December meeting of the
Commandery of Maine, Military Order of
| the Loyal Legion of the United States.
After an excellent dinner had been enjoyed
| by half a hundred members of the Legion
and their guests paper of great interest
on Virginia Battletields Revisited, writ
ten by Major Henry S. Burrage of Port
| land, who is recorder of the Legion and
who was member Of the 36th Massachu-
setts infantry in the civil war, was read
by Prof. John S. Sewall of Bangor, Mai.
Burrage being unable to attend. This
paper was written Is years ago, after a
visit to the famous fields of Virginia, and
| it was greatly enjoyed and heartily ap-
plauded by the veterans who sat at the
banquet board. A vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Major Burrage.
| Commander W. H. Anderson Of Port
land next introduced Hon. Charles A.
, Boutelle of Bangor, who delivered al ad-
dress that was, chiefly, an expression of
regret for wars past and plea for peace
in the future. Mr.. Boutelle said that the
awful results of war must have the effect
of arousing the public conscience and of
paving the way for the future peace. 1t
seemed to MIN that, although the charac-
ter of men might be strengthened BY the
experience of armed conflict, humanity
should be able, and should be anxious, to
devise a better method Of settling the dis
putes Of peoples and States. 81 favor an
aggressive policy of peace" said he, and
at this there was loud applause.
Mr.. Boutele spoke of his recent Jour
ney across the continent, of the warm
welcome he had received in distant places
from members of the Loyal Legion and
the G. A. R., and in closing expressed the
| hope that he might meet all the assembled
comrades again.
Gen. Charles Hamlin addressed the
comrades briefly, urging that all should
write out their recollections of the war;
thus preserving many substantial and in
teresting facts.
Following is a list of those who sat at
the banquet board:
Charles .. Hunt, Portland; Sidney W
| ThaXter, Portland: George Narney, Ban
gor; John Marshall Brown, Falmouth: II .
n. Roynen, Lieut.. [. S. A.. Isaiah X.
Stetson, Bangor; Ira B. Gardner, Patten
Frank A. Guernsey, Bangor; Henry Z.
Sellers, Bangor; J. W. Thompson, Ban
gor; VIM. Rogers, Bar Harbor; E. A.
Thompson, Dover; Edwin Ilsley, Lime
rick; Augustus G. Hamlin, Bangor; A. L.
Fernald, Winterport; Atwell W. SWEET,
Bangor; Ii. S. Blanchard, Waterville: l.
S, Bangs, Waterville; D. Z. Parsons, Oak
land; John U. Hubbard, E. Douglass,
Mass. Henry G. Staples Augusta; j. O.
johnson, Liberty; Charles W. Roberts,
Bangor; VIM. II. Anderson, Portland
Charles A. Boutelle, Bangor; L. H. Phair,
Presque Isle; Fred H. Small Bangor; S
c. Gordon, Portland, Eugene f. Sanger,
Bangor; Horatio B. Sawyer, Auburn;
VIM. H. Greene Portland; George W.
Verrill, Portland; Edward A. Butler
Rockland; Francis E. Heath, Waterville;
Charles W. Ti!den, Halowell; A. r.
Small Oakland; VIM. H. Spencer; Wilson
Crosby, Bangor; John 7. Gilman,
Brewer; George L. Beal, Norway; H. n.
Fairbanks, Bangor; Wainwright Cushing
Foxcroft; S. D. Benson, Bangor; Joseph
S. Smith, Bangor; Charles V. Lord, Ban
gor; VIM. Z. G. Clayton, Bangor; S. H.
Manning, Lewiston; F. NJ. Drew, Lewis
ton; C. E. Hamlin, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Charles Hamlin, Bangor; W. w. Whit
marsh, Norway; Hebron Mayhem, West
brook; J ohm S. Sewall, Bangor