The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-13

Although it was sweltering hot, in
Portland yesterday the veterans of the
Eighth Maine Regiment did not mind
the heat in the least and passed o most
comfortable and long to be remembered
DAY at the handsome cottage on the
south shore of Peaks. Tho occasion was
the annual reunion of the regiment and
the attendance was the largest in the
history of the association.
| AT noon there wre about 1875 veterans
present and nearly all of them were
accompanied by their wives and daugh-
tiers, SO it was u very merry party which
assembled aIoud the long tables to sam
pie the coed things which had been pro-
vided for the feast Those who were pres
ent Were; 6. L. Dacey, Wilbur Lane,
Col. E. A. True and wife, W. G. Cross
| Boston; j. H. H. Hewett, Thomaston;
ID. 'B. Sawyer, wife nd two daughters.
e. C.Spearing and wife, Captain Hilman
and wife, Auburn; W. r. Pinkham,
Oakland; William Caswel, Wilton; H.
A. Philhrook, Orono; S. B.. Rogers
and wife, Portland; G. A. Robinson,
Sherman; f. o. Larrabee, New Glou-
! cester; S. L. Emerson, Wits and three
daughters, Auburn; j. II. Livett aud
wife, Kittery; Randall Gallison, Lisbon
Falls; L. S. Brown, wife and two chill
dren, Mrs. Carrie Greenwood, Belmont;
L. W. Haokett Saoo; J. G. Littleheld
and wife. Melrose; George S. Heath, North
Berwick, Ezra Clark, Alfred; O.B. Can
we'll, Dorchester, N asa. Kendall Pollard
and wife, Swampsoott, Mass; Capt. c.
G. Perry, Patten; Charles Robinson,
Sherman Mills; Mr.. and Mrs. G. H.
Libby and family, Saugus, Mass; Mr..
and Mrs. A. o. Bills, Freeport; Wallace
Smith; Auburn; George S. Smith and
family, North Berwick; William E. ones
and family, Salem; W. G. Taylor, Al
fred; j. W. Treadwell, West Kennebunk;
Charles Bennett, Alfred; Horace Pratt
Dixtield; George W. Golfers and wife,
Lewiston; Gideon r. Littlefield, Wells;
j. M. Stuckley Canton; Mr., and Mrs.
Delaney Young ana wife, Auburn; Da-
vid s. Austin, South Berwick B. Wood
ard, Lisbon Falls; Samuel G. Larrabee,
Frederick o. Larrabee, Peabody, Mass
". B. Goodwin, Brunswick; Capt. A.
d. Millett Burnhnm; George Perry,
| Portland.
After dinner the veterans assembled In
the large memorial hall and held their
annual business meeting at which the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
Delaney Young of Auburn
Vice Pesidents-H Hiram Parker of Glen
burn, Me-, q. 9. Perry of Patton and
Jonas G.. Littlsfleid of Melrose, Mass.
Secretary and Treasurer-Hillman
Smith, Auburn
| Executive Committee-T. s. Brown,
Belmont, Mass Miles Rhodes, North
Berwick; David Spearing. AUBURN.
A characteristic incident occurred dur
ing this meeting which we'll illustrates
the big heaTtedness of some IL the boys
in blue. The association was found to
be in debt to the extent of $15 SO, and no
sooner was this fact learned than one
gentleman wearing big sombero and
looking for all the world like a typical
westerner, although he really halls from
Auburn, said: "Boys let's raise the
debt Here's dollar towards it," and
| in trice the whole sum had been IA ised
without any other appeal than this.
| Among those present at the business
meeting was Gen. George H. Nye of
| the First, Tenth and Twenty ninth reg
| iments. He went into the war as
private and came out as brevet major
general. One of the comrades called on
Gen. Nye for speech. He said: II
have seen many old comrades and friends
here tdoay, and among them is a lady
whom / had not seen for forty years,
when / used to live in Lewiston, and
boys when I think how long period of
time forty years is it makes me feel old
indeed. Some Of US are growing bald
and the hair of every one of us has few
silver threads Orr shoulders are stoop-
| ing and our eye sight dim.
| We couldn't stand the long and cold
marches that we once made, but we
love the old flag yet. God bless it, /
think it was in 1866 when was with my
regiment ut Arlington, s. c., and we
held one day flag raising. Chaplain
Whittemore of the 3t0h Massachusetts
made the speech and Prof. Chandler,
once at the head of Chandeliers band of
L
when that old glory was hauled up the
flag pole an old grey haired negro fell
down on his knees beueaeth the flag and
| with trembling voice thanked God he
had lived to see the day when that flag
should mean as much to him as it did
to white folks. God bless old glory and
the Union"
| AT the meeting of the corporation
which owns the Eighth reig ment cottage
the following were elected officers for the
ensuing year:
President-Col. E. A. True of Boston.
Vice President-W. r. Pinkham of
| Oakland.
Treasurer Captain aillman Smith of
Auburn.
Clerk-Major. J. H. H. Hewstt O
Thomaston. Rev. II. A. Philbrook,
Orono; Capt. L. B. Rogers of Patten;
Fl. B. Sawyer of AUBURN, Delaney
Young of Auburn. ]. H. SWEET of Kit
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