Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-17

The following comrades of the I'LL
Maine Infantry were present at the 26tl
| annual reunion at Caribou. Aug. u-12-ls
1897:
Field and Staff-Sergeant Major E. P
Morton. Webster. Mass: Hospital Stew
ard Geo. B. Noyes, N. D., Charleston. Me
Co. A-Lieut. Judson L. Young, Lin
Brewer. Me-: Private Geo. A. Orr, Ban
gor. Me-; Private Joseph L. Bailey, Carl
bou. Me-: Private Joseph 8. Sites, Maple
ton, Me-: Private Peter NJ. Casey, Maple
ton. Me.
Co. B-Private Edward Kelley, Boston
Mass; Private Geo. w. Jones, Lagrange
Me.
Co: C-Corporal Melville Cole. Prospecr
Harbor Me-; Corporal Edward Noyes
East Sullivan, Me-: Wagner Benjamin
J: Smith. Caribou, Me-; Private Francis
N. Elwell, Houlton, Me-; Private Charles
W. Hamlin, China, Ne.
Co. D-Captain John d. Stanwood
Winn, Me-; Sergeant Daniel w. Wood
min Gould, Lewiston, Me-; Private X. G.
Burgess, North Vassalboro, Me-: Private
John 7. Stevens. Bangor. Me-; Private A
?. Bickmore, Hyde Park, Mass; Private
Hiram A. Cooper. Caribou, Me-; Private
Ira Gould, Caribou, Me.
Co. E-Private David Simpson, North
Newburg, Me-; Private Allen D. Holmes
East Jackson Me-; Private Charles w
l<dEiSoI, EuulNStOn, Me.
Co. First Sergeant N. P Downing
Minot. Me-; Sergeant VIM. H. Feeley,
Caribou, Me-; Corporal James A. Feeley,
North Auburn, Me-; Corporal j. B. Cros-
by. Benton Falls, Me-: Private Sewall
Dexter, Wayne. Me-; Private Samuel @.
Richardson. Sprague's Mills, Me-; Private
Geo. w. Eastman. Fort Fairfield. Me.
Co. G-First Sergeant Thomas T. Ta-
Dor. Bangor. Me-: Sergeant George Phil
Co. H-Captain Albert Maxfield. New
York city; Lieut.. Nelson T. Smith.
Brownville, Me-: Sergeant Geo. w. Smith,
Brownyille Me-; Private Stacey a. Grif-
fin, Reynolds. Me-; Private Matthew $.
Berry. Brownville, Me-: Private 'Eben G.
Prescott, Brownville, Me.
Co. I-Captain S. HI. Merrill, Washing
ton,. d c.; First Sergeant Samuel b.
Haskell. Linneus. Me-; Corporal L. b.
Smart. Sebois Me-; Private Geo. w.
Young. Winn. Ne.
Co. k-Corporal Samuel Buzzell Wood
land, Me-: Corporal l.. D. Bickford Dix
mont, Me-; Private j. II. Morse, Dixm0nt.
Me; Private Roger A. Erskine, Presqfe
plymouth, Me-; Private John Whitcomb.
Simpsons Corner, Me.
Fifty-two comrades were present. Many
OF the comrades were accompanied by
families making in all about "a. persons
The following officers were elected for
1897: President. Nathan p Downing Mi
not; lst vice president, William Wiley
Gardiner; I'd vice president, Edward Kei-
ley Boston; secretary and treasurer,
Thomas T. Tabor, Bangor; chaplain,
James Y. Tabor, Hodgdon; musical direc-
tor. G. b. Noyes, NJ. D., Charleston. The
next reunion is' to be held. at Gardiner
Me-. in August, 1898.
President Sewall Pettingill presided al
the reunion, which was one Of the most
enjoyable in Its history. Headquarters
was established at the Vaughan house.
Kept by Comrade B. J. Smith of Co. 6,
Buckboard rides were enjoyed to Fort
interest in the vicinity of Caribou. A
campfire was held at Clark's hall In the
evening, at which the comrades were
welcomed to Caribou in patriotic and
eloquent address. replete with wit. wis
dom and genuine good feeling Short ad-
dresses were made by many Of the com.
rades, and war songs by the Associar ton
enjoyment