The Portland daily press., 1897-05-13
ORDERS TO THE G. A. f.
Department Commander CarIeton's An
nouncements of staff Officers and Mem
oriai Day Observances.

Department Commander Carleton of the
| Maine G. A. r. is out with General Or
ders Nos. Q and 3. The former announce
the appointments on his staff and the ar
rangements for the national encampment
After giving the names OF the officers
elected at the encampment at Lewiston,
the orders say: :
Appointments upon the department
commanders staff are hereby announced
Assistant Adjutant General, Lorenzo
B. Hill, Post ID, Augusta.
Assistant Quartermaster General, Ar
Inspector, Herbert S. Sargent, Post 2,
| Portland
Judge Advocate, Moses A. Stafford
| Post ~, Kittery.
Chief Mastering Officer, Fred D. Lunt,
| Post IA, Watervllle.
Chief of Staff, H. T. Frost, Post 1917,
Wayne.
Pension Committee-John d. Ander-
son, Post rs, Gray; Cyrus T. sWardwell,
R RGss - 8 !, Oxford 3. 5: Ko lsy, Post II
Senior Aide-de- Camp, Frank J. Davies,
Post p, Winthrop.
po Aides dec GRR,r,d Boswell vs C. Harris
Troy; Thos. F. Mccain, Post 1e4, San,
ford; f. 9. Tarr, Post 100, Lewiston; B.
r. Bean, Post SO, Saco; Alonzo Adley,
Post 1877, Richmond; Shirley Merrill,
Post II, North Turner; Richmond f..
Bailey, Post 81, Bridgton; John Askitt,
Post 81, Bryant's Pond; NJ. L. Fisher,
Post 49, Kenduskeag; G.: F Wentworth,
Post n, Springfield; Woodbury. Wey-
mouth, Post 10, Lisbon Falls; Erastus
Massure, Post Ill, Portland; Frank j.
Savage, Post 80, Fairfield; W. B. Taylor,
Post So Newcastle; Charles S. Crowell,
Post :, Lewiston; John W. Caldwell,
Post 81, Sherman Mills; Charles R. Whit
man, Post "a Cooper's Mills; Marshall
Jones, Post 142, Randolph H. A.
Hutchinson, Post "a, Bethel
The thirty first annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic will be
| held at Buffalo, N. Y, the season open
ing at 10 O'Clock a. m, Aug. 26.
While arrangements are not yet, com
| pleted, the delegation from this depart
ment, consisting of the department COM
| mander and staff, representatives and al
ternates, and other comrades, will proba-
! bly, leave for Buffalo, Aug. 81, arriving
| in time to participate in the parade Aug.
les.
Circulars, giving full particulars, will
| DO 1oSuSQ DIS oJOu DIS dill dEIdug6l1GuUS tlTS
completed. In the meantime the depart
ment commander urgently requests all
comrades, who purpose attending the en-
campment, at Buffalo, to send their
names to Assistant Adjutant General
Lorenzo B. Hill, Augusta. Don't delay
this until near the time, but send now.
| All members of the Grand Army of the
Republic and their families and friends,
| can avail themselves of the low rates
which are promised by the railroad au-
| thorities. Headquarters train will go
via Maine Central mountain division.
The route selected, rate of fare, probable
cost for each person to make the trip,
and complete particulars relative to the
national encampment will be given in a
circular which will be issued soon.
The comrades of the Department of
New York, whose splendid hospitality is
known everywhere among G. A. r. men,
| have been at work since September, 1896,
and all indications are that this will be
one of the most successful encampments
held in many years.
| Memorial Sunday will be observed May
80.
By command of
| Leroy T. Carleton,
| Department. Commander.
Lorenzo B. Hill, Assistant Adjutant
| Gopnra1