The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-06
Annual Meeting and Banquet at Riy.
ertOn.
COL. SAMUEL H. ALLEN CHOSEN
COMMANDER FOR ENSUING YEAR.

soA-oouACtuinS ADOub tU6 OdnQu0
and List of Those Present,
The annual meeting of the Maine Com
mandery of the Military Order of tn,
Loyal Legion of the United States wa.
| held last evening as the Riverton Ca
sino. 1t was one of the pleasantsst meet
ings this commandery has ever held and
was largely attended by members from
all parts OF the state. The business meet.
ing of the commandery was held at
O'Clock and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Communicated. Samuel b. Allen,
! u. S. v.
Senior Vice COMMUNICATIVE. Brig.
Gen. Charles W. Tilden. U. S. V.
Junior Vice Commander-Surgeon
| Seth e. Gordon, u. s. V.
Recorder-Bvt. Maj. Henry S. Burrage.
| U. s. v.
Rsgistrar-Bvs; EMajor Holman S.
Ireasurer-.Capt. Thos. j. Little, o..
s. v.
Chancellor-Lieut. Charles ELw. Rob-
Chaplain-John Smith Sewall, II. S.
Counoil-Capt. Horace Il. Burbank, U.
$. "; Lieut.. Geo. d. Blsbee, q. S. ";
Lieut.. Col. Augustus g. Hamlin. e. s. V. 7;
Brevet Lieut.. Col. Edward Moore o. S.
"; Capt. WIN. W. Whitmarsh, U. S. V.
After the election of officers the newly
elected commander, Col. Allen, was es-
corted to the chair and the commandery
proceeded to transact routine business.
James William King of Portland was
elected as member of the first class. His
record is as follows: Private 20. D, 1sth
Mass. Vol. Inf, Aug 2. 1862; corporal,
Aug. 1854; sergeant. September. 1864;
in that month transferred to Co. g, 32si
Mass. Vol. Inf; December s, 1864, first
sergeant, do. second lieutenant Co. /,
April l, 1865; mustered out OF service
with regiment June %, 1865. Served in
the Army OF the Potomac, first brigade,
first division, Fifth Army Corps.
The following delegates CT the Maine
Commandery to the Eighth Quadrennial
Congress of the order were chosen: Bvt.
Brig. Gen. John Marshall Brown; Bvt.
Brig. Cen. George Varney; Paymaster
William Fl. Anderson. Alternates, Bvt.
Brig. Gen. Isaac S. Bangs, Lieut.. Col.
Augustus G. Hamlin and Surgeon Seth
q. Gordon.
Then followed the reports or the var1-
GUS officers of the commandery ami a
committee was appointed to arrange for
the publication of the war papers, read
before the commandury during the last
few years. This completed the business
of the meeting, and at half past seven
o'clock the cornmandery matched down
| into the dining hall below. Tbs tables
were deliberately decorated with cut flow.
ers and silver and the menu which was
served in the usual elegant style of this
popular resort. was very magnificent
one. During the banquet an orchestra
stationed at the entrance to the dining
hall, disooursed sweet music, while the
companions about the table fought their
battles over again and did full Justice to
tina feast.
Those present at the tables were:
Paymaster W. II. Anderson, Portland
Brig. Gen. Wells. Sslden Conner, Port
land Assist. Surg. Alfred Mitchell.
Brunswick; Capt. Robert NJ. Rogers,
Fort Preble; Lieut.. J. H. Clifford, Fort
Preble; Lieut.. 6. p. Howell, Edward
Deerlng Noyes, Portland; Lieut.. Edwin
Landon. U. S. A.; James E. Hewey,
Harry r. Virgin, e. b. Mallet, Jr., E.
A. Thompson, H. H. Burbank, Thoma
CLARK. Col. II. X. Mi]lett, Maj. A. r.
Small, Gen. &. W. Tllden, Major e.
Rowell, Hallowell; Capt. A. l.. Turner,
Capt. W. W. Whitmarsh, Adjutant
Charles W. Roberts. Capt. Hebron May
hew. Capt. Goo. W. Verrill, Major VIM.
H. Green. Major B. Hill. Adjutant Ed
ward M. Rand. N. M. Dyer, U. s. N;
Horace Anderson. Major Il. l.. Hoxie,
Portland; Capt. Geo. e. Brown, Port
land; Lieut.. Charles o. Hunt. Portland
Capt. Thos. ]. Little, Portland; Capt.
| James Heuerigues. Portland: Chaplain
j. S. Sewall, Bangor; Col. S. H. Allen,
Thomaston; Major h. S. Burrage, Port
| land; Nathan Webb, Rev. John Carroll
Perkins, Francis l.. Littletield, George
D. B1sbee, 4. NJ Drew. VIM. Rogers, u.
S. NJ; Ensign John o. Shaw, Bath ;
Lieut.. Samuel L. Miller, Waldoboro; Ma
jor Charles H. Boyd, Portland; Ensign
E. A. Butler, Rookland; Major H. s. Mel
| cher, Portland; Lieut.. j. Fl. knight,
Portland; Gen. Chas. P. Mattocks, Capt.
Thomas p. Reals, Major Charles Walker,
Capt. E. +. Davis, Lieut.. d. L. War
en-. Adjutant Q. L. Hayes, Capt. Samuel
H. Pilsbury, Ensign John A. Davis,
US. NJ; Major and Brevet. 1t. Col. us.
Vol; Alexander b. Sumner. Major Sid
ney W. Thaxter, Nelson Howard, II. B.
Sawyer, Augustus B. Farnham, Lit. Col
10th Me- Major d. r. Parsons, Chaplain
II. A. Philbrook. Middletown, CT.
After the banquet the commandery ad-
lourned into the hall above and listened
to most interesting paper by Companion
Chaplain John Smith Sewall of Bangor
entitled the "Scourge of the Eastern
Seas This paper was very carefully
prepared End most interesting.
The paper read before the commandery
was sketch of Chinese piracy, its title
"The Scourge of the Eastern Seas" be-