The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12

he chicken" calling one of their num-
Der by name. Again they would say,
'sWell, Uncle John, have you got that
barn shingled yet,' and similar phrases
over which the boys would laugh with
a good will, showing by their hearty
| laughter that many of their sayings were
| jokes at the expense of their brother
comrades when in service in the days of
| the rebellion.
At IL O'Clock the gong was sounded and
the order, Comrades, fall in for rations, -
was given. The boys were not at all back
ward about obeying the summons, as
their appetites had been sharpened during
the morning hours by inhaling the appe.
tizing breezes waited over old oceans
| pillows.
The arrangements for the dinner were
in the hands of F. T. Ford of Portland,
who furnished shore dinner.
The following were seated at the tables:
Col. E. A. True and wife, Boston; Rev.
II. A. Philbrook, Middletown, Conn.
H. B. Sawyer and wife, Auburn; Major
J. H.H. Hewitt, Thomaston; Capt. L. B.
Rogers and wife, Patten; B.. Strickland
and wife, Portland; Defiance Young,
Auburn; W. R. Pinkham, Oakland
Capt. Hillman Smith, Thomaston; D. K.
Brown, Mt. Desert; Ezra Clark, Kenne.
bunk; c. Fl. Burke and wife, VIM; e.
G. Spearing and wife, Auburn; Kendall
Pollard and wife, Swampscott, Mass
J. L. Emerson and wife, Etna; ]. B.
Fraiser and wife, Auburn; G. L. Dacy,
Boston; George E. Dunton, Natick,
Mass. Pen Woodward and wife, Lisbon
James Shackley and wife, Auburn; E.
F. Hardy and wife, Pennington; S. w.
Marston, Andover, Mass. o. B. Canwell
Boston; W. E. Goodwin, Brunswick
6. E. Bartlett, Gorham, N. H.. Rev. c.
Everett Bean, lewiston; VIM. F. Cor.
den, Auburn; G. II. Libby and wife,
Saugus. Mass; G. A. Robinson, Sher.
man; Geo. W. Cappers and wife, Lewis
ton; 7. S. Brown and wife, Belmont,
Mass; L.W. Hackett and daughter, Saco
III. Gibbs, MD, Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Capt. B. J. ingalls,, Washington, Me-.
S. Fl. Legrow, Norway; B. F. Emery and
wife, Sherman Mills; F. D. Larrabee and
wife, Kennebunk; Geo. S. Dutch, Ken.
nebunk; J. G. Littlefeld. Boston; Alfred
| Cushman, Sherman; Wright Bardsley
wife and son, Biddeford; Horace C.White,
MD, Somerville, Mass. S. G. Cushman,
Sherman; General Henry Boynton and
wife. Augusta; John Treadwell, Kenne-
bunk; Capt. L. W. Metcalf, Maiden,
Mass; Dennis Adams, Jay; L. M. Clark,
Deering Centre; Wallace Smith, Auburn
Henry Fuller, Temple Charles H.Burke,
| Lee.
| The old soldiers did ample justice to
the rations spread before them and
showed their appreciation of substantial
meal Dinner over the business meeting
was called to order at O'Clock by Presi-
dent Defiance Young of Auburn.
| The records of the previous annual
meeting were read and approved. The re.
port of the treasurer, Hillman Smith,
showed the bills of the association paid
and statement that some outstanding
bills had been paid by himself as there
were not sufficient funds to meet the &C.
counts, therefore in order to present q
clean account he had paid the bills and
made the association donation of the
receipted bills.
An unanimous vote of thanks was then
extended Comrade Smith for his generous
action.
The following committee on report of
the neurology of the regiment and resolu-