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General Orders On the "a Annual Encamp.
msnt q Lewiston, Apli Isle.

Headquarters Department OF Maine.
Grand Army OF the Republic,
Rockland, Feb. 18th, 1897.
/, General Orders. No.ts.
] |. The thirtieth annual cncampment a
| this department will be held in CITY hail
hswist ,a ,s THURSDAY ana Friday. Apri
for holding the cncampment are in com
| plance with the Ection OF the last en-
campment. which. after accepting the IN
! yitation of Custer Post. adopted the fol
| lowing: ID
| ,"Resolvcd. That the officers OF the en-.
| campment. whose duty 1t Is to fix the
time Of holding our next annual encamp.
fix the time not earlier than Aprii or
later than May" -'F,,,i' =
Department headquarters viii be es.
tanlished ; at room n, Hotel Atwood
tration win be held at 7.3O r. NJ. ApriI
The encnmpment viii assemebIe at 1.so
r. NJ. Thursday. April 18th. al
IL. The commander Of Custer Post
No. :. will detail an officer Of the day
and four comrades. and the Commando
OF Knox Post. No. 1D. win detail an Of
1leer r. Of the Eua;rG ana four comfades for
should be In G. a. II. uniform. The OF.
ficer of the day and officer of the guard
will report to S. l.. Miller. a. A. c., at
department HEADQUARTERS. April nth at
3 +. NJ. for instructions.
III. The following list OF hotels and
rates Is published for the information OF
comrades who will attend the encamp-
ment:
Hotel Atwood. Lewiston, $500 per day;
Exchange. Lewiston. 500 per day; Rock
ingham. lewiston. 500 per day; .CIty
hose LewN s sc pe ger day. him noaye
Auburn. S2.o0 per day: Park house. All
burn. SIC per day. (sTwo In room. ll.5O.)
Accommodations at boarding houses. Of
tttN
day. Meals at boarding houses and
restaurants. % cents. or at bill Of fare
rates.
Nv. Custer Post has selected the fol-
tertaihmeht:
Timothy Stubs. G. 3. Croweii. ]. W.
Emerson, Daniel GIptiil. +. 4. conaut.
n b; stoekbridge. G. II. Goodwin.
mittee, will answer all questions and se-
cure rooms to suit comrades. 30 far as he
is able;
tickets for one fare to Lewiston and re-
turn: Maine Central. Portland & Roches-
ter Bangor 4 AroostoOk, Grand Trunk.
Franklin & Megantic. Portland 4 Rum
Rangeley. Bridgton & Saco River. Tickets
will be sold April "A and Is and at points
east of Bangor April u, IA and 10. The
return limit will be April II. except to
points east of Bangor which are extended
to the 18th. Return may be made over the
Boston Il Maine as late as the 18TH
vi. commandments Thaddeus S.
Clarkson has sgniiied his intention to
visit the encampment.
VII. The national countersign in cipher
has been mailed to the commanders of all
posts which have made complete reports
to these headquarters.
VIII. The following posts have neg
lected to forward reports of representa-
tives and alternates. past post command
ers and officers elected: Nos. 81 and no.
The following posts are delinquent in
forwarding reports of officers Installed:
Nos. a. 10. So 80. Il. -. 10i lis. 125. l33. 49,
140. l54.
TX. Many posts are using rituals is
sued prior to 1891. Such posts should
make reQuisitiOn on the assistant quarter
master general. w. II. Smith. Rockland,
for new rituals and destroy the old ones.
Price of rituals a. cents.
\. James Fly. Rockland. Me-, who SER
Company A. nth Maine Infantry and
Company a. LIST Maine Heavy Artillery.
wants the addresses of any member of
these regiments. who remember him.
ri. Comrade G. M. Webster. Post s.
Unity. is hereby appointed aide-de-camp
to the department commander.
All. Comrades OF the Department of
Maine are invited to join the Veteran
Division to be commanded by Major
General o. Q. Howard. in the inaugura-
ton parade in Washington. d. c.. March
good representation will attend from
Maine. BY command of
LORENZO ID. CARVER.
Department Commander.
Official: SAMUEL l.. MILLER
Assistant Abjutant General.