The Portland daily press., 1897-08-21

pool-lo,d fourteen men in handsome
suits Of brown. were the recipients o. Ine
applause of the spectators. The Hla S
field band with twenty-four Hen la mi.
big drum major in a gorgeous dou ,nnanv
form headed the Androscoggin a,,yine
of Topsham who brought thelr
with them. :. os in
Chief Leighton of Westbrook ,w as +ha
command Of the division in wni i,rr citv
up to date department of the nearly p d..
was the largest contingent. w, r. Tha
ker acted as assistant to the chlel. ase
Maine State Fife and Drum corps Thare
music for the Westbrook bodies r
were nineteen of the musicians p,,t+er.
O Donahue, leader; and II. a. ou''oi-
field, drum major. - eftaep
uniformed mon and the hose wagon CIV
then there was the W. III. Adams ,,uottr
pany composed of youngsters ~ -,
white uniforms who dragged pehintl e. e.
| miniature hose reel covered Wiz .,thf,,I
ers. There were ten OF THESE you' ,1as
firemen in line and Henry Leighton mhs
the captain. Following the WestbrooK
companies came the Senator HAS nluso
company of Ellsworth. They wore orom wv
corduroy suits with caps OF the SAM t dnu
fine banner of yellow silk toid WHO my
were. There were twenty 81 theil i.,, an ~
Captain r. j. Goodwin. EiisWu,t.ia VI, 81 CO
sent the Dirigo company with tnelr 49, fo,-,.
Captain c. e. Sinclair and tWenty-lp.T
men. Brunswick sent the Kennepeo
company with the engine of that hanle
and also the Niagara. The torrent ~
CINE company of Lisbon, the ID. anu y.
Hose commpany of Bath and the 'ar-
diner department were also IN line.
All eyes were turned to the Porbiaiia
veterans when they came along n ~ = e4 E
division under the command OF -.
Dam. There were nearlys seventy i've OF
the veterans and they looked the hreInan
OF the olden time to perfection IN a snelr
red blouses. Many of them carried now
ers and the engine, the James W. T 1s,
ted. was adorned for the occasion; Inc
Portland veterans have band OF tnelr
own and 1t turned out sixteen men yestei-
day under the leader, Henry. Larry. a
number of the veterans rode in carriages
They were Henry Fox, J. W. Plalsted.
Jacob S. Parker, George A. Thomas,
Daniel Goohued, Henry W. Goodhue, W,
I'll. Roberts and Major B uck.
The Yarmouth band, "a men, Edward
Raynes, leader, made music I0r tne
Pumgustic company of that town. Ihere
were rs men in the company with Fore
man FL. E. Kenney in charge. The com
pany was uniformed and presented nne
appearance Lewiston was represented
in the line by the John HILBERT Hose
company and 30 men IN UNIFORM came
from the department. of the city OF Au-
burn. A long line of carriages brought
up the rear. In them rode Mayor Randall
and members of the city government and
he guests of the association.
DINNER AT THE FALMOUTH
HOTEL
The Maine State Firemen's association
=. IL ho ehas of ba
select1nen of the different towns and the
mayors of the various cities having fire
department and yesterday noon in CO.
operation with the city government enter
tanned their guests at dinner at the Fal-
mouth hotel.
The affair was entirely informal and
the substantial menu was thoroughly
enjoyed.
A long table was specially spread in
the tea room adjoining tho main dining
hall and those in attendance were: Mayor
CHI. Randall, Henry J. Davis, G. j Nc
Donald, j. I. Pagan, J. 3. Kehoe, A. p
Leighton, W. II, Dougherty, Rufus Lam
son, Wilson Sprague, George A. Parsley,
J. L. Johnson, d. W. Estes, f. II.
Cummings, VI E. pecrow G. Aa A. Leigh ign.
ton, G. Fl. Johnson, II. Lea9itt, c. 7.
Allen, F. B. Moody, W. H. Totman, 4.
A. Burke. A. W. Pierce, w. H. Adams,
Boston. E. l.. Cobb, l.. S. Sanborn,
Capt George A. Dow, T. j. Hsley,
Daniel Chase. Boston, A. L. Rogers,
Pittsburgh, NJ. J, Moriarty, Lewiston,
II. A. True, Boston, David L. McCarty
Lewiston, Capt j. B. Langley, Lewis
ton, Chiefs, II. g. Bird, Rockland,
Frank Morse, Bath, F. W. Peck, Deer
ing, c. M. Drake, Gardiner, and Arnold
Jones, Rockland, j A. Karl. Rockland,
MIR. Philbrook, R. H. Al bott, Boston,
Chief McAllister, Calais. master Jones,
Rockland, City Marshal George W. Syl-
vester, j. c. Fhinney, j. f. Pickering,
Lewiston, j. j. Callahan, Lewiston,
Samuel Booth, Lewiston, W. H. Parker,
Westbrook, e. E. Rounds. c. H. Leigh
ton, Westbrook, FL. NJ Young, Boston,
W. Fl. Allen, Boston, c. c. Belliveau,
Lewiston, r. X. Bisbee, Auburn T f
Driscon, George H. Libby, John l..
Corey, W.. Il. DOW, B. S. Lanphear, A.
g. Rogers, I. H. johnson, j. A. Pine,
Gerrish, S. A. Stone, Prentiss Loring J.
NJ. Lane, E. Matthews W. H. Scott, W.
P. Aver, Freeman Iowen, HI. B. Seal,
George E. Smith, Fred N. Mayberry E.
e. Brown, Frank /. Moore and George
E. Mcgowan.
The Reel Races at the Park Today
The time for the reel race at the Park
has been changed from 1890 a. m. to 2
p. m. today. 1t is expected that several
additional companies, to those that took
part in the tournament IN Portland yes
terday, will participate today Chief
Foss Of Bath, and Chief Estes of Lisbon
Falls have been selected as judges. j.
B. IonQley of lewiston will be sfartiro,