Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-14
SONS or VETERANS.
Orders No. 10. Issued By Division Commando,
Soule.

From the headquarters of the divis-
ion of Maine S. of ", at Portland,
Colonel Arthur NJ Soule issued orders
No. 10. dated December 3. 1897, which
reads in brief:
III. Camps may select their Install,
ing officers If the name and address OF
the brother selected is received at these
headquarters not later than Dec 90.
After that date assignments Will be
made by the division commander.
III. The installing officers are here
by directed to collect the commission
fee for each commissioned officer. and
make returns to these headquarters.
w. Dispensation Is thereby granted
all camps desiring to do soto hold pub
lie installations without further orders
from these headquarters.
VI. Since the issuance of last orders
the designations of the following named
officers have been received and orders
issued for new elections to fill vacan-
cies: Captain N. R. Cook Camp No
IS. Of Brooks; Capt H. W. Carr. Of
Camp No. Is. of Pittsfeld. Elections
have been held in each instance and
the newly elected officers have been
duly installed Ernest L. Bartlett is
the newly elected captain of Capt. A.
D. Bean Camp. of Brooks, and Lewis
B. Daniels has been installed to fill
the vacancy in the position of captain
in Camp Is, of Pittsfield.
VII. At meeting of A. c. Pray
Camp held Nov. 18th. the office of Guy
w. Noyes as captain was by vote de-
clared vacant owing to the removal
from the State of Brother NOyes AMI
his subsequent refusal to tender his
resignation after an absence of over
four meetings. An election was held
Nov 23d in accordance with orders
from these headquarters and the fol-
lowing brothers We're elected and in
stalled by Past Colonel Chas. f. Mer-
rill; Captain David K. Westall, pro-
NOTED from, first lieutenant; Asbury
Spearins. advanced from second lieu
tenancy and Brother Roan Foster was
elected as second lieutenant.
The vacancy referred to in orders
No. 8 in the office of captain Of Camp
No. l. of Waterville. has been filled by
the election of Chas. E. Frazier.
VIII. The division commander is
able to announce that since the issu-
ance of last orders a new camp has
been organized at South Standish.
with twenty charter members. The
camp was instituted and the officers
were installed on the evening of Nov.
18th, by Lieut.. H. NJ. Nickerson. as
sisted by Sergt. Harry Towle, both Of
Shepley Camp, of Portland, acting as
mastering officers. The newly elected
officers were publicly installed in the
presence of a large gathering of G. A.
r. and W. r. G. members The officers
chosen are as follows: Captain. Fred
l.. Dresser: first lieutenant, Alvin l..
Norton: second lieutenant. Albert j.
Harmon: first sergeant, Fred H. Brown;
quartermaster sergeant. Clarence Rid
lon. The camp voted to meet weekly
On Thursday evenings.
TX. A vacancy occurring in the list
of special aids recently appointed, the
same is hereby filled by the appoint
ment of Capt. Ernest L. Bartlett. Of
Brooks, who is to have charge of the
visitations to Camp No. %, of Monroe.
XI. Captains are requested to have
the name and descriptive book number
of every brother in good standing in
their respective CAMPS at the close of
the present quarter. Dec. 81, 1897. placed
thereon and forwarded with quarterly
reports.