The Portland daily press., 1897-08-13

land; e. II. Sawyer, Auburn; Geo. S.
Aver, Saco; Joseph Long, Norway, Geo.
l.. Day, Gorham.
Historian, Secretary and Treasurer
Major John M. Gould, Portland.
! Chaplain-Rev. l.. G. Jordan. Massa-
chusetts.
| Executive Committee--C. III. Frost, B.
M. Redlon, Charles r. Berry, Portland;
Col. G. M. Emerson, Auburn; Atwell W.
SWEET, Bangor.
After the election of officers DR.. Day
spoke at considerable length about the
appointment of surgeons on the examin-
far as possible that had given service to
the country as soldiers and in some in
stances as army surgeons
Mr.. w. II. Pettengill, formerly of Port
land, but now resident of Washington,
ID. G., spoke on the same question and
said he thought that If the matter was
properly presented at Washington that
this could be brought about. The CUES.
ton was brought about from the fact
that DR.. Day had been on the board
OF surgeons at Alfred, appointed under
the Democratic administration, but upon
the return of the Republican party to
power he had been removed. A petition
addressed to Hon. Thomas B. Reed ask
ing for his reinstatement, has been in cir
culation for some time and a large list of
| slgners have been secured. This list was
presented yesterday and signed freely by
the comrades in attendance.
| During the progress of the meeting the
question was asked as to how many had
never missed q reunion, and responses
came from Mr.. Albert S. Spalding and
| Major j. M. Gould, both of Portland.
| The association voted its thanks to Miss
| Cutter for her kindness in reading the Sc
lection during the early part of the meet
ing.
The question of having band next
year was discussed at some length, but
the motion was lost
AT this point the service in memory of
Gen. Geo. L. Beals and other comrades
deceased during the year was held.
The president W. K. Dana, was the
first to speak, and in few words, paid
a high tribute to the memory of Gen.
Beals and then introduced Major E. NJ.
Shaw, who spoke of the,general in his
connection with the state militia and in
other positions of responsibility and trust
in all of which he proved himself a
valians soldier and an honorable man.
| Major John III. Gould followed with a
fitting eulogy in which he alluded to the
great love and respect that Gen. Beals
always had for his men; of the great
interest he took in their material welfare
and of his great desire to do what he al
ways did, to command regiment of well
disciplined men.
| A letter was then read from Capt. G.
B. Fillebrown of Boston, Mass. The let
ter WAS of an eulogistic nature and &C.
companying the letter was a copy of the
original of Gen. Beals on relinquishing
command of his old brigade.
Brief eulogies were then pronounced
on the deaths of Capt. Almon L. Goss of
Lewiston and Daniel W. Verrill of Au-
burn.
| At the memorial service the death of
| Comrades Phineas W. Dill, Benjamin G.
Miles and John Mulligan were reported
as having occurred during the past year.
| The memorial services over the COM
rades and their ladies adjourned to the
dining rooms, where the annual dinner
was partaken Of The dinner was pre-
pared under the direction of Caterer
James NJ Stafford, and the tables were
we'll filled with palatable morsels. Eight
young ladies from Cambridge Mass,
relatives and friends of some of the COM
rades, volunteered their services las wait
resses and their efforts were highly appre-
ciated.
| The following were present. George
E. Andrews, Portland; Geo. S. Aver,
Saco; ArmandalI Barbour, Cumberland
Mills; Geo. H. Bailey, Portland Sam
R. Barstow, Chelsea, Mass; John M.
Beal, Portland; Charles r. Berry, Port
land; Charles H. Binford, Chatham, N.
H.; David Blanchard. Cumberland Cen
ter; Stillman Bond, Jamaica Plain,
Mass; Frank G. Body, Portland; Fran
els E. Buffers, Midland City, Mich.
Charles Burnham, Amherst, N. H;
Daniel 81. Chandler, Portland; VIM. G.
Cole, Norway; Hiram 7. Cook, Portland
Joseph c. Colesworthy, Woodfords; Wood
bury K. Dana, Westbrook; Geo. l.. Day,
Gorham; Josiah F. Day, Saco; VIM. II.
Dennen, East Poland; Jere. S. Douglass,
Portland, Tom A. Eastman, E. Bow
doinham; Hezekiah Elwell, Cumberland
Mills; Charles S. Emerson, Lewiston
Ivory W. Emerson, Auburn Stephen r.
Estes, Hallowell freeman Farrar, West
Sumner; David P. Field, Auburn; Sgd
ney W. Fletcher, Springfield, Mass. Hart
we'll S. French, Lynn; Charles Fl. Frost
Portland; VIM. 7. Getchell, Pittsfeld;
Geo. H. Gill, Portland; VIM. H. Gil
christ, Knox Station; Tom M. Glenden,
ming, Long Island; Elijah 6. Gould,
Portland; John M. Gould, Portland,
Charles G. Graham, Cumberland Mills;
Alpheus L. Greene, Providence; Fred
Greene, Biddeford; Ed. Nelson Greedy,
Portland: Ezekiel III. Hanson, Deering;
Charles Harris, Saco; Summer G. Hig-
gins, Cambridge, Mass. Mahlon S. Holds