Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-07
GENERAL ORDERS
Relative to the Next Annual Encampmtn nj
Of the Maine 8. A. r.


Grand Army of the Republic
winthrop. Me, Jan, |, 1895
General Orders. No. .
J. The thirtN-frst annual encampmcnt
department Of Maine. Grand Army Of tn.
Republic, will b" held In city hall. Lewis.
ton, February 24th ind 25th. 1895
Department headquarters will be estab.
nshtd ut the parlor Of Hotel Atwood
me council OF administration will as.
SelnDle at headquarters at 10 y. M Feb
| futfy I'D. for The transaction of such
business as may come before it. The Tn
| campment VIII assemble ut 1.30 i. NJ.
! February 18th. The commander of Post
| lZo wIlis detail an officer of the day an
| aihoer of the guard. and four comrades to
act as sentinels during the cncampment.
me officer of the day viii report to the
assistant adiutant general at Hotel At
wood. Feb. u. al . O'Clock A. NJ for in
| StructioEs.
| All matters pertaining to the business
| Of IN" "ncampment which require IN" at
tentioh of tn" council of administration
| before the opening Of the encampmcnt
| should h" sent to the assistant adjutant
general, by the 18th of January.
comrades desiring to engage quarters
ut Lewiston In advance. should CORE
Spond with comradc George r.. Haskell.
chairman Of the local committee.
| The hotels AZ Lewiston have made a
rate of sl.5o per day where two persons
occupy Famr room. This Includes Hotel
Atwood ENchnute. Rockingham and
City hotel. Rooms and board can be OBJ
tanned al good boarding houses nj 81 per
day.
TN" railroad fares 10 and from Lewis
ton Will be the sam" as last year. Us fol
| lows: one fare la Lewiston ana return
on Maine Central. Portland x Rochester.
Bangor u AronS1ook. Grand Trunk
Franklin * Megantic, Portland 4 Rum
| ford Fails Somerset Railway. Phillips Il
RancclcS Bridgtnn & Saco River. The
+ Boston & Maine will sell tickets via
Maine Central or Grand Trunk railroads
from Portland. as follows:
South Berwick. tW1 $2.53: North Ber-
wick. sal. Wells Beach, 81: The Fins 81
k"nncbunk, 81 Bidd"fnrd Size: Saco
SIG. old Orchard. $l.50. Pine Point. 81 -,
Scarboro Beach $l.3p kennpbunk Beach
81 kennehunkport. 81. Klttery Junction
s.. % Eliot 81. -: Conway Junction s..
AeamcnticuS. s2.30, Wells 81. West Ken
ncbunk So I}t1deford. tE.l, S1.t5. Saeo,
go. H.G5: IVES, Scarboro. $40: Scarboro.
81 50
Return tickets good on BoSton K Maine.
Feb. u; Bangor \ Aroostook. Feb. 2
Somerset Railway Feb =. Grand Trunk
and othef railroads. Feb ~
The commandments will b. present
Al the enca,tfpment at Lewiston,
H. The rules ana regulations exclude
from Repre- scntatlnh any post in arrears
for reports or per capita tax.
AdjutdntS and Quarttrma@ters reports
for the term ending Dee. III. 1885,. with the
per rapitu tax. must U, received at these
headquarters not later than Jan. 10. 1898.
To- enable the assistant adjutant general
and the assistant quIrtermaster general
10 Submit their reports II national head
quarters, Jan. p. 1895
Reports as above. with the per capita
tax 30 cents for each member III gouh
standing Dee y. 1850 must be forward
cd 10 t.oreuzo T.. Hill assistant adiutart
general Augusta. Nj All chicks. drafts
ANA money orders I" be- drawn "a the or
der uf A. NJ Sawyer. assistant quarters
master general Portland, Me: tdon use
postage stamps for payment Of per capita
tax. All posts needing supplies hetnrct
the meeting Of the "ncampment viii i'm
mediatelF senr their rcluisitions to the
assistant quarts rmast,r general. thus en-
ablng him to til all orders before the
meeting al the department.
Ill All posts are urgently requested u
send the obituary reports To Chaplain J.
W Webster. Newport. Me.. Immediately
after Dee. a. These reports should b.
mailed ID department chaplain at New
port on Jan. l. iN.iN The obituary report
is 60 lee made on the large blank sent
from headquarters NOV. % l%1- PLEASE
send this report promptly. Memorial day
reports have NOT been received from
Posts III. 123. rs lll and 49,
Posts If. 4. q. -. -. - - loo 49, ~
and Us nave not sent 70 the chaplain re-
ports Of thu names ~ comrades who died
between the date OF organization ui the
post and Jam. /. l>al. Commanders Of
above named posts are urgently requested
Ia cause thcs" reports t. BE- sent At once
IN. The roll Of the 3tst encampment is
made up from the reports received from
posts upon blanks sent 90 each post
month ago This r1i will be printed on
January No. and in Order that il may be-
correct the official reports from posts
must Ec in the hands OF the assistant adj
infant general on or before that date.
Reports Of representatives ana alternates.
past post commanders, and officers
elected. have not been received from
Posts -. y % y. i3. -. -. q, 81, l62 l1t,
To-. llu. H. Ill., IlH l23, IN. l36 H. tj. ~.
1ta i5l. -. ll3. l54. ana lf2.
NJ, Assistant inspectors who have not
sent reports uf their inspections are re-
uucstcd To forward them al once - IN
sptctor T.. s Kelley Winthrop. Maine
Commanders of posts which nave NOT
been Inspected Will immediately desls-
nate some tomrade TO proceed with ihr
inspection aud report sam" 10 the N
Sptct0r.
This order is mailed to the command
crS of posts. who ar" charged with IN"
duty of Informing comrades Of the IN
formation contained herein IN regard I"
All matters relating to the department
cnrampmcnt. and railroad tranSpnrta-
ton and rates. The 'Nercisc of a little
care un to" part Of post commanders ana
comrades will avoid al mistakes.
Any post or c"mradc wanting Il full set
of the adjutant generals reports from
1861 to lS61 with alphabetical index OF
Maine Volunteers. etc.. mustered into me
service Of the lnited states during ihe
war 1851 1866 for $50. can procure the
same Il scD 10y applying to \. NJ. Saw
yer. 4. @ NJ. g.. Portland Maine.
By command Of
LEROY 7. CARLETON.
Department Commander.
LORENZO II. HILL. Assistant AdJu-
fant General