The Portland daily press., 1898-08-12
FIFTH MAINE.
Thirty-first. Annual Reunion Closed
Yesterday at Peaks Island.


Annual Business Meeting Held Yesterday
Election of Officers for Ensuing Year
Handsome Paintings Presented by Gen
C. S. Edwards of fsethel-A Poem by
Mrs. Annie s. Page-Ladies' Associa-
ton Meeting-Gift From Mt. and Mrs.
Kelly of Boston.
The survivors of the gallant Fifth
Maine regiment re-assembled at their as
ISOLATION building, Peaks Island, yester'
day morning and first in order was an
adjourned meeting OF the Memorial $780,
citation and the board Of directors which
named the following officers for the en-.
suing year: President, Col. II. R.
Millett, Gorham; vice president, Captain
George e. Brown, Portland; secretary,
N. R. Lougee, Nashua, N. H.; treasurer,
Frank +. Goss, Auburn; custodian,
Thomas Lord, Lewiston.
At ten O'Clock a. IN. the annual meet
ing Of the Fifth Maine Regiment associa-
ton was called to order and the reports
of the various officers and committees
were received. The committee reported
favorably on the admittance of worthy
sons Of deceased members to full mem
bership in the association, and it was
voted to accept additional honorary mem
bers who might be named and these were:
Ex-Gov. Frederick ROBBIE, Gorha1n, Geo.
E. Bearse, Lewiston. Prof. H. G. Parker,
Columbia College, Col. A. B. Nealey,
Lewiston, George W. Ellard, Lewiston,
Frank L. Dingley, Lewiston. Richard K.
Gately, Portland, Charles L. Cushman,
Auburn.
A committee of five was then named to
nominate officers for the coming year
and the following were selected and
unanimously elected: President, John
Kelly, Someryille; vice presidents, James
Shannon, Saco, John Johrdan. Deering,
L. P. Prentiss; secretary, N. r. Lougee,
Nashua; treasurer, Frank T. Goss, Au-
burn.
Captain Il. T. Buchanan of Mechanic
Falls was appointed to make all the ar
ran ements for the next annual reunion
with authority to employ the needed help,
etc,
About twelve o'clock the meeting took
q recess and enjoyed q good old fashioned
army dinner, which was eaten at tables
arranged on the building porch and those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. John T.
Nesbitt and Miss Nesbitt. New York; Mr..
and Mrs. W. r. Ripley and Miss Ripley,
Lynn; Edwin Meserve, S. b. Manning,
Lewiston; 81. G. Weston, Auburn; j. 81.
Stevens, Berwick; George +. True, Au-
burn; Stillman Saunders New Jersey; G.
o. Holt, Mechanic Falls; E. Ripley,
Lynn; ]. L. Parker, Norway; David A.
Edwards, Bethel, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
r. Chase. Yarmouthville; S. N. Little
field, Bethel; Nathaniel Haskell, Auburn;
John W. Jordan, Cum berland Mills; John
L. Hyde, Limington; H. A. Stevens.
Lewiston; Thomas Ward, Lewiston; Z.
P. Prentiss. Lewiston; Joseph g. Den.
nett, Yarmouth; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank F.
Goss. Auburn; W. B. Adams, Arthur
Adams, Biddeford; John Mcclellan,
South Windham; G. w. Strout, Brooklyn;
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Norton, Portland;
j, H. Shannon, SAGE; Captain George E.
Brown, Portland; Captain J. G. Sum-
mersides, Gorham; John Kelley, Somer-
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Wayland, Cor
ham; Miss Bertha Wayland, j. S. Spiller.
Mechanic Falls; Frank c. Kimball, Bos-
ton; Col and Mrs. Millett, Gorham;
CAPTAIN and Mrs. H. L. Buchanan,
Mechanic Falls; Mrs. r. S. Williams,
Philadelphia; Mrs. r. M. Stevens, Miss
Alice L. Stevens, Mrs. Nelson Tenney,
Miss Alice L. Tenney, Portland; Miss
Edna Newton, Mrs. r. P. Kimball, Bos-
ton, Mrs. Ellen NJ. Phipps, Milan; Mrs.
John Kelley, Mrs. n. A. Winship,
Somerville; Mrs. John Mcclellan, Wind.
ham. Ia
Dinner over, business was resumed and
Gen. c. S. Edwards Of Bethel. gave the
society two paintings, one being that of
the battle of Spottsylvania Court House
the bloody angle-showing 1.-THE "Fifth"
in action, which was executed by Miss
Alice S. Billings of Gorham. The other
painting was the work of Miss Laura
Hall VI lCuuC4 0A0 bAOdSdu V1v4u4y w uAC
eye the second battle of Rappahannock
Station. It is especially worthy OF note
that both pictures were made under the
personal supervision of General Ewdards
and are commented upon very favorably,
because of their hist orical connections as
we'll as fine artistic finish.
The association passed vote of condo
lence to the wife of Lieut.. J. A. A.
Packard on the death of son at the
battle of Santiago and elected her remain
ing son member of the association.
A poem was then read which was COM
posed by Mrs. Annie S. Page nee Simon.
ton, a native of Por tland, now resident
of Oakland, California. Mrs. Page was
visiting her old home in Portland when
the gallant Fifth returned from the war;
According to statistics the regiment
originally numbered ten hundred and
forty. 1t was increased by hundreds of
recruits and at the expiration of term of
service about two hundred alone re-
manned, many of them languishing in