The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-23
WANT TO SERVE THEIR co,m7pv
Recruits for the Biddeford oomnanv Go
Through This CITY,

Every window on one side of a.,
ing car on thu $40 train to ra,u,-t
opened during the stop at tho rr- son mas
tion, yesterday afternoon, and tro,, '': -
protruded the heads of two or thraa 80 :.
men who have enlisted in the sorr;eo g
theirscountry. There were thu. =.
them and they comprised so,.a 80 "
oruits raised at Biddeford with 1rt,o =. ~. -
equip company G to it's full xra- w. W
They were on their way to Lewiston r. t.
be examined, no arrangement bav;ns 49, -
made by the government for their e,o,,,
ination in Biddeford.
During the fifteen-minut, ston + :.
the squad were on duty at the car doous
| to see that the order Of the reorn;ti,,s. sss
GER, for the men not to leave the car was
lived up to. One of these epards nos
William A. Roberts, Jr., son Of a 1raII
known Biddeford Democratic politician
| who few years ago cut quite f,onro i,
state politics. There were several othors
familiar faces in the squad. NOTICE, b1o
among them those Of Henry W RovLor
and Philip G. Wentworth, two Of the
star players on last seasons Thornton
| academy football team The other men-
bers Of the squad were: Henry Romeo
Joseph Loranger, Joseph Cantara, Henry
Pinard, Michael ]. Donovan, Everett
| Davis, Herbert S. Berry, Josiah Haines.
Clement Martin, Ferd W. Dyer, Alphonse
Loranger, Thomas Ready, Daniel Ayeriu.
Jules Beaucemion, Villa Geaudin, Henry
A. Sullivan, Charles S. Preble Guy Fl.
Virgin, Frank J. Plaisted, Fred G.
Bryan, Fred E. Foss, Wilfred St. Marie.
Alonzo a. Kendriok, Garrett L. Maggie,
John Potts, Jr., Frank K. Cou1llard,
Sewell L. Crane, James McGrath and
James A. Rowland.
In charge of the squad was Private L.
e. Holt of company G. Mr.. Holt is one
of the most experienced of Maine's ma
tional guardsmen. having been seventeen
years in continuous service in the state
militia. For many years he was orderly
sergeant of the Biddeford Light Infantry.
At several different times when there
have been changes in the companyS.. he
could have received a unanimous cleo
ton as lieutenant Once he was elected
to that Office, but declin ed to accept, pre-
ferring to retain his place as sergeant. A
year ago, when Captain Timothy Elliott.
now inspector of immigration in Port
land, resigned the captaincy of the COM
pany, Sergeant Holt could have been
elected captain if he had desired the pro-
motion. Ever since the free delivery mail
service was introduced in Biddeford Holt
has been mail carrier. When the Bid
deford company went to Augusta he was
awaiting a reply from the post office de-
partment in answer to his inquiry if his
position would be kept open for him, and
he did not accompany his comrades. A
few days later, however, he joined them,
but too late to get a rating as sergeant in
the reorganized company. So he enlisted
as private, and went to Chickamauga
with the boys, exchanging salary of $40
per month for soldiers pay of SIS. 60
per month.
From about 1875 applicants Private Holt
picked the thirty-one volunteers who ac-
companied him to Lewiston. He feels
satisfied that out of that number the re-
quisite twenty-five will be chosen with
which to recruit the Biddeford company.
They all had to pay their own fares to
Lewiston.
AS soon as possible after the examine
lions he will start for Chickamauga with
his squad.