The Portland daily press., 1898-05-03

During the Civil war the soldiers OF
Maine were acknowledge by all to be the
mower OF the Union army, and there was
hardly an important battle fought IN
Which they did not take an active and
honorable part. AS it was then, so will 1T
De now, and wherever the contest lis the
hottest andd the enemy are the thickest,
there will be found the stalwart SONS Of
Maine, true to their country, true to their
state and true to themselves. And now,
Mr.. Commander, in behalf of every citi-
zen OF Portland, l thank you and your
command. for your prompt response tosthe
Governors call. III is surely an honor to
you, but a greater honor to the city, and
will add another bright page tc the his
tory of the municipality.
When the Mayor finished his
address which ow ng to the
noise of the crowd only those about a
small circle could hear, the procession
started once more. The moment the
command was given the cheering COM
mencsd again, and it continued from that
moment until the long train pulled out
for Augusta. The procession was as
follows:
Platoon of police, PatrolInan Henderson,
commanding. 10 men.
American Cadet Band, % men.
FIRST DIVISION.
Grand Army, Bosworth Post. Command
er Lamson, E. G. M1lliken, Adju-
tant, $50 men.
thatcher Post, Commander @. Fl. Towle,
rs men.
Sons OF Veterans, Capt. Nickerson, 80
men 1.-The S. of V. has 40 men in
the National Guard
Letter Carriers, Capt. Mike Reagan, 90
men.
Post Office Clerks, Postmaster SWEET,
Commanding.
SECOND DIVISION.
Veteran Militia, Gen. c. P. Mattooks,
commanding, Major r. T. Nc
Lellan, acting adiutant.
Veteran Light Infantry Capt. N. G.
Fsssenden, so men.
Portland Mechanic Blues Veterans, Lieut..
Ilsley, IS men.
Montgomery Guards, Capt. Hartnett, 46
men.
Portland Cadet Veterans. Capt. H. C.
Eaton, 80 men.
Sheridan Rifles Veterans, Lieut.. Shsehan,
80 men.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Military Escort, Portland High School
Cadets, Maj. Boyd, commanding, 20
AlOutsf VCOboI, AlOuUs
Philip Cobb, quartermaster.
Company A, Captain Fogg.
Company B, Captain Smart.
FIFTH DIVISION.
Portland Active Firemen. Lieut. Eaton,
commanding, so men.
SIXTH DIVISION.
National Guard. Portland Battalion, Major
Charles Collins, commanding; Lieut..
Shelvey. adjutant.
Then followed the National Guard, ~
men to company and signal corps of
twenty men. The crowd fairly yelled it.
self hoarse when this part of the process
sion came along and so it continued all
the way along Congress street until the
station was reached. The National guards
fore did they march as well as they did
yesterday.
Following the signal corps came about
fifty recruits with their bundles slune
over their backs on sticks. and dressed in
citizens clothes. These men will be
wearing the blue as soon as they reach
Augusta and can be fitted out.
Union station was cram jam full of
people at two O'Clock, hundreds having
walked out there to give the boys final
cheer on the send off. A long train of
nine passenger coaches and a baggage
coach stood in the station and this was
soon filled with the Portland battalion,
The Westbrook company and the company
from Biddeford were also on board this
train. When at two fifteen o'clock the
train started to pull cut, there was a
deafening yell sent up from the crowd
and this continued until the train was
out Of sight. There were few tears shed
at the station by anxious mothers,
but the most part the affairsTseemed more
like jubilation procession than any
thing else.
PORTLAND CADETS.
Captain-Isaiah b. Baker.
First Lieutenant-Flavel A. Chaplin.
Second Lieutenant-William Fl. jerks.
First Sergeant-Andrew NJ Bruns
Sergeants-Henry M. Way. Frank r.
Lang, Rupert c. Parker, Philip 8.
Evans.
orporals-Samuel G. Dillingham;, Le-
roy S. syphers, Charles H. Lowell, Ed
ward a. johnson, Robert &. Mcdonald,
Albert G. Frost.
Musician-John R. O'Donoghue.
Priyates-James L. Appleby, Louis 81.
Adams, James L. Aver, Edward G. Ap-
pleby, Charles L. Catlin, Albert Fl.
Crosby, Bryan Curran, James W. Craig,
Willis G. Cummings, Fred q. Chase,
Herbert d. Carter, Albus E. Gushing,
Ernest ]. Clarke, 6. E. Davis, Arthur
". Dyer, Melvin E. Darling, Thomas Fl.
DALEY, John E. Estle, David G. Fogg,
Walter W. Files, Harry q. Fuller, Vim.
". Fl. Fultz, Arthur L. Grover, Edward
Graham, Harry A. Head, Eugene W.
Hill VIM d H1xvo,J Wo1tor T., Ho%oL,