Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-14
FAMOUS FIGHTERS,
Reunion Of the Gallant 1st and
I'd Maine Cavalry.
Members Of the First Shake Hands at
Merrymeeting Park.
Those Of Latter Swap Stories with Their Com.
rades at Skowhesan.


evening the members began to arrive
in town, and We're escorted to Hotel
ieselton, where they We're given quar-
| tiers. Wednesday forenoon was pleas
antly passed in town by the early ar
| rivals and the "Scoot" which arrived
at 1880, brought two score or more
veterans to join them Everywhere the
| blue uniforms and Grand Army but
tons could be seen. Hotel Heselton
was alive with happy groups of vet
Grams and cordial greetings were heard
on all sides.
Landlord Heselton spread a fine din
ncr before them at noon. Al , o'clock.
;hey began 10 assemble in Grand ARMY
nall for the purpose of transacting
their yearly business. The officers that
have served for a year past. with the
! exception OF Pres. Moore. who positive
| ly declined, We're unanimously re-
| elected as follows: First vice presi-
dent, Edward y. Billings, Co. II. Lynn.
Mass; second vice president. George
w. Soper. Go. 6, Old Town. Me: third
| vice president. Robert McDuff. Co. G,
| Lagrange; secretary and treasurer,
George Il. Smith, 90. II, Augusta; his
| torian, Quartermaster s. {. Small of
| Boston. It vas decided to hold the
next reunion. one year from date at
! Brunswick, Me.
| The mortuary list showed that only
four members had died within the last
year. They We're as follows: Bcnja-
min X. Barrows of the band, Brock
ton, Mass; j. T. Albcc private. Ever
cit, Mass; Quartermastcr Sergeant
George +. Tyler Of Cambridge, Mass.
a furniture manufacturer ara promi-
ncnt business man in Boston. Captain
John II. Roberts, Co. NJ. Of Chelsea.
| Mass, commandcr-in-ch of National
| Union Veterans Union. lieutenant coll
onel Of battalion Of Massachuse
volunteers ard an officer in the caval-
ly. lie had also held several other i'm
portant offices and was one of the most
popular men Of the 2nd Maine Cavalry.
The oldest member present at thi:;
| reuion was Robert Hill. who served in
the artillery for 81. years during the
Mexican war. and in two different reg
| iments in the Civil War. Hill is SO
years old. The youngest member was
| but 80 years old. having entered the
service when lad Of 13 years of age.
| At $50 o'clock, Landlord Heselton
| opened the doors of his large dining
hall to admit his guests. The room
was decorated profusely with flags and
| bunting. Plants and flowers We're al
50 used in profusion. The banquet was
all that could be desired and one might
have thought the veterans had re
Gently returned from 10-mile run
! from-no after the enemy. judging by
| the rapidity with which the viands
| disappeared
At o'clock, the boys adjourned to
| the Grand Army hall. the use of which
had been rendered them by Russell
Post for their campfire. A brief report
showed that IS members were present.
1t was also stated that originally there
We're in the whole regiment 1850 men.
Four hundred and sixty-one men We're
lost during the war by death and all
other causes. Thus $50 men returned
from the war Of whom about 500 are
now living. Letters of regret We're
| read from Brigadier General a. Il.
Spaulding Of Chicago. formerly lieu
tenant colonel: Lieut.. A. j. Woodman
of Wilmington. Del: Lieut. L. A. Bar
rows. Camden; Sergeant Major Charles
( +. Wilson. attorney for the Central
Pacific Railroad and one of the lead
! ing lawyers of san Francisco; Rev. J..
F. Mills, North Andover, Mass; Gov
ernor Llewellyn Powers, who attended
meeting at Rockland on this date,
and Capt. j. II. Alden of Chelsea,
Mass.
Short remarks were made by Gen. r.
r. Sheppard. Hon. Forrest Goodwin,
Hon. +. n. Merrill, S. J. Walton, Esq,
G. w. Cover, Esq. a. X. Butler. Esq.
and several other citizens. Several of
1.-The veterans told of their experiences
and gave brief but witty sketches of
their army life.
Henry ID. Moore of Haddonfeld, n
j., for four years president of the as
sociati ton, also commander of the L. H.
Davis Post, No. "a. of Haddonficld, and
member of the staff of the department
commander of the state of New Jer-
sey, made brief remarks. Mr. Moore is
a native of Steuben, Me. and one of
the States most ardent admirers.
Having but just returned from the Ma
tiona encampment of the G.. A. +. III
Philadelphia, Mr.. Moore told briefly of
the procession of 6 miles of veterans
who paraded before 100000 spectators,
and said that it could be judged from
this that I'VE veterans are not all dead
yet" Mr.. Moore is one of the staunch-
est supporters of the End Cavalry AS
sociation, and attends all the reunions.
Since the war he has devoted himself
to business and has acquired consid-
cradle fortune.
Sylvanus c. Small. for many years
president of the association and a COM
mander of Post of the G.. A. f. for
% years. was next called upon for re-
marks. Mr.. Small has had Wilde
experience as a public speaker, having
held many offices and positions of trust
among which is the presidency of the
Marine Veterans Association of Mass
achusetts, which has 1000 members.
He is also prominent in the order of
the Loyal Legion, a very successful
business man and member of the Bos-
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