The Republican journal., 1899-08-24
The 26th Maine

Held an Enjoyable Reunion at Ellsworth.
The annual reunion of the 26th Maine Reg
iment was held in Ellsworth Aug. 18th and
was very enjoyable occasion. There was 113
members present, many bringing friends
President John F. Whitcomb called the
business meeting to order about II a. m.
Rev. David L. Yale of Bath made the open
ing prayer. Secretary Billings read his re-
port of the last meeting, P. s. Staples of
Belfast was appointed treasurer pro tenn,
and the treasurer's report, showing balance
OF S2S in the treasury was read. The roll
call and neurology report followed
The following were present:
COMPANY A Isaac Cook, Monroe; War
rem Jones, Unity j B Craig, Carmel; Milton
carlton, North Troy Daniel Shaw, Troy.
COMPANY B. F S Walls, Vinalhaven ;
George A Gowen, Waterville-2.
COMPANY G. Rodman Smith, Hancock; ;
A W Curtis. L @ Hastings, W Packard, FL
Y Hastings, j Morrison, A Dyer, Carl
ton McGown, j F Whitcomb, Ellsworth; w
McCarty, Hancock; II Copp, Trenton; j
| ii Smith, East Lamoine; j Crabtree, Mt.
Desert Ferry; Serene E Jellison, Tilden n
3 Grant, Hancock; Henry E Jellson, Eden; ;
| Crlmmln, Camden; Nelson Steward. John
THOMPSON, Hancock; Treadwel,
Mariaville; Thompson Leland, Trenton !;
ID Crabtree, Lamoine; G Haskell, Els
| worth-23.
COMPANY D. A W Hopkins, Frankfort; I
s Ford, Swanville; Forrest Grant, Monroe;
A Smith, Bar Harbor: Eben Smith,
Ellsworth; |. L Plummer, Edwin Lufkin,
Monroe; E b Maddocks, Hampden Corner;
| Albert IL NJ Pe1ly, Pea Cove; Benz Atwood,
| Monroe.--i0
( COMPANY E A Pettee, East Sullivan;
Il Thomas, r II Rayne Eden; Alfred Tracy,
| Mark Tracy, Gouldsboro Albion Williams,
Franklin, Hardison, Franklin; Francis
| q Bartlett, Mt Desert; G III Sperry, Surry;
| Perrin Swan Geo. Tracy Franklin, Daniel
Ladd, Clinton; D A Higgins Eden Bar Har
| bOr.-13.
COMPANY F. j q Keller, West Rock
port; n B Mlliken, Washington, G; ]
stone, New York; c E Sherman, 7 Con-
| ant, Camden.-6
CoMrANy G. Capt Anse wadsw orth, W
J Bailey, Belfast; Tamerlane Billings,
| Northport-3
COMPANY H. Lieut. Thomas Osgood
Bluehll; M H Grindle. John NJ Vessels,
Geo W Blodgett, Brooksville; L W Towns
end Surry; James Hamilton, Ellsworth :
S P Stackpole, Charles H Grinde George
NJ Farnham, Ellsworth Eleazer Bibber,
| John Lowed ,iIEastport; F 6 Ginn Bucks
| port; James Green Brooks> ille.-13
COMPANY l. L Garter, Belfast; James
Knowlton, Swanvlle L E Barlow Geo
Wise, james Mckeen, Isaac Mason, John
W Nash, John Gilmore, John W Fergu-
son, l A Conant, Belfast; S p Hadley,
| Waldo; Capt Fred Barker, Elmira, n Y f; A
W Ellis, Ellsworth; n S Piper, Belfast.-14
COMPANY X. P S Staples, Belfast; d W
| Billings, A s Nickerson, Swanvile; H I
Crockett, Frankfort; P S Holmes, Salem,
Mass B G Nichols, Key West, Florida; J W
Black, M Whittum, L NJ Sargent, Sears
port; d S Simpson, Everett, Mass; H P
Mari, Swanville; j Martin, Albion !;
Henry Kneeland Searsport-13.
HONORARY MEMBERS G n Holland, Hamp-
den; W Fl Sanborn, Samuel Stevens, Bel
fast; II r Dawson, Monroe; II NJ Chase,
Swanvile; E 7 Rowell MontvilIe; James S
| Crockett, Frankfort.-7.
Since the last reunion deaths have occur
| red in the ranks as follows;
John NJ Gordon Co G, Lileonville, Nov
| 9, 1898.
David Weber, Co X, Belfast, Nov u,
1898.
Freeman Hall, Co d, Prospect, Dec 10, 1895.
Sullivan D Wiggin, Hospital Steward,
| Ellsworth, Jan 21, 1899.
Nathan W Pettee Co E. Belfast, June,
| 1899.
Ephram Reynolds, Co f, Monroe, June 4.
1899
Sergt Everett Il Young, Co Il, Goulds-
boro, July, 1899
| OOStD1 bOrF, 20 u, w iuIGI pOTbJ ISJJ.
J G Crockett, Co d, Winterport Nov 27,
| 1893,
About noon bountiful dinner was served
in the banquet hall of the Odd Fellows
building, where the Women's Relief Corps
We're in attendance.
At , o'clock Moneghans Military band,
which had played during the forenoon in G
A r Hall, gave a concert in the square, and
then marched to the Odd Fellows building,
in which the exercises of the afternoon were
| held. The stage was finely decorated with
flowers and palms. President Whitcomb
presided and introduced Rev. David L.
Yale of Bath, who offered prayer. The
address was by Judge John B. Redman Of
Ellsworth, who delighted his hearers and
was frequently applauded. We We're prom
ised synopsis of his rem arks, but have not
| received it.
The response was by Henry Il. Dawson
of Monroe, an honorary member, who spoke
as follows:
Mr.. President, ladies' and gentlemen dnd
c0ntradeS In behalf of the 26th Association
| thank you for the generous welcome you
| have extended to u.s. We knew when We
were invited to your beautiful city that we
should receive the welcome that we have.
1t is now thirty-four years since peace was
| declared and reunions of the soldiers of 81
and '65 We're inaugurated; and during that
| time we have not received more generous
| and hearty welcome than we have here to-
day. In the early days after the war the
| people were timid about inviting the vet
Grams to hold their reunions in their cities
and towns for fear of the disturbance they
| would make; but aft-r the people came to
| know them better there a rivalry to see
what city or town should entertain them,
and l state, what every one knows to be
facts, that there is less disturbance, less
trouble, in our largest gatherings than with
almost any other body Of men Of the same
number. And when it was apparent that
the war was over and our army to be dis
banded the prophets of the Old World
shook their heads and said What will you
do with your dsbanded army, intoxicated
with military power beyond their widest
dreams? But the soldiers of 81 and '6j
were different from the soldiers of the old
world. No other army held 50 many think
ing soldiers; none ever represented 80 high
a level of intelligence, or so lofty concep-
tion of duty as did the Union Army; and
when they We're disbanded they Went back
TO the same avocations as before, and soon
resumed the peaceful pursuits of citizenship
and we to-day are proud of the record that
has been made by the boys who wore the
blue There have been taken from our ranks
presidents, governors, senators, cabinet Off