Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-17
ANNUAL Department MEETING. G. A. r.
10 BE Held in Portland. February "a and IS
The Arrangements.

| of the Republic, Department of Maine
has been received by Seth Williams
Post giving instructions and telling of
the arrangements that have been made
for the entertainment of the visiting
comrades. The meeting is to be held
| in Portland, February IA and IL.
The following are the orders in part
Headquarters Department of Maine
Grand Army Of the Republic.
Portland. Jan. s, 1900.
General Orders. No g.
|. The Thirty-third Annual Encamp-
ment of the Department of Maine will
be holden in City hall. Portland, on
Wednesday, Feb. nth and Thursday
Feb. 18th.
II. Headquarters will be established
III the Maine room, Falmouth hotel
Tuesday, Feb. II. at F. NJ
The council Of administration will
meet there at s =. N.
reports Of department officers and all
matters requiring the attention of the
council OF administration prior to the
opening of the encampment, must be
sent to the assistant adjutant general
before Feb /.
III. The commander Of BosWorth
Post, No ,. will detail an officer of the
day ana four comrades. ana the COM
mander Of Thatcher Post, No. III, will
detail an officer Of the guard and four
comrades for guard duty during thu
encampment. who will report for duty
at City hall at . A. NJ. Wednesday.
Feb. A.
The officers detailed will report to the
assistant adiutant general for instruc-
lions At 80 p. NJ. Tuesday. Feb. H.
at headquarters Falmouth hotel.
IN. The following named comrades
VIII constitute the committee on Gre
dcntials:
Comrade F. A. Motley Post .: Com
rade G. w. Longley, adjutant. Post 4
Comrade Henry +. Sellers Adjutant, Post
Il; Comrade w. II. II. Washburn, ad-
jutant. Post II; comrade w H. Hol- |
ston, adjutant. Post 100.
The committee on credentials will be |
on duty at headquarters. Falmouth |
hotel, from =. NJ. TO 10 p. NJ. Tues !
day, Feb. l., and at Reception hall |
City building at 9 A. NJ, Wednesday, !
Feb IA.
Post commanders or their adjutants |
will report to the committee on creden-
tialS at the hours named, and furnish |
credentials for members of the de- |
rartment encampment present from |
their respective posts
Y. Members Of the department staff !
will report to Chief-of-Staff G. H. |
Hooper at Reception hall, City build
ing. at $50 A. NJ. Wednesday. Feb. IA.
VI. The encampment will convene in
business session promptly at 10 a. NJ,
Wednc sday. Feb. IA, in City hall.
VII. Commander-in-Ch Albert d.
Shaw is expected to be present at the
VIII. The Maine Central. Bangor &
Aroostook. Grand Trunk. Washington
County, Portland & Rumford Falls,
Bridgton q Saco River. Somerset and
Sandy River Railroads will sell tickets
for the encampment at one fare for the
round trip to Portland and return.
Delinquent posts must send in their
reports and per-capta tax on receipt i
Of this order.
Post adiutants will see that surgeons
and chaplains' reports have been duly
To the medical director and
department chaplain, to enable those
officers To complete their annual re-
ports in season for the encampment
Post inspectors who have not already
done 50, will forward their reports to
he department inspector Immediately.
Post commanders are charged with
5 eng that duplicate returns of their
natives to department encamp-
ncnt have been made out; one copy to
be mailed to these headquarters. and
one to be presented in person to the
committee on credentials.
NJ. Posts requiring supplies of any
kind should send their acquisitions
with money for same before Jan. 81, as
the supply department will close on
hat date in order to complete the re-
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