The Portland daily press., 1901-02-08
G. A. K.
General Orders for shs Thfrsy.fsHEsh
Annual Escsmpment

The following general order for the @.
A. IL. encampmsnt has been issued!
Heaaduarters Department OF Maine,
Grand Army Of the Republic.
Bath, Me-, Jan. ii, ls0l.
General Orders No, 8.
i. BY vote OF the department officers
and council OF administration the 34th
of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic,
will be held at Auburn, Tuesday and
Wednesday, February 10Th and Goth.
Department headquarters will be ee-
tablished at the Atwood, Room Is.
The encampment meetings win be held
in Auburn hall.
monday, February IS. at 7.yo p. M,
there will be q meeting Of the council OF
administration IN the headquarters room,
Atwood House, for the transaction OF
such business as may come before IT,.
All matters pertaining to the business
OF the encampment which require tne AZ
tentinn OF the council OF administraticn n
before the opening OF the encampment
must be sent to the assistant nd1utans
general not later than January III. :
February 10, at 1910 am. ths encamp-
ment will open &C Auburn hall.
These headquarters are notined tnat
the nineteenth annual convention OF the
Woman State Relief Corps Will be held
in Auburn on the above dates Their
headquarters Will be ct the Maine.
Also that the seventeenth annual con-
vention of the Department OF Maine
woman's Relief Corps will be held In
Lewiston on the above dates. Ineir
headquarters Will be at the New Dewitt
v. The following railroads nave
granted one fare the round trip from ill
points on their roads to Auburn Tor COM
rades, members of the W. *. C.i ". ..
X. q. and independent Corps: Maine
Central, Bangor Il Aroostook, frsnknn
| ~ xufI A. kArn RtWaF.
Portland 81 humford Falls, Grand
Trunk, wicsasset s. Quebec, Washington
| County and somerset railway. Inc bos-
| ton a. Maine make reduced rates.
Tickets will be on sale the 18th, 19ta,
and goth; for the return passage the TICK
cts are good until and including the x5u,
on all the roads except the Grand Trunk
and Somerset railway, which limit the
return Of their tickets TO the 2lso, Tne
Maine Central tickets are nmite q 10 tine
2ist for all points west Of Auburn, ana
for all points east OF Auburn, the tickets
are good until the I'D.
We have asked other railroads in the
State 10 grant one fare rate and have not
heard from them as vet, but have no
doubt they Will grant the request.
vi. The Commander-in-Chief Leo
Raissieur and the Senior Vice Command
sr-in-Cnief Il q. Milliken are expected
to be present at the depnrtment meet
ings
VII Burnside Post, No. AZ, have de.
tailed the following comrades as com-
mittee OF arrangements; VIM. Il. Eus-
tbs, post commander; John u. Ashe,
v. post commander; Chas 5. Emerson,
j. V. post commander.
The following Is their programme in
part: Burnside Relief Corps will give
an entertainment In Auburn hall. Tues
day evening, February 10. Burnside
Post, No. AZ, Will hold n campfire
Wednesday evening at 30, February 20.
Burnside Post hall will be open to al
comrades during the Encampment
AIiI- Unless special occasion sho ul1
require no further general orders Will bs
issued from these headquarters prior tc
the department Epoampment.
BY command Of
SETH Il. SNIPE,
Department Commander.
JAS. L. MERBICk,
Assistant Adjutant General.