Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-21
IN REUNION.
Meeting Of Union Vet
erans' Union, Togus.
State Department Guest OF Gen.
BeaI Command.
Officers Elected and Business Of Thurs
days Session.

Togus. Me, oct. 2o.-(SpeciaD.-The
18th annual encampmcnt of the De-
partment of Maine, Union Veterans
Union, opened its session, Thursday.
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, in the hall of
General Beal Command of Togus, with
the following department officers pre-
sent. Commander. Patrick Hayes,
Chelsea; first deputy commander, JOS
eph II. Coffin. Auburn: assistant sur
geon general. w. :. Norcross, Lewis
ton; chaplain, ]. Edwin Nye. Auburn;
executive committee. S. H. Foster,
Brunswick. Past Commander Lewis
Sclbing, Augusta. Past Commander
George NJ. Lowering, Togus; Asst. Adjt.
General charles j. House, Augusta:
Asst. q. NJ. Gen. G.. .. WadSworth,
Gardiner; COMFY Gen. Chas. Il. Head,
Tngus; Asst. Insp. Gen. W. =. Oakmah,
Togus: Asst. Judge-Advocatc Gen. JET
fcrson Savage, SkowheSan.
The national commander-in-chi'f
Cen. Daniel W. Gould of Chelsea,
Mass. accompanied by Gen. f. Il.
Farnham of the same city, his Judge
advocate general, attended the sessions.
and there were also present the fol-
lowing aides from Maine on the staff
of fine COMMUNICATIVE chief: Albert A.
Nichols, Augusta; p. r. Goodrich,
Topsham. Defiance Young, Auburn \.
l.. Albae. Fast Machias: John w. +.
johnson, Gardiner.
After the usual preliminary business
9 no received
and accepted.
Gen. Patrick Hayes, department
commander. in presenting his report
said in opening:
Comrades: We are met mere on III
vItation of General Beal command NO.
3 and it gives me great pleasure 10
welcome you in twelfth annual session
at this beautiful home which has been
prepared by Il generous government Tor
the comfort Of the boys in blue" wher>
they can enjoy together many of the
conveniences and pleasures of home
life. ! can assure you that the COM
rades of this Command as well as the
officers and other comrades OF the
Home will give YOU a soldiers welcome
and 10 everything in their power to
make your visit an enjoyable one"
Continuing General Hayes outlined
The work which had been done during
the year. and expressed his regret that
he had been prevented by ill health from
accomplishing much that he had
wished. He spoke of the work which
still lay before the order and also very
pleasantly of his visit in August to the
| 18th annual national encampment at
| 4 of in
terest only to members of the Union
were taken mp and later on in his report
he recommended that the proceedings
Of the encampmcnt from the date OF
| organization NJ to and including the
present one should be printed and dis
| II buted among such of the comrades as
| might wish to purchase. and that as
historical matter they would be of value
| to various libraries.
During the year the department
| commander has sent out to different
parts Of the State over $50 letters.
Most of the correspondence had been
| very pleasant in its nature.
In closing he expressed his thanks to
| his staff for their aid to him. and for
| their untirinG efforts, assuring them
| that his association with them would
he among the pleasantest memories Of
his life. Thanking the comrades for
| the great honor which had been con-
ferred upon him he said. My term of
| office has expired. | return to the
| ranks where 7 shall continue to work
! for the good of those who have been.
and are now, an honor to the flag and
to the country which they fought to
preserve.
| May you always hold that love for
| me as a comrade that | have for each
and all of you in this grand order. And
may the Father of us all watch over us
and protect u.s. and mete out showers
of blessings on the Union Veterans I'm
ion. their widows and orphans until we
are at last all gathered in that eternal
camping ground whose great comman-
der is God"
The report of tho assistant adjutant
general showed that there were eight
commands in the State: that the gains
for the year had been 10 in number.
six by musterin and four by reinstate-
ment; the losses. BIB by death, nine
(COntjnupd IN M ooeN