Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
VETS IN SESSION.
GENERAL. CONDITION.

|
ms department is good. Not only in
tHe interests and Vigor manifested in
In" local and Interior work of each
! post. but in their public attention to
| duties ana their appearance on occa-
SONS OF ceremony, which always eiiCits
praise and enthusiasm among behold
ers. The old soldiers stiI UNFOLD their
! character ana the honor of Maine.
| The total number Of members; Of the
Grand Army in Maine in good stand
ing IS 500. The number Il year ago
WAS go 81 falling off Of Isl. The loss
! by death ,iiiring the year has been 22i
exactly the same as in the previous
, year. This indicates 1t loss OF 81 III
, other Ways. We find on the other hand
! 4 gain by muster in of 81 members,
. and astotal accession of rs. Il little
| more Than the nu;nhrr Of deaths. This
| lead; us to exanlirc these items fur
| th"r. our ;ggrcga loss since last 70
port is .0G thi; includes; honorable
discharges. transfers, suspension. ct.
| Our aggregate gain including trans
| fars. rcinstat"m"nts, tt,'., is 2-S-lcav-
| ing the net less % 81, as seen before
| Tho nIf!? bcr suspended during the year
| yasl has becn 15I: the number suspend
cot th' 1iftNlc'tH SE't pci'H 49,. VS.
seen u .it;l" gam 'hefe, "hIrh seems
cheering. We 90 not IKE TO see our
comrades suSlehuei- h!' the number
remaining suSpeAaed from previous
years N"H ~ IN C''9P - 4''SI Year w.
1t TX now ''' y! REASON "l TINS addition
try 10 r''tuec IN" BACK t"t"l as wei! ;'S
VI III. i NAT II Il sac iIS'; ana we should
Try l" reduce IN" BACK 'ot'l as Wei!
- the !'dlIS iic''
we are SuIlE 10 ''''V 'i'' "l'c"uf
'1'."' ~ ~ tiii vi "N' h"H's' "9t
NH- ~. % -Hllll' Toll -Nr'"''-".N Fo"i'-
~ a!'a"tGh duiE h"tiilc'i' ;'n' piihFs
iiNlh9 nctli sent H. mas ''''ii' no re
ports TINS H'2f' - al"o itSt year, al
though t-!'' case N'-S i"t l!l'h specially
'"Itff 81 10. -'i'''9ui'T h''N' no" hooA
'1->'l I" ''''' '' proper ".SH'l"'l"it az
III posi- 4 H',' rH''iE' anu secure rs
T'tN-'F o. us hI'i'''''tS, ana S.t'h-
mont - lis lr"i''f'E accounts. oS'
NO. H. 'r"alh N'''F''"i"' "fh '".'''-
~ feiMfiiii1 ~ hiei'"tfS l-tSt !''f' H''s
Su't"hC'lo" rs - = tcl- IDS, - = 49,
hEStcrFlh"' FE"l'h'ih county - tH''h-
h'rS' has voted [" fiNnal'n' nut mas il"'
Yet s4fftHdtf' req IL '.i''itcF. cone
""nIh' rs of these posts nave h'efi
transferred % "lHrrF. !liiois ana
j. ,.hiA,, ti.l trno,,.. l..-
r,.,-.,... r. ,,,.,.,,,,,,,..- 80,
-, .,,i,,,,... r..., ,ri,.i,.r ~,
,,;,.,,+;a,.
VI ~ .;,.,,. a.. r.,o,
l'.,. ..,l+ 1S,,,;,,lr .,.,,,,,
J ~ Increasing al. of losses hv death
,,.;,, 49,, sa,.:o,,- i,..oa.5s. u,o,, o,,.
membership. While We should ID All
! We can to keen up the spirit and toi,H
az ON smaller posts. in my ouiniou il
| ,yould be we'll. when POSTS find it Il
burden to keep W their organization.
| for pejrhborinc prsts to consolidate.
rather than to struggle and stGagEle
oIonrr ill they die out. Membership in
| tho ,rder could then bc preserved. and
| ,hn ar, more and more needed would
he extended over each and al by the
combined force OF the remaining Of
| ganization 1t appears to me also II
| might he advantageous " posts III the
| e,,,o tow, or neighb0rhooG whore