The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-09-20
REGIMENTAL REUNIONS.

SECOND MAINE CAVALRY. The fol
lowing officers were elected by the Sec
ond Maine Cavalry Association at its
annual reunion held in Madison Sept.
18th: President, W. J. Gillespie of Bos
ton; first vice president. c. \. Wing of
WAYNE: second vice president, r. Y.
Cary of Cooper's Mills; third vice pres
ident, W. :. Irish Of Camden; score
tarv and treasurer. e. r. Smith of .Au-
gusta chaplain, \. c. Strout of Port
land 1t was voted to hold the next re-
union III Camden, Me.
THE 18TH MAINE. The 10th Maine
Regimental Association held their au-
nual reunion at Lakewood, Madison,
Sept 18th. The meeting was called to
order ut 2. 80 p. N. with President J. D.
Emerson Of Madison in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the chaplain,
Rev. q. II. Palmer of South Portland,
The records of the last meeting were
read by SIlas Adams and approved.
The roll call was responded to by II
members. A roster of the dead show
ed eight deaths the past year, as fol-
lows: d. p Abbott Co. A, Clinton; G.
L. Whitmore, Co. G, Bowdoinham; B.
O. Sargent, Co. E, Searsport; Marcel
lus Freeman, Co. E, Cornvilie; E. L.
Duncan, Co. X, Bath; Samuel Pratt,
Co. X, Brunswick; John R. George, Co.
X. New Sharon; jeremiah Hartford,
Co. \, \ orridgewock. After m UGH dis
cussion it was voted to hold the next re
union in Lewiston i'll connection with
tile Maine State Fair, and B. B. Well,
A. E. Nickerson, R. Dresser and Levi
Poor were appointed a committee on
arrangements. 4 committee of three
was appointed to nominate officers for
the ensuing year, as follows: 3. b.
Well \. E. Nickerson, and }. l.. Mer-
rick. This committee made the follow
ing report: For president, n. d. Hoxie,
Lewiston; LIST vice president, Kendall
Dresser, Lewiston, I'd vice president,
B. F. Sturgis, Auburn; secretary, Silas
Adams, Waterville 1t was voted that
Comrade \. E. Nickerson be COM
mittee to collect the money for the his
tory and to make a contract for print
ing Voted to instruct Sec. Adams to
secure Comrade Smith to edit the his
tory, or if not him some other to do the
work.
THE 18th MAINE. The annual bust
ness session of the members OF the 18th
Maine Regiment association was held
Wednesday, Sept 18th, in Grand Army
hall, Bangor. After the usual reports
had been read and accepted the election
of officers for the ensuing year was held
with the following results: Gen. Isaac
Dyer, Skowhegan, president; Maj. H.
\. Shorey, Bridgton, secretary, treasur-
er and historian; Miss Eva L. Shorey,
assistant secretary; Sergt. John A.
Wheeler, Roxbury, Mass. Lieut.. Thorn
as Wentworth, Bradford, Jasper l.
Fisher, Bangor, vice presidents. Gen.
Isaac Dyer was elected chairman of the
executive committee with authority to
appoint other members. The most i'm
portant gathering of the reunion was
the campfire held at 7.30 Tuesday even
ing when the G. A. R. hall was crowded
with the veterans and their families.
Hon. Thomas H. Wentworth of Brad
ford presided and the first speaker of
the evening was Mayor William B.
Peirce, who extended the welcome of
the city to the veterans. The mayor
was followed by Gen. Isaac Dyer, presl-
dent of the association, who was greet
ed by cheer after cheer. The other
speakers of the evening were Gen. John
c. Cobb, Capt. E. J. Battee, Maj. H.
a. Shorey, Capt. George Wheeler of
East Boston, Rev. Arthur Black, S. F.
Murphy, V. c. White, Jasper |. Fisher.
every comrade in the hall had a
few remarks to make or an anecdote to
tell after the regular speech-making
was concluded and the gathering was
enlivened by personal illusions and
"reminiscences.
Miss Tibbetts played medley OF
popular airs and the Penobscot lodge,
/. o. o. F., quartet sang several pleas
ing selections. One of their songs was
written by Melvin Tibbetts of Bangor,
a comrade of the 18th Maine, and is as
follows:
THE VETS OF UNCLE ISAAC.
Once again the 18th boys are rallied round
the flag.
Long live the vets of Uncle Isaac.
Let our shouts of welcome echo from plain
and mountain crag;
Long live the vets of Uncle Isaac!
CHORUS.