Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-15

IN me same spot WHcic tiiC iNoi''-N''N
was mustered into service exactiy 10
year, ago, with locks grown gray and
figures bent by the passage OF time.
with thinned ranks but with the fires
OF loyalty burning as warmly as ever
in each breast, the annual reunion OF
the Regimental Association Of the 10th
Maine Infantry was held Wednesday
in the field south of the State House.
Early in the morning tents were
pitched on the historic field and lit
tie later the veterans began to arrive
from various points in Maine, as well
as more remote sections of the Union
There was fairly large attendance of
out Of the State members, MasSachu-
sets, Illinois, Missouri and Washing
ton, y. c.. being among the sections
represented. There was also a num-
Der of the regimental officers under
whom the regiment served among those
present. including Col. Charles w. Til
den Of Hallowell. Me-; Lieut.. Co. Au-
eustus r. Farnham. Rangor; Major
Abner II. Small. Oakland, Me-; and
number of the company officers. The
full list of these present numbering
nearly 100. was as follows:
Col. Charles w. TiIden. Hallowell;
1t Col. A. =. Farnham, Bangor; Capt.
+. r. Davis. Castine; Corp. Roscoe
Dable. Lawrence. Mass; 1t. George D.
Bisbee, Rumford Falls; William Fer
maid. Bar Harbor; T. ]. Monk, South
Paris; Roderick Powers. Fort Fair
field: Everett G. Foss. Ottawa. ILL.,:
Seth II. Allen. Livermore Falls; Fl. Il.
Clark. Augusta; Fl. w. Frost. Wilt
mantle. Me-: II. d. Austin. Hallowell:
G. r. Jacobs. Phillips; Rufus f. Page.
Richmond; James Brett. Augusta; II.
f. Merrill. Livermore; Q. NJ. Sergeant
C. f. bearing, Farmingdale; G.. III.
Hayes, Togus; r. S. Hopkins Wash
ington. ID. c.; c. Fl. Gould. No.
Bridgton; c. Fl. George. Hebron; 1t.
NJ. C.. Wadsworth. Gardiner: ]. +.
Tompson. Wcstbrook; Wesley Weber.
New York: I. w. Wood, Boston; AT
bion Bailey, Portland: A. w. Nc
Causland. Gardiner: Albert N. Potter.
Lewiston: George w. Fuller. Boston:
Chas. G. Lyon. Auburn. Mass; G. V.
Webber. Weeks Mills; Henry Alan.
Togus; D. S. Thomas. North Auburn:
G. w. Anderson. Weeks Mills; Fred
erick +. Partridge. Greene: A. Fl. Har-
StultT'l, -. "A. JbItitl,
Rowdninham; H. NJ Skcene. Auburn:
Il. +. Worth, Boston: Amasa Gregory.
Boston: AmaSa Gregory, Madison;
w. II. Balentinc. Fairfield: Il. s. Nor
gan. Lynn. Mass: l. +. Tibbctts. North
Newport; ]. T.. Haley. Cherryficld: s.
8. Vosc. Waterville: Adclbert Allen.
Woodfords; A. b. Adams. Wilton: II.
A. Amer. Wales; Aaron Stackpole.
Boston: J. II. Everett. kenduskeag:
W. b. Mason. Kenduskeag; George w.
Patten. Pittsfield; r. J. Brookihgs,
Washington. d. c.: Alden Turner.
Palermo; r. J. Farrar, Lisbon: S. f.
Beal. St Louis: G. w Gardner. Farm
ingdale: r. n. Dasomb. North Leeds:
]. NJ. Lyford, Waverly. n. Y; Warren
Seward. +. Vassalboro, Nc: r. f.
Smith. Gardiner: A. II. NGrcross,
Alston, Mass; G. II. Fisher, Winter
port: S. F. Morrill,. Orr's Island: c. l..
Lawson. Kittery Point; ]. w. Webster.
Newport Me-: G. W. Smith. Togus;
Luke Emery. North Arson; r. Russ.
Portland; C. w. Smith. Gardiner. p p
Gilmore. Eucksport: c. w. Smith.
Gardiner: Nathaniel Fowler. Skowhe-
gan; Frank Wiggin. Portland; w. G..
ToStrI, Iui r. spear dI.u vi
c. Spear. f. Winthrop; Thomas Doyle
Oakland; 3. F. Lancaster. Madison
Me-: II. w. Wells. Oakland; j. G.
Lamb. Lisbon Falls: G. r. Jordan
Bridgton: II. A. Wilder. Woodforls:
s. Small. Oakland: j. NJ Foster
Steep Falls: w. II. Chamberlain Will
ton: Rice Brown. Vienna; D. c.
Averill. Wilton: d. s. Stevens. GarGi-
ner: Thos. Neary. Whiteficld; III. f.
Dexter. Whitefield
At the business meeting .he following
officers We're elected. President. A. w.
McCausland. Gardiner; oe-presidcn.s.
Charles H. George. Hebron. George w.
Patten. Pittsfield; secretary and treas
urer, Charles q. Wadsworth, Gardi-
ner: board of directors, George w.
Smith, FOCUS: Roderick Powers. Fort
Fairfield: Benjamin +. Worth. Provi-
dence. Everard ]. Ross. Portland,
William G. Foster. Clinton
1t was voted to petition the appoint
ing powers for the appointment of
Colonel Augustus Il. Farnham Of
Bangor to membership on the board of
managers of the Soldiers Home at
Togus. vice General Brown of Portland.
deceased. 1t was also voted to send
Geographic greetings to the 81 Maine,
holding Its reunion ut Gardiner. Short
~ before adjournment a message of
greetings was received from the Sd
Maine
The meeting of the association was
set for 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. nut
in order to give members arriving on
trains plenty of time to get to the
muster ground it was not called until
half an hour later.
Following the business meeting or
the Regimental Association the vet
Grams partook of n dinner that wildly
recalled the days when they were do
ing gallant service in the defence of
their country. Beans baked in the
ground and the other things that went
to make up camp dinner in the days
of 81 We're partaken of with zcst
that showed how fully the boys of
that date entered into the spirit of the
occasion. After the dinner n number
OF the members made impromptu adj
dresses and "reminiscences of war times
were exchanged by those gathered
about the Campfire. or rather in the big
commissary tent which sheltered those
in attendance from the rays of the
August sun which made it easy for