Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-16
14th Annual Meeting Held
al Foxcroft.
REPORTS Of Commander House
and Other Officers.
ORGANIZATION Has Eight Commands
and 269 Members.

Foxcroft. Me. Oct. 15-(Special)-
The 14th annual session of Union
Veterans Union. department of Maine,
was held in this town today with
good attendance from all parts of the
State Following is the full text of the
annual report of Department COM
nnander Charles J. House of Augusta:
Comrades-The year for which. / was
elected Commander of the Department
of Maine. Union Veterans Union, has
now drawn to a close. AS you all
II know this was not a place of my own
III seeking. My greatest misgiving in &C
n eeptng the great honor and entering
4 upon the duties of the office was the
N fact that l was not free to control nv
Eswn time. While / would gladly have
fyisted all the commands i'm the De-
apartment, my work has generally been
kyuch that | could not leave the office
where | am employed
I Since the commencement of the wear
abraham Lincoln Command No. 10.
&kOwhegan. which had been dormant
for about two years, has been rein
Stated and all other Commands that
we're in good standing one year ago
are still in good working order
For the figures showing our gains
and loses. and our financial standing,
Afefer you to the reports of our
assistant Adjutant General col
Patrlck Hayes. and our Assistant
Quartermaster General, Col. Charles O.
WadswOrth.
u Col. Wadsworth has served in the
same capacity for nine or ten years.
fseyen years Of which he Was closely
associated with me Will" working IN
lhe capacity of Assistant Adjutant
yeneral; and ! can say from personal
|, Knowledge that no more consccntious
painstaking official exists in the State
y OF Maine. There may he others as
good as, he but none better. His ac-
counts are always straight and al
property accounted for.
n 'ot Hayes is n new man in his posi-
uon but | made no mistake in his
selection l have found him faithful.
enthusiastic and prompt. AS it was
impossible for me to- attend the
National Encampment,4 Col. Hayes
ulere represented the Headquarters of
the Department, and he brings homo a
good report
trust the finance committee will re-
.'"hhehd such compensation for these
w" Iaithlul officers as the finances of
our department will allow. NY own
" expenses have been small and 7 have
no charge against the Department.
me honor Of serving at the head Of me
battlefield soldiers of Maine squares
oil accounts. >,
Comrades. 4 feel a deem interest :,
'he prosperity of our Order. Onr
ranks are thinning. to be sure but
''''ie IS still large field from which
,n .''S araW recruits Only small
n"''on OF the battlefield soldiers or
our o'ate and Nation are yet enrolled.
' US oraw a lesson from our war
e''ice' Our battalions there were he
s Instantly depleted by sickness and
".'iueht' by deaths in hospitals ana
n 'he battlefield, by reprisals of the
''v IN the way Of prisoners of war.
' our organizations We're not allowed
=" o"indie and become extinct. The
Mth Oh recruiting was brisk and con-
ana our hearts were oftan
"etred as our losses were made pood
'afse consignments of the staIwart
so"S Oh the loyal North. So LET us as
;, 80 from this encampment. take IN
m.'h renewed zeal the work Of fuinp
our ranks. " i'''''is
a., general idea among the rank nd
VI our army when we ware
mart ~ out OF service was that, 4our
W.. Tue work of saving the Union !
"a, completed. but that was a. ,,,is-
'"'h Idea for the worl, had or,,, ho-
Gun Had We allowed our,aI,,o -
hv m. ie" ana become absorbed
rasiI, communities where we seyerally
bor our further influence would !
nave been small '
borron, = grand idea and ,ne
fans from our Revolutionary
ARM. "h"h. before the volunteer
Of ~ was inaily dishanded. the Order
VIE Loyal Legion was formed rbon
A. "'r organization of III. 6.r,,1
va,' s "i the Republic. the Irn;on
snn,, 'nS Union and kindred societ;,s
C nrp" by the several Rcli.f
T rs "eahized by the la,Ii.>.
We hsn These various organizations
and 1--we oeen enabled to pun together
onr. Ne made our influence FOL, rot
in mn ~ Shaping proper Legislation Inf
lcv,I uhs public opinion intone.Jy
pnia; '" The Union which win ~, ~
our nsn, s''f OF orr Republic long after
CHARLES j. HOUSE
department Commander.
Aam,"m is the report of Assistant
W. IL