Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
And Campfire Of Seth
Williams Post, G. A. R.
Large Attendance and the EI.
ercises Much Enjoyed.
Stirring Address by the New Com.
mander, James ". White.

evening at the regular meeting Of Seth
Williams Post, No. 13. G. A. r.. to wit
ness the installation of the officers-elect
FOR the ensuing year, among those pres
ent being the members of the post. Seth
dan and Warren Cox Circles. Ladies of
the G. a. r.. and Henry G. Staples
Camp. S. Of v.
The ceremony of installation was con-
Quoted by S. p. p. c. Arthur l.. Brown,
and officers were installed as follows:
Commander-James W. White.
Senior vice commander-Samu w.
Lane.
Junior vice commander-Albert S. Mich
OILS.
Adiutant DR.. William McDavd.
Quartermas ter-Lewis SelbinS
Surgeon-Thomas Clark.
Chaplain--Arthur L. Brown.
Officer of day-O. n Blackington
Officer of guard-J. F. Arnold.
Following the ceremony of installation
came a campfire during which an excel
lent Oyster supper was served, and the
balance of the evening was passed in the
enjoyment OF a general good time.
Commander White in his address to
comrades said:
For 1900 years the deepest thinkers and
the most gifted orators have been giving
to the world their richest treasures Of
thought. till now it borders on rashness
for one to claim to produce new
thought. The contention and litigation
amongst claimants for the same inven-
ton bears evidence to what his fate
would be.
Fortunate. then. is he who can recsoth
in his own words some Of these gems OF
thought without obscuring their bril-
liancy.
Again. the subject matter which would
naturally claim our attention on an occa-
sion like this has for 40 years been tier
ated and reiterated on every hill and
plain from the Atlantic to the Pacific
not only in the populous cities but in the
most remote hamlet. until every sharp
angle has been worn to a dead level This
applies to every state which used to be
called loyal. (They are all loyal now.
Every battle has been fought over and
over again. and the crack of the picket
shot, the roll Of musketry and roar OF
artillery Is reverherating in the far dis
tant past "Reminiscences have become
ha7y like the memory Of old age. and
thicker and faster as the years go by
tho participants in that great confiic,
are re-enl:stirg in the Army of the SUI
prerne Commander.
In some minds the question may arise
Will our service and sacrifice go down to
oblivion when the last veteran passes
on: answer. not ii the Sons of Vet
Grams prove true to tie spirit which ami
mated their fathers; not while these ex-
lists organizations OF Relief Corps and
Ladies' OF the G. 4. r.. who have SO
nobly and usefully supplemented the
work Of the veterans in caring for suffer-
ing comrades and the families &C those
deceased. and of their own initiative have
placed monuments above the unknown
dead. While We gratefully remember this
band OF devoted sisters, let us not forget
that Southern woman WHO first placed
flowers over the graves of the victims Of
Andersonville prison. Was net she obey
ing the behest of the Savior Love your
enemies?"
No. comrades. we shall not be forgot
ten In the land Of the Pine tree nor yet
in the land Of hickory fences whose burn
ing rails cooked our pork and coffee
Last summer 4 regiment of regulars
was marching across Wyoming over a
dusty road under burning August sun.
They We're struggling to reach a village
somewhere in the distance at which, they
could unoisten their parched threats and
rest their weary feet. After time they
met rarcher who was asked the dis
| lance TO the village. About two miles
was the answer. On they hikel for an
other hour. when another rancher an
peared. How far is the village? he was
asked. Only about two miles, was his
cheering answer. Another hour dragged
its lengthenirg WEAKNESS and rancner
No appeared on the scene. After dodg-
ing for time the questions shot at him
from so or soc mouths as to the distance
to the village he quietly answered
Short bit; teout tew miles"
A sergeant In the line raised his cap
and shouted: Thank God. we are hold
ling our own"
Comrades, we ought to thank God tna'
we have come into our own and are hold
ling it. We are holding and ENJOYING the
privileges and blessings accruing from the
death blow we dealt to tine he.esy ri
t..ssates' rights" We cur rejoice that We
1.-Two in q land where no man can make