The Republican journal., 1911-03-09
zuF LOYAL LEGION.
,be Maine Commandery in
ine Portland.
.,,,a Press, March 2nd.l

ripple of applause at the
bo Maine commandery of
ion at the Falmouth hotel
,.ben DR.. James H. Shan
~ ,' a paper relating to his
= ~ the Civil war, declared
.r o. Howard should have
.srtiaIed and shot for his
hattie of Charlottesville.
oIJ Of Gen. Howard send
his brigades to support
latter's fantastic pursuit
ssdjy retreating but willy
!, J son and when he stated
rSr to the Union forces in
as the result of the gross
Howard and his disobedi-
there was more applause.
r PAPER was one of the
rg that has been read be-
'5daery III a long time and
vote of thanks. The
M so largely attended as
r0ved very enjoyable to
. tlaI : tests.
tpreditary companions
arp elected: William
u If Bangor, Holman
sender ROBBIE of Cor
"mpanion of the sec
0f. Sawyr was change
. .. become a succession
FIRST class, consequent
lis father, Original
iIayen Sawyer.
.. John Clifford Cobb
.etted a hereditary
.-t class.
casualties We're report
~. King transferred to
the State of Massa-
u4 Andrew Robinson
IN North Whitefield,
u memory of the late
m Andrew Robinson
Whiteheld was unani-
~. resolutions having
committee composed
frederick Robe, DIR.
-. A. .. Show, and a
,5s were also disposed of.
the commander, DR..
5el Jonathan z. Cilley
2a- served in the main
clock and the menu
ac.r Pooler was much
veterans.
a,4es were Ex-Gov.
Gen. Jonathan P.
M Coanor, C. W. Til
Gordon, Col. Franklin
uuy S. Burrage, Col.
RAINING J. Burbank,
lanes E. Hewey, Ed
Harry Rust Virgin.
.... 4. A. Nickerson,
r,r. Charles H. True,
Arthur L. Farnsworth,
g.. I NJ. Redlon, Hebron
.l Hpr, &. j. Hill, W. W.
" Whitmarsh, Gen. L.
rs WI ard, DIR. James
.. George E. Brown, A.
u A. E. Nickerson,
N.Y.. John D. Anderson,
Eiward A. Shaw,
.4 Abner o. Shaw,
George S. Rowell,
-G.sm, Sllas Adams, C.
s FL. Phair of Presque
Robe.
VOWS ADDRESS.
H. shannon of Saco, a
and officer of Sher-
r. L., of that city in
some Incidents and
tue Civil war which
lerestLng. In opening
.at what he was to say
tract much from the
of the rebellion, and
sent not to infer that he
trles IN which he partici-
re trusted they would
-gotism or desire to
'r1nQuns.
on 10 tell of his enlist
# the old 9TH Maine at
N the dark days of 81,
S offered by his mother,
r.istment with the same
Is some time later he came
"a 1iisted in Co. H of the
E.y. The orderly SER
s7pa0y, he explained, was
u4 was present at the
.a 81 gave experiences in
a..= II which were thrill
l9uching reference to
I'D SJets0n of Portland, in
o-ument was erected a
.- Icing the first soldier
rHw Portland to be killed
war.
. llr, Shannon's speech
most exclusively to we'll
through which he passed
8 ars Of the rebellion.
.- ,n4 cause of the great
'r.iorville, he attributed
-2- Howard, the comman-
III corps. The conduct of
l luat occasion was such
nave been court martlaled
LID this was a harsh state
.Ftjt was in the main justi-
He then gave a detailed
aryl-.
NE speaker said: 1.-THE
newspapers of the South
and SO persistently mini
Of men they had in
lne present generation in
d believe the Confederacy
.l1 men from first to last.
some of the facts in rela-
rase of the question. There
reat rivalry between Vir-
nth Carolina as to which
7l the most troops to the
DINA claims she furnished
rglnla claims she furnished
nan North Carolina. That
tennessee claims she
.'1 Georgia over 100, 900,
'ar 50, 900, and there you
We don't mention the
Il .arnlina Elorida Ala,