The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-11-12

ed into the Federal service the records must
be on fe at Washington.
Though this State was not finally called up
on for volunteer regiment during the MeXl-
can War, such a regiment organized, Off
GERS were elected ard each volunteer was paid
small bounty by the State. These bounty
receipts are on file in the Office of the Secre-
tary of State and might be of interest to you
| in connection with your Mexican War research.
Very truly yours.
ELLIOTT C. DILL,
The Adjutant General
At Gen. Dill's suggestion l wrote to
the Secretary of State and received the
following reply from Hon. Arthur l..
Brown, the Deputy Secretary:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, AUGUSTA
November 4, 1913.
J. O. johnson, Esq Liberty, Maine.
Dear Sir: Under date of May l9, 1916, W..
L. Marcy, United States Secretary of War, re-
quested the Governor of this State, Hugh J..
Anderson of Belfast. to cause to be enrolled
one regiment of infantry to be held IN readl-
ness for muster into the service of the United
States. In fulfilling the requistion made by
the general government, the Legislature ap-
propriated $4,000. The whole expense of
ST.. 10. Each volunteer received bounty of
$500 for enlistment. Moses H. Young of
Belfast, was Captain of Company X. Jesse
Nutting of Parkman, was First Lieutenant and
Edward P. Blood of Ellsworth was Second
Lieutenant. presume you will not be inter-
ested in the names of the officers of the other
companies. l have looked over the council
records and find that this expense, including
the bount.es, was included in a general bill
presented by the respective enrolling officers.
There are no records here to show the roster
of the rank and file.
Adjutant Generals report, of Acts and Re-
solves, and Of the council reports and this is
all the information which can find. There is
large amount of correspondence filed away
jim boxes and there may be letters from some
of the enrolling officers which will throw light
on the matter, but these old letter have never
been catalogued and it would probably take
weeks to 60 through the pile think the men
who went to the front from Maine were mus
tered into the United States service, but am
not positive about this. I do not find the name
of Andrew I. Palmer any of the other men
whom you mention,
| shall be pleased to assist you if you can
suggest any way in which can do SO. re-
turn herewith letter from General Dill.
Yours very truly.
A. l. BROWN,
Deputy Secretary of State.
then wrote to U. S. Senator Charles
F. johnson, asking him to obtain from
the office of the Adjutant General of the
United States the roster Of that COM
papy, and learned that there was no
company composed of men from Maine,
but that there were Maine men in the
9th U. S. Infantry. Senator johnson
received the following reply to his letter
of enquiry:
WAR DEPARTMENT..
2i76se5.
THE ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, June 10, 1914.
Respectfully returned to
Hon. Charles F. johnson,
United States Senate.
1t does not appear from the records of this
office that an organization of volunteers was
raised in the State of Maine for service in the
war with Mexico.
The re cords show, however, that number
of men were enlisted in March and April, 1847,
at Belfast, Valid County, Maine, to serve dur
ing the war with Mexico, and were assigned to
Company E, 9th United States Infantry, in
which company, Andrew T. Palmer served as
captain, Amos A. Billings as LIST sergeant, and
I'd lieutenant, and Jesse Black as private and
I'd sergeant. This company served in Mexico.
GEO. ADAMS,
The Adjutant General.
This letter shows that l was about
half right. l found my men, Palmer.
Billings and Black, but they did not hold
the positions / supposed they did. l
have looked up and give below the
names of all the men who enlisted at
Belfast in April, 1847, that have been
able to find, and have rumors of others.
l shall continue the work by petitioning
the legislature to instruct the Adjt. Cen
eral of Maine to procure the names of all
the men who served in that war with
Mexico, and which can he had at the
War Department in Washington. 1t
can readily be seen on scanning the names
have given that they are from families
of average responsibility throughout the
county. They were not waits or kinless
men,. They were not broken-down. dis
appointed men, such as seek oblivion in
the army under an assumed name in
times of peace. They were brave, ven
turesome men, who liked the excitement
of war, who were ready-to fight in the
cause Of their country at any and all