Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-16

receiving from Their oepo'
mander. Frank c. Andrews OF the -
rional Soldiers Home at Togas' MS li'e'
general orders since his electlon ias'
month. They contain NUMBER Oh ma
+ers inportant not only to the mem
hers Of the organization but to the gen
sra, nnbNc. which at the present Tune
is showing special interest IN the pau
otto organizations.
The orders follow:
May 9. 1915
General Order No. l,
Series 191S-19l9.
1. Being duly elected and instaiieh
department commander at the 1th an
nual encampment of the Department o.
Marine. L. S. w. ", at National Sol-
diers' Home, Togus, Me, April 49, 1919
7 hereby assume the duties of that hish
office. not unmindful Of the great "orh
of my predecessors. and request inc
hearty support and cooperation OF eV-
erv officer and comrade in the depart
ment to the end that this may be the
wear that the Department OF Name -
S. w. v, will be one that every COM
rade Of our beloved organization may
we'll be proud to remember.
.. The other officers elected are: SEN
Tor vice department commander. George
A Dow. Cumberland Camp, No. 10, ID
Shepley street, Portland, Me; junior
vice department commander, William
II. Stacey. Banner Camp. No. II, 4o-4o
Nav street, Bangor Me.
3. The following officers were appoint
ed: Department chief of staff. Howard
B. Hilton. Kennebec Camp, No. IL. Mil
burn street, Skowhegan, Me; depar-
ment adjutant, Frank J. Higgins, Tifa-
nv Camp, No. 4, National Soldiers
Home. Maine: department quartermas-
ter, John Eagan, Tiffany Camp, NO. =
National Soldiers Home, Maine; depart
ment inspector. Fred Thorndike, kenne-
hec Camp. No Il, North Vassalboro,
NJ: department judge advocate, Philip
Howard. Ralph Timer Camp. No. ..
Rockland, Me. department surgeon. Or.
William j. Maybury. Kendall Camp. NO
|, Saco, Me; department chaplain, Rev.
Frank T.. Phalen, Kennebec Camp, NO.
II. Waterville, Me; department marshal
August Gagnon, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Camp, No. 3, Pierce street. Lewiston;
Me: department historian, Samuel
WeIch, Keaton Camp No. II. Bath. Me;
department patriotic instructor. Ed
ward Spear, kennebec Camp, NO. ~
| Skovhegan, Me: department color SER
geant. Walter F. Lee, Tiffany Camp,
No. 4, ational Soldiers Home, Maine,
department officer of the guard. Lewis
| z King, keaton Camp, No. u, Bath,
| Me; department trustees. Charles J..
Collins, Cumberland Camp No. Is,
| Deering avenue, Portland. Me; Jerry
B. Machie, Tiffany Camp. No. 4. Nation
al Soldiers Home, Maine; Edward 5.
Baribault. Hamlin- Haggerty Camp. No.
| 3. $3.50 Lisbon street. Lewiston. Me.
| a. The Department Council of Admin
istration will consist Of the elective AMI
appointive department officers, with the
exception of district inspectors and de-
partment aides-de-camp.
| 5. The department inspector will ap-
point a comrade from each camp in the
department to assist him in his duties;
the comrade selected shall be directly
responsible to the department inspector
and be known as a district inspector.
g. Department officers and aides-de
camp will familiarize themselves with
the Book of Regulations and the ritual
of this organization ana provide them
selves with application blanks and the
lapel button to the end that any eligible
may be mustered and assigned to the
nearest camp where he may be located;
the assistant department adjutant will
see that these officers are supplied with
the above articles and instruct them
more fully regarding this important
matter.
7. In compliance with General Order
No. 4, National Headquarters, March
18th. 1918, under the head and Recruiting.
recommending that a comrade be named
from each department as assistant de-
partment adjutant, Past Department In
spector George A. Creamer, Tiffany
Camp, No. 4, address North Waldoboro
Maine. has been appointed by the de.
partment commander and his name for
warded to the commander-in-ch chief for
confirmation.
s. This organization has rendered
their services to our country in any ca
pacity that might be required of them
but owing to the rigid physical exami-
nation necessary to again serve with
the colors the majority must be con
tent with rendering such other services
a" will best aid and protect our flag and
the republic for which it stands. Every
department and camp officer and COM
rade should report to this Office any Sc
dltous action or utterance by foreign
alien enemies against this government
or our allies. whereupon proper stems
VIII be taken to have the offender
brought to justice.
y, The dawn of another Memorial
Day is drawing near, camps are re-
quested to cooperate with the G.. A
K. and other military ORGANIZATIONS
as far as practicable in the proper
observance of this National occur
renee. particularly significant this
year. as we stand in the several !
cemeteries where rest those who have /!
answered their last roll call and
obeyed the final command of the SUI !