The Maine bugle ... campaign; 1-5 Jan. 1894-Oct. 1898 - Maine.gov

BUGLE ECHOES. 197
(luring my stay at Petersburg and vicinity, and am writing an account of my trip (or the
Bt'(;i,i;. I could till one Hi'ci.K with interesting matter and then not half try. While
at Petersburg I was invited i)y the commander of A. P. Hill Camp of C"onfederate
Veterans to visit them at a meeting of the (ami), vvhi^h I did, and received one of the
greatest surprises of my life, receiving a general recejition and introduction to all
the members present (forty-eight) ,
and then a general introduction to the C'amp, with
a request to talk to the Camp. As a speech was out of the question so far as oratorical
display was concerned, it took me quite aback, but I managed a half hour talk, which
seems to have been favorably received, according to the Petersburg Press. Nothing
could have been more cordial than my reception everywhere in Virginia, Petersburg,
Dinwiddle Court House, Heams Station, Richmond, and Fredericksburg. Mrs Coburn
accompanied me and was also 'delighted with her entertainment by the ladies of
Virginia.
THEY sril.L LIVE.
There were jiresent at llu- State Encampment C. A. K. held at liangor last I'ei)-
ruary, llfty-one members of the First Maine Cavalry as delegates and attendants.
MAXIMS KOK TK.VININC. HORSES.
J. Y. Mason P.lunt, Lieutenant Fifth United States Cavalry, has written an admirable
work on training remount horses for military jiurposes Published by I). Ajipleton &
Co., 1894. Price 50 cents.
ADDRE-SS flN I'HII.. SHERIDAN.
Lieutenant F. P. rol)ie has delivered an address bef 're a large auilience in Paw-
tucket containing personal reminiscences, under that great cavalry commander, from the
Wilderness till I>ee's surrender.
I.IKVTENANr JA.MKS MC(U IKI-.
Lieutenant James McCiuire, Co. V, F'irst Distritt < olumbia Cavalry and Co II, First^
Maine Cavalry, who was wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 1864, and a short time later
taken prisoner while on the Wilson's Raid, it has just been learned, died in Texas
some twenty years ago and left a w idow and one daughter, who are now living at 506
W. 13th street, Austin, Texas
THE PLACE OF THE NKXT ENCAMl'Mi.NT.
Minnesiti un I.t thj 1 .'a 1 of fohnD. Stii 1 ) -pir!;.!! mt " ) n nin I ;r an 1 a ^L^ine
man, marshalls her forces in favor of St. Paul. Major C. T. W atson of .Atlanta, Ca.
Department Commander of the C. \. R in Georgia, also a N'aine man, is backed by
all the Posts of his state in his efforts to have the Encampment held at Atlanta. The
l^iH.LE awaits information from Maine men, who are commanders in the departments
of other states, concerning their efforts to secure the Encampment; for it is certain
that th > movement to locate the Encampment, headed by some Maine soldier, must
su::eL' 1. Mains, while in love with grand old dcvirgia, has so many blood relatives in
Minnesota, that she wants to visit them at St. Paul.