The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-21
The Seventh Veterans and the For
ty-Seventh Up the Hudson.
President Grant Reviews the Brooklyn
Pets at POughkeepSie.
A Fine Body OF Men at Iona
Island.
TEE SEVENTH REGIMENT VETERANS.

a Remarkable Body Of Meu-A Day Afoat
With Some Of the "Old Uns,-Forty Years,
service-The Warriors and The Sunday
Schooi-Why They Are "a Fine Body Of
Meno-The Hymns They Didn't Sing.
'The finest body OF men ever saw lr-and they
know, for they SAID themselves-le!t the foot OF
Fourteenth street yesterday morning, on board
the steamer Armenia on a 'cruisen up
she HUDSON. They returned to the city
just the setting sun was glinting
over the golden-gloried waves and looked even then
after days fatigue duty, as fine as they looked
under the eaden sky OF the early morn-perhaps q
little more ruddy -hued, but It was the cn-the sun
that did it, There were over one hundred OF them,
under command OF the courtly colonel Leferts the
gets OF the seventh regiment or, more properly
speaking. Veterans Of the National Guard"
Ace little cohort marched down to the
boat headed by Graula's Seventh Regt
ment Band, sand wearing the badge and
ribbon OF the assoclation and in the opinion Of en-
trey disinterested parties they were "a very line
body OF men," They were bound ON their annual
excursion, which had Deen originally fixed for
Thursday OF last week. but the riots interfered with
ihe affair and they had to ''make different arrange
ments." The association comprises abour eight
hundred members, all OF whom have served the full
militia term OF seven years or served actively
during the war, either Of which services entities
members OF the Seventh to rank as veterans
'THE vETsn
are quite an institution, and embrace among their
members many gentlemen who have served over
quarter OF q century in the regiment The organ.
ization which Is now known as the seventh was
formed in June, 1906, and comprised four COM
panies. In 1924 they became battalion,
under the name of the National Guard,n
which name was adopted in honor
OF the corps commanded by Lafayette
tn ran I'm tba Of nafnh
Oifciay numbered in the state militia as the
Twenty-seventh regiment, and were known such
came the seventh, and have since continued under
that number BY comparatively recent law the
ntle National Guard" which had been adopted by
them was conferred by the Legislature on all regi-
ments OF the active state militia.
The Oldest member OF the command is Colonel
thomas Nj. Adrance, who was present yesterday,
and whose record dates from May 49, lsl9-forty-two
years. Among other ancient and honorable veterans
are Colonel W. r. Verm1lyea, Lieutenant Colonel
Cyrus IL. LOutrel, W. ID. Briggs and Sergeant En-
bury, who have each served about forty years; p D.
Braisted Jr., g. L. Arrowsmith and Charles b. BOst-
WICK, twenty years. and Colonel James Price,
twenty years. These, however, do not comprise all
the names whose services date back for those Pc
RODS, but they give idea OF why this is such a
"nne body OF men,"
THE CRUISE
yesterday was OF the most enjoyable description, the
steamer proceeding up the river 10 Newburg Bay,
and stopping for brief visit at Iona Island on the
return. Despite the tact that the morning looked
cloudy the day proved to be the most propitlous
that could be DESIRED and the glorious Hudson never,
since It first ricked Its way through the Highlands,
looked more magnificent On the way up the river
numerous friends of the regiment, who reside the
beautiful villas that cluster along the slopes OF
Mount Washington, larry town and Irvngton, had
hung out their bunting, and tiny white handker-
cony. The rivers bosom was white with the sails
OF pleasure and commercial craft and The shores
we're buried in a wealth OF richest verdure.
ON BOARD THE ARMENIA
everything was friendship and 1t was strange
sight TO see men enjoy themselves In the hearty man.
ner that these veterans did. IL was essentially
'.stag party for there was not lady board and
this was the CHIEF reason why the sight was
strange The ref ming influence of female SO.
ciey" was not there-nothng but ga lot OF
horrid men. as susan B. Anthony would or might
say. But they were men with big hearts and genial
natures, each toward the other, and the refining
influence was their own-and plenty of 1t.
not even for the deectatlon OF the Sabbath school
children from Poughkeepse, whom they met |
aitues as ''old Grimes Is Dead Hash" what
: the Use OF RepinngY Z" MARY had Litile Lamb"
''The Crows 1.-The Star Banged SPINNER" and
'sich like;'' ana Colonel Fowler ana others OF the
'.Mornmg Glory Coterie' told nursery stories when
invaluable In conducting the musical exercises, and
when the repertoire of the crowa was exhausted
poraneously, besides delivering an address TO the
Sabbath school children at the island. One OF the
to the boat remarked to an elderly female scholar,
"Ant they a splendid partyT' IL anybody had
seen the way DelmOnicos walters hau TO ny around
On the boat, both going and returning, and the
splendid spread" on grooming table amIdships,
they would at once have known why this was such
q zine body OF menu
Among the distinguished members present were
Colonel Lererts, Colonel Emmons Clark, command.
ing the Seventh; Colonel John Fowler, Jr. Colon ell
John Oakley, Colonel Vermiyea, CoIonel H. c. ShuIn-
way, Colonel w. h. Rioet, Major Joseph b. Young,
MAJOR G. II. Meday, Lieutenant Colonel Loutrel, ID.
N. Boidrfdqe Robert Z. Rathbone and the youth,
full p. d. Breasted, Jr, commander OF the Third
Blues" The Excursion Committee comprised G. ID.
Arrowsmiih, q. b. Bostwlck and X. c. Rathpone.
TIE FORTY-SEyENTR REGIMENT EXCURSION