Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-14
Twenty-seventh Reg't. Reunion

Largo and Joyful Gathering at Mad1-
 son-The Veterans Elegantly Mn1er-
 tatnsd.
 The reunion of the Twenty seventh regi-
 ment, c. ", occurred at Madison yesterday
 aud was 8 success in every particular. The
 veterans assembled at the State House steps
 in the early morning, and before the hour of
 starting exchanged congratulations. The
 badges were distributed by Secretary w. W. Price, over seventy-five being pinned on the coats of the company, many members of which had, in addition to their corps badge of gold in the form of trefoil, medals more or less historical and distinctive of military honor. Among those waiting for the word to march were Frederick Tiesing, who had g medal of the Mexican war, with the battle fields of Cherubusco and other memorable places thereon on one side, and portrait medallion of Winfield Scott on the other John Boshm Charles Weidig, A. 0. Bald win, Robert s. Buckmaster, A. Parmelee, w. H. Calkins, a musician in the war; Will liam B. Gay, Marvin Olmstead of North Ha ven; Merrette A. Yale, David Ford, Daniel O'Neil, Robert G. Patterson, Daniel Worces- ter of Bridgeport E. s. Blake, Evelyn Pier pont of Springfield, Mass; Stiles B. Beach, c. Hofacker, of A company Joseph A. Miller, s. A. Hopkins, A. D. Bale, who was fife major; William Holmes, A. W. Hastings, | ols, Captain o. c. Burdick, who had l come all the way from Buffalo, l New York, to attend this reunion James Johnson, P. Cowles, Moses Thomas, the tea ! man Benjamin Brown, the drummer boy :; ! AL Bradley, of the New Haven police Silas Benham, of Hamden, besides others who are
 well known in the vicinity as gaod neighbors ! and reliable citizens. General Frank D. sloat, formerly lieutenant in A company, l and Simeon J. Fox, private in the same l company, afterward surgeons aid at Point 1 Lookout, were of the party. Four privetes 1 in the regiment have been members of the General Assembly, and there were many oth-
 CTS at present holding positions of trust in l their respective towns.
 l AS the men sat on the State House steps l and talked of their experiences at Chancel- 1 lorsville, where & large proportion of them l were made prisoners after resisting for hours
 the onset of the rebel army, they spoke
 respectfully of those who had died during
 the year. Among these were J. B.
 Blair. rssf buried y, only few days 1 musician in A Company; Joseph M.
 Eckert and Julius Thompson, both of Com 1 pany, and others whose names were later in | the day reported by the committee. George W. Elton,a lieutenant of Company, who re- 1 gently died, was kindly remembered. About l 10 o'clock the command was given to fall in, l and headed by the American band the regi l ment marched down the Green and down Chapel and State streets to the depot. I There they were joined by comrades who had 1 been waiting for them, and there must have been nearly hundred on board as the cars 1 startedt
 l The reunion one of the most success- 1 ful that this regiment has ever held. The 1 banquet provided by the ladies was & most ] sum ptuous one and the ''vets" were loud in ! hAir 0f ind wa l upon them. The citizens were unit in be- 1 slowing their good wishes and all did their utmost to make the occasion one long to ba remembered.
 l On reaching the Madison depot the "vets, D | headed by the American band, marched
 through Wall street to Boston street; from 1 thence to Goes Hall, where business meet l ing was held. The line of march was then
 taken up to the Congregational church, in | the basement of which dinner had been pro
 vided by the ladies of Madison; After din ner they adjourned to the church, where
 Hon. N. D. Sperry, Rev. J. A. Gallup and 1 Rev. MT. Warwick, General F. D. Sloat,
 General s. E. Merwin, Judge Wilcox, Samuel Crampton, c. A. Baldwin and others made | brief but excellent addresses.
 Adjutant George F. Peterson, of this city, 1 presided at the business meeting. The of- | fcers elected tor the ensuing year were W. 1 W. Price, of New Haven, president Stiles
 B. Woodruff, of Orange, secretary; B. E. 1 Brown, of New Haven, treasurer; executive 1 committee, Amos Herkins of New Haven. l Allen D. Baldwin of New Haven. Joseph 1 Miller of New Haven and Daniel Wooster of l Bridgeport
 The residences in the village and the hall | where the dinner was eaten were all profuse- l ly decorated with flags and bunting. Over
 three hundred persons, including soldiers 1 and ladies, sat down at dinner, and there was l an abundance left for outsiders after the old soldiers and their wives and children were served. After the banquet three cheers were
 given for the banquet and three more for the 1 ladies of Madison. It was one of the most
 successful regirnental reunions that has been
 held this year, and the veterans are loud in | their praises of Madison hospitality.