Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-27
SonrnaI aIo Gourier.
Thursday Morning, July P. 1882.
The Second Regiment.

Election of Captain Leavenworth
 Lieutenant Colonel-He Accepts the Po- sition Rendered Him.
 At Union Armory yesterday afternoon there was meeting of the field and line off cers fer the purpose of selecting 8 Lieuten ant Colonel to succeed the late Lieutenant Colonel Josiah N. Bacon, deceased Each company was fully represented as follows:
 Co. A-Captain White, 1st Lieutenant Doherty and 2d lieutenant Hall.
 Co B, New Haven-Captain Tiesng, 1st Lieutenant r, Co q, New Hayen-captain Kesfe, lat Lieutenant
 Co. ,4, WaterburyNCaptain Patrick F. Bannon 1st IieutenaHt leu 1s HoFigan' 2d Lieut. Leptenant & Reid
 Howarth, 2d Lie@tenzut Lee.
 Co. E, New Have.i- Captain Loomis, 1st Lieutenant Downes, 2d Lieutenant Bogue.
 Co. D. New Haven-Captain Thomas, 1st Lieutenant George La renee. 2d Lieutenant Richard Waite
 Co H, Middletown-Cap ptain E. o. shaler, 1st Lieu tenant W. N. Pearne, 2d Lieutenant D. A. Hutchins.
 O. I, Meriden-Captaln Wood, 1st Lieutenant Lane,
 Co K, wallir gford-Captain George H Yale, 1st Lieutenant GeorgeJ L. Barnes. 2d Lieutenant c. o. Norton
 At twenty minutes of three Colonel Gra- ham called the meeting to order and all the officers responded to roll can except Lieuten- ants Farrell and Gutt, of Go. B. They ar rived directly afterwards Colonel Graham read the order for the meeting and Major Bannon notified the officers to prepare their ballots for vote for lieutenant colonel On motion of Captain Keefe, of the Sarsfelds, the ballot was made an informal ballot. Cap tain Tiesing and Lieutenants Lane and Waite acted as tellers The ballot resulted as fol- l lows:
 Whole number Of votes 80 Necessary tu 8 choice .16 Msjor Charles Bannon, Waterbury. ...........14 Fx-Captain ". Leavenworth, WalIinsford IA General Frank D. Sloat New Haven. .........2 3 ! A motion by Captain Tiesing to take re. cess for five minutes voted down, and H-J II kf.z.~ I ceed to formal ballot. It resulted as fol lows:
 Whole number of votes cast. st-................. .3l 1 Fx-Captain Leavenworth -.....................l7 | Major Bannon IA l Colonel Graham announced that the off ! cers had made choice of W. J. Leavenworth as lieutenant colonel of the regiment, and | on motion of Captain Thomas the election ! was made unanimous.
 At half past 3 8 dispatch was received ! from Captain Leavenworth. It was non committal on the point of his positive ac- l ceptance or declination, as it consisted mere- \ ly of inquiry as to the circumstances un- der which he was elected. Major Bannon ! said this was indecisive and suggested to the committee that they communicate with Cap l tain Leavenworth by telephone, informing ! him that he was unanimously elected. The ! suggestion was acted upon. Captain Tiesing, ! who acted for the committee, returned in a ! few minutes with the announcement that ! Captaln LeavenWorth repued that ne would accept.
 WaIter.J. Leavenworth, the new lieutenant ! colonel, is gentleman of about thirty seven years of age. He is member of the firm of \ R. Wallace & Sons of Wallingford, manu- l lecturers of silver plated ware, etc., MT.
 Wallace being his father-in law. He has
 been twice in command of Company K, of
 Wallingford, and has proved himself 8 good
 officer. His knowledge of military matters
 Is quite extensive. The first captain of Go.
 K Captain Yale, recently reelected He
 served from 1871 to 1874. Capt. Leavenworth
 succeeded him, holding the captaincy about
 three years. Then Captain Mix took com
 mand, and after 8 few years Captain Leaven
 worth was called back to his old place. He
 served until quite recently. He resigned
 both times on account of press of business
 preventing him giving that attention to the ! company that he felt he should. Previous
 to the election yesterday, however, those
 pushing him for the lieutenant coloneicy
 said that if elected he could accept for the
 reason that the duties of the position would
 not take up so much of his time if he were
 in command of 8 company. Captain Leaven ! worth is a man of means, a deacon in the
 Congregational church, man of fine pres
 ence and good address, and his friends say ir
 every way qualified to reflect credit upon his l position and the regiment. He is gentle ! man of family and moves in the best society \ in the place where he ives