Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-18
The New Orleans Continentals.

Their Coming Visit to New Haven-The
 Object and Aims of Their Vtsit-The
 Company Pays its Own Expenses,
 SIR, ,OO0-The Funds Rafsed GO for Q
 Grand Memorial ArmOry in New Or-
 leans.
 That the Continental Guards propose coming to New Haven next Saturday and spending the day is already weli-known fact, but the causes that led to this visit, the object of their entertainment at CarlPs Opera House in the evening and other like points are not so familiar to our readers. Last evening reporter met MT. Frank A. Small,R member of the Guards who travels in ad- vance, making railroad and hall rates and preparing for easy travel for the boys, and from him learned the points that are in dis pute. Said MT. Small:
 tOur company just three years ago went to Boston to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill and were at the time guests of the National Lancers In March, 1881, the Laneers accompanied by some two thousand other militiamen from various parts of the North returned the visit and for ten days New Orleans exerted herself to entertain them and to cement the bond of friendship and brotherhood which had been broken by the four years strife, from '61 to '65. The result was such as to
 
 and it was decided to build 8 memorial arm ory in memory of the heroes of both sides in that fracas To that end they have since been working, and have received in New Or leans several thousand dollars, most of which was realized from the exhibition of the tab leaux which they will give in our clty next Saturday evening.
 'tThe visit at present being made to the North by the Continentals is in response to invitations extended to and urged upon them | by various military commands in different cities, among which was the Sarsheld Guards of New Haven, through Captain Keefe. The tableaux are exhibited because the Lam cers of Boston requested that they be given, and in almost every other city similar re- quests have been made. The object in glv- l ing them is to aid the fund for the erection Of this armory and not to pay the expenses or l the trip, as each member pays his own ex- penses throughout. Not one cent or the | money so received goes to enrich or to ahord l pleasure to any member of the company, but 1 for good object which we were fully as- | sured would meet the hearty approval and patronage of our fellow soldiers and citizens 1 of the North
 sfOf what do these tabIeaux consist?'' stOf beautiful and interesting tableauxs l Illustrative of some of the most stirring
 scenes in the Revolutionary war. They are 1 described by the press of New Orleans as l really more elegant than the famous tableaux t or the MySG1c hT6W6 Ut C6EulVn b1u0s l l think they are there. The scenes represent l ed are The battles of Lexington, Bunker 1 Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Bennington, Sara l toga, Monmouth, Camden and Yorktown, the l capture of Fort Ticenderoga, Washing gton | crossing the Delaware, the march to and
 camp at Valley Forge. the storming at Stony Point and MolI Pitcher at Monmouth.
 '"The ContinentaIs are the representative
 men of New Orleans, both in business and social standing, and their entertainment is I not to be confounded with that of travel l ing show going about for gain, but la pleasure to them and g labor | of love that is meeting it's reward. In Bos ton over SC, ,00O was taken in in two enter tainments, half of which went to the Sol diers Home under the G. A. R., the balance
 to the armory fund. In Providence the en-
 tire lower part of the theater has been SC.
 cured by the First Light Infantry, and il
 Portland, Maine, similar action has been ta
 ken by the Brown Artillery, both of whict
 commands are the hosts and sponsors of the
 ContinentaIs while visiting and exhibiting in their cities.
 l sI hope no misunderstanding will occur il
 New Haven, and that our representative
 will have as pleasant time with your citi
 zens as am sure they will have as guests O ! the Sarsield Guards