Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-26
NIANTIC.

| The Encampment Next week-Rrfdre. ports New Armory-The Meeting i'm Bridgeport Yesterday - Military 1 Notes.
 Next Monday the c. N. G. go into camp at I Mantle for the week and the soldiers will as l usual give a good report of themselves. At the encampment this year Thalheimer will cater for the Blues, Light Guard, City Guard, Sarsfe1ds, Go. I, Meriden; Go. K, Wallingford; Wheeler & Wilson, American l and Meriden bands; Co. F, Bridgeport; one company each from Norwalk and South Nor walk, and one section of the battery. He will employ seventy-fve hands to attend to the soldiers wants
 Lieutenant Read, of the signal corps, c. N. G., will hold drill of those members de-
 tailed from the Bridgeport companies in the signal service at Union armory, Bridgeport, Thursday evening.
 Sherman H. Hubbard has been appointed I commandant of the Gatling gun battery, to be located at Bridgeport, with the rank of second lieutenant.
 A meeting was held in Bridgeport yester- day which was attended by many influential citizens of that place, the object of which was to confer with the armory commission,
 
 General Couch and Quartermaster General McManus, about new armory for the
 Fourth regiment.
 Governor Waller spoke as follows:
 tThe Legislature of 1884 appropriated $2O0, 900 for the building of armories under
 the direction of commission consisting of
 the Gov, Adjutant and QuartermAster Gen
 erals. The former commission contracted for armories at New Haven and Waterbury,
 and purchased lots at Bridgeport and New
 London. The New Haven armory cost
 about s6s,000, the Waterbury armory
 port S6,5OO, and the one in New London s6,000. The present commission finding that so much has been expended on the two armories have come to the eonclu- sion that it would require much more than the sum appropriated for the building of the eight ar1nories contemplated, and so refused to proceed with the erection of others until the last assembly had an opportunity to ad- wise upon the subject. I called the attention of the assembly to the facts in my message, but no action was taken in relation to the mat ter. Under the circumstances the commission feel authorized in assuring you that the legis lature expects that we will judiciously expend the balance of the money in erecting armo- ries in the places where the want is most felt and leave it to future appropriations if other armories are thought to be necessary. The former commission purchased a lot in your 1 city, as have said and the present com mission have increased it's size by purchasing a small addition thereto. The plans of the 1 architect to be presented to you contemplate | an expenditure of $33, 000 The commission appreciates the importance of your city, and ! it's probable future growth, and desire that 8 | commodious arInory shall be erected here embracing such architectural beauties as ! shall comport with it's purpose and character 1 of your other public buildings"
 1 Several gentlemen discussed the matter l and Robert W. Hill, the State architect, of Waterbury, submitted the plans drawn by | him. The call for structure of brick, stone
 and terra cotta, 97 feet long by 150 feet deep, | 2 stories with basement, and third story (attic) as band room, entrance porch 10 by 26 feet. There are four company parlors I with equipment rooms for each, a battery parlor and equipment room, janitor's room, quartermaster's store room, rooms for colonel and staff and adjutant, all connected by fold l ing doors. The basement has rife range store rooms, closets and apartment for heat ing apparatus, room for Gatling gun, etc. The roof will be slated and be supported by I an iron truss. At the front on Main street will rise tower 20 feet square and support l ing a tower 60 feet high with a flag staff. 1 There will be gable at either end and the street front.
 The examining board for Camp Couch was appointed Saturday. It consists of Maj. Adjt. Gen. E. NJ. Graves and Maj. F. A. Spencer, brigade inspector of rife practice. Col. Barbour was rendered position on the board, but was unable to accept on account of other engagements The duties of this board are to examine all officers ordered to report for such examination by general order
 No. 13, issued August 15.