Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-28
THE TWENTY.sECONDss VETERAN
 CORPS.

A notable military event in this city will, of course, be the visit of the Veteran corps of the Twenty second New York regiment to New Haven, June IS. The regiment will leave New York on the morning of the 17th, on the o'clock limited, in special cars pro- vided expressly for the regiment through the
 courtesy of General Superintendent Shepard of the Consolidated road, courtesy which the veterans warmly appreciated, and after being entertained at Hartford by the Put
 nam Phalanx, will leave that city on the fol lowing morning at 10 o'clock for New Haven. They leave for New York at 8:38 p. m. Ar
 engagements are being made to give the | corps a reception worthy of the high reputa- tion of the coming guests, both as citizens | and as veteran military organization un- surpassed in the country. The Twenty
 second New York and its Veteran corps just | ly rank very high as military organization, | and sketch of them and some of the indi- | vidual members will be interesting to the l New Haven public, who will most heartily welcome them in our midst.
 The Twenty-second regiment was organ | ized and equipped at the outbreak of the war in 1861 through the public spirit and at the cost of it's own members, and certain banks insurance companies and citizens of New York, and in October, 1861, was mus tered into the service of the State as the Twenty-second regiment, N. Y. s. M, the city and State thus acquiring regiment of | infantry without public expense. Since it's organization the regiment has always been | classed among the most efficient of the mili- tary organizations of New York.
 | The character of it's membership, it's excel l lence in military drill, it's esprit de corps l and notably it's superior discipline, have Il earned for the command high standing in | public estimation and in the opinion of com | potent military critics. During the war the \ organization volunteered twice for field ser | vice in response to the proclamations of | President Lincoln; first in May, 1862, and | second in June, 1863. On the first occasion it did duty chiefly as part of the garrison of l Harper's Ferry, voluntarily extending it's ! ened invasion of Maryland and Pennsyl- | varia by General Lee. On the second occasion the regiment formed part of | the provisional division commanded by Gen eral A. J. Smith, operating in Maryland and Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg cam | paign, and took part in the actions of June l 30 and July at Sporting Hill and Carlisle, | Pa. Returning to New York city, it assisted | in suppressing the draft riots of 1868, and | continued on duty until the restoration of | tranquility In 1871 the regiment formed \ part of the immediate escort to the Orange ! | discipline during the riots on that occasion | contributed in no small degree to the credit | of the city and State troops and to the dispersion of the rioters In Novem- Der of the same year the regiment | was again called out for active duty in anticipation of riots; and again in 1877, during the railroad riots, the regiment was on duty day and night for nearly a week. On these occasions of danger, the records will show that it's parad1ng strength was lar ger than at it's ordinary drills and parades. The Twenty-second has performed two tours of duty at the State camp of instruc- tion, one in the year 1882, and the other in 1885. In 1882 the course of the regiment was justified and rewarded by the official action of the State authorities in placing it "first in the order of merit" among the regiments of the State.
 Last summer the command received very high compliments from Lieutenant Colonel Henry w. Closson of the Fifth United States artillery for it's soldierly conduct at Peeks- kill, where it performed splendid service in the annual State encampment.
 Among the many gentlemen of prominence in the Veteran corps who will visit this city are the following:
 Col. s. Ellis Briggs, commander of the corps, is the most popular and efficient com mander that has presided over the destinies of that organization. K company of the active regiment was organized through his
 
 came it's captain and made it the largest in point of numbers and the best in drill and efficiency of any of that noted command He joined Co., c of the active regiment, then
 caafsn cnass Gohn asr ff the vb.P Popa1 sn 16 years of age and was elected first lieutenant of Co. A when but IS years of age. After his retirement from Co. K, which he organized, he re-enlisted and served as private for three years in the com pany of which he was first captain. He is familiarly known throughout the Veteran corps and the regiment as Sam Briggs, and his friends are legion. He is at the head of the largest cooperage house in the United States, and the energy and personal magne- tism of the man has made everything he em-
 parked in success. To know him is to love him; and to one and all he is per feet type of natures true nobIeman. Quartermaster John H. Palmer is one of the original members of the 22nd regiment at it's formation in '61, and 8 man always re- spected by the entire regiment, and he points always with satisfaction to the fact that Col. Briggs was his recruit.
 Lieutenant Colonel Philip Farley, better known as "Little Phil" among his comrades,
 is whole souled gentleman, an eloquent speaker and true type of what a gentleman and soldier should be.
 Major A. Ritchie served with the regiment during the war, and is known as hard working, energetic man, who never knows what the word fail means
 Adjutant James G. McMurray is hard worker, who loves the corps and works for it's interests in a quiet, unassuming way. He is identified with the Old Guard of New
 York, is thirty-tuo degree Mason, a prom inent Odd Fellow and an active politician.
 Commissionary T. W Harris is prominent real estate man, and his brains and business sagacity have contributed much to his own success in life and the prosperity of the or ganization he so worthilyrepresents
 Surgeon N. R. Pearsall, the best known local celebrity in the National Guard of New York, and generally known the f'Wooden Indian, 1" is character in his way that defes description. Brimful of humor, he is as ready to fill one with new life as he is (pro- fessionally speaking) of taking it.
 The chaplain, Rev. W. N. Dunnell, is rec tor of All Saints church, in Henry street, who still ministers to the veterans in peace as he did during the late war.
 Among the many veterans in the ranks who will accompany the corps, will be Gen eral Lloyd Aspinwall one of the best known and wealthiest citizens of New York He was the first lieutenant colonel of the active regiment. The lamented Colonel Monroe who was graduate of West Point and who died at Harper's Ferry while the Twenty second was engaged in defense of the | eountry's flag, was the first colonel, and at his death Colonel Aspinwall was elected col onel. Colonel Geo. w. Laird, who is ever ready to renew the bloom of youth among fair maids and has most successfully conducted this branch of the fine arts; Gen. George W. Wingate, formerly captain CO A, 22d, the father of rife practice in this country; Major w. J. A. McGreth, the his torian of the corps, whose experience as B war veteran and member of the bar renders him an invaluable auxiliary, and who was adjutant of the regiment in '63 in its Harper's Ferry campaign, and is familiarly known among all the boys as Billy McGreth; Capt. R. E. Hayes, one of the original members of the old regiment, and to whom the credit of originating and perfeoting the contemplated trip of the corps is due; Mahlon Chance, ex- Congressman and known as the silver-tongued orator of Ohio; James Burdett, whose talent as a humorist and elocutionist was first de- veloped in serving in the ranks of the regi- ment; John H. Horsfall, at one time major of the regiment and served with distinction in the wal, rising from the ranks as a private to command division general; ex-Colo- nel Joseph W. Congdon, now lieutenant col onel of Paterson, N. J., Light Infantry, the crack corps of the State of New Jersey; Capt s. s. Wood, who won his rank in the navy by meritorious service; genial Capt. S. Bolton, of the noted dry goods establishment of