Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-18
HARrFoRD,s DEDICATION DAY.

yen's Part in the CelebrattOn-NOtes
 And Incidents.
 Hartford's memorial arch, erected to com memorate the brave deeds of her sons in up- holding the honor and integrity of the nation in it's hours of peril, is completed and has been appropriately dedicated. Hundreds and thousands of people from all parts of the State and from other States gathered at the "Capito" city yesterday to do honor to the occasion. They gathered from hillside and valley, from the busy marts of industry in the larger cities and towns, the farms and manufacturing villages to do honor to the occasion. Not the men alone, but the wo- men and children left their homes and helped to swell the great throng on this eventful occasion.
 The threatening weather of the morning, and which continued the greater part of the day, no doubt kept hundreds from partici- pating in the interesting ceremonies, and but for this the crowd would no doubt have been as large or larger than it was on the ever memorable e Battle Flag day. New Haven added her full quota to the contingent that went to aid her sister city
 in the celebration. Every regular morning train and the special as well carried to their destination hundreds of her citizens. The o'clock train, which was composed of six teen cars, carried Governor Harrison, Adju- tant General Smith, Colonel Tracy B. War ren, Executive Secretary Osborne and other members of his staff. On the same train went many well known citizens of New Ha ven, among whom were Mayor Holcomb, President of the Aldermen Thomas R. Trow- bridge, jr., Corporation Counsel Driscol, w. F. Sternberg, Cashier Trowbridge of the Mechanics bank, Captain F. T. Lee, Merritt W. Burwen and many others. The 9:15 special train was made up of fourteen cars on which were Admiral Foote post No. IT, Simeon J. Fox commander, 225 officers and men; Henry O. Merwin post, William Gleason commander, 100 officers and men; Nathan Hale camp, Sons of Veterans, Captain Chas K Farnham, 40 officers and men, all being accompanied by their respective drum corps. Then there were the Sarsfeld Guard, Captain Garrity, with 50 men, and the Governors Horse Guard, Majer Strong in command, delegations from the neighboring Grand Army posts in the Naugatuck valley and Milford.
 When the train bearing the Governors staff reached Hartford they were met at the depot by the Governors Horse Guard and escorted to the Allyn House, which was the headquarters of his excellency during the day.
 Before the noon hour arrived, which was the time set for the literary exercises to com mence, thousands of people had gathered in the vicinity of the grand stand and the num- Der continued to increase until the park in the near vicinity was literally filled with people. The stand was nearly in front of the terrace and to the west of the tents assigned as headquarters of the various organizations. The exercises commenced with music by the band, followed with prayer by Rev. Joseph H. Twitchell, member of the mon- ument committee. Vocal music, under the direction of J. M. Gallup, followed, when Colonel George P. Bissell. chairman of the monument committee, delivered the memo rial arch to the town.
 Among the more important facts gleaned from Colonel Bissell's address was the follow ing: At special town meeting held the 25th day of November, 1881, the sum of $60, ,0O0 was appropriated from the town funds for the purpose Of defraying the cost of "a mon- ument commemerating the services of the soldiers and sailors who enlisted from Hart ford in the late war, and who fell in action or died from wounds and diseases incurred in discharge of their duty" After referring to the appointment of the committee to select a site and supervise the work, the col onel said
 Your committee beg leave to report that all the bills, with some few exceptions and for very small amounts, are in and paid, and will soon be audited by the proper au- thorities; and your committee is also 8 ble to report that this memorial has been built, as was the case with our beautiful State House, < z"aWithin the appropriation" +' < .szYo our committee now hand over to the stown of Hartford this arch, an enduring memorial in honor of the men of Hartford who served, and in memory of those who fell on land and sea in the war for the Union.
 GENERAL HAwLEY's ADDRESS.
 General Hawley's speech was g noble trib ute to the occasion and was listened to with deep and profound attention by the large concourse of people, to large part of whom ing of ''Battle Flag Day" in 1879 and it's pomp and glory, and alluding to the occa- sion which had called this great assemblage together with so large a collection of the men most notable and honored in Connecti- cut to day, he proceeding said:
 The repeated selection of this day for mill tary ceremonials in Connecticut has serious and yet proud significance. Twenty-four years ago to-day four Connecticut regiments, the Eighth, Eleventh, Fourteenth and Six teenth, brigade under the command of Gen. eral Harland of Norwich, participated in the battle of Antietam, two of the regiments, new and untrained, received that day their ''baptism of fire" and the brigade losing 602 killed and wounded. On no other day did Connecticut make so great sacrifice. Hart ford shared in the deaths. the wounds and the honor.
 And so from the beginning has it shared in peace and war in whatever has gone to the setting forth and maintenance of repub- ican government. The records of history oe11r, 1oa aI,o111 k~ II tie republic of Connecticut in whatever goes to the making of a liberal, free, progressive. honorable and steady government. It is great satisfaction to know that in that his tory the town of Hartford has for two hun dred and fifty years borne part which, in each successful generation, according to the light, the knowledge and the ability of the day and time, has been at least abreast of the best in the love and promotion of all things good for the liberties and duties of man kind.
 General Hawley spoke of the scholarly, pious Thomas Hooker, who led his congrega- tion of one hundred of both sexes and all ages across the wilderness in the early sum- mer of 1636-two hundred and fifty years ago-and who in sermon delivered May 31, 1888, laid down platform of civil govern ment which reads we'll in the light of to- days experience. The speech then gave a compact historical review regarding the colo ny of Connecticut in 163s, which consisted only of Windsor, Hartford and Wethers- field. The government of these politically combined towns was pure ideal democracy with apparent inconsistencies of superior power or authority whatever, save that of the divinity. With further remarking about the charter of King Charles, which modified Rockers platform of civil law but little, and that in form, not in substance, General Hawley spoke of the attack on Sumter and bow the North sprung to arms to save the Union, and of Hart ford's contributions of regiments and men to the war. Hartford alone furnished one-tenth of the three months troops and about one-twelfth of the three years and other soldiers. General Hawley then re- ferred to the tender of $500,000 by the Hartford banks to Governor Buckingham for war purposes when Sumter was fired upon and to the fact that Hartfords expenditures for bounties, premiums, communication and support of families amounted to over $269,- 900; also more than 1, 900 men of Hartford bore arms in the national cause, nearly 400 of whom died in the service. The speaker then alluded to the more prominent of the Hartford men who were distinguished in the service, and with pleasure noted also that the was erected to both soldiers and sailors of the war. In eloquent words Gene ral Hawley now alluded to the opening of the great civil war, following as it did so long a period of profound peace and with such