Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-02
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THE OLD TWENTY @SKV kSNAHs
 Their Eighteenth Annual Reunion at Pot Island Yesterday-Largely Att
 tended Officers Elected President Thomas speeches General Sloat's Letter-The Gettysburg Mon- ument.
 The eighteeth annual reunion of the 27th
 regiment Connecticut Volunteers was held yesterday at Pot Island, one of the Thimbles The reunion was very largely attended, about | one hundred and ten persons going by the | steamer Ivernia to the island. The start was | from Belle dock at 9:30.
 There were nearly one hundred and twenty five persons, ladies and all, on board. The
 sail was delightful one. The Island was sighted about 11:30. After greetings from
 Landlord Barnes of the Thimble Island
 House the ladies of the party were escorted
 to the hotel and the veterans went to the pa
 vilion and at once began their eighteenth | annual meeting of the association. Vice. | President Captain David s. Thomas was | chairman and E. G. Mansfield secretary. l About eighty veterans were present. The
 roll call showed that in Companies A, c, D, l G, H, no men were lost during the past year.
 In Company B, since the last meeting
 Isaac K. Hall had died at his home l in Maine. In Company B two deaths reported Charles D. Henderson at Hampden | and Corporal Amos J. Herkins, who died short time ago at New York city. In Con- pany F were Charles E. Potter and Stiles L. Beach. In Company I John B. Bailey and l Seldom Hall In company K three deaths
 were reported, John Resell, Jacob Cramer, | Urban Rudolph. The report of the Gettys- | burg monumental committee was read by | Treasurer R. P. Cowles. His report was as l follows:
 Mir. president and comrades-The honor of acting
 treasurer for the monumental fund has been rec | ognized by me and have endeavored to fulfill my
 duties connected with the office to the best of my bills have been paid.
 | The committee on monument was greatly disappointed with it's appearance when the veterans visited it. Since that time it has been fixed up and is now in good and last ing condition. There is balance of $100 in the treasury which will be given to the build CT of the monument, who lost money on the contract. He made arrangements to have one hundred and fifteen names inscribed on it and the committee put on nearly 700" !" The report was voted accepted and the com mittee extended & vote of thanks for their efficient work while in office.
 It was voted to give all the members of the regiment now living and to the veteran and ac- tive Grays copy of the book giving an ac- count of the trip to Gettysburg and des- cription of the monument.
 Chairman Thomas then produced tele- gram from President Simeon J. Fox, which | was read by the secretary. It was as fol- lows:
 To Captain David Thomas, vice president Twenty seventh regiment association:
 Veteran commander I find it utterly impossible to be present at your eighteenth reunion. Please
 express to the association my regret at this una
 happy and pleasant to all are my sincere desires (Signed) Simeon J. Fox. Detroit, Mich. uA AoF& &1,o Arno of the trip was next made. It was shown that the boat had cost $25 and there was a balance of $16 08 on hand after all expenses had been paid. The treasurer, F. Cornwall,
 was complimented on his work. The invitation to attend the dedication of the memorial monument at Hartford was next read. It signed by William Barry of the committee on dedication. It was laid over till the afternoon session. The com mittee on badges next reported through Charles Baldwin. The Gettysburg badges the committee reported had been prepared
 ard were for sale. They are of clover leaf
 shape, with Fredericksburg, Charlottesville
 and Gettysburg and 27th c. V. inscribed on it on red face.
 The secretary next read a letter from Gen
 eral Frank D. Sloat, veteran of the 27th.
 My dear friends and comrades:
 A report from me as chairman of the Get
 tysburg monument committee may be in or der at your reunion of the regiment, but am not aware of anything that should be braced in such report to you at the time of dedication, except an account of the trip and ceremonies, all of which will appear in the book about to be published, and intended to be ready at the reunion.
 During an engagement of considerable inn portance which will call me from the State on the Both inst, and forcibly deLain me some days, I may be unable to meet with the ''bovs' at the reunion. I assure them
 that I will very much regret the interven-
 tion of any circumstances prohibiting my at
 tendance as I have an earnest pride in the
 war history of the old Twenty-seventh, pus- plemented by profound reverence for the memory of the heroes dead, and peculiar regard for the heroes gallantly contributed to that history. Each year makes the record more precious. The hand of time and the pen of the historian are
 gradually but surely removing the debris and
 telling the truthful story of the regiments
 valor at Fredericksburg, Charlottesville and
 Gettysburg. When the full story shall be
 told the then surviving members of the old
 Twenty-seventh will understand and appreei-
 ate as never before the degree and the
 grandeur of the honor conferred by service
 with that regiment.
 (Signed) FRANK D. SLoAT.
 A committee to nominate officers for the
 ensuing year was appointed as follows: Com
 pany A, Lieutenant John F. Chapman Com
 pany B, Henry c. Nichols; Company c,
 Fred Cornwall; Company D, John A. Nun Company F, Daniel O'Neill; Company G, c. $. Gladwin; Company H, Mansfield; Company I, Lieutenant s. N. Smith; Com pany K, John Hager. The committee were notified to report at 2:30 o'clock the names of their candidates. The report of the com mittee on roll was next heard. Only Com ID GQfIRfQnfOrV Rhnw1nO The committees were continued. for another year. At this juncture of the proceedings a recess was taken for dinner. Many of the people brought their dinner with them in heavily laden baskets and made up parties and sat about on the rocks and hooks and enjoyed their contents Many people, how ever sat down to Landlord Barnes we'll laden table at the hotel. Captain David s. | Thomas who had charge of the press men, entertained them royalty and took them in the lvernia to the Island View House at Fly ing Point for dinner.
 The afternoon session was called to order at 2:30 by Chairman Thomas. The first bus \ mess was the report of the committe on nom- | nations. They reported officers nominated ! as follows:
 President-David S. Thomas, Go. E.
 Vice President Charles Spreyer, Co. K
 Executive Committee W. Price. Co. A; J. W. ssr eGTs o ce g. annson e. G. B. RoDeP Peterson, Co., E; James B. Munson, Co. F; A. J. Puffer, Co. G. H. F. Peck, Go. H; Christian Wells, Co., K.
 The association voted unanimously to ac- cept the report of the nominating committee and accordingly the officers nominated were elected.
 The old officers were: Simeon J. Fox president; David s. Thomas, vice president w. Cornwall, treasurer; E. G. Mansfield secretary. After the election the newly elected president, Captain David s. Thomas, said:
 Comrades-To me, who has so seldom met with you upon these occasions, this eighteenth annual reunion of the survivors of the Twenty Seventh is especially pleasing. For fourteen years until last season, when it was my good for tune to meet with you. these happy occasions have come to waited over the wires sent me through the mails by some thoughtful | friend here at home have ! -ead of the Twenty Seventh regiment reunions ! in various parts of the United States. and once | distinctly remember reading in New Haven paper | he beautiful address of our mutual friend, Captain Sloat. as was seated upon the upper deck of an ocean steamer and speeding out of the harbor of Queenstown.
 But, comrades there is vast difference between | eading these thing in the newspapers and being | present. in person. In the case we must tax the memory and draw heavily upon the fancy to com I olete the picture In the other we banish these ! Ireams and throw aside all visionary phantoms of he misty past and meet face to face and shake the