Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-18
THE BLUES, PARADE.
Serenade To Governor Harrison Last Evenine-The Governors Speech.

Serenade To Governor Harrison Lasl
 Evening-The Governors Speech. The parade of the Blues last evening un
 der command of Captain A. H. Embler wa l very pleasant and creditable affair. Tn Blues were headed by the 2d regiment bane which en1ivened the occasion by playing some of their best airs. By the side of Cap | tain Embler, during the parade, were ex | Major Shaw, ex-Captain Phillips and ex l Lieutenant J. c. Miles, who acted as the cap l tain's staff.
 It was the intention of Captain Embler to give Governor Harrison a marching salute without stopping, but when the Governor heard of this he sent word to the captain by Adiutant General s. R. Smith that he would not be satisfied without the company were formed in line in front of his residence, as he had something to say to the Blues. When the company were so formed Governor liar rison addressed them substantially as fol- lows:
 He thanked them for their complimentary
 visit and informed them that he was aware that their rating for the last five months was
 higher than any company in the brigade. Continuing the Governor, alluding to the
 importance of the National Guard, said he
 
 lEed-as he feared some of them did not
 the fact that the National Guard is not an
 association of men given exclusively to
 parades to mal giel music,' but 8 real, substantial, highly disciplined military force of great importance to the State, and
 the cost to the State of the National Guard
 was less than the cost to the city of the police department Of New Haven.
 ''1t is true that there is at present some
 extra cost pertaining to armories, etc., which will soon be over. What the State gets for
 this expenditure is a thoroughly and well dis ciplined little army, the members of which are required during seven months in the year to drill one evening per week, but sev- eral of the companies voluntarily drill more than that. The organized force of Connecti- cut is larger in proportion to the number of people than any other State with the pos sible exception of Rhode Island. It is un- questionably superior in quality to the mill tary force of large majority of the States and probably equal in quality to that of any State.
 ''This organization is of great value, as it is an important safeguard to the commonwealth of Connecticut. The people of Connecticut have right to be proud of the National Guard-they ought to be proud of it-and they certainly will be proud of it if they un- derstood it's real condition to-day" In clos ing the Governor thanked the officers and company for their courtesy, and congratu- lated them on the admirable example they had set to all other companies of the National Guard, and he believed that their example would have salutary ef- feet on the whole military force, and he also spoke in complimentary terms of the Cover nors Horse and Foot Guards
 Some veterans were in line. which required the use of about eighty muskets. The com pany looked fine, marching battalion of four companies. When the company return ed to the armory early in the evening Cap tain Embler stated that he was well pleased with the pleasant speech of Governor Harri- son.