Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-19
THE TWENTY-sECOND.

A Fine Body of Men They Become the
 Guests of the Grayss Association and
 Spend a Delightful Day at Stony
 Creek.
 sHartford is 8 pretty good place, New Haven is still better, but Stony Creek beats them all in which to have 8 good time, said a member of the Twenty-second regi- ment Veteran corps of New York yesterday afternoon in the train on which the members of that association and the Grays were re- turning from Stony Creek. The Veteran corps arrived in this city from Hartford on the 9:24 train yesterday morning, over one hundred strong, with Colonel s. Ellis Briggs of New York in command, and had with them Dodworths Thirteenth regiment band of New York, twenty-five pieces. The Grays' battalion escort was drawn up on State street near Union avenue when the visitors arrived, and consisted of the uni formed battalion of thirty veterans under Colonel L. L. Morgan in their blue uniforms with shoulder knots and carrying swords, the ununiformed veterans, and the active Grays, forty strong, under Lieutenant Bates.
 The splendid band which the New Workers
 brought with them played some ot thelr
 most inspiriting strains as the corps moved
 away from the depot and saluted as they
 passed the Grays. The visitors drew up in Custom House Square, when the
 Grays again formed in line, and followed
 by the New York corps, marched up State street to Chapel, to Church street, to Elm, to
 College, to Chapel, to Church and to the ar
 mory Here, after the companies had ar
 ranged themselves around the hall, accord
 ing to the most approved style of military
 tactics, Colonel Morgan, commanding the Veteran Grays, welcomed the visitors through Colonel Briggs, their commander, and introduced Mayor Holcomb, who in a few pleasant and well chosen words extend ed a hearty welcome to the New Workers. The Grays cheered enthusiastically and re- peatedly and the visitors responded hearth y. From the armory the line marched to the depot, where they boarded four cars which were attached to the 1O:30 a. m. train over the Shore Line road, and at II o'clock the Grays and their visitors were in Stony Creek, and a quarter of hour later they had broken ranks on the lawn in front of Frink's Hotel,
 which already crowded with residents of
 the place and visitors from this city who also
 occupied seats on the veranda of Frink's Ho-
 tel A strong wind was blowing and the water
 was rough so that although the visitors had
 nearly two hours to spare before dinner, very few of them went out sail1ng, and the time was spent in playing base ball and so- ciability. At about 1 o'clock the Grays and their guests sat down to a shore dinner in Fr1nk'S pavilion ana TOT Inc next nOuF ana half the rattle of plates and the chirklug ot
 glasses with the hum of many voices was all that was heard. During this time the two bands, Wheeler & Wilson, of Bridgeport,
 which accompanied the Grays, and bod worths played several selections on the lawn in front of the hotel which were greatly en- ioyed by the visitors present. After dinner Postmaster Colonel L. l.. Morgan arose and introduced Mayor Holcomb, who made a short address, he being followed by informal addresses by ex-Mayor H. G. Lewis, Genderal E. E. Bradley, Colonel s. Ellis Briggs Surgeon NJ B. Pearsall, Paymaster F. W Robinson, Colonel H. Hanneberger, Major A Ritchie and others, which were heartily enjoyed and loudly applauded by those present. It was after o'clock when the speeches ended and after few more se- lections by the band the Grays and their wis itors marched to the depot and returned to this city on the train which arrives here at 5:55 o'clock, whence they marched
 to the armory, where half
 which these visitors were escorted to the
 depot, and departed on the 7 o'clock train
 for New York we'll satisfied with their visit
 to Connecticut.
 Captain Bolton, of the firm of Bolton &
 Neely. is captain in the Veteran corps and
 his store was finely decorated in honor of
 the visitors Fri colored bunting depended in festoons from the roof to the awning posts
 in front, which were also trimmed with flag
 cloth and bunting. The national flag was festooned over the entrance and another i'm
 mense flag f1oated over the streets. As the
 visitors came down the street they also saw and passed under in front of this store ban ner bearing the inscription: