Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-14
GRAND ARmx MATTERS.

A Prosperous Post-Adnairal FoOte
 Post Will Assist I'm Laying the Corr
 ner Stone of the Soldiers Monument
 Reunion of EGrand Army Conn
 rades-ComPlIments tOAssessOr Bald
 win.
 At the meeting of Admiral Foote post on Saturday evening five comrades were mus
 tered in, and the names of four recruits were received for membership.
 An invitation from the monument con-
 mittee inviting the post to be present at the
 laying of the corner stone of the soldiers
 monument on Thursday next was received
 and accepted by a unanimous vote. The
 post will not march to the park in body, but will meet at the site in the afternoon at o'clock. This action was taken from the fact that the march would be too long and
 tiresome for the veterans, and by the plan adopted they can go by busses or go by | horse cars on the State street line, and there by save part or the whole of long march. | It was stated by Comrade John Mccarthy, of the monument committee, that in the box which would be placed in the corner stone would be deposited copies of the bylaws, rules and regulations of the three posts, a | roster of the members of each post, Grand l Army badge, copies of the daily papers pub | lished in the city, records of the town meet l ing which authorized the construction of the | monument and other articles of historic value not yet fully decided upon.
 It is expected that Henry c. Merwin post at their meeting on Wednesday evening will l vote to attend and assist at the laying of the corner stone and that Won Steinwehr post | will also take similar action.
 The exercises will include the rituslistic | forms of the Grand Army on such occasions, | hx-o ofK K1o o1o ahn Qd- | dresses by Governor Harrison, Mayor Hol-
 comb, President Tyler, of the Board of Se-
 lectmen and General F. D. Sloat representing
 the Grand Army of the Republic.
 At the meeting of Admiral Foote post on | Saturday evening, Frank M. Lovejoy, Dr. | Charles Rawling and David s. Thomas were 1 appointed committee on arrangements for | a Grand Army reunion and picnic to te ke | place at Savin Rock sometime in August. It | is proposed to make the occasion one of in- | terest to all Grand Army comrades and to this
 end invitations will be sent to every post in
 the State to participate in the gathering. | A recent issue of the Columbia (Pa.) Spy
 has the following to say about Assessor | Baldwin:
 'sMr. Chas. A. Baldwin of Admiral Foote l post No. F, New Haven, Conn.,, visited Post | 118 on Tuesday evening. He made one of | the best impromptu addresses we ever listen | ed to and one of the best ever delivered iD
 Columbia. It was stirring, whole-souled, fraternal, spontaneous and patriotic greeting, | showing a generous, loving, Christian ! heart. He had been with the l boys at Fredericksburg, Chancellors- | vile and Gettysburg, and he appreciated the l ties of comradeship and the magic inspira- | tion of the touch of elbows. He knows and understands the fraternal bonds of the post
 room, and he knew how to touch a respons- l i've chord in the hearts of every comrade | present. MT. Baldwin represents the great New Haven house of Foy, Harmon & Chad
 wick, manufacturers of corsets. He was an | officer of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Volunteers"