Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-16
THE woRK.NEARLx FINISHED.

Meeting Of the General Committee on
 New Havenss Two Hundred and Elf
 tieth Anniversary to be Reld To.
 morrow Night-What . Member Says
 0fshe Dfssatfsfaction i'm the City Bat-
 talton.
 The work on ths celebration of the two hundred and fftieth anniversary of the set- clement of the town of New Haven is nearly completed. The general committee will have but two more meetings, tomorrow night and Thursday night. Many of the committees have made final reports.
 A member of the general committee said yesterday in regard to the dissatisfaction in the city battalion as reported in the Sunday Register: ''The city battalion certainly mis- understands the matter if it feels as reported by 8 member in the Register. He says that 'itis the smallest potatoes and the fewest in the hill of anything ever heard to invite the out of town companies of the regiment here to parade on that occasion and then not even provide the slightest thing for them to eat or make any appropriation for this pur- pose.' He further says: Besides, the out of town companies have to pay their railroad fares. It is serious reflection upon the city that such a state of affairs should exist and the c1Gy Dattal1On mas gOG prl0o onouSn CO make an addition to it's expense sufficient to show decency to the visiting militia Then he says Hartford wouldn't show such 8 lack of courtesy and many otEer things that show he misunderstands the matter.
 s'Now let me tell you. At the meeting of the general committee three weeks ago last Thursday, General Bradley said that he hoped the committee would lay aside the rule which it had adopted in voting not to invite any 0rOaNizQfioO from ont of town He thought the out of town companies of the Second
 regiment should be invited, as the home companies would feel much better. He knew Colonel Leavenworth of the regiment
 would be pleased to have the whole regiment
 turn out. The colonel further said that the
 city companies would be perfectly willing to
 banquet the visitors if the general committee would only pay their railroad fare. Colonel White of the sslectmen then said that Colonel Leavenworth had expressed desire to him that all the companies take part in the par ade. He thought $170 would cover the ex- pense of transportation. General s. R. Smith also spoke on the matter. Colonel White then moved that the out of town com panies be invited. There was considerable objection to inviting these companies, as it was thought the committee should adhere to it's vote not to invite out of town organiza- tions and to make the celebration strictly town one. Colonel White then withdrew his mOGlOn aS u0 OlO uOG QeSlr6 10 press 1l but it was nevertheless passed and $200 wal appropriated to pay for the transportation of the companies. Nowyou can see the con- sistency of the city battalion in finding fault and censuring the committee, when il was voted to invite the out of town com panies to please the city companies, and il was expressly stipulated that the city com panies should provide them with eatables, al ! we discussed it and found that if we had te do that we couldn't invite them. We brokt l our vote just to please these companies, and ! now get censured for it. It is hardly fair but think the members of the city battal lion do not understand the facts.''
 Admiral Foote post at it's meeting Satur- ! day night voted to parade, and Commander
 Brown was appointed committee to secure the music. The Wallingford band vii 1 probably be engaged. The post is in [ quandary over the place where Admira Foote was born. It is on one of the corner of Union and Fair streets, but which one Ii | a conundrum. Ex-Msyor Lewis is working on the matter, and as soon as it is decided ol
 the post will erect memorial tablet there.