Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-29


 Charles F Robinson, fourth sergeant.
 Charles slade, first cosporai Justin Marks, second Mansfield, fourth corporal.
 Musicians- Dennis Thorpe, Erus Bishop, Hobart Ives. Merritt Moulthrop.
 At this same meeting they adopted style of uniform which afterwards received the ap- proval of their regimental officer, and thus their organization was made complete.
 "A coatee of blue wooden cloth, single breasted. n Sre outSs % ss on tns breast and the breast well stuffed; the collar to be standug with two blind button holes of silver lace extend
 Ing from the front half way to the seam in tho back collar at the lower edge of the seam the skirt to be etc, etc. Loug blue pantaloons, two stripes of sil yer lace on each leg, and one and one-quartsr nses of glazed S9sa ea,her TOT eIsSs inches high, one inch smaller in diameter at each side of silver plated star on n top % large 1 stsr measuring five inches from point to point, with boxes and sayonss scaSbards to De sus pended by white webbing belt two inches wide, worn round tho body"
 Such was the regulation dress of this Sec- ond company in it's palmy days. The off, oers wore tho same uniform as the rank and file, with the exception that they carried Q white plume instead of blue. Captain Churchill at once got his command down to business, and May 6, 1899, issued the follow ing order:
 Tn accordance with aot forming and con- order that the public land near and in front of the Episcopal church In North Maven }, and the same
 made the psce of and company of the Tenth regiment of Conn., state in
 This "plsoe of parade" was chosen to avoid any possible conflict with the older militia company, whose drill ground lay in nf tha nk- It is not anywhere said that there existed any jealousy or enmity between these two organi- zations, but that the most friendly relations existed between them.
 The total strength of the company by their frst returns in May, 1889, was 62. At this muster there appears to have been some de- linquency in attendance, as barely one half of them were present for duty. Mine un- fortunate privAtes (who may have been plant ing peas) were fined four dollars for non-at- tendance; the others were excused for cause.
 In 184l the first flank company of the Tenth regiment was officially disbanded, and by general order the North Haven company was promoted to the right of the line and thenceforward known as the first flank com. pany.
 In 1s40 Captain Churchill resigned and was succeeded by Peter l.. Van Hoatep, who in 1643 rendered his resignation and was suc-
 
 tlsmen were Hamden men.
 September 27, 1e44, was a great day fer North Haven. It was "general trainin' day. :" The regiment was ordered to meet "near the house of William s. Hall for inspection, re- view and exercise" On this occasion the regiment marched te the open lots in the rear and south of the residence of Romanta T. Linsley. Captain Marks company paraded with thirty five muskets, five musicians and three officers on this occasion. It is said his command sustained Its we'll earned right to the name of the "1st company" Of it's line officers on that day only Willis Monson is living; of it's sergeants, Orrin Mansfield and Jesss o. Eaton remain; of its corporals, not one is alive; of its musicians, only Erus Bishop remains to tell how they carried of the noisy honors of the day; of the thirty. five privates only twelve survive.
 In 1645 Captain Marks laid down his sword and Henry H. Stiles was elected to the command of the company. In 1847 the State militia was rcorganized and the name of the regiment changed to the Second. The name of the company also for some unexplained reason was changed to the "2d Company" The new law did not work well. Interest in militarytnatters began to decline, and at the October inspection of Captain Stiles com mand in 1849 he had but nine muskets, one musician and four officers in line: total four teen out of only thirty on the muster rolls.
 Cepthm otles feelSneu nls commlsel0n In the fall of 1S40 and on December 10 of that year the company met at the basement of the Congregational church and chose Bennett Todd as his successor. Captain Todd had @ forlorn hope 10 lead. His reports are models of neatness, but the morale, the spirit of mil itary enthusiasn. was gone. His last report preceding the dissolution of the company was made September 26, 1851. On this occasion only three officers and eight pri- vates rav,optsd fcv dntv
 Suoh in brief Is the record of the "North Haven Bluss." There are at present twenty four surviving members of this once famous organization, of which Isaac L. Stiles is the highest ranking ofdcsr. A reunion of these old veterans of half a century ago would make one of the pleasantsst oceasions of the present day.
 Contemporary with this organization Aourished another military company, carry. ing on its rolls some of the best inhabitants of the town. To all appearances it was the legitimate descendant of tho old organization of 171S. and at one time and another had borne on It's rolls the long list of officers mentioned in the last article. Early in the present century (possibly many years befors) there were two such militia companies with respectively as "The East .sidsrsa snd "The west-sidsrs," the Quinnipiac river being the line of separation. There was con- siderable pickering and jealousy between these rival bodies. At their annual musters each remained on its own territory in the forenoon, but in the afternoon 1t was eus- tomary to join forces in battalion drill upon such side of the river as might be agreed upon. Tradition has 1t that these parades were about the most picturesque things un. der the sun, and if all the reports concerning them are to be believed, they were in no wise behind the democratic tendencies of their times. Most of the privatss seemed to know moro than their officers and gave more or- 1ers. Distinctions of rank and disci- pline were not always inscribed on shsir standards, and so when long sword occasionally got tangled up witha short ,fficers legs, greatly to the latter's discom- iture, 1t was no uncommon thing for the | tanks to offer considerable advice, or translate 'o him quite freely their opinion of his | prowess: The yeomanry of 1900 were indeed | aussz lst. All the wxeckags of the RsYslu- l