Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-04
THETwENry-FoURTH REUNION.

How the Veterans of the Tenth Regf- |
 ment Enjoyed Themselves at stony |
 Creek Yesterday.
 No more favorable weather could have | been desired by the veterans of the old Tenth regiment for their twenty fourth an nual reunion than that of yesterday at Stony Greek. Although the morning looked like rain, the thick mist soon lifted
 and a thin veil during the remainder of the day served to take off the sharp edge of
 the suns torridity, while refreshing
 breeze from the sound also aided in making
 the weather enjoyable. ?
 That Stony Creek has always been a fa-
 vorite locality for the veterans of the 'fold | Tenth" to hold their reunions is evidenced
 by the fact that this was the third time at
 least in which they had engaged Landlord
 Frink to serve up for their especial enjoy
 ment one of his famous shore dinners.
 Next to the pleasure pertaining to these
 occasions that veteran experiences in
 meeting and greeting an old comrade
 months, and maybe for several years, is that of sitting down to "Mine Host''
 Frink's table and partaking of the succu-
 lent clam, duly seasoned and served up with all the accessories of a genuine shore dinner. The fare provided by Dick Turn
 CT at the "Hotel de Libby" and that of kindred ''hostelries" in rebel dom while the war was in prog ress, all of which institutions
 circumstances, could bear no comparison, in point of quality abundance and satisfac- r ton, to that which graced the tables of
 the ssautocrat,, of Stony Creek yesterday. : What then, with the enticement of 8 pleas. ant greeting of old comrades and the as surance of royal and abundant dinIer it will not appear strange to relate that 6 : goodly number of the aging veterans were f present on this occasion, together with n lady relatives and minor descendants, SC ' that when the dinner tickets were disposed l. of it was found that no less than no per L sons sat down to demolish the grand Z" spread which friend Brink had provided. e The business meeting, held soon afte their annual, resulted in the choice of thu r following officers for the ensuing year r. President, Willis H. Wilcox; first vic e president, R. S. Keith; second vice presi dent, Oscar c. Beach; secretary and treas q urer, D. L. Durand; assistant secretary
 w. E. Whittelsey.
 d Following the dinner speeches of remi
 niscent character were made by Genera r. Aiken of Norwich, Generals Greeley Good n year and Otis and others.
 | An interesting sketch of the services an
 early death of Lieutenant Colonel Drake st written by General Otis, was read by Sec d retary Durand. An original paper wa e also read by Secretary Durand, giy
 ing sketch of the attempt t m capture Fort Sumter by night assault "a during our operations on Morris Island
 for which hazardous undertaking @ goo ,- many members of the Tenth regiment vo e unteered. The land troops were to act i ,e conjunction with the navy in this entei n prise, and the marines, who were in th
 advance were discovered and gener' se fire was consequently directed to tt et heroes constituting this 'tforlorn hope, ,e which resulted in their withdrawal withor ,d anything being accomplished. Gener, ,d Greedy read letter from Chaplain H. Ola o- Trumbull of Philadelphia, apoIogizing ft as his absence by the circumstance of havin a. recently lost his wife by death. Gener
 Greeley spoke in eulogistic terms of u h. departed lady.
 III It was voted to hold the next reunion e- Plainville, in acceptance of written inv an tation signed by thirty one of the prom th nent citizens of that town.
 The following veterans from this cit ac were in attendance: Henry 0. Smith, a s. Duff, Miles L. Smith, L. B. Brown, ns E. Whittelsey, H. T. Peck, H. H. Bradle, et c. A. Atkins, w. B. Holt, Walter Frent of and Harpin French