Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-10
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The Coming Eneampment of the C. |
N. Cit Will BE the Biggest Yet
Changes, Etc.

The Coming Encampment of the c.
N. Cit VIII BE the Biggest Yet
Changes, Etc.
| Assistant Quartermaster-G General Morgan
is busy making preparations for tho an
nual encampment of the National Guard.
| AS the brigade will be in camp eight days
| this year, it has been necessary to arrange
| a new schedule of transportation This is
| being done, and will entail considerable
work upon the department. There will be
a number of changes in the next camp,
and in order to prepare for these Colonel
Morgan will send a gang of fifty men
down to Mantle, July %, to put the
| grounds in order. The chief change will
be the moving of the permanent buildings
at the quartermaster's department on the
right of the camp ground further to the
westward to give room for the extension of
the color line in that direction. The post
of honor on the right of the encampment
will be held by the Third regiment, Colonel
Haven commanding, he being the senior
colonel of the brigade. Next to the Third
come the Fourth regiment, and, lastly, the
| First, the artillery and separate colored
companies bringing up the left.
| There will be more troops in the next
camp than in any camp in the history of the
brigade. Last year the First regiment was
increased by the addition of new COM
pany, q of Rockville, and this year there
will still be another company, of New
Britain, thus giving the First full COM
plement of ten companies. The arms and
| equipment for the new company have ar
rived and will be forwarded to New Britain
as soon as the new captain, Charles h.
Moore, files his bond.
| The addition of two new companies
necessitates an extension of the space de-
voted to the troops, and for this reason
the wooden building used by the quarter
masters department. will be moved from
their present location to the extreme west
of the grounds, facing the roadway. The
tents of the department will also be moved
west and sdjoin the buildings.
Sunday in camp will not differ much
from ordinary days, except that time will
| be devoted to religious exercises. In the
| morning there will be the usual guard
| mount, to be followed by dress parade and
| inspection. In the afternoon the chap
lains of the various regiments will hold
devotional exercises.
A new feature of the coming camp will
be tent to be used exclusively for re
ligious meetings. This idea was conceived
by Rev. II. q. Kelsey, chaplain of the
First, and was heartily approved by the
| chaplains Of the other regiments The
tent will be erected between mess houses
Nos. 2 and 8, about the center of the brig
| AIDE, and the exercises will be under the
direction of gentlemen connected with the
Y. N. G. A.
The extra expenses to the state for the
| two days additional camp duty this year,
on the basis of $500 men present, will be,
for pay, etc., about $13, 900, and other in
| cidentals will make the total amount of
additional expense fully $4,000.
ssThat Board of Public Works In
vest1gatfon.o
| To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Under the above heading, in your issue
of this msrning, there appears long COM
munication signed "Justice."
The conclusions "Justice" draws are
worthless, because in nearly every instance
| the supposed facts upon which the con-
| misstatements, based upon misinforma-
| ton.
Speaking of the increased price for fill
| ing and ashes carted to a certain locality,
| "Justice" says: ''The fact is that the high
price was fixed when Mr.. Atwater was
| away down south in Florida" How could
| Commissioner Atwater have made the
motion, in the meeting of the board of
| public works, increasing the price, las the
l AOSOAoo 5AAO =" sAAoo AA0 NAAj IL Ao Woo oWoJ
down south ="
Tho increased price was Is cents per
yard, Q24 cents per loa0 and that was the
price Mr.. Atwater was paid. Most of the
material for filling was delivered for Is
cents per yard, or y cents per load.
There was only one instance where 80
cents per yard was paid, and that was for
cutting down street in Fair Haven and
| carting the material to Mechanic street,
| and was really equivalent to only Is cents
per yard for grading each street.
"Justice" confuses yards and loads
Will he explain how he makes 900 per
| cent" difference between 12s cents per
load Chalf yard) and rs cents for whole
| yarda
| Again, Justice states, ''the facts are
! that in all these cases where contracts are
not finished by the contractor they were
! not finished by the bondsman or bonds
men, but were finished by the city, and
that there never was an instance where the
| bondsmen finished the contracts" The
testimony, based on the records, was that
nearly $iOO, 900 worth of contract work
was completed by bondsmen. Comment
is needless. FACTS.
New Haven, July ., 1891.