Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-02
WAR VETERANS, REUNIONS.

WAR vETERANS' REUNIONS.
rho Tenth Connecticut Volunteers
Reunion Yesterday in Pla1nville-l
A Royal Reception by the Towns-
people - The Tenth Quadrennial
n Big Successive Speakers of the
Day - The Twentieth Connecticut L
Volunteer Boys Also Reunlto Yes
terday-Their Outing and Banquet
at Savin Rock-Features OF the Re.
unions.
The veterans Of the Tenth Connecticut
Volunteers, when they have had occasion
to partake, by invitation, of the hospital |
tiles of any particular town, have always
received regular ovation in every sense
of the word, and the gathering this year,
which took place yesterday at Plainville,
by invitation Of the wide-awake citizens
of that town, afforded no exception to the
rule. It was their quadrennial reunion,
and therefore felt to be sort of extraor.
binary occasion, consequently the at
tendance was corresponaingly large,
about one hundred veterans, with goodly
number of lady friends and youthful
scions being present. The weather seemed
to be in perfect harmony with tho occa-
sion, no finer day as an usher in of the
autumnal months being possible. The
early train, which leaves New Haven at
7:22, took up the greater number of the
attendants from this way, to which was
added quite number by the II o'clock.
Some others came doWn the New England
road, arriving about The same time. To
the early corners was accorded the honor
of being given line of march of about
two miles in length through the beautiful
streets of the village, headed by the
Plainville band, which discoursed excel
lent music.
Many of the houses along the route
were finely and deliberately decorated, and
received due acknowledgement of the
greeting thus silently extended the
veterans by hearty cheers. At the resid-
snce of D. B. Kills and Burwell Kills little
girls, representing the Goddess of Liberty,
were observed, creating considerable
enthusiasm among the old vets in whose
honor they appeared. The line of march
did not take in Church street, consequent
~ the veterans failed to witness the beauti-
full decorations which the patriotic resi-
dents of that street had prepared. The
business meeting was held in Morgan's
officers of the association were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, Captain 81. A. Peck; vice
| president, Sergeant A. F. Jones; secretary,
D. L. Durand; executive committee, Will
liam E. Whittelsey, Thomas J. Gill, V. E.
| Hitchcock.
It was voted to hold the next reunion in
Meriden on the first Thursday of Septem.
| Der next.
| Dinner was served in the town hall at IL
O'Clock, and royal spread it was. As the
generous citizens of Plainville had made
provision for four hundred hungry guests
and only about half that number sat down
| to the repast it will be seen that the rela-
greatly in favor Of the former.
The edibles being duly punished" thu
literary part of the program was in order
as follows: Address of welcome by Bur
we'll Carter, formerly of the New Haver
clock shop, chairman of the citizens com
mittee; response on behalf Of the regiment
by General E. S. Greeley; address by Majo
a. g. Dwight of Hartford, in which tn
facetious lallusions made were quite rel
ishable; 'Our Association" response b.
George B. Fowler; poem, by Comrade q
Nv. Granniss; ''The Ladies'" response b.
DR.. Matthew T. Newton; "Fort Gregg"
1 b00u6 WHICH 06uoIH1 "a. -. .. oOUuyo6
| was competent to handle, having been one o
| the participants in the hand to-hand en-
| counter, which resulted in the "old Tenths'
being the first occupants of that fortified
ton. "The Cause for which We Fought,
response by Comrade Hiram T.. Peck. 9Th
Field and Staff" by Colonel B. S..sPardee
Address, by a. Seymour Potter of Plain
| vile. "The G.. A. R." finely Responded
to by Captain Benjamin Wright of Green
wich. At the business meeting it was vote
to wire the following greeting to the com
rades of the Twentieth G. ", who wer
holding their reunion at Savin Rock:
Cordial greeting from the Tenth: May thes
by complete reunion when the angels SCUM
| the reveille."
Great credit is due to the citizens G
Plainville for the royal entertainment give
the veterans and for the very successfr
manner in which all the details were cal
ried out. Among the hardest workers
the welcome thus extended may be mel
toned the name of Comrade Marti
Barnes.
Among the attendants from this sectio
were General Greeley, William E. Viii
, | telsey, W. B. Holt, 81. T. Peck, R. S. DUFF
J. G.. Farnham, A. johnson, John Whitne
,, | of this city, J. J. Beecher of woodbridge
i Jerome Downs of Bethany,C. w. Grannit
, of East Haven, Henry G. Smith of Fla
Haven, Harpin French of West Haven.
: The mortuary record for the past year
as follows: Asa M. Graves, Harley Butle
Kelley, Edward Booth.
THE TwELFTH's REUNION AND BANQUET !
sAvIN ROCK.
q A large number of the survivors of IL
9 Twelfth regiment of Connecticut Volul
teers were present yesterday at the
twenty. seventh annual reunion at Saw
9 Rock. Miller's pavilion was the pla
q chosen and about two hundred were pre-
r emit. The meeting was called to order
b President J. 81. Thacher of Hartford
10 O'Clock. Communications were re,
l. from absent members, including J.
= Doolittle and Colonel Roso of Leesburg
!. Va.
l. 1t was found that eleven comrades hi
I died during the present year. The list
e | given below: Company A, Luoius T. Pre-
], ton; Company B, Noyes w. Mears, Sy
vester Bailey, Henry Brown; Company
William Rodman; Company D, Robert N
Kin1ey; Company e, Warren 81. Atkin
i Company !, Patrick Degnan; Comps,
81. Thomas Reilly, James McWhimme
D. D.
70 A collection was taken to defray the 9
= penses of the year, amountinf to near
"a $18. During the election of officers Colon
q Wooster of Birmingham, the favorite
a the regiment, came in, and three rousil
= cheers were given for him. The followil
v officers were elected: President, Henry
i. Peck of New Haven; first vice presider
Charles A. Sutlief of Southington; secol
3 vice president, Charles P. Abbey of Broo
y Ign, N. Y. Jessie Moore of Ansonia W
made chaplain, and A. E. Smith
70 Cheshire was selected as secretary al
d | treasurer.
d Then the grizzled veterans sat down
a repast and appropriate speeches we
g made by Colonel Wooster, Colonel Nc
d gan, Nathan Easterbrook and Commodo
Is Wells.
n Personal Notes.
c g. A. Moeller's family have returned
town from the shore.
70 Mr.. and Mrs. r. Il. eChitteneller have
% turned from Lake Dinmore, vt.
= Mrs. Marie Bradley and Miss M. E. Cha
n | man have returned from q seven weeks OF
% ing at Royalton, vt.
William h. Hoyt, the oyster dealer
South Norwalk. formerly Of Fair Have
has sailed for Europe.
David A. Lewis, janitor at the City me-
/. ket, has begun to occupy a pretty rel
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