Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-22
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"NSA VnC "uuOIcU NOW 1HSA-
to This Famous Old Organization
Last Nisht-A Large List of Prom !
1nent Men Join TO Form a Body |
Like the Old Guard or the Ancient
and HonOrables-Brillia success
of the Movement Assured.
Last evening a special meeting OF the
Second company Governors Foot Guard
was held at the armory, and the names OF
those siguing the petition for the reorgant-
cation of the company were unanimously
elected members of this time-honored or
ganization. Captain J. B. Webster pre-
sided. There will be a special meeting
at the armory on Tuesday evening, July
25, at 8 o'clock for the transaction OF I'M
portant business and signing the roll OF
the company by the newly elected mem
bers.
The following is list of the signers OF
the petition who were elected members
last evening, together with their respec-
tive military connections:
Ex-Captain Benjamin Brown, Twenty
Seventh O. v. and Company F, Second
regiment, G. N. G.; Henry S. Peck, TWEEN
tieth G. "; William A. Lincoln, major
First Conn. Heavy artillery; V. +. No
G. v; Edward Coe, Second Conn. Heavy
artillery; E. E. TisdaIe, Fourth Mass. in
fantry; John A. Hutchingson, Sixteenth
Thirty : Eighth Mass. infantry; D. S.
Thomss, 9th G. v; G. E. Hart cap
tain, 1O9th Y. S. G. T. =; A. D. Ssnborn, 9th
New Hampshire VOL; E A. Howell, 14th
c. v; A. j. Puffer, 9th G. ";
W. E. Morgan, 25th @. v; Jaron D.
Thompson, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artil-
lery; <. G. Mansfield, 9th regiment @. ";
Edwin S. Ferry, Howard G. Webb, W. P.
Ensign, Captain E. A. Gesner, ex-captain
Cunningham, T. q. Mcdonald, E. G. Os.
born, David Steele, L. Bostwick, 8. G.
Weed, g. Edward Osborn, Lieutenant
Colonel Frank T. Lee, Eli Mix, F.
B. Walker, Lieutenant Newcomb NJ.
Bassett, R. N. Nesbitt, E. N. Peck, Charles
@. Ford, ex-captain New Haven Grays;
Charles E. Rounds, OK captain New Haven
Grsys; S. J. Ipgham, L. R. Hammond, Q.
B. Matthswman, W. A. Wright, Colonel
N. g. Osborn, F. L. Miner, A. L. Barnes,
John H. Phillips, E D. Fowler A. D. Per-
kins, S. N. Kirby, Fire Commissioner L.
81. Stannard, John J. Osborn, F. q. Belden
of Thompson & Beldeu, E. D. Hendee, G.
b. Butler, j. N. Champion, R. F. Burwell,
ex Lieutenant G. @. Smith of the Light
Guard, W. E Morgan, L. G. Dickerman,
]. R. Lyon, ex-Town Clerk G. T. Heming-
way of East Haven, Edward N. CLARK,
ex-Staff Officer John G. Chapman,
B. Mcqueen, F. E. F. Norman, James NJ
Townsend, Oldest living ex captain New
Haven Grays; James Walker, q. s. Nun
son, ex-lieutenant of the Grays; J. Dunlap
Beecher of Knapp & Beecher, w. b. Brown,
all ex-members of the New Haven Grays;
ex-Lieutenant L. E. Jerome, Second com
pany Governors Foot Guard; VII. Hunt
Twentieth N. Y. v, Forty first N Y. V.
and Second company Governors Foot
Guard; Henry Martin, jr, Second COM
pany Governors Foot Guard; T. N. Gier-
ding, Foot Guard; Andrew H. Allen, ex-
inspector of target practice, also of Gov
ernor's Foot Guard; A. B. Wells, Cover
nor's Foot Guard; T. T. Thompson, Com
pany E, Second regiment; A. 81. Hubert
and E. J. Morse, Governors Foot Guard;
G.. F. Peterson, sdj utant Twenty-seventh
CIV; DR.. J. E. Stetson, Company E,C.N.G.;
NJ. E. Bull, Company E, Second regiment,
G. N. G.; Ellsworth A. Smith, Company
D, Twenty seventh G. v; Charles B. Fos-
ter, Sixth Massachusetts, commander in
LILO Ce5t VI tu0 Et11dICAo Ml1LAUt, bymAu
E Bradley, Seventh G. "; Prosecuting
Attorney E. G. Dow, ex- captain First Con.
nectiout Heavy artillery; Town Agent Gar
rity, Sixty-ninth N. Y. v, ex captain
Company g, Second @. N. g.; B. F. Brock
eat, Company I, First G. "; T. R. Hull,
First Connecticut Heavy artillery; John L.
Sloan, First Connecticut Light battery; E.
W. Sperry, Sixth G. "; W. E. White.
| sey, Tenth Q. v; OK Caldwell, Sixth CIV.
| b. A. Barnes, Twenty seventh c. "; Ever
F. Mcintyre. British volunteers; @. E
Granniss, ex Lieutenant of the Grays; J
G. Twining, Company D, Second regiment
G. N. g.; NJ. N. Custiss, 6. F. G.; Joh1
Tucker, G. F. g.; W. W. Price, Twenty
seventh regiment, G. "; 81. R. Wells
Charles Bradley, Charles Sperry, E. A
King.
Ex.Captain B. E. Brown and Lieutenan
| A. M. johnson will go to Hartford to-day
to look up in regard to the new uniform t
be adopted.
The reorganization of this company is
| most interesting event in the local militar,
history. The recognized company will
consist of 112 muskets, major with
four lieutenats and the regular number o
| non-commissioned officers The battalion
| will resemble in some respects the Oh
Guard of New York.
/; The old Continental uniform will b.
worn. This was the uniform which wa
| worn By the members when the compan,
| was fret organized under the command O
Captain Benedict Arnold in ITS. 1t con
sists of British grenadier uniform of tn
period, which was moderate size'
bear ekin chapeau, red coat facet
with buff and trimmed with gold
lace and bullion and gilt buttons. Th
coat was cut away to show long but
waistooat and had a high, straight cola
swallow-tails. The men also wore buck
akin breaches and high black leggins, fas
tened with many silver buttons. Broad
belts were worn, to which were attached
large cartridge box and bayonet scabbard
| If this uniform Ia adopted the state will
provide it, besides the fatigue uniform
consisting of small blue tunic and blu
trousers. This will be worn at drill an,
at other undress occasions.
The company has long and honorabl,
history. In 1875 Captain Arnold marche'
his command to the state house, then OF
the green, where the board of selectrnel
ing ammunition which was refused them
Captain Arnold thereupon gave the select
men five inmates to furnish his mel
with the desired articles and threatened t,
burst open the doors at the end of tina
time unless they got the ammunition.
The selectmen, after few minutes con
sid ration, obeyed Captain Arnold's com
mand. Arnold then took the men to Lex
ipgton, arriving there just too late for tn
battle, but joined the colonial forces a
Bunker Hill and took part in that battle
The company afterwards fought at Ticon
deroga, Grown Point and Quebec, wher
they were taken.
Who the officers will be Ia yet q matte
of conjecture. General Embler was frs
mentioned, but In an open letter says tina
he has been deeply interested in the mat
ter but desires it understood that he is no
Sin 1t" as far as the command is concerned
The letter in closing reads as follows:
| Sixty years Of age, an almost continuous ser,
| ice since 1854 well nigh five years of which
nearly a third of a century ago-was Gin tn
field, admonishes me that it is time to quit, an
so the use of my name in connection with tn
command is misleading. am happy to say
however, that l had something to do with til
| persuading of fully competent younger man
| ing another command in this city, his energeti
I work upon lines which seem to him proper 70
tnis REORGANIZATION are snmGient guarantee tina
| The use OF the name Of my friend and com
rade, ex-Captain B. 2. Brown, in connectio
l with the command is all right
E. Brown of the Grays will be elected
The social Importance of the organization
will be considerable, as there are some o
the most influential and prominent men Il
the city on the list of signers of the pc
tition. Only veterans of the Second regi
ment besides the forty-four present mem
bers of the Second company, Governor
Horse Guards, will be allowed to join.