Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-05
SILVER Anniversary.

SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
Five Thousand People Mt the Second
Regiment Armory-Governor Nor
ris and STAFF Present-Interesting |
Remarks by Several Speakers.
The silver anniversary of Admiral Foote |
post, No. II, department of Connections,
q. A. R., at the Second Regiment armory
last evening, was great success, and was
attended by fully 5000 people.
At 8 o'clock, prompt, the Second Regi-
ment band struck up Stickney's g.. A. R.
triumphal march, and followed with a
medley, "The Old and the New" by
Boyer; ga Day in Camp" by Reeves; and
q galop, "High, Ho," by Weigand.
After brief interval the bugle sounded
and the comrades fell in for dress parade.
The band again struck up the inspiring
strains of Sousa's "Washington Post"
march and followed with "The High
School Cadet" The following were the
officers in the parade: Post Commander
Edward Coe, Adjutant g. B. Foster,
Senior Vice Commander Henry s. Peck,
Junior Vice Commander Theron R. Hull.
The past post commanders acted as COM
missioned officers. The parade was
great success, the old veterans making
a fine showing. After the dress parade
Chairman William S. Wells delivered the
address of welcome. He said:
"Admiral Foote post was organized
| twenty five years ago and to-day stands
| third numerically In the country and sec-
| behalf OF this post extend to you all here
assembled hearty welcome and hope that
you may enjoy yourselves during your 90
| journ with u.s."
Comrade John Mccarthy, the only CON
tinuous member of the club from its or
ganisation, then made few congratula-
tory remarks in which he said:
"Cemrades-It is an accident which
| gives me place on your program to night,
of being the only one of the score who Or
| ganized and started on the march with this
grand post of ours who did not take fur
Tough or drop out on the way to this our
happy silver anniversary.
1--WE need and should have a reunion
4day for every veteran soldier and sailor in
good Connecticut. would suggest to our
friend, his honor Mayor Sargent and the
| other honorable mayors of the cities of our
state to make the Fourth of July that vet
eran reunion day, and give the soldiers and
| sailors such q welcome and attention as you
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the war"
Rev. Erastus Blakeslee of Granield,
Mass, formerly colonel in the First Con-
neoticut Cavalry, and later pastor of the
Second Congregational church (Fsir Haven)
then made few remarks containing many
"reminiscences. He told of the fret memoir
ial day Of the post on the 4th of July, 1869.
| Mr.. Mccarthy went to Hartford and
brought back from the capitol the tattered
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| in Music hall, at which ex-President Wool
sey of Yale college presided. In closing
he read the words of the prayer of Bishop
Phillips Brooks delivered before the Mas
sachusetts Commandery of the Loyal
Legion, where he said: Gail these
men have done something to advance
the great interests of the world-to
abolish wrong and establish right-help
them each day to do more-to do better
In loyalty and devotion to establish the
kingdom of Christ in the world and in
their own hearts," Rev. Mr.. Blakeslee Is
senior past post commander.
The band then played america" and
then came the grand march. Governor
Morris on the arm Of Chairman Wells led
the march. Governor Morris staff fol
lowed, then came Judge Lynde Harrison
and lady and Mayor ard Mrs. Sargent.
The dancing was the next in order on the
program. There were fourteen dances.
The program for the occasion, which was
| very elaborate, was very tastefully de
signed and executed by z. Crisand.
The dance program and committee were
as follows:
Lanciers-United States Army. ............ Moses
WaltzmDanube Waves. .Svanovie
Virginia reel~Aii quiet Along the Potomac.
Circle 'Se1 Rvs1
cnottische~Cocoanut Dance. Herman
Sensy TusR@oId Virgins. I Ssssa
Lanciers@Moantain Belle. wiegand
PoikaM:IHornppe Brooks
Single reel-AppomattoK.. ............. Selected
COMMITTEES in charge of the twenty fifth
annivezsaly-- s. Wells, chairman,
R. R, Russell, Simeon J. Fox, William f.
Smith. Henry s. Peck. :, ....> III,
The: reception. committee are-Com
mander Edward Coe, chairman, Senior
Vice Commander Henry S. Peck, Junior
Vice Commander Theron r. Hull, Surgeon
Charles Rawling, Chaplain Weston Ferris,
Quartermaster William E. Whittlesey,
Assistant Surgeon J. A. Munson, Adjutant
Charles B. Foster, Officer of the Day
Thomas E. Benedict, Officer of the Guard
q. F. McCollum, Sergeant Major Fred G..
Hastings, Quartermaster Sergeant a. E.
Shepard, Commissary Sergeant Edwin W.
Sperry, Assistant Chaplain W. q. Single
ton, George E. Albee, A. G. Austin. D. R.
Adams, G. F. Bollman. Isaac W. Bishop,
Buttricks, L. B. Brown, David Ford. Will
bur T. Gray. Edwin S. Greeley, Edward
Grisweld, William E. Gould Edward Hub
bell, John A. Hutchinson, George W. Bish-
op, Lynde Harrison, Samuel A. McCurdy,
Lawrence o'Brien, Henry F. Peck. Leon
ard E. Peck, William 81. Pierpont,
B. s. Parde", W. L. G. Pritchard, q. d.
Raymond, William N: Russell, Charles J.
Buckbee. Edison W. Bishop, R. A. Belden,
Il. A. Barnes, Charles W. Blakeslee, jr,
L. E: Bradley, John Bright, Nelson F.
Burlingame, Nathan Hale, Wallace Hurl-
burt, Charles E. Hart, Henry G. Higgins,
Edwin A. Howell, John G jackson, Oscar
P. Ives, George M. Rice, A. D. Sanborn,
N. I. Strickland, James W. Shubert, Fran
els Smith, W. F. Sternberg. G. W.
Stoddard, John P. Studley, George
T. Culver, Benjamin Jepson, E. E..
Tisdale, John B. Clemmons, Frank jerks,
nedy, Moses Thomas, John E. CLARK, Henry
+. Reyes, Henry E. Thomas, F. A. Cur
tiss, II. W. Loomis, Fred H. Waldron,
Robert s. Duff, S. F. Linsley, E. s.
Wheeler, Edwin G. Dow, Walter q. Lord,
8. D. Woodruff, George E. Dudley, Will
lam E. Morgan, Thomas E. Worthington,
W. L. Everitt, Andrew 81. Embler, Nathan
Esterbrook, jr., William q. Evans, Virgil
F. Mcneil, Il. T. Mix, Patrick Maher, D.
@. Monson, James a. Wilkins, George W
Warner, A. J. Webster.
Floor committee-Simeon ]. Fox, floor
officer; Adjutant Charles B. Foster, assist
ant floor officer; James P. Brewer, Wallace
E. Beach, Herbert s Beers, W. Il. Bouton,
N. NJ. Bassett, G. F. Bowman, J. j. Butler,
Burton S. Bradley, James N. Coe, George
d. Drsyton, George E Fancher, Wallace
I. Foote, Nathan B. Heyt, William n.
Hubbard, Theron R. Hull, Wallace B.
Holt, Stephen A. Howe, Willis Isbell,
John N. Leonard, Thomas J. Lawton,
George N. Moses, John Mccarthy, George
F. Peterson, John 81. Platt, Edgar K. Par
ker, W. W. Price, D. W. Sharpe, Il. e.
Shepard, e. W.-Sperry, E. e. Stevens, D.
s. Thomas, Henry Tuttle, Edward Wines,
| o. J. Woodford, James II. Church, John
g. Healy, Master of Ceremonies Il. p Fox.
| Assistants to general committee-Nathan
Hale camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, F. W.
Lathrop, captain.
Ladies' reception committee, Admiral
Foote Woman's Relief corps, No. 3-Miss
| Hattie G. E. Adams, chairman; Mrs. Hat
| tie 81. Smith, Mrs. Clsrisss J. Higgins,
Mrs. Nancy B. Howell, Mrs. Ellen Strong,
Mrs. Frances E. Hull, Mrs F. R. Martin,
Mrs. Martha A. Buckingham, Mrs. Lizzie
b. Arnold, Mrs. Louise A. Coe, Mrs.
Mary E. Adams, Mrs. Elizabeth Shepard,