The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-07
TENTH REGIMENT, c. V.
ANNUAL REUNION HELD IN MERI-
 DEN YESTERDAY.

ofioers Elected for the Ensuing Year.
 General Greeley Head, the Memorial
 Monument Committee and is Toast
 msster-In Favor Of a General Gathering
 of fAii Veterans to Last Several Days.
 The twenty-seventh annual reunion
 of tho veterans of the Tenth regiment. Connecticut Volunteers. was held at the
 Winthrop house. Merden, yesterday. The regiment has met in that city for three successive rs.The members are disposed to discourage the usual plan at meeting at various towns by invita-. ton and being compelled to do a half days march, but prefer to pay their own expenses and enjoy the day in social intercourse.
 About seventy-ave persons. including the members of the regiment and their wives. were present when the meeting was called to order at noon. Corporal Eugene W. Chaffee of Moodus presided, and D. l.. Durand of Birmingham was secretary.
 The secretary's report showed eight members lost by death during the past year, among whom was General J. L. Otis, formerly colonel of the Tenth.
 It was expected that II. Clay Trum- bull of Philadelphia. formerly chaplain of the regiment. would be present and make an address as a memorial to the deceased commandant. but a telegram was received announcing his inability to attend.
 A committee appointed for the pur- pose drew up suitable resolutions which were adopted and ordered sent to the family of the deceased It was also or dered that hereafter when notice of the death of a brother member was re- ceived. the secretary shall communicate to his family the sympathy of the asso- citation.
 A short discussion upon the question of erecting monument to 'commemo- rate the Tenth regiment resulted in the appointment of a committee to report upon the proper site for the memorial The committee is General F.. S. Greeley of New Haven, General E. D. S. Good. year of North Haven, Dr. M. T. Newton Of Suffield and Benjamin Wright of Greenwich.
 The subject of meeting with other reg. mental associations in this state in A grand reunion to occupy three or four days was also informally discussed and referred to committee of three: Gener- als Greeley of New Haven and Goodyear of North Haven, and James H, Linslev of Northford.
 The committee on organization re- ported the following as officers for the ensuing year, all of whom were mani. elected:
 President-Thomas J. Gill of Hart ford.
 Vice presidents-J. H. Linslev of and silas E. Mead of Green wich. n I.e, -
 Secretary and treasurer-W. E.. Whit tlesey of New Haven.
 Assistant secretary-Lewis B. Brown of New Haven. ,.4,,,,
 executive ecommittee-V. E. Hitchcock ot Meriden. HenryeU:' Smith and Gen eral E. D. S. Goodyear of North Ha- ven.
 The veterans sat down to a banouet It the Winthrop at 1:3O at which the discussion of very fine menu was car. 'led on with very evident enjoyment.
 During hthe afternoon the veterans listened to many interesting addresses. General Greeley of New Haven being postmaster. The latter opened the pro- 'eedings with an address of welcome which was attentively listened to.Later General Goodyear Captain CA. Brooks | If New York, Captain J. A. Linsley of | Captain Benjamin Wright | 'f Greenwich, ex-Mayor Dwight of | Hartford and w. F. Rogers of Meriden were called upon for remarks, which were happily responded to. D. L. Du- and read an elaborate and the only 'aper of the day, his subject being: After Thirty Years" It was o'clock }. m. before the gathering dispersed, III we'll pleased with its reception md the pleasures accompanying it.