The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-23
DEDICATED THEIR ARM0RY.
4 MEMORABLE EVENING FOR THE
 GOVERNORS FOOT GUARD.

Staff-The Exercises at the Armory Fol
 lowed by Banquet-A Brilliant Event.
 The dedication of the new armory of
 the Second Company Governors Foot
 Guard on Whiting street took place
 last evening and was most enjoyable
 and successful affair in every respect.
 The. evening selected was an appropri-
 ate one, it being the one hundred and ltwentieth anniversary of the departure
 of the company for Lexington under
 mold in response to the "Lexington Alarm"
 The exercises were all held in the
 Second regiment armory, although the
 Governors Foot Guard armory was open to the inspection of those who l wished to so through it. During the | evening it was inspected by the gov- | ernor and his staff. who were very
 much pleased with 1t. The First Com pany Governors Foot Guard of Hart
 ford were also the guests of the even ing. They arrived about o'clock and were met. at the depot by detail from
 the Second Company and escorted to l the armory There were lie men under
 command of Major Hyde. The armory
 was very prettily decorted with pink and light blue streamers and pre- sented a very fine and attractive ap- l pearance.
 1 Governor Coffin and his staff were l stationed on the north side of the ar- mory from which position they viewed l the military manoeuvres.
 The exercises opened with a concert by the Governors Foot Guard band, | lasting from 745 to 8:15. This was fol- lowed by the battalion formation, which was followed by the formal reception of I the First Company of Hartford. Then
 came the reception of Governor Coffin | by both companies of guards, after which both companies were reviewed 1 by the captain general, his excellency | the governor, who marched through the armory accompanied by Major Brown and followed by his staff. At o'clock the companies went through with the battalion movements and the exercises of the evening at the armory were
 closed with the dress parade The military movements and man. | oeuvres were executed with great pre-
 cision and accuracy and called forth much applause from the large number of spectators.
 After the exercises were ended the
 governor and his staff with the invited
 guests were escorted to carriages and driven to the banquet hall in the store formerly occupied by Ewen Mcintyre or Chapel street. The hall was very
 prettly decorated by Florists s. H.
 Moore & Co.,, and an elegant repast for 400 was prepared by Ferry the caterer. After the guests had par
 taken of the banquet, Major Benja- min D. Brown, who was the toastmaster of the evening, spoke some words of welcome to the assembled guests. He introduced as the first speaker of the evening His Excellency Governor O. Vincent Coffin, the captain general of the company. He spoke in the main as follows {:
 q had made arrangements with the mayor of the city to make my speech. But there is one here whose functions I feel rather asSthough as I was usurp- ing, your former captain general, ex- Governor Morris. see ex-Adjutant Gen. eral Bradley here also anxious to make b SpCGChs LII lOOhllS ONGI LnlS COIIl- pany I am reminded of the day the Governors Foot Guard represented Connecticut in Philadelphia. Only one hundred men among great multitude The parade was a most beautiful and inspiring sight and of all that thirty thousand men no soldiers marched so well or called forth so much applause as the Governors Foot Guard.
 "I am glad we meet tonight not as partisans. I am glad this isn't a polit- | lcal meeting. I am glad we all meet | here with enthusiasm for the same flag. | Now have made the poorer part of l my speech. will leave Mayor Hen- | drlck and eX-Governor Morris to make | the better part. Gentlemen, I thank | you for your attention"
 Major Brown then introduced ex-Gov- ! ernor Morris with some very appropri- l ate remarks. He was warmly received | and spoke In part as follows:
 Governor Coffin has told you that he wanted me to make part of his speech. It is this: He wanted me to thank the department of the state of Con- necticut for the fine showing it has made tonight, and that he feels that he has at his command a band of brave, capable and efficient men should any trouble ever arise, which God grant there will not.
 "I do not feel that there is true cit izen of the state of Connecticut who begrudges the money that is paid to support the military4departmen of this state. If this state should ever declare hostility to the military department should never want to be governor"
 He was followed by Mayor A. c. Hen drick, who made an admirable speech, after which Major Hyde of the First company made the last speech of the evening, soon after which the company broke up.
 The use of the banquet hall was very given to the company free by Lieutenant Ewen Mcintyre, the dry goods merchant, who shared in the hon. )rs of the evening and contributed much to the happiness of the hour. The ban luet committee consisted of Messrs. Ewen Mcintyre, E. H. Clark and Loren H Stannard
 Among some of those at the armory were Attorney James T. Moran, Insur- 1nce Commissioner Frederick A. Betts, Manager George B. Bunnell, Alderman Cn ,Iofo |