The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-27
SECOND REarMEYr MArrErs.

Colonel Burpee's star to be Announced To
day-Colonel Burpee Not the First Yale
Man to be Colonel OF the Second Regi-
ment.
Colonel Burpee of the Second regiment
will announce the members of his staff
to-day. 1t is probable that the only
change among the commissioned officers
will be a new chaplain, DR., Twitchell
who has grown so popular with the reg
iment, did not feel that he could accept
the office again.
In this connection it was ascertained
that Colonel Burpee had requested sew
eral of the local officers to look about
for him and suggest the names of some
New Haven clergymen who would ac-
cept the place, as he expressed the de-
sire at the time to appoint a New Ha-
ven man, Several names, it is under
stood, have been presented to Colonel
Burpee for his consideration, and the
names which have been mentioned are
those of Rev. Mr.. Phillips of Westville,
Rev. Edwin E. Lines of st. Paul's
church, New Haven, Rev. DR.. Phillips
of the Church Of the Redeemer, New
Haven, and Rev. c. E. Woodcock of
Ansonia. The general belief exists that
Rev. DR.. Phillips of the Church of the
Redeemer will be the choice of Colonel
Burpee, and that his name will appear
among the commissioned staff in the
| orders which will be issued to-day.
The commissioned staff is expected to
| be as follows: Adjutant and captain,
Thomas I. Welles of New Haven; quar-
termaster. First Lieutenant Joseph T.
| Elliott of Middletown; paymaster, First
Lieutenant John M. Lowe of New Ha-
ven; surgeon, DR.. T. l.. Axtelle of Wa
terbury; assistant surgeon, First Lieu
| tenant Joseph H. Townsend of New Ha-
ven; inspector of small arms practice
| Captain George G. LaBarnes of Wal
lingford; chaplain, Rev. DR.. Phillips OF
| New Haven.
| The commissioned staff of the col
onel is also offering ground for specula-
| ton. The sergeant majorship, it is con-
coded, will be given to Edward l.. Car
| ter of Waterbury, who is a first-class
| officer and has served in the position
| on the staff of Colonel Doherty. The
position of quartermaster general, 1t is
also conceded, will go to Davenport Nc
Cormack of New Haven, who has files
| that position on Colonel Doherty's staff
He was a sergeant in Company D. The
commissary sergeant will be Henry P
Bibert of Waterbury, who has been ask
| ed to retain the position, which he has
| filled for some time
Under the new law passed by the las
| legislature the color sergeants have
been made a part Of the coloneps non
commissioned staff, instead Of being
detailed from the companies for the pur
pose. The sergeants who have beer
acting as color sergeants are John Ruff
sergeant of Company F, the New Havel
Grays and Sergeant Thomas Magner
Both of these gentlemen will receive
the appointment on the staff under thu
new law. Their appointment will ne
cessitate their leaving their respective
companies. The hospital steward will
DE Willis N Barber of Wallingford.
The only positions about which ther'
seems to be considerable doubt are thu
chief trumpeter, the mounted corpora
and the drum major. The first two will
be Waterbury men without doubt, blu
/ j
the names of the probable candidate
have not been heard of here. The drum
/ major will very likely be New Have,
man.
i THE SECONDS YALE COLONIES
| 1t seems that the Second regiment ha
had at least one. colonel before Colone
Burpee who was a graduate of Yale
General David Wooster, Yale 1888, wa
colonel of the Second regiment durin
the years 1757, 1853, 1853 and 1850. H
lreceived the degrees of Bachelor of Art
and Master of Arts from Yale. Thi
was the brave General Wooster tina
Fort Wooster park and Wooster stree
| were named after. He served throug
the French and Indian wars and wa
collector of the port of New Haven 70
ten years, in the period between tn
French and Indian and Revolutionar
wars He died in the year III.
Yale college also conferred the degre
of Master of Arts upon General Alfre
H. Terry in 1865 as a tribute to his ma
tional fame and reputation as soldier
He was colonel of the Second regimen
| in the War of the Rebellion. He wa
in command of the Second regiment {
s+ota troopc when the war began