The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-29
FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT
4 BIG CONFIRMATION IN HARTFORD
 ON I'll URSDIP, SEPT. 1s.

Valuable Prizes for Horizontal Playing The New Veteran Firemen's Building in Hartford-Visiting Organizations From All Over New England-The Judges, and the Prizes Which Will be Competed For President Cogbusier of the New Haven Vets--Receives Letter From Big Jim" He will Go Along and Bring the Fa- nous Charter Oak Trumpet.
 Thursday, September 12, will be a red letter day for the red-shirted fremen of New England, several thousand of whom will be in Hartford attending the annual tournament of the New Eng land League of Veteran Firemen They will be in degree the guests of the Veteran Volunteer Firemens associa- ton of Hartford, an organization as re- nowned for it's hospitality as for being the possessor of the celebrated hand engine, the Colonel Ellsworth. This en- zine is now at Seneca Falls, N. Y, be- ing refurbished, but will be home in few days and will be placed in the new veteran firemen's building on Arch street, Hartford, which is nearly finish ed.
 President Corbuser of the New Ha- ven Veteran Volunteer Firemen's asso- citation had the pleasure of receiving letter yesterday from James w. Mad
 
 will remember as foreman of old big six INeptune six) of this city, famous en- zine in it's time. Jim" was clock shop man and was very popular fore man, and figured very prominently here in firemen's tournaments and in fire matters generally. MT Madden is in Brooklyn N. r., and writes President Corbusier that he will be on hand to go up with the New Haven vets to the Hartford celebration and will bring along to take up to Hartford the fa- mous Charter Oak trumpet won by Nep- tune six at a big tournament in Hart ford thirty-eight years ago.
 The Hartford veteran firemen are making extensive preparations for en- tertainment and will raise a fund of $2,000 for the purpose. A committee 
 has been very successful in collecting contributions. At a meeting of the as- sociation held Tuesday evening gratify- ing progress was reported in the mat ter of the arrangements for the tour nament
 THE VETERAN LEAGUE.
 There are forty-one associations of veteran firemen in the New England league, twenty-five of which are ex- pected to take part in the tournament and others will probably come The associations which belong to the league are the following, being located in the cities whose names they bear, unless otherwise indicated:
 Barnicoat, Boston; Braintree, Mass, Boston, Brockton, Mass: Brunswick, Me; Cambridge, Mass; Charlestown, Mass; Chelsea, Mass; Central Falls R. l.. East Providence, R. l.; Fall River Mass; Hartford, Hudson, Mass. : Hyde Park, Mass; Lawrence, Mass; Lowell, Mass. Manchester, N. H.; Marblehead, Mass. Nashua, N. H.; Newburyport Mass; New Haven, New Bedford, Mass; Newton, Mass; North Attleboro, Mass; Pawtucket, R. l.; QY,f Portland. Me; Red Jacket, Cambridge. Mass: Roxbury, Mass; White Angel, Salem, Mass; Somerville, Mass; South bridge, Mass; Taunton, Mass; Temple ton, Baldwinville, Mass; Torrent West Gardiner Me; Wakefield, Mass; Wal tham, Mass; Worcester, Mass; Spring field, Mass; Woonsocket R. I.
 COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
 General Alexander Harbison has been appointed chief marshal of the big parade in which all the visiting or ganizations and the Hartford fire de- partment will take part, and will ap- point his aids in few days. Commit tees have been appointed as follows:
 General ommittee-Edward o. Good win, John s. Russell, Charles A. Bar rows, Edward J. Lloyd Alexander liar bison, Treasurer c. A. Barrows.
 Printing-Edward H. Judd, John c. McManus, Charles F. Benton.
 Music-C. A. Barrows, E. J. Lloyd, David L. Gaines.
 Receiving, housing and discharging engines-Edward Downs, William H. Allen, D. L. Gaines, William Hartley, Chauncey Kilbourn, Samuel c. Cooper.
 Grounds, platforms, etc.-E. H. Judd, IA. Harbison, D. o. Goodwin.
 Reception committee-E. H. Judd, F. 0. Goodwin, c. A. Barrows, J. c. Me Manus, s. l.. Barker, A. Harbison, c. Benton, R. J. Costain.
 PRIZES FOR THE TOURNAMENT.
 Prizes will be awarded as follows: First prize $2OO; second prize, $50; third prize, $10O: fourtl- prize, $50. fifth prize, silver ice pitcher w;a g ia Fined goblets presented by the William Rng- CTS Manufacturing company. and the playing will be horizontal. Two spe- cial prizes of $25 will be given-ona for the association having the best looking engine, and one for the company haV- ing the most uniform d men in lin". The home association will noG be eligi- be for the special prizes.
 The Hartford Courant says:
 The league has chosen the following to serve as judges: w. T. Cheswell, chairman, as prescribed by the league rules ex-Chief w. A. Green, Boston; Chief John Wagner, Rockville; Chief Nicholas Staub, New Milford Chief George Cushing, Bingham, Masss.; ex- Chief J. w. Plaisted Portland, Me,