The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-05

thomas Tentelon, all or company |, Justus Vogt, Company K, and Jacob Herman, Company K.
 A committee consisting of Charles A. Baldwin, Dr. T. Morton Hills and Moses Thomas was then appointed to draft resolutions on the death of Con- rade Captain Davis s. Thomas wife, which occurred yesterday, and reported the following draft, which was ac- cepted:
 "We, the members of the Twenty seventh regiment, Connecticut Volun- teers, in annual reunion assembled, learn with great sorrow of the death of the wife of Comrade Davis B. Thomas.
 Resolved, That we tender to said comrade our deep and profound regret and kindest sympathy in his great be- reavement. The secretary of this ses- sion is hereby ordered to place this reso- lution on the records and to send a copy to Comrade Thomas. (Signe0
 CHARLES A. BALDWIN,
 T. MORTON HILLS,
 MOSES THOMAS.
 A vote of thanks was then passed for the gentlemen who own the Connecti- cut building for their kindness in ten dering the use of the building to the regiment for the reunion.
 At o'clock the members sat down to collation. spread in a large tent by E. R. Dixon of the Colonial cottage. The tables were placed around the sides of a square and were decorated with beautiful potted plants and flow CTS. After dinner was over the nomi- nation committee reported the following nominations, which were adopted: President, Charles A. Harrison, Wal lingford; vice president, Frederick M, Smith, New Haven; secretary, F. G. Mansfield, West Haven; treasurer, George T. Dade, New Haven; execu- tive committee, Henry c. Shelton, Com year, Company B, North Haven; D.. B | Baldwin, Company c, Milford; E Hayes Smith, Company D, New Haven David s. Thomas, Company E, New Haven; Moses Thomas, Company l. New Haven; A. G. Puffer, Company G, New Haven; Alexander H. Covert Company H, New Haven; William " Price, Company I, New Haven; John Hegel, Company K, New Haven. Short speeches were made by Hon N D. Sperry, Mayor Hendrick, Dr J. Morton Hills of Willimantic, City | Auditor B. F. Brown of this city, Mir ! Theodore Baldwin and Enoch E. Rog- CTS of the Fifteenth regiment.
 REMARKS BY CONGRESSMAN SHERRY
 l Congressman Sperry spoke in eulo. 1 gistic terms of the regiment and re | called the great good the boys in blue l did for the country. He spoke of seeing l the great review in Washington al l the close of the war, and said tha | with the mutilated banners, and tho | masses of troops marching from curl ! to curb as far as the eye could reacI no grander martial sight was ever seen l nor will it ever be. He congratulated | the Vets. on the lessons learned on tht battlefield and advised them to thor 1 oughly teach their children and grand | children that there Is such a country as the United States and such ban ner as the Stars and Stripes. l A WORD FROM MAYOR HENDRTCK Mayor Hendrick told of his receivins I the news of the enlistment of tn Twenty-seventh when he was on th lowlands of Louisiana, and said he hat almost wished that he could have beer one of them, as so many of his olc friends had enlisted in that regiment He said that he esteemed it as grea honor and pleasure to be enabled t. meet with them on this occasion H then read statistics to show that al though many other regiments iron Connecticut were in the war longe time, few lost more men.
 | OTHER REMARKS.
 MT. Baldwin interspersed his remark with humorous sallies, but beside these touched upon "reminiscences tha strongly impressed the old soldier present.
 Major Brown spoke as he said repre- senting the kids" of the regiment But in his remarks he touched man tender chords and closed by advisin the medication of patriotism into tn youth of to-day.
 Rev. MT. Rogers made feeling ad dress and at it's close he said he de sired through a handshake with tn president of the Twenty-seventh asso citation to extend the good will of tn Fifteenth to the Twenty-seventh.
 A LETTER FROM AN RECOVER
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 At the conclusion of the speeches , letter was read from ex-Governor H B. Harrison, regretting his inability t be present, and inelosing a $25 checl for the association's treasury. It wa voted to send him letter of thanks fo the same.
 The meeting then adjourned to tn front steps of the Connecticut house where picture of all present was take in a group by W. P. Savage. Anon those present were: Hon. N. D. Sperry l Mayor Hendrick, Major Brown, NeJ Haven; J. D. Dewell and wife, Everi B. Clark of Milford; Charles H. Brooks