The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-27
VETERANS OF THE SEVENTH
MET IN HARTFORD FOR TWENTY
 SEVENTH ANNUAL REUNION.


 Business Meeting and Dinner at Grand
 Army Quarters General Hawley and
 Major Seward Received With Great Ap-
 plause by Old Comrades-Ex- Collector
 Hutchinson Chosen President of the
 Association.
 Hartford, Aug, 26,--The veterans of the Seventh regiment held their twen- ty-seventh annual reunion here to-day. The exercises were to have begun at Il o'clock in Grand Army hall, but Sec retary V. F. McNeil did not arrive and the veterans sat about and waited un- til 11:30, when President H. l.. Way land called for order and prayer was offered by Rev. Lyman s. Johnson.
 Shortly before the meeting was call ed to order General Hawley, the old commander of the regiment, entered the hall and was received with hearty applause. A little later there was a rustic and then three cheers for Sew ard'' were called and jovial-faced man, who has played a star part in the recent history of the nation, shook hands around. It was Major w. E. Seward once quartermaster of the Seventh, but more recently and better known as the man who came near hanging during the recent unpleasant ness in Honolulu Being condemned to death on the charge of furnishing arms to the supporters of Queen Lii brought Major Seward into prominence which it is hardly likely he sought. The af- fair lasted some time before the inter- vention of the United States put stop to 1t.
 An address of welcome was delivered by the president, and then the secre- tary, Virgil F. McNeil, the insurance man, who had escaped from court In New Haven, arrived and read the min- utes of the last meeting.
 The treasurer read his report, show ing balance of $3.75. This didn't seem enough to carry on a years bus mess and the hat was passed and $22.22 raised.
 A committee of one from each com pany was raised to report nominations. The roll call showed siAtytwo, includ- ing Charles Stannard, reported dead a year ago.
 The death roll of the year shows the loss of five members.
 The committee on nominations rec commended John I. Hutchinson for president; Morris Parmelee, w. A: Seward and L. s. Atwell, vice presi- dents; Stephen Walkeley, treasurer; ". F. McNeil, secretary. The secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of the meeting for these officers.
 General Hawley, chairman of the committee on monument, reported that the committee had taken no action, but would report after lunch.' The commit tee passed into the hall and the old soldiers fell to chatting. pending lunch time.
 At 12:50 this afternoon the monument committee of the Seventh regiment re- ported in favor of erecting company monument on the grounds of the state capitol.
 The dinner was most abundant and the edibles were in great variety. It was expected that 12b members would be present, but owing to the hard times only about 100 attended. Great praise is due the following ladies of the Re lief corps of Robert Q. Tyler, who set the tables and had supervision of the feast: President Mrs. Mary Sillawoy, Treasurer Mrs Emma A. Coomes, s. V. President Mrs. Mary Wilsey, Mrs. Mary Vaudeville, Mrs Rachel Case, Mrs. Edith Bosworth Mrs. Nellie John son, Mrs, Mary Richards, Mrs. Anna Scott, Mrs Jerome Nye, Mrs. Sarah Pidge, Mrs Mary Sloan, Mrs. Julia stannard, Mrs. Anna Hastings, Mrs Jennie Eastman, Mrs. Carrie Leeh, Mrs Sarah Mather, Mrs. Fannie Stone, Mrs Sarah Rogers Mrs. Ellen Hill Mrs Emma Bragg, Mrs Julia Reiman, Mrs Emma Waters, Mrs. Millicent Munsell Mrs. Maria Smith, Mrs. Henrietta Skinner, Mrs Amanda Smith, Mrs Hattie Richmond, Mrs. Josephine Sim ons, Mrs. Addie Langton, Mrs. M. Jen nie Hull; also Hattie Reed, Mar! White, Harriet Masden, Mary Bently Celestia Barnes.
 After dinner the members and thei ladies reassembled to hear speeches ant tell stories. General Haw1ey was tn first speaker and talked pleasantly fo few minutes of the need of bette coast defences and on the pension question. He related several anecdote going to show that there are still great many old soldiers who have neve asked for pension and will never d. so until their disabilities so increas that they need help.
 Major Seward spoke humorously o lulu and declared that he would d. again as he did before.
 Captain Charles Burton of Danielson a venerable man who led Company F in the war, spoke briefly and called fo a speech from a still older man wh failed to respond.
 Comrade White told of his making stove of tin cans and the new president MT. Hutchinson, one about refusing t.
 drink toast Other stories followe, and completed the days program. The Rev. H. L. Wayland of Philadel phia, who was the chaplain of the regi ment in the field, was elected presiden
 at the annual reunion in Hartford las
 year. Dr. Wayland is a brother o
 Prof. Francis Wayland of the Yal
 Law school, and was Baptist pasto in Worcester when the war broke out ! and went into the service with tn
 Seventh. He is the Philadelphia edito
 of the Examiner, which is published i
 New York, and is one of the organs c | the Baptist denomination