The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-26
FIFTEENTH BOYS REUNITE
4 LARGE ATTENDINCIg AT THE OLD
 REGIMENTS REUNION

Held at Lighthouse Point Yesterday Officers for Ensuing Year Re- elected --15O Sat Down to Shore Dinner-Paper by Historian Thorpe-Those Present. Relies Exhibited by Old Vets.
 The twenty-ninth reunion of the Fifteeth Connecticut Volunteer regi- ment was held at Lighthouse Point yes terday and was attended by 150 mem- bers of the gallant old organization. The party assembled at the green at about 10 o'clock yesterday morning and and from that time on until the return to the city late in the afternoon old camp stories were swapped old ac- quaintances were renewed and a gen. erally social good time was had. After reaching the grove the old Vets. set about looking up old friends, and as one was found there was a hearty hand shake such as only soldier com rades can give. Althought all the men present were nearly or past fifty years of age, as they met and greeted each other and conversed it was plainly evil dent that most of them felt as young and jolly and considered their com rades the same as they were when thirty-four years ago they were all encamped together at Oyster Point just across the bay, before their ranks had depleted. Frequent jokes were heard on all sides concern ing the gray hair of the old boys and these joking remarks usually ended by causing as serious look to spread over the at first jolly faces of the jokers and the one joked.
 At 12 o'clock business meeting was held and the following officers of the regimental association were reelected; President, Colonel Charles l.. Upham of Meriden; vice president, J. B. Mix of Wallingford; secretary and treasurer, Oscar P. Ives of New Haven; historian, Seldom B. Thorpe of North Haven; chaplain, J. B. Doolittle of West Suf- field.
 After the election of officers Comrade Frisbie of Branford read an invitation from the citizens of that town inviting the Fifteenth to hold it's next annual reunion in Branford. The invitation was accepted.
 seldon B. Thorpe then in behalf of Miss Bishop presented to the associa- tion a quilt which was made by l.. L. Bishop, father of Lieut.. Edward w. Bishop of company D, Fifteenth regi- rlent, who was killed at the battle of Kinston L. LS Bishop formerly kept fancy goods store on Chapel street, near Orange. The quilt is composed of 5000 pieces. It will be mounted on staff and placed in the New Haven Historical society building.
 At the conclusion of the businesss meeting the party repaired to the pa- vilion, back of Taylor's hotel where a fine shore dinner was served by MT. Taylor Four long tables were set in the dancing pavilion and about ITO sat down to dinner, several of the members being accompanied by their wives, and Chaplain Doolittle asked a blessing.
 After full justice had been done to the dinner President Upham called the association to order.
 It was voted that Comrade Frisbie of Branford be appointed chairman of a committee to arrange for the next re- union with power to select his asso- ciates on the committee MT. Frisbie selected the following gentlemen to serve with him: Captain Imri Bradley "A. B. Plant E. Towns, Jerome Coan.
 Historian Thorpe next read on inter esting humorous historical sketch of the company and individual members. The sketch was loudly applauded. It will appear in full in our tomorrow's issue. During the reading of his paper MT. Thorpe spoke of MT. Mckinley, and expressed belief that he would be successful iii the presidential contest. This was greeted with cheers, but in various parts of the room the words T doubt it' were heard, there evidently being some silverites in the old Eff i teenth.
 Chaplain Doolittle next spoke briefly. He spoke of the great pleasure it gave him to met his old comrades from year to year, and spoke feelingly of the very noticeable increase of gray heads in the association as the years go by, and of the fact that each years calls the mem- bers nearer to the time when they will be called in the roll of those who have gone. He said that if any class of men SAAS old soldiers and if any class of men should live uprightly it should also be the old soldiers. He then proposed that proper resolutions be drawn up and sent to the families of those members He stated that James mfwyp mfwyp who have died during the past veal He stated that Comrade James c. At water of company A had intended to attend the reunion, but that he was att tending the funeral of his wife and was unable to be present. MT. Doolittle proposed that a proper expression of the sympathy of the association with Mir, Atwater in his bereavement be drawn up and forwarded to him. Both of the propositions were adopted. A vote of thanks was then rendered to Miss Bishop for the gift of the quilt mentioned above. Remarks were then made by Charles D. Baldwin of the Twenty seventh regiment, after which one verse of America" was sung.
 The next speaker was Comrade Henry G. Marshal of Meriden. He spoke of the people in the sixties who wished to lower the flag and said that there is need to-day of as great patriotism