The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-05
CITY GUARDS MEMORIAL
ANNUAL SERM0N TO co. B, AT GER MIN LUTHERAN TRINITY OH URCH.

Delivered by Rev, MT. Timm Last Even-
 ing-Seventy-five Members of City Guard
 Attend In Body-An Appropriate Ad-
 dress-Names of Deceased Members of
 the Company.
 The annual memorial service of the New Haven City Guard, Company B, Second regiment, c. N. G., was held last evening at the German Luteran Trinity church on George street, where a memorial service of the company has been held annually for the past three years. The members of the City Guard attended the service last evening in @ body, seventy-five being present, un- der the command of Lieut.. Kaptizke, Captain Laudensack being unable to attend owing to the serious illness of his wife.
 ! The memorial address was delivered by Rev. John A. Timm, pastor of the German Lutheran Trinity church. The text was, II Timothy, XIV, 2, 8: T have fought a good fight; have finished my | SONAPSJ l iie1NC hSPC IllC lctltii, ClSs 2hA . Timm, in opening his sermon, paid a fitting tribute to the memory of the de- ceased members of the company. He then urged the militiamen to be in deed and in truth soldiers in the life before them, and not belle that life when out 1 of the uniform. He spoke of life as a long series of battles, and impressed upon his hearers the necessity of con | quering everything that tends to rob of manhood and of standing in the sight of fellow citizens as men of hon. est purpose. He said: "In many cases you will stand single handed in com bat, and if you desire to flee, remem- Der it is a noble warfare in the service of Christ, and if your soldering is that of a Christian, when the end comes you can say in the words of the text I have fought good fight; I have kept the faith When Paul wrote these words he was under sentence of death and yet, if it were possible for him to have lived again his life would have been re-enlisted in the service of Christ His only regret was that he had only one life to lay down for his Master
 "As members of this company you represent the strength and dignity o1 the state. Your only reward is the honor and gratitude of your fellow citi- zens. Your state can give no other reward, and if there Is any wish ] could desire for you, it is that your re- ward be. not from the state but from the hand cf Him who is the true cap tain of your salvation. Let us enter and strive for the soldery of Christ It will make of you more fervent, earn est soldiers. Nero found no better soldiers than the followers of the cross'
 At the close of the service Trumpetel Hoffmeister of Company B blew the bugle cali, and the company, which oc- cupied seats in the front of the church marched out, while the congregation remained seated.
 The names of the deceased members of the company are as follows:
 Colonels Daniel Klein, George A. Bas sermann, Major Carl G. Engel, Cap tains Charles Ruickholdt, Frank w Iiesing, Lieutenants Frederick Ploeger Charles Katsch, George Schaffner, Hen ry Haesche, First Sergeant Israel Brezt fielder, Col. Sergeant Charles Meyer Sergeants Charles Davis, Peter Schlaef CT Mitchell Gorris, Joseph Gutt, Corpo rals Martin Widmann, Fred Schlaeger John Boettger, Musicians August c Blenner, Frederick Meyer, Georg' Schnee, Privates Anthony Adams, liar old Boehn, George Bimmler, Josepl Boess, Charles Baumann, Henry Brett ! Dreyfuss, Henry Engelhard, Richart Ellsner, Oswald Escherich Albert En gel, John Feltung, Albert Froebel, Ja cob Frink, Louis Feldmann, Fret Goetze, Charles Groll, Moses Green baum, Robert Hoppe, Henry Haury Fred Hartung. John Hoffmann, Johl Hermann, Alfred Hough, Charles Hol lingreen, John Kapmeyer, Henr, Knapp, George Koch, Edward Kahn David Kittler, John Knecht, Pau Kunz, Herman Kautz, Chris. Klumr
 Joseph Kegelmeyer, Chas. Kerster
 Henry Leyerzaph, Jacob Leyerzapt
 Juius Lohse, John Leihkam, John Mun7 Charles Miller, Frank MoesbroucI
 Jacob Mayer, Gottleib Marks, William Meyer, Charles Messinge, Charles Nick
 las, George Nichtern, Frederick Portt | Emil Petersen, John Rattlesdorfel George Rempher, William Rumpf, Ja
 cobwald, Fred Reiser, Adam Rider Z l Rieger, August Riegel, John Schatz
 William P. Southington, Jacob Schlae , fer, Charles F. Sinsig, Joseph Schwat 5 Conrad Spiess, John Schleger, Joh f Schlaefer, Charles Steinetz, Ere
 Schoenbein, Joseph Schroeder, Williar Vogt, Louis Widmann, Conrad Winter 5 August Walhoefer, Albert Wick