The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-21
THE BOYS IN BLUE

Invade Our City Once More, But Their
 Mission is One of Peace-They Are
 Cordially Welcomed-A Handsome
 Monument.
 The soldiers are in town, but the war is over. No longer do the Boys in Blue come in regimental order with the mus ket and bayonet, but in peace and am- ity, good fellowship and good will to all. They came to dedicate monu- ment to the valor and patriotism of their fallen comrades but beneath that granite shaft are buried all feelings of bitterness engendered in the past, and naught but union and fraternity ani- mates the breast of every visiting vet eran who now views again the battle fields of the great struggle, and min gles again as friends with the foes of former days.
 These gallant visitors have been met with a hearty welcome, and all that chn add to the pleasure of their stay in the city is at their service in the old and hearty style of Virginia hospital ity, as noted for it's unstinted bestowal and does credit to our people and honor to our visitors and guests
 The members of the visiting regi- ments are composed of the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteers, fifty in num- ber and the Second Heavy Artillery. about ninety in number, together with about thirty ladies.
 The excursionists left New York yes- terday morning at 9 o'clock and arrived in this city about D. m. over the Bal timore and Ohio The train consisted of two day coaches, the Pullman cars Dublin" and "Brinxworth," and a combination baggage, and was in charge of Captain c. E. Dudrow. General L. A. Dickinson of Hartford has charge of the party and has added much to the comfort of the excursion ists by his care and courtesy
 The members of the Twelfth regi- ment and the Second Heavy Artillery met In front of the court house, and at | 10 o'clock, headed by the Union cornet band, marched to the cemetery. The ladies who were in the party rode in private conveyances.
 AT THE CEMETERY. 1 The procession entered the cemetery l to the strains of dirge by. the band Upon the platform were Mayors A. c. | Hendrick of New Haven and John J. | Williams Of this city, Colonel F. M. | Cooke, president of the Second Regi- mental association; Colonel A. H. | Fenn W. L. Disbrow, quartermaster | general; Sergeant Fred M. Grant and Chaplain Bradford.
 After the invocation of divine bless ings upon the services by Chaplain Bradford, Captain John J. Williams delivered the address of welcome. He l said, in part
 "It becomes my honor as mayor of the city of Winchester to welcome you within our gates. My first official duty was to welcome a similar delegation from Louisiana, who came to dedicate a monument to the soldiers of their state who lie upon the battlefields and in wonder cemetery. The second pub | lie duty is to welcome you from far-off | Connecticut, who have come to perform a similar act of patriotism. To-day we stand on common ground upon | which all can unite, after a lapse of thirty years, to dedicate Q fitting mem | orial of respect to the boys who fell l from 1861 to 1865 The man who has not the feeling of comradeship with | those who struggled together during | long and weary years of war is but the | semblance of a man and deserves not | the name. We are no longer the bows | that many were in those days, and the | fast-passing years have brought wis | dom. Whatever may have been our differences. to-day we pay honor to | duty and sacrifice that caused the boys to lay down their lives for their convic- tions. Let this monument teach us that the man who is faithful to duty is i patriot, and upon this fabric consti- ! tutional liberty rests Stone upon stone i has been laid with the blood of self sacrifice that impelled duty. I have
 the honor to welcome you within our gates to-day, and trust that your con- l ing and going may be attended with wisdom, profit and pleasure"
 Judge Fenn of Winchester. Conn.,. 1 who lost an arm at Cedar Creek, in re- sponse to Mayor Williams address
 said:
 T most gratefully appreciate the l words of the mayor of your city. | feel that we who were soldiers in this conflict are no longer enemies. but are i in sympathy with each other. We are no longer separate states, but a Union To-day our flag waves over all, and ]