The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-28
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Annual Field Day Held in New Britain
 Yesterday-The Parade Reviewed by the
 Mayor and Members of the Common
 Council-Competitive DriIi at the Park.
 New Britain, May 27.--The annual state parade and field day of the Con- necticut Brigade, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, was held in this city to-day. The weather was clear and cools, decorations in honor of the occasion about town were numerous and people were out in large numbers to view the parade. The parade start ed at 11:30.
 The brigade headquarters were at the Columbia hotel on Church street, the general headquarters for the various companies at the state armory, and the reception rooms for the wives and lady friends of the Knights in St. Elmo lodge hall, on the west side of the park.
 The companies of the Second regt- nent were met at the depot this morn- ing by the Pope band of Hartford and the companies of the Second regiment by the Philharmonic band of this city. The First regiment, with five compan- les, numbered about 225 men, and the Second regiment, with nine companies, about 250 men.
 ALONG THE LINE.
 About 800 men participated in the march, the First regiment accompany ing the right and the Second regiment the left of the line. Brigadier General R. A. Chapman of Middletown was in command of the procession, and his staff consisted of Colonel c. G. Agard of Torrington. chief-of staff; Colonel J. s. Stokes of Meriden, assistant adju- tant general; Colonel S. H. Thresher of Norwich, judge advocate; Colonel A. w. Budde of Middletown, assitant com of Meriden, assitant inspector general; Colonel H. O. Case of Hartford, assist ant quartermaster general; Colonel c. B. Wooster of Ansonia, signal officer; Colonel B. F. Hosley of Branford chief engineer; Colonel E. R. Davis of Wa terbury, mastering officer; Major c. L. Chappelle of Waterbury, aide to the brigadier general
 Colonel T. S. Williams of New Ha- ven was in command of the First regi- ment, and he had for his staff, F. l.. Griswold of Bridgeport lieutenant col onel; L. F. Norton of New Haven, ad- jutant; W. J. Russell of New Britain, quartermaster; John A. Andrews of Branford signal officer; F. A. Woods of Bridgeport, commissary. The First regiment comprised five companies, and numbered about 225 men.
 A platoon of police marched at the head of the line, and the music was furnished by Pope's band of Hartford, the Sumner drum corps of Hartford, and the Philharmonic band of New Britain. The line was dismissed at the state armory shortly after i o'clock. Dinner was served the visiting Knights at the Columbia and Russwin hotels, and at the New York dining rooms. Handsome souvenir badges were pre- scented all the visitors by the local committee.
 THE COMPETITIVE DRILL.
 The competitive drill for two prizes, silver ice pitchers and goblets, was held at Scheutzen park at 2:30 this af- ternoon, Colonel c, B. Erickson, Lieu tenant Colonel A. L. Thompson and Captain Charles Moore acting as judges. The drill was witnessed by a large crowd of people, prominent among those present being the officers and some of the members of the local battalion. The companies participating were selected on the park grounds. The committee of arrangements consisted of F. w. Mitchell, Colonel c. B. Erickson, Lieutenant Colonel Thompson and Ma jor Lyman s. Burr. The parade and field day exercises were the most suc- cessful ever given by the order. The competitive drill, which was the closing feature of the field day of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias took place this evening and resulted in the Naugatuck company being awarded | the first prize. The prize for the com | pany turning out the fullest ranks was awarded to Torrington