The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-26

dlSu WlCn the SIarS ana StrlpeS. ALler
 ride of an hour they arrived at the
 Point, where they disembarked and in
 groups strolled about the grounds
 talking over old times and rehearsing
 "reminiscences of the Civil war. It was
 happy gathering for the gray-haired veterans. About Il o'clock a business meeting was held which was called to order by President Colonel Charles l.. Upham of Meriden, who called on the secretary, Oscar P. Ives, for his report, which was read and approved. Then came the election of officers for the en-
 suing year. The following comrades
 were nominated and unanimously elect ed:
 President-Colonel Charles L. Upham of Meriden.
 Vice president-Charles Griswold of Guilford
 Secretary and treasurer-Oscar P. Ives of New Haven. Chaplain-Rev. John B. Doolittle of West Suffield.
 | Surgeon-Charles F. Beckley of New | Haven.
 Historian-sheldon B. Thorpe of
 North Haven.
 The secretary then read the mortu- ary report for the past year. The | names of the deceased members follow: Thomas Sherman, Company c, at l Noroton.
 John Uhle, Company I, New Haven. Elisha M. Pomeroy,, Company F. Herman M. Orton, Company E, | Brooklyn, N. Y.
 David H. Hine, Company F, New Ha- | ven.
 Frederick Hanfield, Company D. sey- | mour
 Henry N. Pardee, Company K, North 1 ford
 Watson D. Kelsey. Company E, Guil- | ford
 Charles M. Marsh, Company B, New l Haven.
 Bandmaster Lieutenant Bison, Con- | pany c, Hartford.
 l While the above names were read all 1 the comrades stood and at the conclu- | sion prayer was offered by Chaplain l Doolittle.
 l It was voted to have the next an- 1 nual reunion in the vicinity of New
 Haven. Comrade Butricks offered a
 resolution to be sent to the family of Color Corporal William H. Hubbard, | | diately dispatched:
 l Resolved That in view of the severe
 sickness, and apparent nearness to
 death of Color Corporal William H. Hubbard, the secretary of the associa- 1 tion be instructed to send telegram l to his family at Philadelphia expressing | the sympathy of this association with ! him in his sickness, and trust that s,oto f> cause his speedy recovery to his usual ] health.
 The meeting then adjourned for din- ner, which was awaiting them, and all | sat down to one of Landlord Taylor's famous shore dinners, to which the veterans did full justice and had to cry
 halt All went away from the tables well satisfied After dinner the veter-
 ans adjourned to the pavilion, where a | social meeting was held. Historian /! $. B. Thorpe of North Haven read his f obituary report on the death of the l comrades who had died since the last meeting. Chaplain J. B. Doolittle gave 1 a very interesting and patriotic speech | in eulogy of the American soldier in | the war of the rebellion, as well as of I those who took part in the war with l Spain, closing his remarks with the | comrades singing America and by of
 fering a prayer Comrade Butricks l also made patriotic speech in the
 same strain, after which the veterans
 sang the song, John Browns Body I Lies Mouldering in the Crave" Other l speeches were made by Eugene At 1 wood, the youngest member of the | regiment, who was fifteen years old I when he enlisted.
 l Comrade Joel Griffin of Bridgeport ex- | hibited a target, which was used in | testing. A bullet was shot into two- 1 inch pine plank fifty-six inches in near | ly a straight line before it stopped. | The bullet was the same as that l shot from a Mauser rifle. Conrade Griffin is employed in the Union Metal
 lie Cartridge works in Bridgeport. l Among those present were the follow ing: From Company K, Lieutenant
 Solomon r. Linsley, Sergeant S. B. | Thorpe, Charles A. Crockett, Isaac l.. l Doolittle, George Barnes, Jesse Doolit- | tie, Edwin Buell., Joel Hough, Delano l Ives, George ". Smith, Har-
 very Cooper, Eli D. Crockett, Will l liam E. Crockett James Adams, Ma l than Marks, Sanford B. Smith, Gilbert i Wooster, James Crockett. From Com 1 pany c there were Frank Mosher, | James K. Jones, Hugh J. Finengan and l John Griffin.
 The historical address of Historian l Sheldon B. Thorpe was as follows: l HISTORIAN THORPE'S NECROLOG- l ICAL REPORT.
 l According to the commissioner of | pensions in recent magazine article, 1 35,O00 veterans of the civil war died | during the fiscal year of 1S97 It is
 not improbable that 10000 comes near CT the exact number. If it is as diff | cult for the government to secure sta l tistics of it's once great army as it is for secretaries and historians to collect l information of their own scattered reg | iments, then much must be lost. l Many deaths are never officially re- 1 ported.
 | This large number-35. .000-was mus tered out'' here and there all over the l world. Our country has many a bit of i halIowed ground in all quarters of the | earth where a soldier is buried This | regimental association has it's quota in
 that silent army. Nine of our com i rades have died since we met in Bran