The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-19
THE OLD FIRST BATTERY,
Features of It's Annual Reunion Held nt
 MansfIeld's Grove Yesterday.

s Features of It's Annual Reunion Held at
 MansfIeld's Grove Yesterday. The First Light artillery, Connecticut Volunteers, held their thirty-second an- nual reunion at Mansfield's Grove yes terday. The veterans met ct the green in the morning and were taken to the grove in a special car. A fine shore dinner was served at the Inn. The day was passed in renewing old friendships and in discussing the events and battles through which the battery went in its three years of service.
 In the afternoon a business meeting was held, over which the president Of | the association, Edward Griswold, pre- sided. A number of matters were dis cussed, among which was the pension question. One of the veterans suggest cd that the best way to deal with the matter was to repeal all the existing l pension laws. Then one bill should be l passed which should grant a pension of fixed amount to every veteran and to the widow of every veteran. This was the way in which the veterans of the Mexican war were pensioned. This would of course make it necessary that | the government should keep complete roster of the veterans, as is done of the regular army.
 A resolution was passed to the effect that the legislature should be petitioned to revise the present pensions laws which are in 8 sorry state.
 The secretary was directed to commit nicate with the other veteran associa- tions of the state in reference to hold ing every year a reunion of all the sur vivors of the late civil war.
 In reference to Battery A of the Con- necticut Light artillery, which is in a way an offspring of the veteran bat tery, the following resolution was | adopted:
 | Whereas, In every war in Which the United States has been engaged the state of Connecticut has furnished more than it's required number of men. and
 Whereas, The soldiers from Connect icut have always been ready for every duty required of them and have laid down their lives on every important battlefield when the flag of the country has been in danger; threfore, be it
 Resolved by the veterans of the First | Connecticut Light battery, in reunion assembled, That we request that Bat tery A, First Connecticut Volunteer ar | tillery, be given some service, feeling sure that it will add new laurels to the glorious past.
 After the meeting had been adjourned a group picture of the veterans present was taken. Of the seventy-five or eighty men still living who belong to the bat. tery there were thirty three present al yesterdays reunion. Only two, Dwight H. Hall and C. F. Hotchkiss, have die6 since the last reunion.
 The officers of last year were re-elect. ed. They are: President, Edward Gris wold; vice presidents, H. w. Beechel and A. c. Bishop; ftsecretary, Theron Upson; treasurer, J. T. Sloan. The re. union committee which had charge o1 the arrangements of the day consisted of s. W. Scranton J. T. Sloan, c. W Gesner and J. s. Cannon.
 The following were present: Hart E'Landon and wife of Guilford, Major w T. Seward of Guilford, A. G. Bishop ot New York, L. A. Waldo of Hebron D A. Hall of Guilford, F. Van Horn o1 Milford, F. E. Brown of Collinsville Captain J. B. Clinton and wife of Pas saic, N. J., G. M. Barber of Manchester w. H. Bissell of Willimantic c. E. Ev. arts and son of Yalesville, T. M Lort of Ellsworth, H. w Beecher of New York, J. K. Bliss of New Canaan, J. w Sanford and wife of Waterbury, A. R Hoibrook of Bridgeport, c. w. Gesnel of New Haven, c. w. Dergin of Gull. ford, William Brown of Hebron, Lieu tenant G. P. Bliss of Florence, Mass. s. c. Bosworth, Lieutenant J. S Can non of New Haven, Edward Griswol( and wife of Guilford, James Hawley and wife of New Britain, Adam Ramse! of Guilford, Lieutenant s. W. Scranton of New Haven, $. N. Stevens of Nortf Westchester, Louis Sykes of Windsor and J. T. Sloan and wife of New Ha ven.