The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
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(Continued from Third Page.) to the second floor'' Another naval militiaman had a mattress which he had been directed to take to the com panion way He innocent of any idea as to what a companion way was, sided up to one of the boats crew and asked where the companion way was The sailor pointed towards it and the naval militiaman as much in the dark as ever went in the direction indicated. He looked around to see if anything look ing like a companion way was banging on peg and wandered around looking under piles of baggage and other places where he thought it might be hidden until finally his embarrassment was re- | leved by sailor who had been watch ing him in amusement and who told him that he was standing in the com panion way The moment militiaman | instantly dropped his mattress and hur- ried away while the sailor looked at him with broad grin
 1 The officers and men of the local com- panies are very much disgusted with 1 the way their trip turned out and with the treatment which they were accorded l by the state in the arrangement for their transportation. Even the band was paid for by the regimental officers.
 One officer of local company speaking of it said: "The trip was disappoint- ment all the way through. Nothing went right and we seemed to be un- der a hoodoo. From the time we reach 1 ed the armory nothing went right. Who ! is to blame? I don't know. Colonel
 Burpee has done all he could to make | the trip a success and no one planes
 him. The regiment was ordered out by l the governor.
 The Second Regiment band with for
 ty pieces was one of the best musical
 organizations in the parade. It was
 frequently applauded along. the line of
 march.
 The Governors Foot guard, the First company of Hartford and the Second
 company of New Haven, made a splen
 did appearance headed by Reeves band of Providence The guard was enthu-
 siastically cheered along the line of march. The New York World has the following concerning the Connecticut | men:
 Governor Lounsbury of Connecticut
 with his long hair and Websterian head
 made picturesque figure at the head
 of the troops from the Nutmeg state.
 "The Connecticut troops made one ot the prettiest features of the day. The Governors Foot guard, one of the old
 est militia organizations in the country turned out 250 men.
 "Connecticut also sent it's Second and Fourth regiments each 450 men strong
 two sections of Signal corps, machine gun battery, naval battalion and a
 second company of it's Governors Horse guard. Altogether Connecticut men in the line showed the people of New York that the militia of that state is maintained at a high state of effi- ciency."
 | Another New York paper says:
 "The Connecticut Governors Foot guard. in the uniforms of continental days, and the Horse guard of the Nut meg state were as picturesque as any feature of the parade.
 The Tribune said the Foot guard were picturesque feature of the parade
 Major Clark splendidly rode his beau- | tiful horse, which was finely caparisan- ed. and he and his noble company were | cheered time after time as they passed along. The gMards were an houor to
 the Nutmeg state and to New Haven