The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-22

!
 Phillips MasterIy Addressed Officers of
 the ReGlmentaI Association for Next Hear-Thosc Present,
 1 The Tenth regiment, Connecticut VOL l unteers, one of the old veteran regi- 1 ments, held it's annual reunion at Colo nal Inn, just above WoodmonI yester- ] day, the gathering being one of the | most enjoyable of the kind ever held | by that old organization. Many of the 1 members present were accompanied by l their wives and daughters, who helped | to make the occasion a pleasant one. | The veterans and their wives arrived l shortly before noon and spent the time until o'clock in visiting and renewing
 old acquaintances. About o'clock
 they sat down to sumDtuous dinner
 to which ample justice was done
 Despite the rain Of the forenoon
 nearly 100 of the old Tenth men were
 present and after dinner the threaten ing sky having cleared the party ad- | journed to the large front piazza, where the postorandial exercises were | held
 | Lewis B. Brown Of this city, presi- | dent of the regimental organization, l was master of ceremonies and after 1 the opening exercises Rev. pr. Watson l.. Phillips of the Church of the Re- l deemer, this city, was called upon to
 make the principal address of the day ! His address was a mas.erly one, deal- | ing with the great questions which now
 engage the government He spoke in
 substance as follows;
 1 The flag is only a combination of l bright colors except that it signifies | the government, and back of that the l devotion to principle and the courage I of the American people, and so when
 we talk of standing by the flag we
 talk of standing by the government
 The administration needs the patience i sympathy and support Of every loyal | man.
 You know what is meant to have the administration hampered and harassed l in those days when the copperheads
 were hissing everywhere. You know | how much harder your task and the | task of the administra .ion was made 1 by that criticism, spirit of faultfinding 1 and lack of patriotism of those men at | home escaping the danger. The admin | istration has made some mistakes, | doubtless, which appear to you men 1 trained in military affairs as not to me. Speaking of the recent glorious brief campaign and the succession os bril- liant movements he said that they will forever reflect credit on the admnis- tration so harshly criticised, As MT.
 Mckinley has so aptly said the flag don't mean one thing at home and
 another abroad. Do we need better H. lustration of the policy of the adrhinis- tration than that? (Cries of No! NoD
 hold it to be dastardly to raise false
 issues as they have been doing in Bos-
 ton and elsewhere. but they who do
 this will be overwhelmed and will fall
 to the ground in contempt. Though
 the breed may not be eliminated they
 will be harmless under the contempt
 of the American people which will be cast upon them.
 Now, there is not going to be any funeral of reDublicanism here nor is there going to be any marriage of this government and imperialism, or a career of world conquest, and as we move forward into the coming years we are
 to do our work as you men met your responsibilities and did your work. Old soldiers can now do q work almost equal to what they did in the eos by
 raIlying around She old soldier at the
 head Of the government when he is
 doing his work right and following the
 traditions of the American people. I congratulate you on your record,
 on your consciousness of loyalty, on the opportunities that are still before you in this land for which you have
 proved your loyalty, that so large a number of your regiment is still able to do their manhoods part in this time
 in which we are living. As the days
 go by and you behold the results of your work more firmly established your
 hearts must be thrilled with the glad consciousness that you were not found
 wanting and you will rejoice to think
 you gave the best you had for the
 cause of justice.
 Dr. Phillips address was received with applause.
 William F. Stahl, well known as ex- selectman of New Haven, an invited
 guest at the reunion, was called upon for speech and made a most eloquent address. General E. $. Greeley was
 next called upon and spoke of the old regiment as fighters and of the mem-
 bers and their place in the state since
 the close of the great conflict. w. B. Isbell, C"Parson') Isbell, more familiar ly known, delivered two rectations
 which were received with applause Lit
 tie Misses Bessie and Gertrude Gillern
 with their cake walk. dances and reel tations delighted the audience and
 were encored several times.
 General E. s. Greedy and General Goodrich, the newly elected president of the regimental association, were called upon for speeches and spoke in veins especially acceptable to the old veterans present, recalling the times when all were at the front and touch ing tender chords in the hearts of all of their comrades present.
 The committee on the meeting place for next year reported that Hartford had been chosen and that probably the regiment would be invited to South Windsor for dinner on the occasion of the next reunion on the first Thursday in September, 1900. The reunion was postponed from that day this year be- cauSp of the aDca mnment of the Grand