The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
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| Hundred and Twenty ninth street sav- ing, through Colonel Burpee's foresight, | an hour or more which would have been lost in going down around the Battery. There was no delay in disembarking, ! and the regiment and the Naval Bat talion were hustled off the boat in a hurry. Only few minutes were taken for formation and the regiment started
 out on quick marching time across town to Grants tomb, closely followed by the Naval Battalion. The march across the Harlem river to the tomb was about two miles and a half
 It was 2:30 when the regiment halted
 one block above where the parade turn
 ed towards Grants tomb. Arrange
 ments had been made to have the horses
 for Colonel Burpee, acting brigadier
 general, and the regimental officers in
 waiting for them, but the horses did
 not show up. As soon as the regiment
 landed the colonel sent the Signal corps
 ahead on bicycles to inform Governor
 Lounsbury that the regiment had land
 ed and was coming. The governor, the
 Foot Guards, the Horse Guards and the
 other Connecticut organizations had,
 however, already taken their place in line.
 After the Signal corps had reported the regiment wheeled up to where the parade was turning the corner to go up past the tomb and was halted there General Towards division of veterans of the Spanish-American war and the Grand Army was just coming up Gen. eral Howard halted his division, and, riding forward with his staff to where the Second was halted, the general shook hands with Colonel Burpee and expressed regret at the unfortunate ac- cident which had delayed the Connecti- cut men. He invited Colonel Burpee to fall his men into line just ahead of him and at the rear of the first division, the military This invitation was accepted and the Second wheeled into line just behind the Washington Light infantry and the other military organizations from Washington, D. c. Colonel Bur pee's horse had not arrived, and he with the regimental officers marched at the head of the regiment through the entire parade. As the regiment and Naval Militia passed Grants tomb the crowd applauded them and in the crowd many remarks complimentary to the fine ap- pearance of the regiment and the Naval Reserves were heard.
 The two organizations left Pier fl, North river, at the foot of Christopher street, on the Shinnecock for the re- turn trip at about 12:30 o'clock yester day morning. The men were all tired out and soon turned in to sleep. They reached Belle dock at 6 o'clock yester day morning.
 The Shinnecock was crowded with the 1,500 men aboard. Mattresses were strewn over the decks and on them the soldiers and sailors slept as best they | could, which was very little Saturday l on the trip down. About o'clock in l the morning breakfast was served 1 Tickets for breakfast were given out to l the men, but many not knowing that l they were to be given tickets went to | the caterers galley to get breakfast | There they were told that tickets were I fifty cents each and many paid half a | dollar each for tickets. This caused | considerable complaint, but when it | came to the ears of the officers they | stopped the caterer from charging the | men and company officers saw that all | their men had tickets. The food was | complained of as very poor and few men | availed themselves of the opportunity | to get more of it at dinner and supper | time
 Many amusing incidents occurred | during the trip down. One which | caused bystanders to smile was when l a Hartford naval miitiaman directed | one of his comrades where to put some | baggage which he was carrying aboard | the boat just before she left her dock | here. The man had some baggage that | was to go to the upper deck. He in quired of the Hartford militiamen | where it was to go and the latter, in | full sailor togs too, replied "Take it
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