The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-27
REGIMENTAL SECRETARIES.
Dongs of the Annual Meeting Held in
Hartford.

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office of Judge E. e. Marvin, clerk o
the United States court, yesterday
President d. C. Kibourn, of Litchfield
presided. The secretary of the associa
ton, Judge Marvin, could not be pres
ent, duties in the United States court il
New Haven necessitating his presence
in that city, Judge Marvin left a com
munication for the members. expressing
his regret that he could not be present
He also stated that it would afford him
much pleasure if the association should
see fit to appoint another secretary
taking the place which he has filled fol
so many years. Judge Marvin has beer
the secretary from the outset, and has
performed a most important work in
that position. He feels that it would be
impracticable for him TO continue the
work owing to the physical troubles UNI
der which he is laboring and asked fol-
relief.
Watson Fl. Bliss, of this city, the sac-
ratary of the Twenty fifth Connecticut
is the chairman of the executive COM
mittee, and the arrangements for the
annual dinner and the festivities attend
ing the reunion We're made by him.
Nothing was omitted this year to-
wards making the event one of interest
and pleasure for the veterans, all Of
whom have now been out of the service
more than generation.
Reports We're presented from Theron
| Upson, chief clerk of the Connecticut
Insurance department, representing the
| Connecticut Light battery; General
John B. Clapp, Of the Sixteenth Con-
necticut; B. e. Smith, of Willimantic,
| Twenty-frst Connecticut, who could not
be present at the meeting; Weston Fer
ris, of New Haven, First cavalry; w.
P. Borroughs. Of Bridgeport, Second
Connecticut Light battery; E. G. Wood
house, of Wethersfield, Twenty-second
Connecticut; j. w. Knowlton, of
Bridgeport Fourteenth Connecticut; A.
w. Peck, of Newtown, Seventeenth reg-
ment: and Judge e. e. Marvin, of the
Fifth Connecticut.
Town Clerk Penfied, of New Britain,
is the new secretary of the Thirteenth
Regiment association, and Charles w.
Scranton, of New Haven, of the First
Connecticut Heavw artillery. The as
ISOLATION of the First Heavy has not
been represented in the annual meetings
by its secretary in the past, and no Off
cial reports have been received from
that command. The new secretary, Mr..
Scranton. was invited to attend the
meeting to-day G. l.. Andrews, of
Winsted. is the new secretary of the
Twenty ninth
A report was received from Adjutant
Z. Howard Geer. of Robert o. Tyler
Post, showing the deaths in that organ
ization during the past year. The de-
ceased are with dates of death: Henry
II. Nearing, January 26; Sidney S. Ba-
sey, February 9; Henry Chaplin, March
16; Charles E. Puffer, March IS; Charles
Fl. Snyder, May 10: Charles S. Caldwell,
May %; Secretary George Ellis, of the
Travellers, June rs; joseph Honsem,
July 6; Charles M. Bowman, July %;
Patrick Mackin, September %; Cyrus B.
Doty, November 5, and Frank Fl. Day,
November go
The Twenty first regiment dedicated
it's monument in New London, October
20, the site occupying portion of Will
liams Memorial Park in that city. One
hundred and fifty survivors of the regi-
ment We're present at the dedication GER
emones. r. N. Crocker of New Lon
don, is the new president of the associa-
ton.
General John B. Clapp, of the Six
tenth, reported that an effort is on foot
for a grand reunion of the Eighth,
Eleventh and Sixteenth Connecticut
regiments and the Fourth Rhode Is
land, September 18th, this year. These
four regiments were brigaded together
at the battle of Antietam. 1t Is hoped
tn hold reunion a no vapipnt
place on the anniversary of the great
was a heavy loser
PRESIDENT KILBOURN'S AD-
DRESS.
In his address President Kilbourn |
said the past year has been full of war
and rumors of war. and we feel justly |
proud of the position our nation has |
taken among the factors of future do
minion. Possibly we take too much |
pride, for we certainly put that all is a
sequence of that strife which we en- |
gagged in and which, after making our
country first in all the essentials of |
and a wonderful example Of |
has lifted the embargo |
upon the seas and taken a hand in the |
ruling of empires in the Orient. Refer
ing to the death list of the veterans he
said: In the last eight years we have
recorded 1886 of veterans of our state
regiments, 289 of the number being re-
ported in 1897, nearly two infantry reg
ments in eight years! And with those
exported this year more have gone than
t has taken this year to conquer Spain.
President Kilbourn reporting as sec
'etary of the Second Heavy artillery,
showed eighteen deaths for 1898. The
leath list of the regiment contained the
names of Albert Fl. Bailey, Nelson H.
Barnes, Wallace e. Beach, George Brad
ey, Superintendent Charles II. But
err of the Capitol, John J. Carroll, John
Joggswell, Charles Fl. Hart, James
Hyde, William Johnson, John Nc
4aughlin, John Meramble, James Mo-
an, Frederick j. Pierce, Alfred B. Par
lee, Frank J. Thomas, Charles G.
Wheeler and George White.
President Kilbourn, of the association,
$ the clerk of the Superior court in
Iitchfield county and has been the pres
dent since the association was organ
zed. William E. Disbrow, collector of
he post at Bridgeport, who was quar-
general under Governor Cof-
n, was a member of President Kill
ourn's regiment. Railroad Commits