The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-26
ANOTHER REGIMENT MEETS
THE F'IFTEENTH CONNECTICUT AT
 LIGUTHOUsE POINT.
"r"y Haired War Veterans Renew Frferdships With Comrades That

"y Haireu War Veterans Renew
 Friendships With Comrades Tha.
 Hnve Marched Shoulder to Shoulder
 Over n Hundred Sit Down to Dinner.
 The thirty second annual reunion of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteer as- soclatlon was held at Lighthouse Point yesterday and was participated in by about l30 of the veterans. The gray Halred survivors began to assemble on the green as early as S:30 a. m. and snortly after 10 o'clock special cars were taken for the picnic grounds, arriving there between Il and 12 o'clock.
 The business meeting was held in the pavilion with President Charles l.. Up- ham of Meriden in the chair The re- port of Secretary and Treasurer Oscar f. Ives was read and accepted. The mortuary record of the past year was then read, which showed that since the last reunion five comrades had answer ed the call of taps, and had been laid away in their last resting place. These comrades were William H. Hubbard, Co. l. Henry Futile, Go. K; Richard H. Tanner Co. K; Samuel Bradley, Co D. and John Konroff, Co. B. As the names Were read the members remained stand ing and prayer was offered by the Rev. Eugene Atwoods.
 The election of officers of the associa ton was also held and the old board was returned, Secretary and Treasurer Oscar P. Ives being installed for life. The place of holding the next reunion was left in the hands of a committee of ten, one member of each company being appointed
 Immediately following the business meeting the dinner call was sounded, and all sat down to most sumptuouS shore dinner, which elicited much praise from the veterans
 Historian Sheldon B. Thompson read an interesting paper which he had pre- pared for the occasion. ParSon Isbell of the old 27th C. V. delivered recitation, which was much enjoyed, and speeches were made by the Rev. Eugene Atwood, Comrades Butricks, Marshall and Nun son.
 The debt remaining on the publish ing of the history of the regiment was all wiped out at the meeting yesterday, between $10O and $20O being raised in SIlOTC LlIlle LOT lldl pul pOoC. | ilC Aii' tory, being a volume of several hun dred pages, and having many illustra- tions, was quite expensive. The cost IS now all liquidated The regiment has one of the best regimental histories in the state.
 The members of the various compa- nies present were:
 Company AZ L. Atwood, George l.. Miner, H. F. Farnsworth, George w. Flint, c. F. Beckley and L. A. Butler.
 Company B-A. B. Barker, M. D. Palmer, c. D. Barnes, Frank Hadley, J. A. Brooke, William Crockett, F. 10. Bowman, Charles Winget, Moves Bris- tol, Henry Beardsley, Eben Davis, H. B. Platt, J. M. Parker, A. F. Plant, H. J. H. Thompson, William B. Johnson, Elijah Downs, Henry Eaton, Edward D. Sanford, Daniel Ackley and Luzerne Barnes.
 Company C-J. E. Towner, Fl. F. liar 'rigan, Hugh I. Finnegan Wilson Ii. AL len, P. Offunly, Frank Hutchings, Pat rick Lyman, Frank D. Mosher and Ell rott Smith.
 Company DIV. S. Ovi3tt, H. T. Thompson, E. R. Morse, A. L. Allen and G. E. Granniss.
 Company E-W. s. Beecher, Charles .Griswold J. l.. Leonard, N. G. Mar shall, James Ford, George Dudley, Or rin Potter Ruggles Loper, Charles Fris- bic, Joel c. Page, Jerome Ccan, Thomas Carey, Rufus Spencer, Elizur Russell and M. M. Linsley.
 Company HIN. F. Burritt D. G. Pot ter, F. s. Williams, Henry G. Lewis, R. w. Lewis, w. F. Thompson, Robert Downs, George s. Tyler, Charles Pick cit, R. Lee Isbell, Levi P. Shew, George Gorham, William F. Stevens, s. S. Baldwin, Hiram Patterson and D. s. Kimberly.
 Company I-Captain M A. Butricks w. H. Atwater, J. A. Church, O. P. Ives, l. Tate, C. E. Hart, J. H. Thor man. c. E. Dudley, H. W. Kelley, J. D. Swift, w. H. Nichols, M. Ryington, J. E. Bullard, T. Hosfall I. Widmer, E. w. Shelley. H. w. Hinckley, c. Porter H. S. Allen, J. W. Lego and James | Thorman.
 Company K-M. O.. Munson, S. F. Lip- ley. S. B. Thorpe, E. J. Crockett, w. j. | Morse, N. H. Marks, J. H. Crockett, S. [ B. Smith, Joel Hough, I. L. Doolittle, | George w. Smith, Harvey Cooper De- lanO Ives, Jd111eS haudlllo, JesSS l. DuO~ little, George Barnes, Samuel Scott, Hi ram Parker, Adolphus Hunie, Edwin Buell., W. E. Crockett.
 Following is an official document per taining to the 15th's Suffolk days. The | original paper was found by Waiter k. Jacobs, head of the Naval Veterans and | yardmaster of the Consolidated road at the depot in New Haven. MT. Jacobs | found it on board a transport when he was in the navy He gave it to P. E. Bowman, assistant superintendent of | the New York division of the Consoli- | dated road by whom it was shown to a of his old comrades at the re- union yesterday. The paper is as fol- lows:
 To Lieutenant Colonel Buffum Fourth
 R. 1. Volunteers:
 Headquarters, Suffold, Va,
 March 30, 1863. Orders:
 Countersign from retreat to-day, Mon- day until retreat tomorrow, Tuesday, MOSCOW" Parole, Napoleon
 Signals
 Day-Challenge Il.
 Reply, 122.
 Night--Challenge G.
 Reply, R.
 By command of Major General Peck.