The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02

ment-No Disorder at the Armory a
 Reported-GemeralH Howard's Courtes,
 to the Connecticut Men-Fine Appear
 ance of the Regiment, Naval Battalion
 and the Foot Guard.
 Owing to the poor arrangements made
 by the state to take the Second regi-
 ment to New York to take part in the
 Dewey parade Saturday, the regiment
 the one designated by Governor Louns-
 bury to act as his escort in the big pa rade, did not arrive in time to take it's place in the line with the governor and came within an ace of not even getting to the line of march in time to see the last organization disappearing over the brow of the hill at Grants tomb. It was only by the energetic efforts of Colonel Burpee and his display of good judgment that the regiment and the naval militia which accompanied it was able to reach the line of march in time to drop in just at the rear of the first division of the parade and just ahead of General Howard and staff at the head of the second division.
 Friday night much criticism of the plan to have the regiment leave here at o'clock was heard, the general opin- ion being that since Governor Louns- bury had designated the Second to es- cort him, arrangements should have been made for the regiment to leave New Haven at least early in the even- inc in, Q ba oicrtt oot Q good nights sleep before their long march. When o'clock Saturday morn- ing came and no word had been re- ceived at the armory that the Shinne cock had arrived at Belle dock, bets were freely offered that the regiment would not leave New Haven before day light and that it would not get to New York in time for the parade. These of- fers could find no takers, as by that time the men were disappointed at not getting away from the armory on sched- ule time and no one believed that the regiment would get into the parade.
 Although there were so many men ill the armory, and it might be expected that during the long wait with guards posted at the door with orders to allow no one to get out, there might have been some disturbance and disorder, the crowd was on the contrary very or derly one and the men conducted them selves, under trying circumstances, in manner which reflected great credit upon themselves and upon the regiment as an organization, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary published in an afternoon paper and probably written by some one to whom the guards, act ing under orders, refused admittance to the armory.
 During the stay at the armory Fri; day night the officers congratulated themselves on the good order which prevailed and the lack of drunkenness was frequently commented upon. There was no fighting in the armory and very little outside. The fight reported by an afternoon paper as having taken place between militamen between and o'clock in the morning could not pos- sibly have taken place, as the guards were posted at the door at midnight and no soldiers were allowed to go out after that hour. Instead of there be- ing countless bottles which had con- tained all kinds of liquors" found on the floor of the armory after the troops had gone Saturday morning, a man who helped sweep the armory said that only three bottles were found, not such a great number to be left by 1,500 men.
 It had been expected that the Shinne- cock would reach New Haven in time for the regiment to leave at o'clock, and it was arranged that as soon as she was sighted from the dock ahe Naval Battalion would leave the arnory for the dock and that the regiment would leave immediately after. The Naval Militia, headed by Hatch's band of Hartford, left the armory about 3:3O, and after it reached the boat detail was at once set to work, loading bag gage and carrying mattresses aboard. The regiment reached the boat shortly after and details were set to work car rying mattresses and baggage. There were about $50 mattresses to take on board, and as soon as they were all taken from the dock the Shinnecock steamed away few minutes after five o'clock. She made good time and her captain stated that she would surely reach her docking place on North river at il o'clock, which would give the reg iment fully an hour to march to where it was to take it's place in line Had no rnishaps occurred there is no doubt but that the regiment would have arrived at the line of march in ample time to have taken it's allotted place. Everything was going well, when just off South Norwalk the boat listed to starboard and the port paddle wheel, being lifted partly out of water, broke.
 The steamer stopped and in few minutes two tugs came up, one from the Long Island shore and one from the Connecticut shore They offered assist ance. which was declined by the cap- rain of the Shinnecock. No movement was made towards repairing the danl- age until after the boat had been stop ped for nearly an hour Then the crew went to work and put bolt in the wheel in place of one that had broken. While the repairs were going on the steamer Montauk came up and steamed around the Shinnecock, profferng as- sistance, which was declined, the cap tain probably having the tow rate in mind.
 Finally, after a delay of about two hours and quarter, the Shinnecock re- stunned her trip. Colonel Burpee then decided, owing to the lateness of the