The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-05
A RIG DAY IN HARTFORD
OLD SOLDIERS ON THE Old CAMP
GRUND.

dwelling of the Camp Field Monument
on What Was Camp Putnnm-Tht
Parade-Fitting Speeches for the Oc-
cnsiOn.
Hartford Oct. 4.--The long anticipat-
ed unwilling of the Camp Field monu-
ment on what was Camp Putnam, dur
ing war times, took place here this az
ternoon in the presence Of thousands.
The veterans who served in the Fifth,
Eighth, Tenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth,
Twenty and Twenty-tifth regi-
ments, who encamped on these grounds
in 1861 so, were conspicuous, and many
memory was revived as they viewed
the familiar scenes which recall to their
mind many interesting "reminiscences.
The line of march was over streets up
on which the veterans marched when
they left for the front.
work was suspended for the day in
nearly all the factories in honor of the
occasion. The exercises proper took
place at the monument at the conclu-
sion of the parade and the programme
which was carried into effect there was
as follows:
Invocation.
History of the camp field by General
Thomas McMapus.
Unwilling of the statue by Miss Ma
bel johnson, a niece of General Griffin
A.. Stedman, the hero who lost his life
when acting as brigadier general at
Petersburg, Va, August, 1864.
Music.
Address by Governor G. e. Louns-
bury.
Grafton, Colonel w. s. Cogswell of
New York.
y Presentation of the monument and
grounds to the city, Captain J. G.
Root
Acceptance, Mayor Alexander Harbi-
son.
Singing Of America by the audi
ence.
In the course of his history Of the
grounds General McManus said:
TN May, 1861, volunteers for regi-
Ynent known as First Regiment, Colts
Revolving Rifles commenced an organ
ization, but which was disbanded and
reorganized as the Fifth regiment, c.
Y. These soldiers were transferred TO
these grounds, then called Camp Put
nam, and on June %, 1861, were mus
tered into United States service. The
here in August, 1861. The field was
then named Camp Buckingham. The
Tenth was organized at the same time.
When the Fourteenth regiment was or
ganized the field was called Camp
Foote. The Sixteenth organized sim
ultaneously. When the Twenty-sec-
ond regiment was organized the ground
was called Camp Hallock. The Tween
ty-fifth regiment was the last to en-
camp here. They went into service
November H. The records show that
there were 6,S26 men in these regiments
which encamped on these grounds
Probably not one out of 80 of the 1000
men would have, unaided, recognized
this field Some Of the veterans said:
TT shall not be lost. We will take
care of that and forthwith proceeded
to secure a memorial"
General McManus then called atten-
tion to the various steps which had
been taken, and referred lovingly to
the statue of General Stedman which |
surmounts the shaft.
The statue is of bronze, eight feet six |
inches in height. The granite shaft |
upon which 1t rests is 10 feet high and |
9 feet wide.
Colonel W. S. Cogsweli of New York |
paid fitting tribute to the memory Of |
General Stedman, and ex-Mayor Root |
in presenting the grounds and monu-
ment to the city referred to the fact |
that of the 1000 men who encamped on
the ground that 394 had been killed in
action, 230 had died of wounds, and 1874
of disease contracted in the service
NEW HAVEN AND BRIDGEPORT