The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-03
MANY VETERANS PRESENT
GRIND .fRMY DAY 1T 1TPL1INVILLR
 4 GREAT SUCCESS.

4 GREAT SUCCESS.
 crans There, Too, i'm Large Numbers =
 Twenty-nve Hundred People on the
 Grounds-Stirring Patriotic Addresses
 Last Nights Camp-1lrO.
 the Plainville camp grounds yesterday and the attendance was very large, about 25O0 veterans and their families
 and friends being present. The day
 could not have been better for such celebra tion, 1t being just cool enough 10 make the beautiful little village in the woods one of the most delightful places in the whole state. Those who have at tended Grand Army days for Q number of years past said that they never saw the camp grounds look more beaut1ful than they did yesterday. The red, white and blue was to be seen wherever the eye turned. Big flags were floating gracefully in the breeze, bunting was wound around the pillars and railings Of all the cottages, greens of all sorts
 helped out in the decorations, and hum
 dreds of small American flags were
 stuck here and there adding to the beauty of the occasion.
 Everybody was bubbling over with
 patriotism the hundreds of old veterans
 cin pi1 O
 would have done fifty years ago. The
 veteran with an arm cut off, the veter-
 an with one leg, and the more fortunate
 veteran who went through the war un-
 harmed was there, and as it was veter- ans day each took an active part In the exercises.
 On the grounds were 2,500 people, one of the largest assemblies ever collected at a Grand Army day in Plainville, and every one proclaimed it to be one of the most enjoyable of the kind ever held there.
 To Charles "A. Baldwin of this city be- longs the credit of making the event such a memorable one for he has work cd hard for the last two or three weeks in order to bring the programme of the day up to the standard. He certainly accomplished his purpose, for the pro- gramne from beginning to end was an excellent one, and MT. Baldwin is to be congratulated in arranging for the same MT. Baldwin is president of the Veterans association, and he was re- elected at the meeting of the association yesterday afternoon, after the celebra- ha toff hay officers, N. A. Fullerton of this city, treasurer; T. J. Chadeayne of Forest vile, secretary, were also reelected The following vice presidents were elected at the meeting: A. A. May of Mrlden, Emer Spencer of Waterbury, M. H. Barnard of Forestville, c. F. Hart of New Haven, Sanford E. Chaffee of Der by, and N. l.. Holt of Hartford. Nine new members were taken into the asso- ciation yesterday, and all out standing bills were voted to be paid A large oil painting on the preachers stand and facing the congregation was presented to the veterans at their meeting by MT. Chadeayne, who did the painting. The picture represents a soldier marching with gun, knapsack, etc, and on the canvas under him are the following words in large letters: For what he was and all he dared, remember him to- day"
 The exercises of the day opened at 8 o'clock with religious patriotism con- ducted by Rev. M. D. Beach of New Haven. The subject for the period was My Love for the Lords Kingdom."s "s The devotion service was largely at tended and lasted until g o'clock, At that hour Rev. H. S. Scarborough con ducted for an hour a talk on the book of Job, which was thoroughly interest ing and instructive. At 10 o'clock the address of the morning was made by Dr. George l.. Porter of Elias Howe, jr., post, No. 2, of Bridgeport pr. Por- ter is medical director of the Connec- ticut G. A. R. The subject of his ad- dress was "The Tragedy of the Nation," being paper on the assassination of President Lincoln
 Dr. Porter began by speaking briefly of the condition of affairs just before tho tragedy, the intense feeling especial ly among the southern sympathizers in Canada in what was known as Davis Canadian Cabinet" He told fully of tho plot to assassinate the president and others and of various circumstances in It's development He drew a vivid pic ture of the assassination of Lincoln and the chase and arrest of the oonspirators He also told of the identification Of Booths body by physicians who a short time previous had removed a tumor from Booth, The body, he said, was sewed in Q sack and deposited in sec ret place, and strict orders were given | never to make this place known. These orders have never been violated, and | .he burial place of Booth Is unknown to l he people. Tn connection with his ad- 1 1ress he exhibited numerous relies of | he crime, including a piece of the dress | worn by Laura Keane, the leading wo- | nan of the company on the night of the | The cloth was stained | )y the blood Of the president while Miss | Xeane was attending to Mrs. Lincoln | Il the box after the murder
 Following Dr. Porter's address Mrs. | Harriet J. Bodge, the national presi- | lent of the Women's Relief Corps, then made a :ew well chosen remarks, in | which she spoke of the noble work of | he wives. mothers and sweethearts of l soldiers at home and oe the nurses in he field hospital Mrs Bodge claimed hat when in a few years, the G. A. R. s a thing of the past, that then the l Sons of Veterans and the Woman's Re-