The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-23
U.V.U, CAMPFIRE RECEPTION
AN ENJOY4BLB AFFAIR HELD
 LAST NIGHT.

The camp fire and reception given
 last night by General A. H. Terry regi- ment No. 8, U. V. IT., in honor of Major
 General Timothy Whittlesey and staff
 was most successful event in U. V. U
 circles. The reception was held in Gen. eral Terry regiment headquarters in the Insurance building and was attended by about 250 members and friends of the organization. The hall was set with tables for the "hard-tack" that was
 served after the exercises of the even-
 ing, the Ladies' auxiliary furnishing the
 delicious viands to which the vets sat
 down later in the evening" Colonel
 James Caffrey presided and the follow
 ing programme was presented:
 Call to order-Colcnel Caffrey.
 Opening vocation--Chaplain Nettle-
 ton.
 Song-Sword of Bunker Hill-A. H. | Hawkes..
 Address of welcome-Lieutenant Colo
 nel Benjamin.
 Piano solo-Harry Smith.
 Address-Division commander. l Song-Mrs. Porter.
 Poem-Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt. Selection-Morris Cove Musical Trio. l Address. patriotic-Hon l.. w. HouSel. | Song-America.
 Among those present were Rev. A. J.
 Smith of Grace M. F. church; past de- partment commander, General James &. l IL'Hommadieu of South Norwalk; past department commander, Colonel Will liam E. Morgan; past assistant adju- tant general, Frederick S. Snow of New Haven: Comrades Cleaveland and Cook of Meriden, A. F. Nail of Mansfield, O., Past Department Commander l.. T. Hurd of Bridgeport Captain Lawrence O,Brien of New Haven and others.
 In the afternoon the annual meeting of the division was held and the folloW- ing officers were elected:
 Commander-Major General John J. Edmonds of Bridgeport
 First deputy-Albert w. Cook of Mer- iden.
 Second deputy-James l.. Russell of South Norwalk.
 Following this meeting the annual meeting of the Funeral Aid association was held. Colonel Frederick s. Snow was reelected secretary. MT. Snow has held the position for three years ana has been adjutant general of the U. V. IT. for three years. Timothy Whittle- sey was reelected president and Mrs. Mary Burgmeister treasurer.
 The installing officer was Colonel Snow.
 The address of Major General Whit tlesey and the poem of Mrs, Elizabeth Pratt were as follows:
 New Haven, Conn, Nov. 22, 1900. Comrades and Sisters of the Union Vet
 erans' Union:
 Just about one year ago the eighth annual encampment enjoyed the hospi- tality of General A. H. Terry command and the sisters of the Woman's Veteran Relief union. Again, upon this the ninth annual encampment, we are proud to take you by the hand give you cordial, hearty, welcome. One year ago you elected me as your division commander, an honor, which l assure you I highly appreciate, for to be thought worthy to be the commander of battle field soldiers is indeed an honor. AHu HOW, dL llit tlcoc oL lHN oiiieiot year. we are to render an account of our stewardship.
 During the administration of my predecessor radical changes were made in our constitution and bylaws. It be- came my duty on assuming the posi- ton of your department commander to practically carry out these changes, and I am most happy to say that with the cooperation of my aides this has been carried out smoothly and without 1 friction.
 During the year, accompanied by my l assistant adjutant general and assist | ant quartermaster general, with com rades and sisters of Terry command, I | have paid an official visit to Lincoln l No. i. Found them holding | their own. They made it very pleasant | for us and we had a royal good time. | Also visited Bridgeport, where we re- ceived a cordial welcome. Owing to a | sickness of nearly three months dura- tion we did not visit o. s. Ferry com- mand, as we desired to do. In June we | notified the Chadeayne command of | Shelton of an intended visit, but were that they had given up their nall for the summer months. During the first week in October your com nander with the assistant quarternas- ter general and delegates of the Gen. aral A. H. Terry regiment, also dele ;atee of the A. H. Terry Woman's Vet ran Relief union, attended the national 7ncampment held at Washington, D. C.,
 was very sorry not to meet the dele- gates of other regiments of this divi- ion, they made a great mistake, it would have been worth to you far more han the cost. They gave us soldiers greeting, the grasp of the hand was so warm that 1t touched our hearts. Their was unbounded, reception lnd camp fire every night, and best of II the encampment was perfect har- nonious one. As you know, our com- chief was unanimously re- lected, no other name being presented IT thought of. The adjutant general nd quartermaster general are the same g last year. The sisters of the Relief 1 nion also reelected their national !, resident, Ms. Johnson. The fifteenth | ncampment closed with the joint in- talIation of the officers elected Membership and finances of the Di- ision I will leave to the assistant ad- ltant general and the assistant quar- I tnr, rl.N1 1,-oxr -