The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-07
REUNION OF THE TENTH
CONNECTICUT VETER4NS MEET AT
SOUTH WINDSOR
In Honor of Their Commander, Colonel
Drake Residents of the Old Town
Join Ina Making the Celebration a
Memorable Event.

The members of the Tenth Connect
cut Volunteer association did honor to
the memory of their late commander
Colonel Albert W. Drake of South
Windsor, by holding their thirty third
annual reunion at his home yesterday.
Colonel Drake was their lieutenant-col
nnel at their organization, and at the
death of Colonel Russell became colonel.
He led the regiment at Newberne,
where 1t distinguished itself by a dar-
ing charge After the battle Colonel
Drake was taken very sick and came
back to his home at South Windsor,
where he died during the summer of so.
| The citizens Of South Windsor at a
public meeting voted to invite the Tenth
e. V. association to hold its reunion at
South Windsor. This invitation was
accepted and the reunion held there.
Residents of South Windsor joined in
the celebration and the event was a
town affair. Houses were decorated
especially those In the neighborhood Of
the old Drake homestead, and a citi-
zens committee was in charge of the
entertainment. This committee was
composed of E. D. Farnhanl. Thomas
Southergill, John Bragg, L. D. Chan
dler, Mrs. Charles Rockwell, Mrs. l.. d.
Chandler Mrs. N. Jones, Mrs. Esther
Jennings and Mrs. oliver Jones.
Members of the association and of
Drake post, G. A. r., Of Manchester,
which is named In honor of Colonel
Drake, began to arrive at the First
Congregational church. where the
meeting took place. as early as ten
o'clock and shortly before noon there
were about 300 people on the grounds.
many of them being ladies. The ex-
terror of the church was handsomely
decorated, a large banner, inscribed
Welcome" being stretched across it's
portals, At the chapel adjoining the
ladies Of the town We're busy preparing
a substantial lunch for the veterans,
the upper and lower rooms geing pro-
fusely decorated in the national colors.
A feature of the days programme was
the visit to Colonel brakes old home,
half mile below the church, Here An
drew c. Reardon, the present owner,
made all welcome, open house being
kept for the veterans.
Preceding the business meeting in
the church the visiting veterans as
sembled on the church lawn, exchang-
ing greetings, and social time was
enjoyed, The scene was a very pretty
and lively one, and the old soldiers pro-
nounced the event one of the most
pleasant of all the reunions held by the
association.
The church auditorium was COM
fortably filed when the business meet
Ing was called to order at 70 O'clock by
General r. D. S. Goodyear of North
Haven, president Of the regimental as
ISOLATION.
The secretarys report gave an ac-
count of the last annual meeting, which |
was held at the Colonial Inn, West Ha- |
ven, September q, 1899. At that time |
there were sixteen deaths recorded as |
having occurred in the previous year.
The treasurers report showed a small |
deficit.
Letters of regret were received from
several members of the association.
The neurological report was as fol-
lows: John Hecox, Company r; Com
fort Farren Company A; Willis B.
Perkins, Company x; John L. Dutton,
Company b: Charles A. French, Com
oany c; Henry Noble, Company A:
Michael Collins, Company F. Joseph U.
Mech, Company F; Henry s. Chandler,
Company G.; James Bronson, Company
3; Charles Hughes, Company I; David
R. Waters, Company H; John D. Noyes,
Company f, and Private Perego, Com
ANY f.
A letter of regret was read from
Chaplain H. C. Trumbull of Philadel-
'hia, who was unable to be present on
ccount of illness, and a vote was taken
extending the sympathy and best wish
S Of the association to him and convey
ng the hope that he might be quickly
estored to health.
General f. s. Greeley of New Haven,
hartman of the monument committee,
0 whom was referred the matter of
uilding monument in connection (
nth other Connecticut veteran organ {
cations reported that nothing definite
ad been accomplished, owing to the
act that the Seventh c.. V. association
ad come to no definite action in re- {
ard to the matter. The committee I
I'LL thinks tina. the proper place for I
he monument is at Seaside park, New {
[aVen, and hopes that at this reunion c
lie committee will be instructed to Join S
18th other organizations already pe6g- '
l in building a monument. Reference /
as made to a circular issued to mem /
ars Of the Seventh Connecticut volun- I
ers, In which it is proposed that tine I
lXtb, Seventh and Tenth regiments
I'D the First Light battery shall Joint {
erect a monument at City Point, I
ew Haven. The proposed design con- Il
sis of granite base surmounted by
equestrian statue of the late Major q
eHeral A. Fl. Terry, the monument to Il
the respective organizations erecting c
The report said in conclusion that
is hoped to adopt a resolution where
: the Tenth Regiment association may W
in with the Others named in erecting 6
is monument.
Before the report was accepted Their. j.,
as a long and heated discussion, dur ~
g which the fact was developed that -
number of the members were opposed !.
erecting a monument at City Point.
lie speaker said that the regiment =.
d never camped there and had no =,
with the place, as was in -
mated in the Seventh regiment circu-
After the business meeting the asso-
ltion repaired to the chapel for lunch.
vers were Laid for two hundred and
2 attendance was so large that MANY