The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-18
The FOURTEENTH REGIMENT
ANNUAL REUNION CELEBRATED
YESTERDA
One OF tho Most Successful Held I'm Years
About 40 Present-Fine Speeches
and Reports Heard.

One of the most successful reunions
ever held by the Fourteenth regiment
Connecticut Volunteers was held yes
terday at Stewards dining rooms at
Savin Rock. The old members of the
regiment were present to the number
of ITO, and with them were many wives
and sons and daughters. They came
I from all parts Of the state, and a rev
were present from other states Aside
from the members and families of the
association there were the following
guests: General A. H. Embler, GeneEal
j. r. Hawley, General e. e. Sill, Willis
B. Isbell and few others.
The business meeting of the assocla-
ton was called to order at IL o'clock
in the dining pavilion and was opened
by the president Hiram ri, Fox of this
city. After a few remarks of welcome
Mr.. Fox, the secretary and treasurer
read the reports of the year
j. w. Knowlton, the secretary, re-
ported that there were at the present
time $50 in the association, and that
nine had died during the past year
This report was handed to him by the
neurological secretary and showed the
following deaths: e. A. Craw, John
Norton, A. d. Clark, Henry Hassler,
A. L. Knowles, e. f. Hyde, William e.
Miller, William Carroll and G. L. Dol
man.
The treasurer, A. Parke Hammond,
reported that there is in the treasury
at the present time a little over $500,
and that. accordingly. the association
is in good standing financially
The election of officers then took
place and resulted as follows:
President, Benjamin Herst of Spring
field, Mass; vice president, Charles w.
Norton of New Britain, Conn; secre-
tary, j. w. Knowlton Of Bridgeport;
treasurer,A. Parke Hammonds of Rock
Vile: chaplain, Henry s. Stevens of
Washington. D. C.
The neurological committee was COM
posed of the following: Fl. S. Stevens
of Washington, d. c.; and S. H. Sew
ard OF Putnam, Conn.
AT / o'clock the large gathering sat
down to fine dinner by Caterer Stew
art, and it was presided over by the
retiring president, Hiram Fl, Fox. At
the conclusion of the dinner speeches
were made by General Embler, Gener-
al Hawley, Colonel Sill, and there were
some recitations by Parson Isbell. All
of the speeches We're of an informal
nature, but We're nevertheless very pat
riotic and full of feeling. Each speak
er referred to the work of the regiment
in the many different battles in which
they fought, and spoke OF the brave
work of the members Of the regiment.
This regiment suffered heavily In the
war in numbers killed and wounded,
and stands In the list as hundredth
in the service of the United States dur
ing the war of the rebellion. The Four
tenth was in thirty-three regular bat
ties during the war.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the
battle Of Antietam and on that date
the reunions of the Fourteenth and
Sixteenth regiments are always held.
The anniversary of the Sixteenth regi-
ment was celebrated yesterday at Lake
and attending were many
from this city.
1t Is the custom of the regiments
to exchange greetings and yesterday
the following telegram was sent by
Secretary Knowlton to the Sixteenth:
Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers,
Pond, Conn. The annual
of the battle of Antietam
finds the Sixteenth and the Fourteenth
regiments again in reunion and once
more the Fourteenth proffers the glad
hand of comradship to the glorious