The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-19
GIDEON WELLES VETERANS.
THEY UILL HOLD ANNUAL EEUN-
JULY 81.
savin Rock the Pluco Selected for the
Outing-List of Those Who Died Last

| Year
The eighteenth annual reunion OF
Gideon Welles Naval association, No 8,
of Connecticut, will be held at Savin
| Rock, Wednesday, July 81. The invita-
ton is as follows:
| Port Of New Haven, July II, 1901.
Dear Sir and Shipmate: #
The eighteenth annual association
| Will be held at the "Pier Restaurant"
savin Rock. West Haven, Wednesday,
July 81, 1901.
The boatswain will pipe all hands at
six bells Gil a. m.) to assemble In the
"Pagoda," which has been built mid
way on the pier which extends fifteen
hundred feet into Long Island sound.
AT this hour the delegates and alter
mates to the national convention are to-
be elected, and the transaction of any
other business proper to come before
the association.
The mess cloth will be spread at
three bells Q:30 p. m) Dinner tickets
can be obtained at the paymaster's
desk for seventy-five cents per plate.
Please notify the secretary how many
tickets you may require, that suitable
provisions can be made
Past Captain Walter E. Jacobs and
Past Commander Philip Higgins will
be on deck at the Union station to give
shipmates course and bearings for the
Pier" via Savin Rock cars, fare Eve
cents. Shipmates will report without
uniform, wearing badges only.
The sixteenth annual convention of
the Naval Veterans will be held at
Cleveland, Ohio, during the G.. A. r.
encampment, commencing Monday,
September 9, 1901, and continuing until
the 14th inst.
The naval parade will take place
Tuesday, September 10, the anniversary
of Commodore Perrys victory on Lake
Erie. Elaborate preparations are be-
ing made to celebrate this glorious
event. fine programme has been
prepared for the Dog Watch" which
will be held in the evening in the
"Gray's Armory."
The ladies of the Naval Veterans will
hold reception in parlor 104. Weddell
House, Wednesday evening September
II, at eight o'clock.
The convention will be called to or
der in Army and Navy hall, at a. m.
September u. The ladies
will hold their convention in the same
building. Free quarters will be located
and information given at headquarters,
parlor 104 Weddell House
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad is designated as the
official route. Shipmates going by this
route will experience no difficulty in
stopping over at Buffalo on the return
trip.
Headquarters train will leave New
York at 100 p. m. Sunday, Septem
3. Fare for round trip from New
York fourteen dollars.
Shipmate George b. Graves of For
died August Is, 1900. He |
served on the u. S. S. Princeton and |
'Patomska" Was buried with militia |
~ honors.
Shipmate Albert Hicks Of Providence, |
R. l., died August 30, 1900. He served |
IN the U. S. S. "Galatea," and was bur-
ed with military honors.
Shipmate John Hogan died Februa-
" s. 1901. He served on the U. S. S.
'Gennessee," and was buried with mil |
tary honors.
Shipmates, 1t is the desire of your
officers that a goodly |
lumber may answer to the roll call |
,nce more, and greet each other with
/ hearty grasp of the hand of good fell
owship
Fraternally,
ALFRED F. ELCOCK,
Captain Commanding.
HENRY F. McCOIIJM,