The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-06
VETERANS REUNION.
SECOND HEAVIES TO VISIT OLD
 CAMP DUTTON.

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 Mado President-stateF Flag Presented
 By Mrs. William Curtis Moves oi
 New York-Thc Regiments History. | The reunion of the Second Connecti-
 cut Heavy Artillery, which will take
 place at Litchfield, September 19, will
 be one of the most interesting regi-
 mental reunions of the year. The Sec
 ond Heavy Artillery was organized In Litchfield county as the Nineteenth | Connecticut and was commanded orig l inally by Gen. l.. w. Vessels, who
 was quartermaster on the staff of Gov. 1 Charles B. Andrews after the Civil
 war Its old camp in Litchfield was
 known as Camp Dutton and the mem bers will visit the rendezvous of 39
 years ago at The reunion this year.
 The last time the members of the
 regiment were in Litchfleld as body
 was in 1878. That year, by special act
 ol lHe ieBlSlature, the regiment vas
 permitted to take it's state color, which
 was carried through the war, from the
 arsenal in this city to Litchfield, being
 a concession on the part of the Gen.
 eneral Assembly that had never been
 made to any regiment up to that time.
 This flag was one of noted interest. It
 was the gift to the regiment from Mrs.
 William Curtis Moves of New York
 city, who was descendant of Colonel
 Tamadge of Litchfield. The presenta-
 ton took place on Litchf1eld hill in September, 1862 William Curtis Moves
 made the presentation address in be- half of his wife. The event was one of patriotic memories and is recalled with absorbing in crest by the old residents of Litchfeld at the present time The Hon. o. R. Fyler of TorrIngton, chair man of the republican state central committee, was the first color bearer and carried this noted state emblem until he was advanced to the line in the regiment.
 At the celebration reunion of the regiment In 1878, when the Moves flag was unfurled for the first time after the war, Gov. Richard D. Hubbard of this city was the orator of the occasion. The address which he delivered was one of classic interest
 At the fall of Petersburg the Second Heavy Artillery was the first regiment that carried the United States colors into the city. At Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864, 1t lost "A killed, including Col. Elisha s. Kellogg and Capt. L. Wad- hams, and had 1855 wounded During addition to the number, 80 died of wounds. The number of men who In the regiment from first to last was 2,719. The number who died of disease during the service was one and eighty-six Judge Dwight c. Kilbourn, of Litchfield, clerk of the superior court in Litchfield county, is president of the regimental association. Railroad Commissioner Fyler is the president, and Gene ral William E. Disbrow, of Bridgeport, is the secretary. The assistant secre- tary is A. P. Kirkham. of Bridgeport, and Charles w. Hinsdale, of Litchfield, Is the treasurer It is expected that Governor George F. Mclean will be the guest of the regiment at the reunion this month. Ex-Chief Justice Charles B. Andrews is also expected to be pres- ent and take part in the festivities
 The Second Heavy has furnished large number of public men, including fhe late Judge Augustus H. Fenn, who was judge of the supreme court and president of the Connecticut Army and | Navy Club at the time of his death in 1897; Railroad Commissioner o. R. Fly | er, James N Coe.. superintendent of | the Soldiers home at Noroton: Jeffrey l Skinner and Stephen w. Sage, of Win | sted; General William F. Disbrow, who | was quartermaster-gen on the staff | If Governor O. Vincent Coffin; Freder- | ok M. Cooke. of Winsted. Carleton | Seymour, of New Hartford and Lieu .enant Wilber w. Birge, who was chief l Jerk in the insurance department of | he state under Insurance Commission .r Fyer. The death of MT. Birge oc- ,urred in 1891 He had served in the | house of representatives, and was a prominent member of the Army and | Navy club of the state.
 Railroad Commissioner Fyler will | be elected president of the 2egmental association at the ap- preaching reunion. He has been in | public life most of the time since the of the civil war. He was postmaster at Torrington upwards of twenty-five years, serving in that ca pacity until the first administration of President Cleveland. He was appoint d insurance commissioner by Governor Henry B. Harrison, of New Haven, and vas reappointed by Governor Morgan l. Bulkeley. He was placed on the ,oard of railroad commissioners by Governor l.. A. Cooke, and was reap ,ointed by Governor George P. Mo- 4ean. Commissioner Fyler was the president of the National Insurance onvention during his term as insur- nee commissioner of the state, being he first Connecticut man to hold that igh and responsible position. For ears he has been the chairman of the epublcan state central committee, and s an honored representative of Con- ecticut republicanism. He was elect d vice. president of the Regimental as- ociation at the reunion in Torrington, n Sept ember 1900.