The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-21
ALL WORE SCARLET RED TIES
MEMBERS or CONN. CAY. ASSOCI-
 ATIoy HONORED CUSTER.

Observed Custom Which the Famous General Established - cavaIrymen Held Their Reunion at savin Rock Large AtIendance-Omeers Elected.
 necticut Cavalry association, called to order the thirty-ffth annual business meeting of the association at Savin Rock yesterday afternoon. The event was primarily reunion of the members of the association and the attendance of members was the largest of any reunion held during the last twenty years, more than eighty of the old cavalry men being present. The meeting was held on the colonade just east of WilcoX's shore re- sort at the Rock. Prayer was offered by Rev. General Erastus Blakeslee of Palmer, Mass. Resolutions concerning the memory of the deceased members of the association were adopted and a committee was appointed to apprise the members of the Thirteenth Connecticut Veterans association, who were hold ing their reunion at Putnam's resort, that the cavalrymen would gladly well come members of the Veterans associa- ton to a joint social reunion immediate Iy after the dinner, which was to follow. A similar committee, bent on similar errand from the Veterans association, extended greetings to the cavalrymen. Officers for the ensuing year were elect ed as follows:
 President-L. W. Smith of Hartford.
 Vice presidents-S. V. Vest of Colum- bia and Samuel E. Hurlburt of Hart ford.
 Permanent secretary - George s. Smith of Norwich.
 Assistant secretary-George N. Moves of Hartford.
 Committee on monument, commemo- rating the services of the regiment Captain Phillips of Norwich, chairman; G. S. Smith, F. Bishop of Boston, Cap tain Wheeler of Bridgeport. and MT. Lyman of Willimantic.
 After the business meeting the mem- bers and their friends and families were photographed. This group numbered fully 150.
 An elaborate shore dinner was then enjoyed at Wilcox's shore restaurant. The remainder of the day was spent so- cially and in the enjoyment of the vari- ous pastimes. and attractions at the Rock.
 The Connecticut Cavalry association was originally organized by the sur- vivors of the First Connecticut Volun- teer Cavalry regiment. It now repre- sents all the states that during the civil war furnished a cavalry organization to the federal government. Of it's two Connecticut contingents one is compos- ed of the surviving veterans of the First squadron of Connecticut cavalry, which was recruited in this state in August, 1861 but was later accredited to the state of New York and did telling ser vice as part of the famous Harris Light Cavalry"
 But the greater number of the asso- ciatiorl's members are veterans of the First Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry regiment which was organized at West Meriden in October, 1861, and which un- der Generals Sheridan and Custer did much conspicuous service in the Shen- andoah valley, Virginia, and elsewhere and at Apponattox, at Lees surrender furnished General Grants body guard This was known as General Clusters favorite regiment and from it that dar' } ing soldier selected his we'll known chiet of staff, Brigadier General Edward W Whitaker, now pension attorney at l,4O Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D c. After the grand review in May, 1865 at Washington, General Custer gave { special farewell review to the First Con necticut Cavalry, and every member then actually present received hand some Custer medal and a long scarle red necktie, such as Custer himself wa then in the habit of wearing. In prout memory of their young dshing leade these veterans still wear the flowing ret Cluster tie" at all their reunions, ant the ties were very conspicuous at yes terday's pleasant and successful gather ing.