The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-05
THE SEVENTH RBGIMENfG. Y.
HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING,
 OUTING AND SOCIAL.

4 Very Pleasant Event at SavIn Rock
 Senator HawIey and O2srs Spoke
 Officers EieeIed-shore Dinner En-
 joyed-The Days Programme.
 The S3rd annual reunion of the Sew enth Regiment, Conn. Vols, was held at Savin Rock yesterday with about 80 of the veterans in attendance. Despite the indictment weather conditions of the early morning the veterans and their families arrived early prepared to thoroughly enjoy the days outing.
 The business meeting which was the feature of the morning, was held in the theater.
 The meeting was called to order at Ii o'clock with Captain William H. Pierpont. the president of the associa- ton, presiding. Seated on the platform were Senator Joseph R. Hawley and his daughter, also William J. Seward. Captain William H. Pierpont, Secretary
 Virgil F. McNeil, Chaplain Lyman S.
 Johnson, Leonard E. Peck, John I.
 Hutchinson.
 Senator Hawley received a great
 ovation when he entered the theater
 and took his seat on the platform. He
 seemed somewhat feeble, but was thoroughly interested in the proceed iy7u ch R the grand old regiment of which he is the only surviving commanding off, eer.
 The death roll was read by the sec retary and showed that six members
 had passed over to the great majority. They were James K. Ewell Isaac
 Dorman, Chauncey A. Bacon, John H.
 Wilcox, William Johnson and E. J.. Barden.
 After attending to a few matters of routine business, Captain Pierpont, in
 few well chosen sentences, called
 upon Senator Hawley to say few
 words to his old command. "Our Grand | Old General is the way Captain Pier
 pont introduced the senator. The vet erans kept General Hawley standing I for some minutes before the outbreak
 of applause subsided. Senator Hawley's S voice was so weak that he coud scarce | ly be heard ten seats from the stage. Among other things he said: we have many things to be grateful | for. Our roll call shows that the num-
 Der who have died is very large and
 we should be thankful that we are
 numbered among the survivors" 1 Referring to the accident of yester-
 day to President Roosevelts party,
 Senator Hawley said: Tt would have
 been very sad indeed if the criminal
 carelessness of those men had de-
 stroyed our new president" At this
 point his voice was so low that the re-
 mainder of his remark was lost. | Later raising his voice he said: q
 have been enabled so far to agree en-
 tirely with the policy he has defined.' .' Senator Hawley praised the soldiers of the army of to-day and commended the gallantry they displayed in recent
 battles. He said: II have only praise for the men who took Porto Rico and who govern 1t.
 The wisdom of our generals is not to
 be questioned. They have been obliged to the sever at times, and I do not
 think their conduct can be defined as
 cruety. I know two or three and have
 the highest respect for them" | When Senator Hawey had resumed
 his seat Captain Pierpont advanced to the front of the stage and said 1t was
 his desire to have created in the as- sociatiGn new office, namely that of honorary president. 'There is one of your number" said he. "who is most emlnently fitted for such an office, and | it is no more than right that such a
 recognition of his worth be made. I | therefore nominate for the office of | honorary president General Joseph R.
 Hawley." (Great applause).
 General Hawley was elected by ac- clamation.
 At this point the motion was made
 that General Hawley, through his sec-
 retary, tender congratulations to the
 president and his party for their
 miraculous escape of Wednesday. The
 motion was adopted and the following dispatch drafted by R. W. Thompson, private secretary to the senator: To the President:
 At the S3d annual reunion of the 7th 1 Connecticut Volunteers association held at Savin Rock, Conn.,, September 4, 1902, it was unanimously voted that General Joseph R. Hawley, formerly colonel of the 7th Connecticut Volun- teers, through his secretary, convey to the president the heartfelt sympathy of
 the association to the members of your party Wednesday who suffered by the | accident by trolley collision and con- gratulate you upon your most fortunate escape from more serious injury. May l the great and benevolent Divine Provi- dence continue to watch over and pre- serve you is the earnest prayer of this association.
 (Signed) R. W. Thompson, Secretary to Gen. Hawley. After the address by Senator Hawley, President Pierpont called upon Ashbel Landon, of Groton, N. Y, and Major | William T. Seward, of Boston, for re-
 marks and both responded most inn pressively.
 l The election of officers for the ensu- l ing year resulted in the choice of the | following: President, William H. Pier
 pont, of New Haven; first vice presi- ent, Norman s. Wood, of Meriden; sec ond vice president, H. T. Braman, of l New Haven; secretary, V. F. McNeil,