The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-26
t6TH CONN. VOL. REUNION
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTT- THREE SOLDIERS CELEBRATE.

Their FoEtieth Anniversary, of Their Mastering Day-DInner at Merwin's POint-Orig!naI Drummer Boy of the Regiment Called ahe ROII-Omcers Elected and Other Business Done Deaths of the Year-F eutures of thc Occasion.
 One hundred and twenty-th three veter- ans of the 18th C. V. celebrated their thirty-fifth reunion in New Haven yes- terday at Merwins Point. It was also the fortieth anniversary of the day the men were mustered into service at old Oyster Point, New Haven. As on August 25, 1862, the procession yes- terday morning was headed by drum mer boy, Charles Douglass. He was only 14 years and three months old when he enlisted but he acted as leader of the drum corps nevertheless; and present also with the same drum he had in the war was George E. Gran his of Co. D, residing on Townsend ave- nue, this city. Charley Douglass is a son of the late John P. Douglass who was foreman of Durham and Booths carriage body makers department of years ago.
 Col. Charles L. Upham of Meriden, president of the association, presided at the business session in the morning, which was held in Admiral Foote Post hall in Court street. Here the old iol- diers had chance to refight their bat ties, at Fredericksburg, under Burn side; at the siege of Suffolk; on the Blackberry raid July 4, 1883, near Rich mond; at Kinston, March s, 1885, when the regiment lost between 200 and 300 men fighting. Officers for next year were elected as follows: President, Col. Charles L. Upham, Meriden; vice president. Charles Griswold, Guilfo' d i; secretary and treasurer, Oscar P. Ives, New Haven; chaplain, Rev. John B. Doolittle, Suffield; historian, Sheldon B. Thorpe, North Haven.
 Secretary Oscar P. Ives reported all bills paid and letter was read from James W. Derby, Company A, of Bowl ing Green, Otios expressing regret of his inability to be present. A letter was
 
 Colorado, by the historian, an account of which is given below
 After the business session the vete- rams at noon took two special cars to Merwin's Point, where dinner was served at 1:30. The menu was:
 Clam Chowder.
 Steamed Clans. Fried Oysters. Broiled Bluefish. Broiled Lobster. Fried Chicken. Potatoes.
 Corn, Melon.
 Coffee.
 Among those present were the follow ing: Colonel Charles l.. Upham, Meri- den; Chaplain John B. Doolittle, West Suffield; Captain M. D. Munson, Wal lingford; Captain Burgess, New Haven; Adjutant I. c. Rand, Meriden; William J. Skinner, Westville; Eugene Atwood, Hartford; Charles F. Beckley, North Branford; Horace F. Farnsworth, New Haven; Friend H. Francis, New Ha- ven; George D. Barnes, Southington; Charles H. Winget, New Haven; Daniel J. Ackley, New Haven; Luzerne F. Barnes, New Haven; Henry Beardsley, Thomaston; Jerome B. Lucke, New Ha- ven; Peter E. Bowman, New Haven; A. B. @Chidsey, Shelton; Leverett P. Clark, New Haven; Albert c. Plant, Branford; Henry B. Platt, New Haven; Hugh I. Finnigan, New Haven; Joel Griffin, Bridgeport; Charles Douglass, New Haven; Chauncey l.. Beach, Ply mouth; Patrick Linehan, New Haven; Frank D. Mosher, West Haven; Mar tin Allen. New Haven; Michael H. Luby, Wallingford; Moves Bristol, Hillsdale, N. Y.; George Morgan, Gen. terville; Zodack R. Morse, West Haven; W. S. Beecher, Westville; Charles Gris- wold, Guilford; John N. Leonard, New Haven; William F. Gammel, Wood mont; George H. Hall, New Haven; Charles H. Frisbie, Stony Creek; Joel c. Page, Guilford; R. J. Spencer, Sey mour; Henry S. Allen, West Cheshire; H. c. Stevens Orange; A. D. More house, New Haven; Charles F. liar wood, Wallingford; George Couch, Mer- iden; William Pinks, New Britain; Henry D. Pardew, Meriden; John Sa bins, Brooklyn, N. r.; William Good rich, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lieutenant N. F. Burritt, New Haven, but temporari 1y of Port Chester; G. W. Gorham New Haven G. l.. filling, Bridgeport; Levi W. Shaw, New Haven; Dr. G. Potter, Plainville; E. S. Williams, Plainville; Oliver G. Camp, Waterbury; G. L. Ty Ter New Haven; Asaph R. Tyler, Pros pect; James A. Church, New Haven; Charles E. Dudley, New Haven; Charles F. Hart, New Haven; Oscar P. Ives, New Haven; William Atwater, New Haven; Henry S. Allen, Cheshire; Frank A. Bills, New Haven; Henry W. IIindsley, New Haven: Thomas Hors- fall, Bethany; Henry Kelley, New Ha- ven; D. B. Kenyon, New Haven; W. H. Nichols, New Haven; c. H. Porter, New Haven; E. w. Shelley, Middlefield; James Swift, New Haven; James Tate, New Haven; Jacob Widner, New Hart ford S. B. Thorpe, North Haven; D. W. Ives, Wallingford; James K. Adams, ~ Seymour; G. H. Barnes, Northford; E. A Buel, Northford; I. L. Doolittle, North Haven; H. Y. Parker, Meriden; J. S. Doolittle, Short Beach; Sanford B. Smith, North Haven; William E. Crockett, New Haven; Lorenzo Harri- son. Bransord.
 An interesting fact furnished by Chaplain Doolittle was the presence at the reunion of four comrades each over eighty years of age. They are Dr. Pot