The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-24
MONUMENT DEDICATED
SOLDIERS, AND SAILORS MONU-
 MENT BY G. AR.

waIIIngford's Gala Day-ImpOsInE Pa-
 rade and impressive E1ercises-ThOus-
 ands Attend from All Parts of the State-Dee0FatIons-S Served Q Orer Two Thousand by Woman's Re
 lief Corps.
 Yesterday was undoubtedly the great
 est day in the history of Wallingford,
 the entire day being devoted to the ded- ication and unve!ling of the soldiers and sailors monument.
 The monument has been erected by
 the Arthur H. Dutton post No. 36, G. A. R., and the people of WallingfOrd to
 the memory of the brave men who died that their country might live. The monument bears the dates 1S61-1S65 and the names of the following battles: An tietanl, Gettysburg, Cedar Mountain, Morris Island, Newberne, Fort Fisher, Charlottesville, Petersburg, Atlanta, New Orleans, Port Hudson and App0- mattox All trains arriving in Walling ford yesterday brought large numbers of people to take part in the celebra- tons and sightseers. There were also
 number of special trains which ar- rived from all parts of the state. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the National band gave a concert from the Colony street band stand and later gave
 a concetr from the Main street band stand. Some of the factories were clos ed all day while the others shut down
 at noon for the rest of the day, and bus l mess was generally suspended in the afternoon.
 Detectives Donnelly and Dennehy
 of New Haven were on duty in the | town.
 The Second regiment companies with ! field and staff of this city and the Sec
 ond regiment companies of Waterbury, together with the Second company of Foot Guard and the Second section of the Signal corps, c. N. G., arrived on
 a special train in the afternoon that left | New Haven at 1:15. Company H, Mid | dletown came to Wallingford in bus ses. Company of Meriden arrived on
 the 1:47 train. From New Britain came the Stanley post, G. A. R.. on the 11:26 train and on the AT train Merriam post of Meriden arrived. The Wheeler & Wilson band of I Bridgeport, with J. H. Holran of Wa
 terbury as drum major, accompanied
 and played for the Foot Guard. The 1 Second Regiment band played for the
 Second regiment. The New Haven del-
 egations presented fine appearance
 and excited most favorable comment.
 Both the G. A. R. posts in this city
 were represented by large number in l line
 The formation of the line was begun
 march was taken up along the fol-
 lowing route: Main street to Ward,
 to Whittlesey avenue, to Center, to Colony, to Parker street, countermarch
 to Church street to Main to Dutton park. Those who participated in the
 parade comprised the following: Chief marshal, Captain D. L. Barber
 and staff. Lieutenant J. G. Kraft ad-
 jutant First battalion Second regiment,
 c. N. G., Captain J. S Parker William
 A. Booth, Seymour G. Baldwin, Thom-
 as F. Daily, George T. Jones, Samuel
 Hodgkinson, Joel H. Paddock, Darwin 1 G. Griswold.
 1 SECOND SECTION.
 Section Signal Corps, C. N. G., Lieuten- 1 ant Earl H: Hotchkss commanding.
 Field and staff, Second regiment, c. N, | G. Second regiment band, 25 pieces.
 Second regiment, c. N. G., Colonel | Theo H. Sucher, commanding.
 Company K, Wallingford, Captain Hen ny Norton. Jr. 1 Company H, Middletown. Captain Thomas M. Russell. Company D, New Haven, Captain Ern- est l.. Isbell | Company E, New Haven, Captain George E. Hall l Company B, New Haven, Captain Frank Pauly
 Company c, New Haven, Captain J. F. Donovan. | Company A, Waterbury, Captain H. B. Carter. 4 Company c, Waterbury, Captain D. E. Fitzpatrick. Company F, New Haven, Captain E. o. Gruener. Company I, Meriden. Captain o. l.. Bradley. Fourth regiment band Wheeler & Will son), 9 pieces | Second company, Governors Foot Guards, Major R. M. Johnson, commanding National band, 27 pieces.
 Arthur H. Dutton post, No. 36, G. A. R. Commander l.. A. Northrop, command ing. Visiting c. A. R. posts. Sons of Veterans. Carriages cont aiming department com manders and officers G. A. R. Bus containing disabled soldiers. Second division: Captain John s. Par ker commanding, Joel H. Paddock, adjutant. Merden City band 21 pieces.
 Wallingford Fire department, Chief John F. Downey, commanding.
 First division, A, o. H., P. J. Linehan, president First regiment band (Colt's). Walingford T. A. B. & l., society J Maurice J. Barry, president. Eintracht Singing society, John Lock- ert, president. Gustav Vasa lodge, Order of Vasa.
 Hugo Malinquist, president. Carriages containing notables When the line of march reached the North Main street school where the