The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-17
NINTH REGIMENTS BIG DAY
JOINT coumIr9rE TO HOLD III
 PoRzANrMEKrING TONIGHT.

I ! .s , for Various Uses-supper to be Served 10 Veterans on the Ground-Parads
 from Green at I0:31-Cheney Brothers 1 Gin-OIher Notes.
 Colonel Healy of the Ninth regiment
 said last evening that there would be a
 meeting in city hall this evening (Fri-
 day) of the local committee of the
 Ninth regiment monument, the commit-
 tee of the G. A. R., and the aldermanic committee of five members. The joint
 eommittee will consider the best way
 in which the money donated by the city
 ($1, ,OO0) can be spent. It is expected tha. it will be used for the most part \ for the erection Of stand and in pro- lviding a suitable entertainment for the lold veterans It is expected that a large tent will be erected near the mon- Iument and that dinner will be served to the veterans in the tent at the conclu- sion of the exercises. Colonel Healy said last evening that he thought that | it would be better to have the dinner there than in the center of the city be- cause after the exercises some of the men might wish to go to the shore. Colonel Healy also stated that it was intended to have the parade start from the central green promptly at l0:3O a.. m, as it was thought that by that time all those who were coming here from out of town would have arrived.
 Colonel Cheney. of the Cheney Bros. silk mills in South Manchester. sent a letter to Colonel Healy yesterday noti- flying him that the firm had shipped nine dozen (16x24 inch) silk flags for the use of the veterans in the parade. The Second Go. Governors Foot Guard. will hold special meeting on next Monday night to make arrangements for the dedication, day. It is expected that after the procession they will have a banquet at the shore.
 A history of the Ninth regiment is being prepared by Thomas Hamilton Murray Of Boston, historian of the American-Irish society. He is very able writer and 1t is expelled that the work will be on the market about the middle of August. It Is all finished ex- cept the account of the dedication of the monument which will be added within d few days. This testimony contains a record of all the members of the regi- Fment from their enlistment until their discharge. It mentions the merits of each individual soldier, the battles par ticipated in. meritorious conduct, pro- motions and reductions in rank of offices and enlistment while the regiment was in the south, particularly at New Or leans.
 Among the batch of letters received yesterday morning were some from Wa .terbury, Naugatuck, Seymour, and An sonia, assuring the committee that the four Knights of Columbus councils of the Brass City, and one council from each of the other two, would attend the exercises, each 100 men strong.
 The councilis will arrive on the morn ing of the festive day. accompanied by bands and patriotic flags.
 The committee. with the park com- missioners. visited the park yesterday and settled several points in connection with grading around the monument and the placing of the anchor stones for the guns. These guns will be taken to the park Tuesday evening. under the escort Of the Sons of Veterans. and the asso- citation of Sons and Grandsons of the. Ninth.