The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-21
W3NTY.FOURFH'S DAY.
PATRIOTIC CEREMONIES WHEN
 COLONEL lIANSFIELD'S
Regiment Dsdieates MOBument at MIddIstown-was in Banks' EIPsdI-
ton.

tion.
 Grand Army men and other veterans of the civil war are looking forward to the dedication Of the monument to be erected in Middletown as a memorial to the Twenty-fourth regiment, c. V., at some date. to be soon decided upon, in 1904. The memorial is an artistically designed affair and is a handsome specimen in its line. H. Hilliard Smith, of Middletown, is the architect who de- signed the memorial and also drew the sketch from which the accompanying cut is made. =z-..
 The memorial will consist of beau tiful shaft of granite on a massive and spacious pedestal. On the face of the shaft is an artistic bronze tablet sur rounded by shield outline, on which is the inscriptions:
 Erected by Members of the
 Twenty-fourth Regiment, c. V,
 Citizens of Middletown
 and the
 State of Connecticut.
 A laurel wreath is below the inscrip- tion and above the lower curves of the shield outlines. About the shield are a sword hilt and ornamental leaves and scroll work, and above the shield is a wreath encircling the numerals a24" Under the cap of the shaft is beautiful scroll work and surmounting the cap is large ball. Under the scholl are the words Port Hudson" On the other faces are the words Irish Bend" Donaldson and Baton Rouge" A bronze tablet on the reverse of the shaft has the names of the men of the regiment who died in service.
 On the corner caps of the pedestal are curved tops. The pedestal is surround ed by heavy granite work in circular form, as is shown by the accompanying cut showing the ground plan.
 THE EXPENSES. This monument is expected to cost about three thousand dollars. About twenty-five hundred dollars has already been raised, one thousand dollars coming from the state The contract has already been placed. It was hoped by the committee that sufficient money could be secured to insure the dedica- ton of the monument at the reunion of the regiment to be held in this city this fall, but subscriptions were slow in coming in and the dedication will be postponed until next spring or summer. It is proposed to erect the monument on Washington Green, one of the pret- tiest spots in the city, a site having al ready been donated by the common council.
 REGIMENTS RECORD. The Twenty-fourth regiment. c. ", was organized in Steptemeb, 1862. Six companies were recruited in Middleses county and the four others were from Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties. It rendezvoused at Middle town with Colonel +. w. N. Starr as post commander. On october 1S Samu- | (el M. Manefield, first lieutenant in the regular army and son of Major-G Gene ral J. K. F. Mansfield, was appointed to command. The regiment was mustered | into the United States service Novem- Der IS, 1862, and on the same doy left Middletown with 69s officers and merl for Camp Buckingham, Centerville l.. I.
 On November 29 the regiment enl- parked on the steamer New Brunswick to join General Banks expedition. The steamer was overloaded and the ner suffered much. It went to Ship Island Gulf of Mexico, and during the trip was 1 in great danger for twenty-four hours from a heavy storm. The steamer was "a small side-wheeler river boat and url- suitable for a winter yoyasg+ On De cember B the regiment was ordered te New Orleans and arrived off the city or the 14th. It was ordered to occupy Ba. ton Rouge and on the 17th reached that city by river, dispersed small body ot