The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-30

stances to perform any duty assigned to him without finching. His death is a great loss to Meriden in many ways"
 P. c. Rand. who was a lieutenant in the same company with Mir. Merriam, also paid tribute to the sterling char acter of his friend. He said: My first recollection of George c. Merriam dates back to 1854. when he was in bus mess in New York city. He was of a very happy disposition, a sweet tenn pered gentleman. Between 1854 and 1862, when we enlisted together in Con- pany A, of the Fifteenth Connecticut volunteers. my recollection of him is very hay. During the war we were thrown together a great deal and l found him to be one of the most unsel- fish and manly. fellows I have ever known. He was just one of the right sort to have command of men. Tn the army there were many opportunities for a man to be selfish, but Mir. Mer- riam was far from selfish. He was an ideal soldier. His idea of duty was very strong and his duty, as he saw it, always came first in his life. He was kind, generous and considerate of oth- CTS and these qualities made him be- loved of all who knew him. The same qualities which made him an ideal sol- dier and officer, obtained in his later life and made him an ideal gentleman and citizen. His life showed that he always meant to do just right and his death means much to this city. It will be a long time before his place in the business, religious and social circles of his native city is filed"
 Cephas E. Rogers. while not a soldier, was one oe Merriam's most inti- mate friends from boyhood and proba- bly, no one in Meriden is better qualified to pay tribute to his sterling qualities.
 MT. Rogers, in talking with q Record reporter. said: "NIr Merriam and I were the closest of friends. We were schoolboys together, and later were as- sociated in business and church life very intimately. MT. Merriam was one of the most exceedingly generous and open-hearted men have ever known, | noble, manly character. His was a very affectionate and unselfish disposi- tion. He will be greatly missed in the First Methodist church, where he was
 an active member and one of the most liberal givers.
 sAs to his soldier life. can say but little, as I was not in the army at all.
 I visited MT Merriam shortly after the
 battle of Fredericksburg, and from what I saw of him and heard of him
 while was in camp, I believe he was
 one of the best of soldiers His offi-
 cers respected him and his men loved
 him. His death is not only q severe
 blow to his family and friends but to
 the city where his life was spent' | A memorial service will be held at the
 First Methodist church in the near fu- I ture.
 The Fifteenth regiment had many
 Meriden men in it's ranks, particular l ly Company A, which was known as a
 Meriien company, although it was mus tered into the service in New Haven
 early in the war. The roster of this
 regiment shows the names of nearly a hundred local men, a number of them being to-day Meridens prominent citi-
 zens but larger number have since died. Dexter R. Wright (afterward for many years one of New Haven's lead | ing lawyers, was for some time corpo-
 ration counsel of New Haven), was the l first colonel and he was succeeded by | Charles l.. Uphanl, of the firm of Ives Upham & Rand. Philip c. Rand, of
 the same firm, was adjutant of the reg 1 iment and served during the war part 1 of the time as second lieutenant of Company A, with the fate George C. Merriam. Rev. D. Henry Miller was chaplain. Marshal c. Augur was l quartermaster sergeant; Julius B. Bis
 sell and Charles F. Harwood were ser l geant-majors, and Elisha s. Curtis was l commissary.
 When mustered into the service the local officers of Company A, Fifteenth regiment, were. Captain, Julius Bas-
 sett; first lieutenant, Marshal c. Au-
 gur the late George c. Merriam, Rev. D. P. c. Rand, John B. Willett; ser
 geants, John B. Willett, Levi R. Cur
 tis, Joseuph Dainton, George w Flint, Gilbert J. Goodyear, Fred Huntington,
 Oscar E. Larkins.
 1 Corporals were George W. Allen, Will liam H. Catlin, Nathan Darling, James | Derby, Alfred T. Finch, George Har- wood, Aaron J. Pratt, Timothy c. Root, B. R. sherman, Thomas J. Symonds, Samuel Hhittlesey, Elbridge Wright: 1 musicians, Otis Kelsey, Morris $. Bur- | nett.
 l George c. Merriam was first lieuten-
 ant of Company p, Fifteenth regiment,