The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-17

Chapel street from Church to York was lined with people, all anxious to see the parade. At the Union league the decorations were fine. The Quinni- piack and the University clubs also dec- orated in honor of the event. Large crowds were at the windows when the parade passed.
 Promptly at o'clock Grand Marshal Tilson gave the order for the bugle to sound for the march" Out, of the south. gate of the central green the pro- cession started. It passed over the line of march previously advertised.
 As the procession moved slowly mp Chapel street the Second regiment was repeatedly cheered and the Grand Army veterans were given a hearty welcome, The Second regiment companies, and, in fact, all the organizations, were warmly applauded, not emitting the old war veterans, who came in for a large share of applause. The naval veterans and the hospital corps were recipients of considerable hand-clap- ping.
 Three brief halts were made during
 
 Grand Army men rest.
 Governor Roberts was recognized by many of his friends along the march and the governor was made to bow re- peatedly along the line. Senator Mor- gan G. Bulkeley was smiling to many of his friends.
 The handsome appearance of the mounted aides to Major Tilson was the first glimpse the spectators got that the parade was coming.
 Upon arriving at the monument the entire first division, with the exception of the Foot Guard, passed through Elm street and took position to the south and west of the monument. The Foot Guard and the governors party in car- riages took position outside of the enclosure. .,,
 The second division, containing the Grand Army men and the veterans of the regiments interested, entered the enclosure and took position next to and around the monument.. , The boys choir under the venerable (but still young-looking) Professor Benjamin Jepson. of the public schools, opened the exercises by singing "The Red, White and Blue" with Masters Irving Beebe and James Gilbert as the soloists.
 At the conclusion the song General E. s. Greeley made few brief intro ductory remarks.
 The invocation was by Dr. Newman Snyth. .sa .... F..
 At the end of Dr. Smyth's invocation the boys choir sang Star Spangled Banner" '
 George w. Warner, a veteran of the civil war, without arms, then unveiled the monument. The string which held the flag covering was tied to a small flag, and as he slowly moved this with his teeth the monument was brought to public view. ,r..
 The veterans and their friends made great demonstration as the monu- ment was brought to view. It is a handsome monument.
 MT. Warner, who performed the task of unveiling the monument, 'twenty-one years ago to-day unveiled the Soldiers monument on East Rock. He has also unveiled the monuments of the Twen- tieth Connecticut Volunteers number of times, the last one being at Gettys- burg.
 the bursting of shell on the battle field of Gettysburg. It was at the time of Pickett's charge on the last day of fighting on the Gettysburg field. Frag- ments of shell inflicted such wounds in his arms that they had to be ampu- tated.
 MT. Warner belongs to the Twentieth Connecticut, to which regiment and to the same company Mayor Studley be- longs.
 Captain A. B. Beers, of the Sixth Connecticut, then, on behalf of the companies interested, presented the monument to the state of Connecticut.
 Captain A. B. Beers speech was as follows:
 MT. President and Gentlemen:-
 The Sixth Connecticut Volunteers was the third three years regiment or ganized in the State of Connecticut for the war for the Union. Its first colonel was John L. Chatfield of Waterbury, who was commissioned August 22, 1861. He was unusually we'll versed in mili- tary affairs, a superior tactician; a kind but firm disciplinarian a brave and gallant officer, who always led instead of followed his command in action, and who was more zealous in the preserva- ton of the rights of his soldiers than of his own rights as an officer. He was twice wounded In action, the last time at Fort Wagner, South Carolina on July IS, 1868, where he gave up the corn- mand of a brigade to lead his regiment in what proved to be. a forlorn hope, and in which engagement he received a fatal wound and died beloved and mourned by all who knew him.
 The regiment was practically a city regiment, having among it's 1,0OS off, cers and men three companies from New Haven, two from Bridgeport, one from Hartford, one from Waterbury, one from Stamford, one from New Britain and one from Putnam. The term of it's state and national service extended from August, 1861, to August, 1865, covering substantially four years, during which time it received 500 re- cruits, which added to the 1,00S officers and men with which it left the state in September, 1861, made a total of i sos men who saw service in it's ranks during the war. Its casualties during it's four years of service numbered ST.