The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-07
TENTH C. Y REUNION.
4 LARGE AND HFGHLT SUCCESS
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 Half of the Survivors Present and About Eighty Members of Their Fam
 ilies--Addresses by Hon. N. D. sperry,
 General Greeley, Colonel PettibOne
 and others--The List of Deud of the Year--Tribute to Captain AthertOn--- Visit to White City--Reminiscences'
 About 100 of the survivors Of the old Tenth Connecticut regiment held their i thirty-ninth annual reunion yesterday at savin Rock. The business meeting was held in the theater at 1l!SO o'clock, the president of the regimental assocl- ation, General E. S. Greeley, presiding.
 Officers elected for the year are; President. Martin V. Barnes of New Haven; first vice president, George c. Peck, of New Haven; second vice president, Wallace B, Holt, of New Ha- ven; secretary and treasurer, William D. Whittlesey, of this city; executive committee, General F. s, Greeley, Hen " c. Smith. of New Haven, and Hora- tio M Brown of Ansona.
 | It was voted to hold the next annual reunion at Savin Rock.
 | About 1S0 sat down to the feast, in- cluding the wives and children of the veterans. About eighty of the latter were present, their presence adding much to the enjoyment of tn occasion.
 Addresses were made by General Greeley, Hon, N. D. sperry, Judge Beers of Bridgeport. Colonel Petit bone of Winchester this state, Captain Benjamin Jepson, Virgil McNeil, de- partment commander of the c. A. R. of Connecticut and "Parson" Isbell re- cited the poem by John Hay entitled "Banty Tim" The speeches and the recitation were enthusiastically receiv- ed. Congressman sperry spoke of Lin- coin and the more complete under standing and appreciation of his great nature, character and abilities as time has rolled on.
 Letters were read from absent com rades, among which was one from Comrade David Durand of Los Angeles, California.
 The neurological record read for the year, compiled 'by General E. D. s. Goodyear, of North Haven, is as fol- lows:
 Eleazar Woodruff (honorary mem ber), first lieutenant of Co. Fl Charles Thomas Smith, Sanford B. Palmer, O. D; George w. Atherton, Co., K; Sidney B. Thompson, Co. K; Edwin A. Hollo way, Go. G.; Andrew J. Hovey Co. B; Willard A. Thrall, Go. A; John Lyon, leader of the regimental band; Joseph w. Beach, Go. A. Oscar c. Beach, Co, A John Flynn, Co. E; Henry Penney e., Co., G.
 Resolutions in tribute to Captain George w. Atherton, which were intro- duced and read by o. M. Knapp, were unanimously adopted.
 The sum of $l39 was added to the funds the treasury, this being the regtmental associations share of the surplus fund remaining after all ex- penses relative to the Soldiers monu- ment in Broadway, this city, were paid.
 During the after dinner exercises a fine solo was rendered by Miss Rena Theresa Barnes, daughter of the newly elected president of the association.
 On adjourning the association by the kind invitation of Manager Speck of the White City, formed in line togeth- CT with their wives and children, and headed by the Second Regiment band, furnished by Manager speck, marched to the White City and further enjoyed themselves. General Greeley personally returned thanks on behalf of the asso- citation to Manager Speck for his cohr- tesiea.
 Among those present at the reunion were the Rev. J. 5. Hough, now of Shelton, who is retired from the Meth odist ministry after half a century of service, and also is a well-preserved man, who still breaches frequently. New Haven was the home of his youth. His father was Alexander Hough, a noted cutlerand grinder of New Haven, whose place of business was for a long period on Union street. Rev. Mir Hough was the guest at the reunion of George s. Saxton of Port Jefferson, L. l., who was a member of Professor Jepson's choir of the old St. John St. Methodist church of this city for sev- eral years prior to the breaking out of the Civil war, and who when the Tenth C. V. was being recruited, joined O. A, Captain Jepson's company Aft CT the Tenth was mustered out he re- moved to Port Jefferson, l.. L. where he has since resided. The late Lieuten- ant B. s. Pardee was captain of Co. A, when it went to the war, and Lieuten- ant Stillman of the St John Street church, who fell In battle, was a lieu. tenant of the same company. Rev, Mr. Hough recalled that out of his church in Guilford no less than thirty seven men went to the front at their countrys call.
 Peter F. Collier Injured.