The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-30
TROOPERS ENJOY
 FESTIVE TIME Local Cavalrymen Celebrate One Hundredth Anniversary With Reception and
 Banquet,
Gov., WOODRUFF SPEAKS
Present at Afternoon Exercscs--Alany Prominent Speakers Address Horscmen at Oneco in
 Evening.

The one hundredth anniversary or Troop A, First cavalry, c. N, G. was celeDIated yesterday afternoon ana evening with a reception at the armory in Orange street in the afternoon and banquet at the Oneco hotel in the evening. The celebration was truly one that the members of the troop will never forget and 1t was with many eX- prossions of regret that the exercises were brought to a close late last even ing.
 The exercises of the evening com menced when the company forming In line marched from their armory down Grange street to Chapel to Church where they were joined by a large number of invited guests, following a grand salute of pistols which shook the house, sat down to one of the pest spreads for which Landlord Sullivan has ever placed covers. Too much can not she said of the banquet for, from the oyster cocktail, to which in honor of the presence of the commander of the horsemen the salutation a la udington has been placed to the eof- fee and cheese with which the troopers wound up their dinner everything was superb.
 After the smoke of the battle of the evening had cle2red away, the genial captain of the cAnpany, Luzerne bud- lngton, arose and without the assist ance of the trumpeteer of the company sounded vertable reveille when af- ter a few words of welcoming he an nounced that as His Excellency the Governor of the state, Rollin F. Woodruff, was unable to be present at the festivities of the evening, owing to previous engagement, AdJutant General George M Cole had been se- lected to respond to the toast which had been originally assigned to the governor.
 Amid veritable sea of applause the adjutant- general arose and after few brief complimentary remarks in which he expressed his pleasure at being present, MT Cole broke right into hls speech and gave the cavalrymen as sembed some very instructive point CTS in military tactics. He spoke of the early days of military companies in Connecticut and gave rather con else reason of the cause of the found- ing of the cavalry company in New Haven, saying that the founders of that organization wished to be relieved of the stigma which had been attached to the members of the militia and as a result set to work and founded the second company, Governors Horse Guard which afterward reorganized and took the name of Troop A, First cavalry, C. N. G.
 The General then related a remin- iscence of the Spanish war which was met with considerable applause, after which he urged the cavalrymen to push forward and attain the true ear marks of a soldier. Tn part MT. Cole spoke as follows:
 q cannot urge the members too strongly to attain as high a perfection in the matter of the true earmarks of a soldier as possible You must re- member that the person who enlists in the C. N. G., also enlists in the service of the United States of America and is compelled to compete against the members of the national body in drill at various times" He then went into detail on the matter of the smaller things of soldiery, after which he spoke of the necessity of keeping the stand ard of the company up to the mark,
 Major George F. Albee, of the United States army, was then intro- duced and his experiences In the past wars were provocative of large amount of applause. The remainder of the speakers together with their toasts. follows: "The Horse Guard" Major M H, Barton; The Infantry Colonel James Geddes; "Remin- iscences," Major Dennis A, Blakeslee and General Edward Schultze; "The Cavalry" Corporal c, s, Yeomans; "The Army" Lieutenant Frank c. Woodruff, and "A Statesman Fred erick w. Orr.
 The fun for the evening was well provided for in the parsonage of Joseph Southerton, or as he was known last evening "Joe,' fresh from the Battle of Windsor Locks To say that his wittcisms were mirth provoking would be but a slight men, ton of the appreciation of the manner in which the Troopers and their guests regarded his efforts to amuse them His head liner" consisted in short narration of the recent hike of the troopers and was set to music which would make many comedians of the boards blush.
 The Shubert quartette, or as other- wise known the Lyric Song Birds. also rendered some very timely song hits. Added to these was the Second Regiment band under the leadership of Frank Fichtl and the music of the orchestra was well appreciated, espe- cally that old time, well known, popu- lar air, "We Refuse to Go Home in the Dark" which seemed to meet with general approval So much for the fun of the evening, but we must not forget the reception exercises which were held in the afternoon at the armory.
 The address of welcome to the visi- tors was made by CCaptain Luzerne Ludington who cordially extended to those present the general wish of the company to, in familiar terms, make themselves at home He was