The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-09
THE TESTIMONIALS
How Connecticut Thanked It's Soldiers of the Civil
 War.
GOV, EMGLIsH'S APPROVAL
Went Long Way Towird Securing Alp proprlatlon for Honor Ger
 tlicates.

The testimonial of honor, which was authorized by the general assem- bly, of 1867 to be given to Connecti- cut soldiers who had sorgcd in the Civil war, has passed out of mind for the most part, the testimonials hav- Ing been lost or mlslaid during the forty-one years since they were !s- sued. It was two years after the war, when the legislature took lp the prob lem of suitably recognizing the ser vices of the men who had shared in the defense of the nation. James F. English of New Haven was governor, Ephraim II. Hyde of Stafford, leuten- ant-governor, and John Y. Wait of Norwich, speaker of the house of rep resentatives. George Beach of Hart ford was In the senate from the First district, and William |. Hamersley now of the supreme court, was in the house. George G. Sumner, then twen- ty-siX years of age. Thomas M. Waller of New London, George M. Landers of New Britain, Thomas K. Fessenden of Farmington Seth Thomas of Plym- ph'iif Niifit iNS iNtc pl l1tNl iidNtil, Henry NJ. Cleveland of Brooklyn, James A. Bill of Lyme, General Ed ward NJ. Lee of Guilford and Triton F. Doolittle of New Haven were mem bers of the house. Of Inc number General Lee had served with distihc- ton in Michigan cavalry regiment. He was native or Guilford One of his brothers, Color Corporal Charles c. Lee of the Sixteenth Con nectieut, who had been In Anderson- vile and Florence prisons, died while passing through the lines at Wash. ington, N C, on the way to be ex- changed John NJ Morris, one of the heroes in the service, was clerk of the senate.
 The resolution authorizing the tes- timonial originated in the house and was received by the senate May 2S It was referred 10 the committee or military affairs. This committee was composed of Robert pierpont of Nor. ris, senator from the old ffteentf district; General Lee of Guilford Buel Sedgwick of. New Britain Fred. erick L. Allen of New London, George Mallory of Bridgeport. John Kelly o Killingly, Elisha Turner of Torring ton, Simeon & Scranton of Durham and Edgar N. Lull of Holland
 The resolution. which was approved by Governor English June 5, 1867 was as follows:
 Resolved by this assembly That suitable testimonial of honor be pre- pared under the direction of his ex cellency the governor his honor th lieutenant governor. and the speake of the house of representatives, tn design and plan of which shall be re ferred to and approved by the join , standing committee on military af fairs. the same to be delivered 10 eacI Connecticut soldier or his represen tative in case of his death as com memorative of his service and patri f otism In the war for the suppressio , of the rebellion and of the thankfu recognition of the people of this stat !, therefor.
 , The sum of $S,000 was approprlai ed for printing S0,O00 copies of tn testimonial of honor, the resolutio , appropriating that amount receivn the approval of Governor Englis . July 24.
 The. military committee decided 0 the following form:
 Hartford, July {, 1867
 The state of Connecticut, desiring recognize in permanent and appropr ate form the faithful and heroic se vices of her citizen soldiers, has by unanimous vote of the general assen bly, of 1867 directed the undersigned l present 10 ,,s,.s.,...,,, ,......, LII testimonial of honor, In grateful 1T membrance of the courage and patrio - ism by him displayed in the late VI for the suppression of rebellion and tl preservation of constitutional liberty
 JAMES E. ENGLISH,
 Governor,
 EPHM II. HYDE, r Lieut.. Governor.