Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

 necticut Volunteers, gathered at the Buckingham Memorial on Tuesday for the 44th annual reunion, which was also the 50th anniversary of the start ing of the regiment for the front. The business session was held in the par | lors at 1915 a. m., with the president William Caruthers, in the chair. Com hade Albert c. Greene of Company A offered prayer. In opening the meeting | President Caluthers spoke as follows;
 President Caruthers' Welcome.
 Comrades: I am more than pleased to meet as well as greet you at this, 1 our 44th annual reunion of the gal lant old regiment. and which is also 1 our golden anniversary of fifty years | since its organization. when old Wind | ham and New London counties joined in equal numbers five companies each at the third call of our beloved Presi- i dent Lincoln, July, 1862, for add1- tional three years troops in the de- fense of the Union. and the crushing out of rebellion, and quickly came thhe order from our nonored War Gov ernor Buckingham (who resided in this mansion house at that time) for the 18th to at once rendezvous at Camp Aiken on the Fair Ground. Well do I remember the excitement of 50 years ago as. you proudly marched by companies through the streets or this city to the martial music of the fife and drum corps having left homes and kindred to go into the camp as soldiers for three years service. Aug. 22 1862, after the presentation Of the colors by the ladies of Norwich at Camp Aiken, the regiment left camp, marched to the wharf, boarded the steamer City of Boston, and left for < "a first t0 leave the state under the call for the six regi- ments ordered from Connecticut. The city was gaily decorated and crowds of people from every part of the old Third district" were on hand to wave their last adieu 1 remember the many final farewells and the earnest hand grasp with fearful eye as only those can feel who were to be parted (perhaps forever) by the grim spectre war. But, comrades, your services as volunteers at that time were needed, and you answered the call quickly and aided your comrades at the front whose ranks had been depleted ana thinned by those who had gone before during the campaign of 1S61-6Z. am sorry to say that many ot our | members who were present Wluh us 1 last year and others have answered the last roll call and have left us to join the Grand Army of the Great l Beyond." There are but few ot us l left who have not reached the age or three score and ten, and let us nope we may live many years 10 coIlInue li these annual reunons of the old regl- | ment.
 Tn his financial report, Secretary | Treasurer Henry Hovey stated that there was at present balance or 1 S24S.22 in the treasury an increase or | S9 during the year. Expenses for the year were $294.22.
 Deceased Comrades.
 The secretary read the minutes of | the previous meeting, after which he read the following list of names of members who have died during the past year:
 Anthony staubley, Co. E, September s. c. Chamberlain. Co. B. october l IA, 1911.
 1911
 George H. Wilbur, Co. H, November
 W. H. H. Richards, Go. c, November 22. 1911
 H. Monroe Randall Co. D, Decem-
 George W. Bromley, Co. E, Decem- Der 22, 1911.
 George H. Locke. Go. K, December Is, 1911
 Daniel Ladd, Co. F. January Is, 1912.
 Thomas K. Bates. Go. B, January 22, 1912.
 Patrick Fleming. Co., E, January 23. 1912.
 B. W. Taft. Go. E, January 2S, 1912
 Alfred Pray. Go. K, March, 1912.
 Edward P. Ryan. Co. D. March 29, 1912
 Charles E. Case, Co. c. March 25, 1912.
 Thomas A. Lake, Co. G, March 22 1912.
 J. W. Tisdale. Co. c, January ', 1912.
 M. L. Leonard, Co. A, April II, 1912.
 Thomas Corcoran, Co. B, May g.,
 Myron W. Robinson. Co. c, May 27. 1912
 s. D, Richardson, Co. D. June 15, 1912.
 Henry A. Smith, Co, G. January ', 1912.
 Nelson R. Allen. Co. E. october IS. 1911.
 Daniel Keigwin. co. I. August Il. 1911.
 Albert s. Granger. Co., c. July 2a, 1911.
 W. c. Baker. Co. K. September 1, 1912.
 Election of Officers. The next business was the election of officers which resulted as follows: President-William Caruthers of Norwich
 Vice Presidents-George c. Setchell, Co. A. of Edgewood, R. L; Caleb BIan- ohard. Co. B. Dayville, Conn; John N. Perrin, Co. D, West Thompson, Conn. , John Marshall, Co. F, East Aurora, N
 T.; Charles W. Brooks, Co. H, West Willington, Conn.
 Secretary Hovey read letters from [ the following comrades who were un- 5 able to be present at the reunion: r Chaplain V. A. Cooper, Boston Mass; John B. Brown, Co. D, Mis- | souri Valley Iowa; c. H. Ellsworth %. z. Rochester N. T.; Joel Carey Co C, Red Oak. Iowa; Edward P. Rog- ers' Co F. Chicago. H.; E. S. Fitch co. C. Mansfield Center, Conn; Jo- seph E. Rawson, Co. G, Whitinsville f Mass. George H. Wilson, Co. D, Bal
 tmore, Md; J. H. Sawyer. Co. B
 Lafayette, Ind; A. F. Sheldon. Co. U, East Thompson; A. H. Demming Co. F, Winsor, Conn; George B. Mar shall, Co. A, Boston, Mass, and tel egram from Josephine Walker Coats as 4 follows: Greetings from the daugh- Ter Of Chaplain Walker, who hoped tc De with you today and bring his great. grandson to see the men the chaplain loved. Honor to you and to his bles- ! sed memory"
 U was voted to hold the next annua gathering at the Buckingham Memo. rlaI on the Wednesday nearest Augus- IS' 1913. The meeting then adjourned w. R. c. Serves Dinner. The ladies of the Sedgwick Woman, Keller corps served an excellent dime,
 10 the veterans on the second floor o
 the memorial, The tables were pretti, T ly decorated with cut flowers and pre-
 sented an attractive appearance, Tn, = menu was as follows.