Evening journal., 1914-03-20
Col. Hyatt Recalls Stirring
Times Here During Civil War

Memories Of the stirring days Of
'61-G5. and the part played In them
by citizens of this city and students
at the Delaware Military Academy
which was located here at the time.
were vividly told by Colonel James
H. HyattOf Chester. head OF the Penn
sylvania Military Academy, TO when
/ city the Delaware Academy moved In
those days. az a banquet In Chester
on February 2S. Governor Charles
r. Miller and Mayor Harrison w.
/ Howell We're guests OF honor. The
/ occasion was the annual banquet Of
/ the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons
OF Delaware and the Peninsula in
Chester, PA Mayor Howell has re-
ceived a COPY or Colonel Hyatt's adj
dress. II follows.
"With your kind permission, Mr.
Chairman and Gentlemen Of the So
ciety. ! would make use of this par
/ ticular moment To thank Governor
/ Miller for the graciOusness with
which he authorized the College to
establish its annual oncampment at
! ClaymOnt. last June.
"And / ask the further privilege to
express to him my high appreciation
of the honor done the institution I'm
June, 1908, by Governor Preston Lea.
when ne officially reviewed the cadet
battalion at Brandywine Park, on It's
return from a weeks camp on the
Battlefield of Brandywine
Then, too. the executive commit
tee OF City Council and General
dupont. must be named in this pres
ence for their part in the appoint
ments of the day for Old Home
Week on Wednesday, October
! 9. 1919. The cadets valued
highly the honor of their assignment
as aides to the marshals of the sew
eral grand divisions of that great civil
and military demonstration.
"And now, gentlemen of the So
ciety. word to you. informal and
J largely reminiscent
"A rookie at the college, Is new
boy, new conner, and such / am
tonight, to you-a recent addition TO
your number.
my purpose I'm this talk Is TO
establish entitlement to record as a
Blue Hens chicken. loyal to the
memories. traditions and training OF
my early childhood.
Caesar Rodney's historic ride to
Independence Hall, and the story of
the brave Delaware officer that rode
boldly out TO the house beyond
Sickles' retiring battle line al Gettys-
burg. 10 warn the Union soldiers in
It of danger of capture, aud Who
having returned unharmed to the
Union line. wheeled his horse TO
In
graceful, courteous defiance OF bullet
and shell--both of these incidents
! have filled my heart as deeds Of
valorous Delawareans.
I'm the invitation extended our
Cavalry Squad to participate in the
parade of Old Home Week, in 1912,
read a call from the Old Home
stead and gladly answered, Here
"In the early part of last month,
] January, / spent a little time in the
building at Tenth and Market streets,
Wilmington. now occupied by the
/ Historical Society of Delaware. Erect
ed In l74O as a meeting house for the
First Presbyterian Church, It was in
use. in 1S49. as the parochial school
of the church, and there it was my
father. Theodore Hyatt, Just gradu-
ated at Princeton, began his career
as teacher. He had been appointed
principal Of the school On recon-
mendation of the Princeton faculty.
Nearly opposite the school build
ing on Market street, I noted mod
ern building. standing where once
stood the house i'm which / was born,
Thursday, November 27. 1851
Thanksgiving Day. so my grandmoth-
or used to tell me. but whether a
/ Thanksgiving Day merely in the home
because a boy had come to town OF
day observed for public reasons
4 have never thought to inquire.
"In 1921 John Bullock Ga Friendl
opened a classical school somewhere
i'm Wilmington which continued
to exist. after his death I'm 1S47, un-
der the management of Samuel AL.
sop until 1858 IL was then In quar-.
ters at Ninth and Tatnall streets
the original home and school build
ings are still standing. and in gooS
repair. That year, 1858, Mr.. AlsoI
sold the school with its good will
to my father. and there other schools
continued as purely civil institution
for years.
zone rainy day IN the fall of 1856
: father heard measured steps In tn
play hall. and entering saw the stu
dents with broom sticks playing sol
dier-the scene suggested to him mill
tary instructions, and the idea rap
idly took practical form.
"The succeeding April, 1859 Cover
nor William Burton furnished
school an equipment Of rifles and tw
, field pieces. He also appointed father
. adiutant on his stan. with rank OF col
T, onel and then was adopted the name
i Delaware Military Academy.
4 Therefore. we are just complei
{ ing the 56th year of our military lifl
q the first three years of which belon
8 to Delaware. 1859 to 1862. years wit
d a record that has glorihed our mil
tary history to the present day. I
\ this history l shall ask your after
7 ton a little later in the talk"
4 Col Hyatt here referred to severa
A memories among which was the fame
4 bakery and ice cream salon of N
Misses Slack at Seventh. and MAJ
ket streets. whose tea buns We're Il
: nous. Reference is also made TO ia
i great political demonstrations durin
| the campaign of 1860: the Gramsha'
| girls school. Eighth and West street
and the growing of sugar cane B
his father In a field across Mint
street. Lastly i'm the way OF earl
memories he refers to the removi
of the school to West Chester in III
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