Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

it contains no poisonous wood alcohol
and will not stain the hair or make 1t
greasy.
Partisan Sage can be obtained from
Lee &c Osgood's and druggists every
where. 1t is not expensive.
too far away to attend and he is IT
years old. He carried the flag Of his
&. A r. post in a preparedness pa
rade this summer and the march COW
cred one and one half miles and there
were $50 old soldiers in line.
James H. Sawyer, commander of
the G. A. R. post in Lafayette, Indiana,
wrote a letter of seven pages by hand
and he said he would like to be with
his comrades but circumstances would
not permit. He signed the muster roll
of his company on Aug. T. "a years
ago in Putnam. He made a, con-
tribution to the offering.
Comrade G. H. Ellsworth of Roches-
ter sent a. lettE' of greeting and a
small sum for the fund.
c. F. Keables of IndianoIa, Ind,
sent letter to say he was sorry he
could not attend on account Of the
long distance from Norwich. He ever
has the old comrades in mind.
Mrs G.. D. Button sent a short note
and enclosed 81 for the offering in
memory of her husband, who was in
the 18th c. V. in Company A
Johne E. Woodward now of New Lon
don is the only commissioned officer
Above who left Norwich with the reg
iment and came home with it. He is
also the only one living of the q COM
miSsiOned officers who were captured
at the battle of Winchester. Captain
Woodward went to the frot from
Norwich and lived here for years.
Mr.. Hovey said a card sent by him
to Andrew Palmer, who had been in
Colchester, was returned and he ask
ed the comrades to try and locate the
man. A card sent to Edwin L. Joslyn
in Togus, Ne. was also returned and
the official was notified the soldier is
now in 1IiddletOwn. It was reported
that Josiah W. Whitney died On Feb
is, 1915.
There are now 1852 known living
members of the regiment.
James Haggerty of Willimantic, one
Of the youngest looking members of
the regiment, was present at the re-
union.
When Mr.. Hovey was m Washington
a year ago he called on officials at the
war department to get information as
to comrades of whom be knew moth
ing and found out that some of them
names of those and all who died with
in the past years have been sent to all
living comrades and are as follows
with the names OF their company:
NI4dL1GS -SIIII6I, l, MAY II, 1910,
Gilbert Letcher, G. May 8. 1915; Har-
rtsOn 0. Bemis, G, July "a. 1915; VII
liam GoodeIl, K, July %, 1915: George
Il. Burroughs, 3. July 81. 1911; James
H GTiGgs, D, Feb. 8. 1915; Charles H.
Lewis, H, Aug. 25. 1915: Lemuel A.
Manning, c, Sept. 5, 1915; John N.
Perrin. D, Sept. s, 1915: W. H. H Lea
wins, K, Sept. 13, 1915; Joseph Ken
worthy, H, July %. 1915; Charles u.
Brooks, H, Sept. 80, 1915; John F.
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| DALEY, E. Jan. /. 1914; Moses Bucha-
nan, H, June IS. 1915; John F. Corey
| I, Feb %, 1912; Owen McShean, I, June
| %, 1915; Franklin Town, I, Jan %,
1873; George H Wilson. K Aug. q,
1915; John H. Morrison, 7, Dec. !, 1915;
! John Fl. Morrison, T. Dec. /, 1915: Will
! lis G. Howard, G, Nov. 1, 1915; Dwight
Burdick. D, Jan. &c. 1916; George B.
Marshall, A Feb. ?, 1915; Edwin S.
| bard, c. Feb: 10, 1915; Varnum A.
| Cooper, Chaplain, Feb. 10. 1915: Henry
| H. Geer, B. March Is, 1916; Thomas D.
Bassett, K, March p. 1915; John NJ.
Paine, B. May 10. 1916: Caleb BIan-
| chard, B, May %. 1916; John H. Tiff,
| A June 2, 1915: Dwight W. Hakes, Q.
| M, June 8. 1915; Timothy Sullivan, F,
| June 81 1916; Oscar Conan, D, July
?: 1915; Elias Sprague. D, Feb. II,
! 1915; John Booth, F, Feb. 8, 1916; 10
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/ ry E. Avery, E, Nov 10, 1916
| The collection taken by James Nc
! Kee amounted to 1852. It was voted
to meet in Norwich next year.
| After the business meeting the mem
| bers Of the Woman's Relief corps pro-
vided a dinner. Comrade Greene Of
| fered the prayer. At the head of the
| table and to the right of President
! Caruthers were Miss Hannah L. Rip
| ley and Mrs. George c. Ripley as the
n ,.r,
| the only member Of the field and staff
| officers present.
! McCord's orchestra rendered a con-
| cert program while the comrades were
| dining.
| During the course of the dinner a
Dewey, who were on a. hike, We're re-
viewed in front Of the Memorial
| Francis B. Allen. Hartford, a, naval
| veteran and president of Veterans Sec
| CARNATIONS of the Civil war belong,
also a director of the Navy League Of
| Washington, D. c., representing Con-
neCtfcut, also reviewed the boys with
| President Caruthers.
A prominent man at the reunion was
| Charles II. Lynch Of Hartford, one of
the historians of the regiment.
The veterans present at the gather
| ing were as follows:
Company A. c. Greene, John
i14IIilCS' OOi4Il Del vice. CTlDSOIs II.
Z. Sherman.
Company -B-Ca1vin H. Richmond,
Hugh McLough1in, Samuel Armiu
Company C-Charles F. Geer. Chas.
H. Lynch, Henry T Clark, Gilbert R.
BUrdicI, Vim. a. Wetmore, B. B.
Brown, Gilbert A. Tracy.
Company D-WiIliam Gould. Arson
A. Buchanan. Thomas J Learned,
Frank Converse, Nathan Chase.
Company Flames Mckee, George
Parkinson, George w Keigwin, Hor-
ace w. Fox, Anthony Adams Able
Burdick. VIM. C. Tracy Marvin Tour
telIotte.
Company F-Capt. John E. Wood
ward Roswell Butler, R. NJ. Brown,
George W. Blake
Company G--Charles Burrows, Jo-
seph Smith, Peter Gerue.
Company H. - James Haggertv,
Thomas D. Spencer. Lieutenant WI
liam Caruthers, William Dean, G. R.
Biiven.
Company flames Tucker. Edwin
SDalding, James Bigelow, Harvey L.
Muzzey, Andrew Dean, Capt. Samuel
r. Knapp, Palmer E. Greene.