PROCEEDINGS 
 
 AT THE 
 
 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FIRST COMPANY 
 
 
 
 HARTFORD, OCTOBER 19, 1871. 
 itfo an psstuviat Introduction. 
 
 HARTFORD, CONK: 
 PUBLISHED BY GEER & POND, BOOKSELLERS. 
 
 1872.
 
 PROCEEDINGS 
 
 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
 
 
 HARTFORD, OCTOBER 19, 1871. 
 
 m Dttjrt0riU 
 
 HARTFORD, CONN.: 
 PUBLISHED BY GEEK & POND, BOOKSELLERS. 
 
 1872.
 
 PRESS OP 
 
 WII.ET, WATERMAN & EATON, 
 HARTFORD, CONN.
 
 ALTHOUGH the proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary 
 were fully and faithfully reported in the papers of the 
 day, a wish has been expressed by many of the past and 
 present members of the company, that the proceedings 
 might be gathered and preserved in a more enduring form, 
 together with such, other matter as might appertain to the 
 subject, to be handed down to posterity. In accordance 
 therewith, the compiler has given an historical sketch of 
 the company, and an account of the " Veteran Corps," 
 which he trusts will meet the approval of all who have ever 
 served the State of Connecticut in the ranks of the " Old 
 Guard." 
 
 Kespectfully, 
 
 L. E. HUNT, 
 
 Sec'y Veteran Corps.
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 " THE FIRST COMPANY OF GOVERNOR'S FOOT GUARD " 
 was chartered by the Colonial Legislature of Connecticut, 
 at the session of the General Assembly held in New Haven, 
 October, 1771, under the name of " the Governor's Guard."* 
 The causes which led to its formation are fully set forth in 
 Mr. DEMING'S admirable address, and need not be repeated 
 here. The following is the petition, and the petition in aid, 
 for a charter: 
 
 PETITION. 
 
 To /the Honourable General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticutt, 
 to be held at New Haven on the second Thursday of October 
 Instant 
 
 The Memorial of us the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth : That it is 
 with Considerable Expense and Trouble that the Standing Military 
 Cornpanys in Hartford Equip themselves to wait on the General 
 Assembly at the General Elections and that their Turns come but 
 Once in many Years and then it is with Difficulty they are able to 
 perform said Duty so as to Do Honour to the Ceremony and that 
 your Memorialists Conceive it would be for the Honour of Govern- 
 ment that a Company be Constituted to perform said Service and 
 Ceremony Constantly, and that your Memorialists are willing to 
 Undertake Said Task and Duty in Case they may be exempt from 
 other Military Duty in the Colony therefore pray your Hon" to 
 Constitute and Incorporate us the Subscribers into a Distinct Military 
 Company by the Name of the Governor's Guard, Consisting of Sixty 
 four rank and file in Number, Exclusive of Commission Officers and 
 that they be under the Direction of the field Officers of the Regiment 
 and have Power to Elect and Nominate their own Officers from 
 time to time as Occasion may require under the direction of s d field 
 
 * By the subsequent formation of the Second Company of Foot Guard and the First 
 and Second Companies of Horse Guard, the corporate name was changed to it? present 
 title.
 
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 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 Officers and to inlist and receive into said Company as shall be 
 necessary in Case of Death or removal of any of said Company, and 
 that said Company shall be Obliged to perform said service and Duty 
 Annually and to dress uniformly and be equipt with Suitable Arms 
 as the Colonel of s d Regiment shall direct which your Memorialists 
 Conceive may be done without prejudice to any of the Military 
 Companies already by Law Established and your Memorialists as in 
 Duty bound shall ever pray. 
 
 Dated at Hartford the 2nd day of October, A.D. 1771. 
 
 SAML. WYLLYS. 
 JAMES TILEY. 
 DANIEL COTTON. 
 ELIAKIM FISH. 
 WM. BURR. 
 DANL. GOODWIN, JR. 
 NATII. GOODWIN. 
 TIMOTHY LEDLIE. 
 JAMES JEPSON. 
 CALEB BULL, JUNR. 
 HEZEKIAH WYLLYS. 
 JOSEPH CHURCH, JUNR. 
 WM. LAWRENCE. 
 JOHN CALDWELL. 
 ELIHU EGLESTON. 
 JOHN NIVINS. 
 ISRAEL SEYMOUR. 
 EBEN R - AUSTIN. 
 STEPHEN AUSTIN. 
 CHARLES HOPKINS. 
 
 El.ISHA BURNHAM. 
 
 JOHN LAWRENCE, JUNR. 
 EDWARD BODGE. 
 ELISHA LORD. 
 HEZ H - MERRELLS. 
 SAML. BURR. 
 JNO. CALDER. 
 NATHL. SKINNER. 
 JAMES BULL. 
 AUSTIN LEDYARD. 
 FREDERICK BULL. 
 WILLIAM KNOX. 
 EBEN R - WATSON. 
 
 JOSEPH REED. 
 EPAPS- BULL. 
 CONSIDER BURT. 
 COTTON MURRAY. 
 BENJN. MORRISON. 
 JAMES ADDAMS. 
 WILLM. BULL. 
 JON TH - BUTLER. 
 JONATHAN BULL. 
 BEVIL WATERS. 
 AARON SEYMOUR. 
 JAMES HUMPHRYS. 
 ISAAC VAUGHAN. 
 LEMUEL STEEL. 
 JOHN DODD. 
 TIMOTHY STEELE. 
 ELISHA DODD. 
 RICHARD SKINNER. 
 JONATHAN STEEL. 
 THOS. SLOAN. 
 ROBERT SLOAN. 
 JAMES BUNCE, JNR. 
 SAMUEL KILBOURN. 
 NOAH WASHBURN. 
 THOMAS STEELE. 
 MOSES KELLOGG. 
 THOS. CONVERSE. 
 ABEL STONE. 
 DANIEL SKINNER, JUNR. 
 EDWARD DODD, JUNR. 
 THEODORE SKINNER. 
 OZIAS GOODWIN, JUNR. 
 JOHN COOK.
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 PETITION" IN AID. 
 
 To the Honorable General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut^ 
 
 to be Convened at New Haven on the second Thursday of Ocf 
 
 Instant. 
 
 The memorial of us the subscribers all of Hartford, Humbly 
 sheweth, That it is with Considerable Expense that the Military 
 Companys of s d Hartford Equip themselves to wait on the General 
 Assembly on the General Election Days held at said Hartford, and 
 that their Turns come but once in many years which makes it difficult 
 for them to perform said duty so as to do Honour to the Government 
 and that your Hon 8 Memorialists humbly conceive it would be 
 greatly to the Honour of this Colony were there a distinct and 
 seperate Company formed and Established for that purpose, and that 
 said Company should be exempt so long as they continued such from 
 all other military Duty & Exercise, and your Honrs Memorialists 
 having seen a Memorial (bearing date Oct r - 3d 1771) preferred to your 
 Hon rs at your session in Oct r - Instant by Mess rs Samuel Wyllys, James 
 Tiley &c. praying that they may be Constituted and Incorporated 
 into an entire and distinct Military Company by the Name of the 
 Governors Guard 
 
 Whereupon your Hon rs Memorialists pray that the s d Memorialists 
 Mess rs Wyllys, Tiley &c. may be Constituted and Incorporated into a 
 distinct Company by the Name of the Governors Guard, and that 
 they may have all the Powers and Privileges prayed for in their said 
 Memorial, not in the Least doubting but that they will be punctual in 
 their attendance and performance on said Election Days and do 
 Honour to the Colony and your Hon Memorialists as in Duty 
 bound, shall ever pray. 
 
 Dated at Hartford the 8th day of Ocf- 1771. 
 
 JONATHAN SEYMOR. JAMES NICHOLS. 
 
 DANL. BULL. THOS. HOPKINS. 
 
 WM. TILEY. JOSEPH BARRETT. 
 
 JAMES CHURCH. CALEB BULL. 
 
 Jos. BUNCE. SOLOMON SMITH. 
 
 EBEN'ER. BARNARD. JOHN SKINER, JUNR. 
 
 MOSES BUTLER. SAMUEL MARSH. 
 
 AARON BULL. JNO. KEITH. 
 
 JOSEPH SHELDON. JNO. H. LORD. 
 
 JOHN CHENEVARD.
 
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 The General Assembly granted the charter, which was in 
 the following words ; viz. : 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of his Majesty's 
 English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America 
 holden at New Haven in said Colony on the second Thursday 
 of October and continued by several adjournments to the first day 
 of November next following, Annoque Domini 1771. 
 Upon the memorial of Samuel Wyllys, James Tiley, Daniel Cotton, 
 Eliakitn Fish, Hezekiah Wyllys, Daniel Goodwin, Junr., Nathaniel 
 Goodwin, Timothy Ledlie, James Jepson, Caleb Bull, Junr., Joseph 
 Church, Junr., William Lawrence, John Caldwell, Elihu Eggleston, 
 John Nevins, Israel Seymour, Ebenezer Austin, Stephen Austin, 
 Charles Hopkins, Elisha Burnham, John Lawrence, Junr., Edward 
 Bodge, Elisha Lord, Hezekiah Merrells, Samuel Burr, John Calder, 
 Nathaniel Skinner, James Bull, Austin Ledyard, Frederick Bull, 
 William Knox, Ebenezer Watson, Joseph Reed, Epaphras Bull, 
 Consider Burt, Cotton Murray, Benjamin Morrison, James Adams, 
 William Bull, Jonathan Butler, Jonathan Bull, Bevil Waters, Aaron 
 Seymour, James Humphrey, Isaac Vaughan, Lemuel Steel, John 
 Dodd, Timothy Steel, Elisha Dodd, Richard Skinner, Jonathan Steel, 
 Thomas Sloan, Robert Sloan, James Bunce, Junr., Samuel Kilbourn, 
 Noah Washburn, Thomas Steel, Moses Kellogg, Thomas Converse, 
 Abel Stone, Daniel Skinner, Junr., Edward Dodd, Junr., Theodore 
 Skinner, Ozias Goodwin, Junr., and John Cook, praying to be consti- 
 tuted a distinct Military Company by the Name of the Governor's 
 Guard, as per Memorial on File, 
 
 Resolved by this Assembly, That the Memorialists before named 
 be and they are hereby Constituted a distinct Military Company, by 
 the Name of the Governors Guard, consisting of Sixty four in 
 number rank and file, to attend upon and Guard the Governor 
 and General Assembly annually on the Election Days, and at all 
 other Times as occasion shall require, equipped with proper Arms, 
 and Uniformly Dressed, with Power under the direction of the Field 
 Officers to elect and Choose their own Officers, viz. Captain, Lieu- 
 tenant, and Ensign, and all other subordinate Officers that shall be 
 necessary, and that the Chief Officer of said Company for the Time 
 being with the Advice and Consent of either of the Commissioned 
 Officers of said Company shall have full power in Case of Death, 
 removal or dismission of any of said Company to Inlist, receive and
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 9 
 
 enrol others in the room of those so removetl, and said Company shall 
 be subject to the General Laws as to the Days and Times of their 
 Training and mustering, and are hereby exempted from being Called 
 and from Doing any Military Duty in any other Company, and the 
 Chief Colonel of the first Regiment of Militia in this Colony shall 
 Cause them to be duly warned and lead them to the Choice of a 
 Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign, &c. 
 
 Pass'd in ye Lower House. 
 
 Test WM. WILLIAMS, Clerk. 
 
 Concurr'd in the upper House. 
 
 Test GEORGE WYLLYS, Secret'y. 
 
 The company was immediately formed, and SAMUEL 
 WYLLYS was elected captain, WILLIAM KNOX lieutenant, 
 and EBEXEZER AUSTIX ensign. 
 
 Their first parade was made at the meeting of the General 
 Assembly, at Hartford, in May, 1772. The General Assem- 
 bly signified their approval of the doings of the company, as 
 appears by the passage of the following 
 
 ACT. 
 
 At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the English 
 Colony of Connecticut in New England in America, holden at 
 Hartford, in said Colony, on the second Thursday of May, being 
 the 14th day of said month, and continued by several adjourn- 
 ments until the sixth day of June next following, Annoque 
 Domini 1772, 
 
 Upon the memorial of Samuel Wyllys, Captain of and the rest of 
 the Company constituting the Governor's Guard, representing to this 
 Assembly that pursuant to the Act of this Assembly in October last, 
 they have been led to the choice of proper Officers, that they have 
 been at great cost, care and Pains in procuring Cloaths, Drums, fifes 
 and colours, and improving themselves in military exercises, so as in 
 the most decent and becoming manner, to attend, wait on, and guard 
 his Honr the Governour, and the General Assembly, according to the 
 duty of the station, and to the Honour of Government, and being 
 still in want of arms and accoutrements decent and necessary to be 
 used on such occasions, which they cannot well obtain &c. praying for 
 assistance therein, as per memorial on File. 
 
 This Assembly having also Observed and approved their Conduct, 
 and as an encouragement to their and the said Company's further and
 
 10 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 continued exertion of themselves, to do honour to their institution, 
 and to answer the just expectations of the General Assembly in their 
 establishment, do Grant and Resolve, That the monies which the 
 memorialists have expended, and paid for their Standard, Drums and 
 Fifes be refunded to them out of the Colony Treasury, and that there 
 be purchased at the expense of the Colony for the use of said 
 Company, sixty four plain, decent, and sizeable stands of Arms, to 
 equip said Company, at the discretion of the Committee hereafter 
 named, all to be and remain the property of this Colony, and kept for 
 the use aforesaid. 
 
 And it is further Resolved, That George Wyllys, Erastus Wolcott, 
 and Benjamin Payne, Esquires, be, and they are hereby appointed a 
 committee to receive and examine the accounts of the expenses afore- 
 said, and give Order on the Treasurer for payment thereof, and said 
 Committee are directed to purchase, procure and receive the said 
 Arms, and accoutrements, directly from Bristol, or such other place in 
 Great Britain where they may be had on the best Terms, and to 
 procure only such as are decently plain, and suitable, and may be had 
 at a moderate price, and they are hereby enabled and empowered to 
 draw on the treasurer of this Colony for such sums as they shall 
 necessarily expend in the premises. 
 
 In 1802, the General Assembly made the following 
 ADDITION TO THE CHARTER. 
 
 At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, in America, 
 
 holden at New Haven, in said state, on the second Thursday of 
 
 October, being the fourteenth day of said month, and Continued 
 
 by adjournments from day to day until the fifth day of November, 
 
 in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and two. 
 
 Upon the Petition of Nathaniel Terry of Hartford, in Hartford 
 
 county, Captain of the First Company of the Governours Foot Guard, 
 
 in behalf of himself and the rest of said Company, praying the 
 
 Assembly to increase the number of said Company, to authorize the 
 
 captain of said Company to sell and dispose of the Guns purchased 
 
 by this State for the use of said Company, and to remedy certain 
 
 defects in the Act incorporating said Company as pr Petition on File, 
 
 Dated the 25th day of May 1802. 
 
 Enacted by this Assembly, That there shall be added to said 
 Company as now established by law, One Lieutenant, four Sargeants, 
 four Corporals, a Band of Music of fourteen musicians, six Fifers, 
 Four Drummers, and thirty two Privates, so that in future said
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. -Q 
 
 Company shall consist of a Captain, two Lieutenants, an Ensign, eight 
 Sargeants, eight Corporals, a Band of Music of Fourteen Musicians, 
 six Fifers, Four Drummers, and Ninety Six privates, and the Captain 
 of said Company is hereby authorised and impowered to enlist such 
 additional number to fill said Company from any of the Militia 
 Companies, provided, that by such inlistment no Militia Company be 
 reduced below the number of Sixty four rank and File, and provided 
 also, that no additional expense for dining said Company on the 
 Election Days shall thereby be incurred by the State, and the Captain 
 of said Company when thereto commanded by his Excellency the 
 Governour shall lead said Company to the choice of a second Lieu- 
 tenant for said Company, who shall be commissioned according to 
 Law, and the Captain of said Company shall at such time or times 
 as he shall think proper, lead said Company to the choice of non 
 commissioned Officers for said Company, and the non commissioned 
 Officers of said Company shall receive their warrants from the 
 Captain thereof. 
 
 And further Enacted, That said Company shall have power by 
 their major vote, with the approbation of the Captain thereof, to 
 establish an uniform of dress and accoutrements for said Company, 
 and from time to time to alter the same or any part thereof, and each 
 non commissioned officer, musician, and Private of said Company 
 shall pay a Fine of one Dollar for each article of dress or accoutre- 
 ment, in which he shall be deficient, when called out for Company 
 exercise, and directed by the commanding officer of said Company to 
 appear in uniform, and for each such deficiency on Election Days, or 
 at any other Time when said Company shall be called out by special 
 order of his Excellency the Governour, each non commissioned 
 officer, musician, and Private shall pay a Fine of Three Dollars. 
 
 And further Enacted, That the commanding Officer of said Com- 
 pany shall have authority, and authority is hereby given to him, to 
 call out said Company for the purpose of Training them to military 
 discipline, and the use of Arms, such number of days as he shall think 
 proper, not exceeding Fifteen Days in one Year, and each non com- 
 missioned officer, musician and private of said Company, shall pay a 
 Fine of Two Dollars for non attendance each Time he shall be called 
 out for ordinary Training, and a fine of six dollars for non attendance 
 on Election Day, or any other day when said Company shall be called 
 out by special Order of his Excellency the Governor, and the Officers 
 of the Company shall have the same power and authority to punish 
 all Persons belonging to said Company for disobedience of Orders or
 
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 unmilitary Conduct as the Officers of the Ordinary Militia Companies 
 have, or shall have, respecting the Companies to which they belong. 
 
 And further Enacted, That said Company by their major vote 
 shall have power, with the approbation of the Captain thereof, to 
 direct in what manner the Trainings of said Company shall be 
 warned, and warnings given accordingly shall be good and effectual 
 to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 
 
 And further Enacted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be 
 paid to the Captain of said Company, to be laid out in the purchase 
 of Instruments of Musick, which Instruments of Musick shall be the 
 Property of the State, for the use of said Company, which sum here- 
 after shall be the full satisfaction of the Customary allowance to said 
 Company for hiring Musick, for Election days, and the Treasurer is 
 hereby directed to pay said sum accordingly. 
 
 And further Enacted, That the Captain of said Company be, and 
 he is hereby authorized to sell, and dispose of the Arms purchased by 
 this State, for the Use of said Company, on condition, that he shall 
 with the money to be raised thereby, with monies to be raised by 
 Voluntary Subscription, and with monies to be raised by Fines to be 
 collected of said Company, which are hereby appropriated to that 
 use, purchase a complete Sett of Guns and Bayonets for said Com- 
 pany, to belong to this State for the use of said Company. 
 
 In 1809, the charter was further amended as follows: 
 
 At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, held at Hartford, 
 on the second Thursday of May, being the Eleventh day of said 
 month, and Continued by adjournments until the second day of 
 June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nine. 
 
 Resolved by this Assembly, that the Captains of the Companies of 
 the Governours Foot Guard, shall have the rank of Major, in the same 
 manner as is Provided for the Horse Guard. 
 
 Resolved, that there shall be four Lieutenants to the first Com- 
 pany of Foot Guard, the first of which shall have the Rank of 
 Captain, and that the commander of any Company of Governors 
 Guard may appoint either of their Sargeants to be orderly Sargeant, 
 and may him displace, and a new appointment make, as occasion 
 may require.
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. ] 3 
 
 From the organization to the present time, the Guard have 
 never failed to perform its chartered duty of " waiting upon 
 his Excellency the Governor and the General Assembly, on 
 Election days," and at other times when called upon. The 
 many other times that the Guard have appeared on parade, 
 and the part that they have taken in public affairs, is so 
 fully entered into in Mr. DEMIXG'S address, that it is need- 
 less to further enlarge upon it here. 
 
 We annex a list of the governors of Connecticut, during 
 the existence of the Guard, and the commanders of the 
 Guard from its organization to the present time. 
 
 GOVERNORS. 
 
 Names. Terras of Office. 
 
 JONATHAN TRUMBULL, 1769 to 1784 
 
 MATTHEW GRISWOLD. 1784 to 1786 
 
 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, 1786 to 1796 
 
 OLIVER WOLCOTT, 1796 to 1798 
 
 JONATHAN TRUMBULL. 1798 to 1809 
 
 JOHN TREADWELL, 1809 to 1811 
 
 ROGER GRISWOLD, 1811 to 1813 
 
 JOHN COTTON SMITH, .. .. _ 1813 to 1817 
 
 OLIVER WOLCOTT, ' 1817 to 1827 
 
 GIDEON TOMLINSON, 1827 to 1831 
 
 JOHN S. PETERS, 1831 to 1833 
 
 HENRY W. EDWARDS, 1833 to 1834 
 
 SAMUEL A. FOOTE, .. 1834 to 1835 
 
 HENRY W. EDWARDS, ' 1835 to 1838 
 
 WILLIAM W. ELLSWORTH, .. .. 1838 to 1842 
 
 CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND, 1842 to 1844 
 
 ROGER S. BALDWIN, 1844 to 1846 
 
 ISAAC TOUCEY, 1846 to 1847 
 
 CLARK BISSELL, 1847 to 1849 
 
 JOSEPH TRUMBULL, 1849 to 1850 
 
 THOMAS II. SEYMOUR, 1850 to 1853 
 
 CHARLES II. POND, 1853 to 1854 
 
 HENRY BUTTON, 1854 to 1855 
 
 WILLIAM T. MINOR, 1855 to 1857 
 
 ALEXANDER H. HOLLEY, 1857 to 1858 
 
 WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM, .. .. 1858 to 1866
 
 14 
 
 JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, 
 JAMES E. ENGLISH, 
 MARSHALL JEWELL, 
 JAMES E. ENGLISH, 
 MARSHALL JEWELL, 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 Terms of Office. 
 
 1868 to 1867 
 1867 to 1869 
 
 1869 to 1870 
 
 1870 to 1871 
 
 1871 to 
 
 COMMANDANTS. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Captain SAMUEL WYLLYS, 
 Captain JONATHAN BULL, 
 Captain CHARLES HOPKINS, 
 Captain GEORGE BULL, .. 
 Captain JOSEPH DAY, .. - .. 
 Captain JESSE ROOT, 
 Captain NATHANIEL TERRY, .. 
 
 (Ranked as Major from May, 1899.) 
 
 Major ISAAC D. BULL, 
 Major RICHARD E. GOODWIN, .. 
 Major JAMES M. GOODWIN, 
 Major LYNDE OLMSTED, .. 
 Major CHARLES WELLS, .. 
 Major GEORGE PUTNAM, .. 
 Major JONATHAN GOODWIN, 
 Major EDMUND B. STEDMAN, ., 
 Major CALVIN DAY, 
 Major JAMES G. BOLLES, 
 Major HENRY OAKES, 
 Major GRIFFIN A. STEDMAN, .. 
 Major HENRY L. MILLER, 
 Major ROLAND MATHER, .. 
 Major WILLIAM B. ELY, .. 
 Major HENRY P. AVERILL, 
 Major HENRY P. SWEETSER, .. 
 Major LEONARD H. BACON, 
 Major WILLIAM CONNER, JR., .. 
 Major LEVERETT SEYMOUR, 
 Major JONATHAN GOODWIN, 
 Major Lucius E. HUNT, .. 
 Major HENRY C. RANSOM, 
 Major HENRY P. BARTON, 
 Major WILLIAM II. DODD, 
 
 Terms of Office. 
 
 October, 1771, to May, 1777. 
 May, 1777, to May, 1785. 
 May, 1785, to May, 1795. 
 May, 1795, to May, 1797. 
 May, 1797, to May, 1798. 
 May, 1798, to October, 1802. 
 October, 1802, to June 3, 1813. 
 
 June 3, 1913, to June 8, 1816. 
 June 8, 1816, to May 13, 1819. 
 May 13, 1819, to May 16, 1823. 
 May 16, 1823, to April 5, 1826. 
 April 5, 1826, to Feb. 9, 1828. 
 Feb. 9, 1828, to April 30, 1830. 
 April 30, 1830, to Feb. 6, 1832. 
 Feb. 6, 1832, to May 15, 1833. 
 May 15, 1833, to Feb. 18, 1835. 
 Feb. 18, 1835, to Aug. 7, 1835. 
 Aug. 7, 1835, to Nov. 3, 1836. 
 Nov. 3, 1836, to May 21, 1838. 
 May 21, 1838, to Sept. 28, 1838. 
 Sept. 28, 1838, to March 2, 1840. 
 TVfarch 2, 1840, to Sept. 1, 1841. 
 Sept. 1, 1841, to March 11, 1843. 
 March 11, 1843, to Sept. 6, 1844. 
 Sept. 6, 1844, to March 10, 1847. 
 March 10, 1847, to May 9, 1850. 
 May 9, 1850, to April 22, 1861. 
 April 22, 1861, to Dec. 4, 1862. 
 Dec. 4, 1862, to Oct. 6, 1865. 
 Oct. 6, 1865, to March 4, 1867. 
 March 4, 1867, to June 5, 1871. 
 June 5, 1871, to
 
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 THE VETERAX ASSOCIATION 
 
 \\ r as formed in 1870, in accordance with the following call : 
 
 $(<ail-Jhtarlcr$ IFirst Campaiw xFr 
 
 Hartford, January 31, 187O. 
 
 Dear Sir, The propriety of forming an Association consisting of 
 ex members of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, has long 
 been a subject of discussion, and the near approach of the Centennial 
 Anniversary of the organization of the Battalion has enlisted the 
 active interest of the present Company, that such an organization 
 should be formed during the present year. At the request, therefore, 
 of many of the ex-members, and of the officers and privates now 
 forming the Company, we earnestly invite you to attend a meeting of 
 the past officers and members of the Battalion, to be held at the 
 armory of the Guard, in American Hall, in this city, on the twenty- 
 third day of February, A.D. 1870, at half-past 7 o'clock, P.M., for the 
 purpose of perfecting an Association or Organization of the Veteran 
 Members, in such manner as may be deemed expedient and proper. 
 There will be no expense attending the formation or continuance 
 of the Organization contemplated, the Company giving to us the use 
 of the rooms and other facilities and accommodations required, and 
 the object hoped to be attained is only to awaken and sustain an 
 interest in the Company, revive old associations, and keep fresh the 
 memories of the past. 
 
 We shall confidently expect your presence at the time mentioned, 
 and hope for your cordial sympathy and interest in the object above 
 stated. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 JAMES M. GOODWIN, ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 LYNDE OLMSTED, ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 CALVIN DAY, ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 JAMES G. BOLLES, ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 JONATHAN GOODWIN, ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 WILLIAM B. ELY, ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 WILLIAM CONNER, JR., ex-Major Commandant. 
 
 LEVERETT SEYMOUR, ex -Major Commandant. 
 
 L. E. HUNT, ex-Major Commandant.
 
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 In behalf of the officers and privates of the First Company Gov- 
 ernor's Foot Guard, we cordially unite in the request of the past 
 officers of this Battalion ; and we earnestly hope to see an Organiza- 
 tion of the Veteran Members perfected prior to the Centennial 
 Anniversary of the Guard. 
 
 H. P. BARTON, Major Commandant. 
 WM. H. DODD, Captain and First Lieutenant. 
 HENRY C. FULLER, Second Lieutenant. 
 C. C. OSBORN, Third Lieutenant. 
 JOHN C. PARSONS, Fourth Lieutenant. 
 0. W. CIIAFFEE, Ensign. 
 Hartford, February 1, 187O. 
 
 At the meeting thus called, a committee was appointed to 
 draft a Constitution and recommend a name. At a subse- 
 quent meeting, the committee submitted the following, which 
 was accepted and adopted : 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE 1. This organization shall be called " The First Com- 
 pany Governor's Foot Guard Veteran Corps." 
 
 ARTICLE 2. It shall be composed of those persons who have 
 been, or may hereafter be, members of the First Company Governor's 
 Foot Guard, and have been honorably discharged from service therein, 
 and who shall sign this Constitution, and none others. 
 
 ARTICLE 3. The objects of this organization shall be the keeping 
 alive an interest in the Company, reviving old and pleasant memories, 
 the perpetuation of the traditions and history of the Company, and 
 the cultivation of social feelings between the active members of the 
 Battalion and the Veteran Corps, by a meeting at least annually, 
 at which all members shall be present, or accounted for, or honorably 
 remembered. 
 
 ARTICLE 4. The officers of the Corps shall be a president, vice- 
 president, secretary, treasurer, and historian. 
 
 ARTICLE 5. There shall be an executive committee of five per- 
 sons, of which the president and vice-president shall be members. 
 
 ARTICLE 6. The president shall preside at all meetings of the 
 Veteran Corps, and, in the event of his absence, the vice-president. 
 
 ARTICLE 7. The secretary shall perform all the duties incident to 
 that office, collect and pay to the treasurer all the funds of the
 
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 organization, and keep a record of each member of the Veteran 
 Corps as far as may be, and full records of the proceedings at each 
 meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE 8. The treasurer shall receive all moneys from the secre- 
 tary, disburse all funds under the direction of the president and 
 executive committee, and render his account to them one week prior 
 to the annual, meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE 9. It shall be the duty of the historian to collect all the 
 recollective traditions and reminiscences connected with the Company, 
 and a history of the organization, and present the same at the next 
 annual meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE 10. The executive committee shall audit and (if ap- 
 proved) pay all bills against the Veteran Corps, and shall have 
 general supervision of all business affairs. 
 
 ARTICLE 11. The officers shall be chosen by ballot, and by a 
 major vote cast, at each annual meeting. The first election shall be 
 on the day of the adoption of this Constitution, and the officers then 
 chosen shall retain their positions until the annual meeting in 1870. 
 
 ARTICLE 12. Twelve members shall constitute a quorum, and the 
 president shall call a special meeting upon the written request of four 
 members. 
 
 ARTICLE 13. The annual meeting shall take place on the second 
 Thursday in October in each year. 
 
 ARTICLE 14. Each member, upon signing the Constitution, shall 
 pay one dollar to the secretary, and any other expenses shall be paid 
 by voluntary contribution. 
 
 ARTICLE 15. This Constitution may be altered or amended by a 
 two-thirds vote, at any regularly called meeting. 
 
 The following officers were then elected : 
 
 Major CALVIN DAY, President. 
 Major WILLIAM B. ELY, Vice-President. 
 Major Lucius E. HUNT, Secretary. 
 Sergeant DEWITT C. POXD, Treasurer. 
 Sergeant J. HURLBURT WHITE, Historian. 
 Lieutenant ALFRED B. REDFIELD, } 
 
 Captain J. ELLSWORTH STRONG, V Executive Committee. 
 Captain NELSON G. HINCKLEY, ) 
 3
 
 18 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 At a meeting held in August, 1871. a committee was ap- 
 pointed to confer with a like committee from the Company, 
 to recommend a plan for the Centennial Celebration. 
 
 At a subsequent meeting, the committee reported, recom- 
 mending that the Centennial Celebration be held on Thurs- 
 day, the 19th of October; that the Second Company 
 Governor's Foot Guard, of New Haven, be invited to 
 participate in the ceremonies; and that the day be cele- 
 brated by a parade of the two companies and the Veteran 
 Corps, an historical and other addresses, and a banquet, 
 which was accepted and adopted. 
 
 The following committees were appointed to carry out the 
 plan : 
 
 Committee of Arrangements : 
 
 Major JONATHAN GOODWIN, Lieut. GEORGE SEXTON, 
 
 Major CALVIN DAY, Lieut. LEONARD T. WELLES, 
 
 Major GRIFFIN A. STEDMAN, Lieut. HORATIO E. DAY, 
 Major ROLAND MATHER, Lieut. ALBERT F. DAY, 
 
 Major WILLIAM B. ELY, Lieut. RALPH L. GILBERT, 
 
 Major LEONARD H. BACON, Lieut. ALFRED B. REDFIELD, 
 
 Major WILLIAM CONNER, Lieut. JAMES BOLTER, 
 
 Major LEVERETT SEYMOUR, Lieut. HENRY K. PECK, 
 
 Major Lucius E. HUNT, Lieut. JAMES G. WELLS, 
 
 Major HENRY P. BARTON, Lieut. JOHN C. PARSONS, 
 
 Major WILLIAM H. DODD, Lieut. CHARLES F. NICHOLS, 
 
 Captain NELSON G. HINCKLEY, Lieut. WILLIAM H. TALCOTT, 
 Captain J. ELLSWORTH STRONG, Ensign O. W. CHAFFEE, 
 Captain WILLIAM M. FOSTER, Sergeant CHARLES C. STRONG, 
 Captain CHARLES C. OSBORN, Sergeant DEWITT C. POND, 
 Lieut. HENRY K. MORGAN, Sergeant J. HURLIH T RT WHITE. 
 
 Finance Committee: 
 
 Major CALVIN DAY, Captain NELSON G. HINCKLEY, 
 
 Major WILLIAM B. ELY, Captain J. ELLSWORTH STRONG, 
 
 Major LEVERETT SEYMOUR, Sergeant DEWITT C. POND. 
 
 Committee of Invitation: 
 
 The OFFICERS of the VETERAN CORPS and the OFFICERS of the 
 ACTIVE COMPANY. 
 
 Committee on Banquet: 
 Colonel S. A. COOLEY, J. A. TERRY, ami C. C. STRONG.
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH. jg 
 
 Committee on Toasts: 
 J. II. WHITE, L. E. HUNT, and W. B. ELY. 
 
 Committee on Orator and Hall: 
 
 J. H. WHITE, A. M. GORDON, H. C. FULLER, A. B. REDFIELD. 
 and J. S. HUSSEY. 
 
 Reception Committee : 
 Majors .CALVIN DAY, JONATHAN GOODWIN, and HENRY P. BARTON. 
 
 Committee on Carriages: 
 H. C. FULLER and J. R. HOLCOMB. 
 
 Committee on Firing Salute.: 
 W. H. DODD and A. M. GORDON., 
 
 Committee on Ringing Bells: 
 S. A. COOLEY. 
 
 Marshal : 
 Major LEVERETT SEYMOUK. 
 
 Assistant Marshal : 
 Captain J. ELLSWORTH STRONG. 
 
 Committee on Decorations: 
 G. B. LARKUM and J. S. HUSSEY. 
 
 Committee on Printing: 
 S. A. COOLEY and L. E. HUNT. 
 
 Toast Master: 
 Sergeant J. HURLBURT WHITE. 
 
 The committees attended to their various duties, and 
 worked harmoniously together, and can congratulate them- 
 selves that no disagreement occurred; thereby making the 
 Celebration a complete success, and the remembrance of it a 
 source of pleasure which time can not efface.
 
 THE CELEBRATION. 
 
 IN accordance with previous arrangements, the Centennial 
 Anniversary was observed on Thursday, the 19th of Octo- 
 ber, 1871. 
 
 The active company paraded at 9 o'clock, A.M., and, after 
 receiving their colors and the major-commandant in due and 
 ancient form, marched to the depot, received the Second 
 Company Governor's Foot Guard, of New Haven, and, 
 after the usual ceremonies, proceeded to the City Park, at 
 the foot of Clinton Street, where, being joined by members 
 of the Veteran Corps and his Excellency the Governor, and 
 surrounded by a large number of spectators, the ceremonies 
 of the day were commenced, by the planting of a memorial 
 tree, a scion of the historic Charter Oak, kindly furnished 
 for the occasion by ERASTUS II. CROSBY, Esq , of West 
 Hartford. 
 
 On reaching the site chosen, the tree was placed in 
 the ground, and Governor JEWELL, threw the first spadeful 
 of dirt upon it ; after him, the officers of the company also 
 did their part toward planting it, the bands meanwhile play- 
 ing appropriate patriotic airs. .After the tree was firmly set, 
 Governor JEWELL made the following dedicatory remarks : 
 
 Officers and Soldiers of the Governor's Guard, and Fellow Citizens, 
 
 It lias been thought by the members of the Guard a proper time 
 to plant on this public park a memorial tree. Mr. E. H. Crosby, of 
 West Hartford, kindly offered for this purpose a scion of the noble 
 old Charter Oak, one of the most memorable trees in the state or 
 country, around whose history clusters so much of the patriotic and 
 loyal sentiment which has in later years developed so largely and 
 made our country so great and powerful. In the name of all that is
 
 THE CELEBRATION. 21 
 
 patriotic and loyal in the state, in the name of the First Company of 
 Governor's Foot Guard, I consecrate this tree to future generations ; 
 and, should it be spared till the next centennial celebration, may we 
 not expect our successors on that day to be able to celebrate under its 
 spreading branches, finding here a sturdy huge oak, typical alike 
 in its strength of the strength of republican institutions, in its 
 growth of the growth of this great country, and in its vigor of 
 the vigor of the Guard who planted it, the state who fostered it, 
 and our posterity who will admire it. 
 
 When these ceremonies were concluded, the line of march 
 was taken up through the city, bringing up, about 11 o'clock, 
 at Allyn Hall, where a cold lunch was prepared for the 
 hungry to stay their appetites until the banquet, which was 
 to follow at 5 o'clock. The lunch lasted about an hour, and, 
 about 12 o'clock, they again fell into line, and marched to 
 the armory, where arms were stacked and the companies 
 dismissed until 2 o'clock. 
 
 The Veteran Corps assembled at the armory of the Guard 
 (American Hall), at 11 o'clock, A.M., where the time was 
 passed until 2 o'clock, P.M., in social intercourse and the 
 renewal of old acquaintance. 
 
 THE REVIEW AND PARADE. 
 
 Shortly after 2 o'clock, the Guard, and the Second Com- 
 pany, and the Veterans and invited guests, marched from 
 American Hall, around the State House Square, to Pearl 
 Street, and down to the Park, where a great crowd of people 
 had assembled. When drawn in line, Governor JEWELL 
 and staff, mounted, came upon the field, and passed in 
 review, the American Band playing " Hail to the Chief." 
 This over, a line of march was taken up, and, at the 
 first forward move, cannon upon the Park hill were fired, 
 and then all the bells chimed in, and the music of bells and 
 cannon was kept up throughout the entire march; the 
 procession marching through the following-named streets: 
 Trinity to College, up College to Washington, down Wash-
 
 22 THE CELEBRATION. 
 
 ington to Park, up Park to Main, up Main to Ann, down 
 Ann to Chapel, up Chapel to Trumbull, down Trumbull to 
 Asylum, and in the following order: 
 
 American Brass Band, of Providence. 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard, Major W. H. DODD. 
 
 Governor JEWELL and Staff. 
 Wheeler & Wilson's Band, of Bridgeport. 
 
 Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, Captain J. G. PHILE. 
 
 Colonel SMITH and Staff, First Regiment, Connecticut National Guard. 
 
 Major and Staff, Second Company Governor's Foot Guard. 
 
 Major and Staff, First Company Governor's Horse Guard. 
 
 Major and Staff, Second Company Governor's Horse Guard. 
 
 Officers Hartford City Guard. 
 
 Officers Buckingham Rifles. 
 
 Officers Hillyer Guard. 
 
 Officers Putnam Phalanx. 
 
 Veteran Foot Guard, of New Haven. 
 
 Veteran Corps Governor's Guard, Major L. SEYMOUR. 
 
 Invited Guests, on foot and in carriages. 
 
 Arriving at Asylum Street, both companies of the Guard 
 formed in line on either side of the. street, and the Governor 
 and staff passed between, followed by the Veterans and 
 invited guests, and proceeded to 
 
 THE BANQUET. 
 
 The banquet took place in Allyn Hall, commencing at 
 about half-past 5 o'clock. The stage was decorated with 
 flags and flowers, and upon the scene back were the earliest 
 flags or standards of the battalion. Perfect arrangements 
 'were made for the seating of all the military and guests. 
 Governor JEWELL, ex-Governors BUCKINGHAM and HAW- 
 LEY, ex-Lieutenant-Governors CATLIN and HYDE, the ven- 
 erable JAMES B. HOSMER, the Hon. GIDEON WELLES, and 
 several of the veteran ex-majors of the Guard, occupied 
 seats upon the stage, where two tables were spread for their
 
 THE BANQUET. 23 
 
 especial accommodation. When the seats in the hall were 
 taken, including those in the galleries, which were all filled 
 with ladies as spectators, the assemblage was called to order 
 by ex-Major CALVIN DAY, the president of the Veteran 
 Corps, who made an address of welcome, as follows. 
 Addressing the governor, ex-governors, the gentlemen of the 
 corps of ex-officers and soldiers, and the officers and men of 
 the active companies, Major DAY said : 
 
 MAJOR DAY'S WELCOME. 
 
 There lias fallen to my lot a most agreeable duty, that of bid- 
 cling the guests of the Veteran Association of the First Company 
 of Governor's Foot Guard welcome to this Centennial Celebration of 
 the organization of the company : an occasion which, to this associa- 
 tion, is one of great interest, and which they hope to make to their 
 guests one of pleasure. It is our happiness to see present to-night 
 and to welcome the chief magistrate of our state, and so many of 
 those gentlemen who have Before him so worthily filled that honor- 
 able position. It is fitting that he, and those of his predecessors who 
 have favored us with their presence, should be with us; for the 
 Guard, whose history reaches back farther than that of the state, and 
 into the colonial times, have always, from their organization, served 
 with pride as the body-guard of the chief-magistrates and the fore- 
 most representatives of the military arm of the state. We have great 
 pleasure, too, in welcoming so many of the ex-majors and other 
 former officers and members of the company, many of whom have 
 given proof of their attachment to the company by coming from 
 distant homes to meet old friends and renew old associations. We 
 welcome you all, gentlemen, to this cordial feast and this happy 
 occasion. We welcome, also, our military guests from other corps, 
 who honor us by their presence at this time. We welcome, too, the 
 members of the active corps, who have proved by their appearance 
 this day that the spirit of the old Guard is as glorious as ever. May 
 its history in the future be as honorable as it has been in the past. 
 There has never been a blot upon its record. Its history has not been 
 one of campaigns or battles; it has never been the fortune of the 
 Guard to be called into service in the field: but they have always 
 been ready to do their whole duty, furnishing an example of a 
 true citizen-soldiery ; and there have been occasions when their 
 existence has been of important service to the state. This occasion
 
 24 THE BANQUET. 
 
 brings up many recollections of the past. Many of you will recall 
 the various military excursions of the Guard, excursions such as are 
 now common, but in those days were rare and important events, and 
 for many years were indulged in only by the Foot Guard, the first of 
 these occasions being the laying of the corner-stone of Groton monu- 
 ment, and other and subsequent excursions to New York, to Spring- 
 field, and other places. We are glad to see present many who 
 participated in the enjoyment of those occasions, and we miss the 
 many more who have gone from us. The Guard have been prominent 
 in the reception and welcome of many distinguished visitors to the 
 state. On the last visit of that distinguished friend of American 
 independence, LA FAYETTE, to this country, this corps bore a promi- 
 nent part in the military reception given him in this city. On the 
 visit of the Hero of New Orleans, during his presidency, a splendid 
 military parade took place in his honor, and this company acted 
 as body-guard to the distinguished guest, on which occasion the 
 speaker had for the first time the honor of commanding the company. 
 I recollect with great pleasure my own connection with the company. 
 I remember that my young blood was stirred at the thought of joining 
 its ranks, and it was a proud day for me, when, by the favor of my 
 comrades, I was elected to the distinguished office of eighth corporal. 
 There are many before me who can sympathize with me in the recol- 
 lection of like feelings, and who can testify that their early love for the 
 Guard has not grown cold, and that the memory of good feeling and 
 good fellowship in the organization lasts through all the vicissitudes 
 of life. I desire, in closing, to express the gratitude of the asso- 
 ciation to my associates on the committee of arrangements, who have 
 done every thing in their power to make the occasion one creditable 
 to the old Guard, and that may be remembered with satisfaction 
 by all. And last in time, but not in importance, we extend a cordial 
 welcome to the ladies, and our thanks for their favoring presence. 
 
 A prayer was then offered by the chaplain, the Rev. Dr. 
 CRANE, after which came the banquet, occupying about 
 an hour. An abundance of eatables was served, under the 
 direction of Mr. A. A. BACON, of the Clinton House. Im- 
 mediately following, the chairman announced the Hon. J. 
 HURLBURT WHITE as toast-master; and that gentleman 
 then read the following toast, and said that the Hon. 
 HENRY C. DEMING would respond :
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 35 
 
 The History of the Guard: It connects the past with the present, 
 the dead with the living; it will connect the present with the future, 
 the living with the yet unborn. 
 
 Colonel DEMING was greeted with great applause, and 
 said : 
 
 COLONEL DEMING'S ADDRESS. 
 
 I can not stand in the presence of your battalion, veteran Major, 
 without feeling that, as a corporate body, it connects the past with 
 the present, the dead with the living, and is destined to connect the 
 present with the future, the living with the yet unborn, and that 
 it has witnessed most of the memorable events in American history. 
 Its life completely spans that large segment of time which compre- 
 hends the battle of Lexington and the surrender of Lee. I can not 
 stand here without feeling that it has outlived many vaunted institu- 
 tions that started with it in the struggle for existence, and, having 
 traveled securely down a century, that it is destined to descend 
 additional centuries, and to participate in a future much more won- 
 derful and astounding than the past. 
 
 The year of its birth, 1771, was a peculiar one, but not of rare 
 occurrence in the military annals of states. It was a period of lull 
 between two war-storms. The peace of 1763 had banished all fear 
 of French invasion, papal supremacy, Indian massacres, and the 
 apprehension of hostilities with the mother country, which was so 
 lively three years later, had not yet penetrated the popular mind. It 
 was a period when martial spirit was in abeyance, when military 
 organizations were in decay. The old arms that had vainly struggled 
 to storm the abattis at Ticonderoga, which contributed largely to 
 carry the defenses of Havana, were rotting and rusting in unknown 
 garrets; the old standards which had flaunted defiance in the faces of 
 DIESKAU and MONTCALM were too tattered to be thrown to the 
 breeze; the old uniforms which had deployed before Montreal and 
 Quebec were hangipg on the limbs of mere holiday soldiers, too 
 spiritless and awkward to catch any inspiration from the heroism 
 which might be supposed to linger in such garments. The minute- 
 men, who were to start from every hamlet on the Lexington alarm, 
 were following the plow, swinging the scythe, or hammering the 
 horse-shoe. The marksmen who, in the redoubt and behind the 
 rail-fence on Breed's Hill, reserved their fire till they saw the whites 
 of the advancing enemy's eye, were principally engaged in turkey- 
 shoots on Thanksgiving day, or, during the fall, in bringing down 
 4
 
 og HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 squirrels with bullets from the tops of the tallest hickories. The 
 duty of escorting the Governor from Bull's Tavern to the State House, 
 and from the State House to the Meeting House, which, in more 
 spirited times, had evoked all the airs and graces of our citizen- 
 soldiery, was grudgingly performed by such dilapidated train-bands 
 as could be gathered together. Conscious as they were of their 
 rusty equipments and imperfect drill, chafed and jeered at by the 
 crowd, they began to turn into ridicule and burlesque their part 
 of the election ceremonies, and to degrade, rather than dignify, the 
 inauguration of a Governor. It is said that one of these companies 
 went to a webbing manufactory, which had been established in Hart- 
 ford, and obtained therefrom variegated webs with which they deco- 
 rated their knees, in imitation of old knights of the garter. 
 
 In this state of things, a few of our prominent citizens, in whose 
 veins may have lingered some of the martial fervors of the old French 
 war, or who, perhaps, may have dimly discerned the still distant war- 
 cloud that was gathering on our eastern horizon, memorialized the 
 General Assembly to charter a company whose sole duty should 
 be " to attend upon and guard the Governor and General Assembly 
 on election day, and at all other times, as occasion shall require." 
 The train-bands, which had hitherto performed escort duty in so 
 slovenly a manner, joyfully backed up the memorialists with petitions 
 in aid, and the result was that the General Assembly, in its October 
 session of 1771, incorporated the Governor's Guard, which remains 
 your chartered name until this day. The memorialists organized 
 under their charter with commendable promptness and zeal, and 
 at the next session of the General Assembly (May, 1772), informed it, 
 through their first captain, SAMUEL WYLLYS, that they had filled 
 their ranks, chosen officers, purchased uniforms, colors, drums and 
 fifes, and petitioned the state to purchase sixty-four stand of arms to 
 complete their equipment. The prayer was granted, and your first 
 stand of arms was purchased in Bristol, England. 
 
 When the Second Company of Governor's Guard was incorporated, 
 you were obliged, for the purposes of distinction, to append " First 
 Company of" to your chartered name, and when the Horse Guard 
 was incorporated, to amend further by inserting " Foot " before 
 " Guard ; " and thus by piece-meal has grown up the name by which 
 you are generally known and designated, " The First Company of 
 Governor's Foot Guard." 
 
 I believe that I am justified in stating, although I have been able 
 to find no record evidence to justify it, that your first parade was in 
 May, 1772, for the General Assembly, in the resolution which grants
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS, 27 
 
 the petition for arms, affirms that it has "observed and approved 
 your appearance and conduct," as if it had actually seen you in line 
 or on march. What was your uniform on this first parade? I know 
 that, in asking this question, I am treading on questionable ground. 
 I am aware that beliefs and traditions prevail that the scarlet uniform 
 came in with Captain ROOT or Captain TERRY. I have been recently 
 informed by the oldest inhabitant, that, prior to Captain TERRY'S 
 day, the uniform of the Guard was blue faced with red. But I am 
 able to correct such a belief, if such a belief prevails, upon the highest 
 evidence of which the case admits, a written record made by an eye- 
 witness at the time. There happened to be in Hartford, in May, 1776, 
 four years after your first parade, a Major FRENCH, of the Twenty- 
 second Royal Regiment, who had been sent to Governor TRUMBULL 
 for safe-keeping. He fortunately kept a diary, and, under date 
 of May 10, 1776, entered as follows: 
 
 " The election of a Governor, etc., came off to-day, when the old one 
 (Trumbull) was elected ; he marched in great state, escorted by his guards, 
 in scarlet turned up with black, to the State House, and from thence to the 
 Meeting House." 
 
 Unless, then, we adopt the preposterous supposition, that, in those 
 pinched and parsimonious times, when all the materials for uniforms 
 were imported from England, the Guard had renewed its uniform be- 
 tween 1772 and 1776, we have conclusive proof that the uniform 
 of your first parade was, in all essential particulars, your uniform of 
 to-day. Major FRENCH, in the extract which I have quoted, says 
 nothing of the unmentionables; but it is to be presumed that they 
 were of the same color and fitted as tight as they do to day. I beg 
 pardon of the ladies for being thus particular on an article of dress, 
 which the Guard wore, but which Highland regiments do not. The 
 presumption that these continuations were the same as now, rests 
 partly on the tradition that the uniform of the Guard was patterned 
 after that of the Queen's Guard. 
 
 I find in the newspapers the usual brief notice, of the creditable 
 appearance of the Guard at the May election of 1777. But in the 
 next October you had a more memorable turn-out. The General 
 Assembly, as you know, in these days held biennial sessions, in May at 
 Hartford and in October at New Haven; but the October turn-out, of 
 which I am now to speak, was not to join your comrades at New 
 Haven in escorting the Governor to the State House : you had other 
 business on hand. It was the darkest hour of the Revolutionary 
 struggle. BURGOYNE had broken through the gates of Canada,
 
 28 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 swept out ST. GLAIR from Ticonderoga, captured and dismantled 
 all the fortresses from the foot of Lake George to the head-waters 
 of the Hudson, and was in triumphant progress to join Sir HENRY 
 CLINTON, and cut off New England from New York, by establishing a 
 line of military posts from Albany to Manhattan Island. All the 
 troops in the eastern states were rallied to prevent the consummation 
 of the fatal design. The Guard were not obliged to go. They were 
 not liable to draft. Their duty was limited to " guarding the Gov- 
 ernor and the General Assembly." Under no circumstances could 
 they be forced to the front, unless the Governor went in person ; and 
 Brother JONATHAN was not in the habit of taking the field, but con- 
 ducted campaigns from his war-office at Lebanon. But such was the 
 imminence of national peril, that the Guard unanimously resolved to 
 go, and actually went, under Captain JONATHAN BULL ; and while, as 
 an advance-guard of reinforcements hurrying to Saratoga, they were 
 crossing the Rhinebeck flats, they were met by a messenger with the 
 joyful intelligence that BURGOYNE had surrendered, and, wheeling 
 about, marched with alacrity, it is presumed, for the banks of the 
 Connecticut.* 
 
 The next public ceremony in which the Guard participated pre- 
 sents itself to my mind as the most interesting and imposing in their 
 entire history. An alliance had been formed between the United 
 States and France. A fleet, under Admiral TERNAY, had entered 
 Newport Harbor, and an army of five thousand men, under the Count 
 DE ROCHAMBEAXJ, had landed on the shores now covered by the lawns 
 and villas of that most attractive watering-place on the continent. 
 In order to combine some plan of future operations, it was indispen- 
 sable that there should be a personal interview between the command- 
 ers of the allied forces, and Hartford was selected as the place, and 
 September 20, 1780, as the time, of this important interview. WASH- 
 INGTON left his camp at Morristown, with KNOX, LA FAYETTE, and his 
 confidential secretaries and aides, with eight thousand dollars of con- 
 tinental currency, which was all of that depreciated commodity that 
 could be raked and scraped together for the expenses of the expedi- 
 tion. More than one-half of this was spent before they left New 
 York, and the party was dreading the day of settlement with those 
 who were to furnish them supplies in Connecticut, when they learned 
 on reaching the border, that Governor TRUMBULL had given orders 
 that the whole cavalcade should be on free commons, while they 
 remained within the state. 
 
 * See Appendix A.
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 29 
 
 Upon their appearance near the city, they were received with 
 imposing ceremony. The Guard went forth to meet them as escort 
 and guard of honor. An artillery company went with them, called, 
 in the language of the day, " Matrosses," which saluted the com- 
 mander-in-chief with thirteen guns as he entered the town. The 
 Guard escorted the distinguished guests to the residence of Colonel 
 WADSWORTH, which stood where the Wadsworth Athenaeum now 
 stands, where they w r ere cordially welcomed by TRUMBULL, WADS- 
 WORTH, and the chief dignitaiies of the town and state. 
 
 The next morning, the Guard, accompanied by the " Matrosses " 
 as before, inarched to the foot of Morgan Street, to receive the 
 French general and admiral, with their retinue. As soon as they 
 crossed the river, the artillery rent the air with its salvoes. The 
 Guard, wheeling into line, escorted ROCHAMBEAU (Admiral TERNAY 
 riding in a barouche, for he was too infirm to leave it) and their gaily 
 attired attendants and aides, to the front of the State House, where 
 WASHINGTON with his retinue were stationed to receive them. WASH- 
 INGTON and ROCHAMBEAU dismounted, and, in their persons, France 
 and America shook hands together. They proceeded to the carriage 
 of the admiral, and he is saluted in the name of the now consum- 
 mated alliance. 
 
 If you would have an historical painting, to adorn your armory, 
 of a pageant, the most picturesque in exterior outlines and the most 
 inspiring from its moral grandeur, in which your corps has ever parti- 
 cipated, let this scene, in which the Guard acted so conspicuous 
 a part, be transferred to canvas. Here was WASHINGTON, LA FAY- 
 ETTE, KNOX, with their aides, in that beautiful costume of the 
 continental army, blue coats with massive epaulets, long buff vests, 
 buff breeches with knee buckles, long spurred boots, all surmounted 
 with the charming old chapeau with its parti-colored plumes. Here 
 were the noble Frenchmen of the old regime, flaunting in varied but 
 gorgeous uniforms, blazing with the jeweled insignia of different 
 orders. Here was TERNAY, in the full dress of a French admiral, 
 languishing in his barouche, too feeble to rise. Here was a group, 
 composed of TRUMBULL, WADSWORTH, and other patriots of the day, 
 in the close fitting small-clothes, embroidered vests and broad-flapped 
 coats of crimson or drab, worn by the opulent citizens of the period. 
 Here were the Guard, in scarlet and black, with buff cassimere waist- 
 coats and pantaloons, the traditional bearskins on their heads, proud 
 of the spectacle, splendidly alligned, their muskets throwing back 
 the beams of the sun as they present arms to the embracing com- 
 manders. Here was every street, doorway, window, roof-top, coign-
 
 30 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 of-vantage, crowded with eager spectators, leaning forward to catch a 
 glimpse of the grand personages and imposing pageant. Here were 
 the allied armies of France and America, united for the first time, 
 and met to deliberate upon matters which involved the fate of a 
 continent. All this, I say, constitutes picturesque effects, romantic 
 interest, moral grandeur, worthy the pencil of any artist who would 
 live forever in the memory of his countrymen and mankind. 
 
 After these ceremonies in front of the State House, the Guard 
 wheeled into platoons, and escorted the American and French com- 
 manders to the residence of Colonel WADSWORTH, where the import- 
 ant matters which had called them together were fully discussed. 
 The conference between the commanders lasted until the following 
 Friday, when, with similar honors from the Guard, a similar salute 
 from the " Matrosses," ROCHAMBEAU and his companions wended 
 their way to Newport, and WASHINGTON with his to the head-quarters 
 of the army. Nor was the scene which I have just minutely described 
 the only one in which the Guard acted as guard of honor to the allied 
 commanders-in-chief. The next spring (May, 1781), another interview 
 between WASHINGTON, ROCHAMBEAU, and TRUMBULL was held at the 
 Webb house, in Wethersfield, which was even more momentous than 
 the one held the previous fall at Hartford. For at the Webb house 
 was originated the plan of that memorable campaign which was con- 
 summated when a French fleet blockaded the mouth of the York 
 River, cutting off all communication of CORNWALLIS with the sea, 
 and the allied forces environed his posts at Yorktown and Gloucester 
 Point, until they compelled the surrender of his entire army. We 
 learn from a diary of Governor TRUMBULL, that WASHINGTON and 
 ROCHAMBEAU accompanied him to Hartford, to dine at COLLYER'S, 
 when the Guards and " Matrosses " turned out, and a military 
 pageant occurred similar to the one which was tendered them on their 
 previous visit. The next August, we find the Guard accompanying 
 Governor TRUMBULL to Danbury, to meet the Council of Safety, and 
 we learn, from the same diary, that a part of the route particularly 
 the town of Newton was so infested with tories, that a military 
 force was not merely a guard of honor, but was essential to his 
 personal safety. We find them, April 30, 1783, parading and cele- 
 brating the peace which had been so long desired, and was so 
 cordially welcomed, and finally, on May 21, 1784, paying their last 
 tribute of respect and affection, by escorting the good old Governor 
 to Lebanon, on his final retirement from the duties and responsibilities 
 of public life. I can not close this first period of your career without 
 presenting a brief sketch of the celebrated magistrate with whom 
 your early history was so completely identified.
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 3^ 
 
 He was not one of your straight, broad-chested, martial men, 
 pride in his port, defiance in his eye, the cynosure of all eyes at the 
 review, parade, march. He was none of your debonnaire governors, of 
 popular manners and dextrous address. He was not fond of reining 
 curvetting chargers through crowded thoroughfares at the head of 
 election processions, bowing obsequiously to approving demonstrations 
 on either side, wafting gracious smiles if not amorous glances at the 
 dulcineas in the windows and balconies; but was, on the contrary, a 
 thoughtful man, lowly in his carriage, demure in his looks, seemingly 
 oppressed that his Maker had selected a mere potsherd for such 
 exalted positions and such weighty responsibilities. He had studied 
 for the ministry in his youth, and carried through life the cut-of-the- 
 jib of a Calvinistic divine. He was a scholar, who read the Bible not 
 in any Latin vulgate, not often even in the closet in the sweet accents 
 of his native tongue, but in the mother languages of the Scriptures, 
 as the Hebrew in Jerusalem wrote the one, and the Greek in Corinth 
 spoke the other. He corresponded with Baron VAN DER CAPELLAN, 
 a magnate of Holland, on the profoundest problems of political 
 philosophy, and with Doctor STILES, the erudite president of Yale 
 College, on the most perplexing mysteries of theology. He was a 
 merchant, prompt in business and punctual in payments, wary in 
 policy, honorable in all his dealings, when the chief operations of the 
 merchants were to furnish supplies to armies operating against the 
 Canadas, and when all the wares and merchandise were imported 
 from London, Dublin, and Bristol. He had passed through all the 
 grades of Connecticut public life, speaker of the House, assistant, 
 chief-justice, lieutenant governor, governor. He was the brain, heart, 
 and muscle of Connecticut all through the Revolution, and an accurate 
 exponent of its principles, prejudices, habits. I have found two con- 
 temporary sketches of him by the Marquis of CHASTELLUX, a dashing 
 hussar attached to the legion of the Due DE LAUZUN, the crack corps 
 of the French army. The Marquis was quartered one winter in 
 Lebanon, near the humble mansion of the revered chief- magistrate, 
 and was intimate with him and his ways. I present the portrait 
 of the vivacious Frenchman, in contrast with delineations of the 
 same personage by soberer heads, and in comparison with the ideal 
 presentation of TRUMBULL which has lately been exhibited in the 
 vestibule of the State House, and which is destined to decorate the 
 Capitol of the nation : 
 
 "On returning from the chasse, I dined at the Duke DE LAUZUN, with 
 Governor TKUMBULL and General HUNTISGTOX. The former lives at Lebanon, 
 and the other had come from Norwich. I have already painted Governor
 
 32 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 TKUMBULL ; at present you have only to represent to yourself this little old 
 man, in the antique dress of the first settlers in this colony, approaching a 
 table surrounded by twenty hussar officers, and, without cither disconcerting 
 himself or losing any of his formal stiffness, pronouncing, in a loud voice, a 
 long prayer in the form of a bencdidte. Let it not be imagined that he excites 
 the laughter of his auditors: they are too well trained. You must, on the 
 contrary, figure to yourself twenty ameiis issuing at once from the midst 
 of forty mustaches, and you will have some idea of this little scene. But M. 
 DE LA.UZUN is the man to relate how this good, methodical Governor, didactic 
 in all his actions, invariably says that he will consider ; that he must refer to 
 his council; how of little affairs he makes great ones, and how happy a 
 mortal he is when he has any to transact. Thus in the two hemispheres, 
 Paris alone excepted, ridicule must not imply inaptitude to govern ; since it is 
 by the character men govern, and by the character men make themselves 
 ridiculous."* 
 
 We enter now on the second epoch into which your history divides 
 itself, from May, 1784, when you paid these last honors to Governor 
 TRUMBULL, to May, 1802, when NATHANIEL TERRY was elected your 
 captain. I shall soon dispose of this period, for it is one of barrenness 
 and desolation. I have looked over The Courant for every year 
 within this epoch, and find that you annually paraded on the 1st 
 of May, and that your organization continued unbroken ; but it seems 
 to me that you lived at a poor, dying rate. It was another period of 
 lull between two wars. Martial ardor was again in abeyance. Mili- 
 tary organizations were again dilapidated. There was nothing in the 
 times to excite any martial enthusiasm: people were principally 
 engaged in devising ways and means to pay the debts with which, 
 personal and public, the nation was overwhelmed, in discussing the 
 defects of the old Articles of Confederation, and in planning for a 
 Federal Convention and the new Constitution. The governors of this 
 period were three in number, and all men of the pen, and in no sense 
 men of the sword. I doubt if either of them would have ventured to 
 mount, on election parade, a horse even as decorous and well-behaved 
 as " Pathfinder." And the Guard are never particularly enthusiastic, 
 if the Governor does not ride a horse. Your ranks were probably 
 thin, your equipments rusty, your uniforms much worn, your dis- 
 cipline in decay; for I notice that, during this period (1798), 
 WASHINGTON spent four days in Hartford. It was seventeen years 
 since you had appeared in his presence. Would not the Guard have 
 turned out, if they had considered themselves presentable? And yet 
 we find, from the diary which WASHINGTON kept during this tour, 
 that the Horse Guard escorted him into the city; 'but he makes no 
 
 * See Appendix B.
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 33 
 
 mention, as was his habit on previous visits here, of the Foot Guard. 
 The captains, during this period, were CHARLES HOPKINS, GEORGE 
 BULL, JOSEPH DAY, JESSE ROOT, the latter of whom, as he survived 
 until 1828, is well remembered by our senior citizens, as an elegant 
 and accomplished gentleman of the olden time. 
 
 We now enter upon your third period, commencing with the 
 election of NATHANIEL TERRY to the captaincy, and extending from 
 1802 to 1826, when Major CHARLES WELLS was elected to your 
 command, an epoch of great splendor and distinction. The rapid 
 rise of the Guard in eclat was somewhat due to the character of the 
 Governor, the second JONATHAN TRUMBULL, who came in from 
 Lebanon, and was met by the Horse Guard, and mounted a prancing 
 steed at the foot of Morgan Street, and revived the traditions and 
 memories of his glorious old father. But this eclat and reputation 
 were mainly due to the personal character of their commander. 
 
 NATHANIEL TERRY was a man of capacity, culture, address, fitted 
 to adorn any station, every inch a soldier, and standing seventy-six 
 inches in his stocking-feet. A man of personal magnetism, he in- 
 spired every private with his own martial zeal and enthusiasm, and 
 presented to every officer and private, in his own person, the com- 
 pletest model of soldierly bearing and elegance. He took great pride 
 in the Guards, which he commanded for eleven years, and only left 
 them by promotion to a seat in Congress, which he filled with an 
 ability that is remembered there until this day. His love for his old 
 command lingered to the last, and his last appearance before you, in 
 venerable old age, was on your seventy-second anniversary, May 2, 
 1942, at the City Hotel, where, in response to an invitation, he pre- 
 sented himself with that courtesy and politeness which was his 
 characteristic throughout life, and, after thanking Major SWEETSER 
 for his civility, and stating that age and infirmities prevented him 
 from joining the festivities of the evening, left to be offered at the 
 proper season this sentiment, and retired : 
 
 The First Company Governor's Foot Guard: May they ever hereafter 
 remain, as they have ever been heretofore, a model of excellence as citizen- 
 Boldiers. 
 
 The only drawback upon his accomplishments as an officer was, 
 that he unfortunately could not keep step to music, and when he was 
 mere captain, and before he was entitled to ride a horse as major, he 
 strode at the head of the company entirely independent of the band, 
 or strode at its side immersed in a crowd of boys. He was exceed- 
 ingly imperious, and woe to the countryman and his horse who 
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 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 obtruded on the space reserved for the Guard, either on parade or 
 irarcli. He would attack both horse and countryman, and whack 
 tnem with the flat of his sword. He was once arraigned for an 
 offense of this kind before our trying-justice, General NATHAN JOHN- 
 SON, for you must remember that we had no police courts in those 
 days. The general appeared in citizen's dress, and stood leaning on 
 his cane. The countryman was sworn, and told his story. The Jus- 
 tice called upon the Major to reply, who said: "I have watched 
 attentively every thing which has fallen from the lips of the plaintiff 
 in this case, I believe that he has given an extremely accurate 
 account of the transaction. I have only to apologize to your honor, 
 for having, in the heat of passion, violated the laws of the land, and 
 to submit to the judgment of the court." The Justice fined him 
 seven dollars and costs, which the Major paid and retired with a bow. 
 During this era, we continually meet in the newspapers such 
 notices as this : " Captain TERRY'S company, in particular, exhibited 
 an exactness of discipline and a display of skill which have, perhaps, 
 never been equalled in this state." I find in the travels of EDWARD 
 AUGUSTUS KENDALL the following account of an Election day in 
 Connecticut, in May, 1307: 
 
 In the spring of the year 1807, I visited those districts of the United States 
 which lie eastward of the Hudson River, and which include the territory of 
 five states, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and 
 Vermont. An object of immediate attraction was the great festival of Con- 
 necticut, called the day of general election, and popularly the election day, 
 held annually in the city of Hartford, on the second Thursday in May. Having 
 remained in New York till the tenth of the same month, I proceeded, ou 
 commencing my journey, direct to Hartford. The distance by land is a little 
 more than a hundred and twenty miles. 
 
 The election day is at present that on which, at the meeting of the General 
 Assembly, the written votes of the freemen for a governor, lieutenant- 
 governor, and other officers appointed to be chosen, are counted, the result 
 declared, and the persons elected sworn to perform the duties of their 
 respective offices. 
 
 I reached Hartford at noon on Wednesday, the nineteenth of May. The 
 city is on the west bank of the Connecticut, forty-five miles above its mouth. 
 The governor, whose family residence is on the east side of the river, at some 
 distance from Hartford, was expected to arrive in the evening. This gentle- 
 man, whose name is JONATHAN TRUMBULL, is the son of the late Governor 
 JONATHAN TRUMBULL ; and, though the election is annual, he has himself 
 been three or four years in office, and will almost certainly so continue during 
 the remainder of his life. It was known that the votes were at this time in 
 his favor. 
 
 The governor has volunteer companies of guards, both horse and foot. 
 In the afternoon the horse were drawn up on the banks of the river to receive 
 him and escort him to his lodgings. He came before sunset; and the fineness
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 35 
 
 of the evening, the beauty of the river, and the respectable appearance of the 
 governor and of the troop, the dignity of the occasion, and the decorum 
 observed, united to gratify the spectator. The color of the clothes of the 
 troop was blue; the governor, though on horseback, was dressed in black ; 
 but he wore a cockade in a hat which 1 did not like the less because it was in 
 its form rather of the old school than of the new. 
 
 In the morning, the Foot Guards were paraded in front of the State 
 House, where they afterward remained under arms, while the troop of horse 
 occupied the street, which is on the south side of the building. The clothing 
 of the foot was scarlet, with white waistcoats and pantaloons, and their 
 appearance and demeanor were military. The day was fine, and the apart- 
 ments and galleries of the State House afforded an agreeable place of meeting, 
 in which the members of the Assembly and others awaited the coming of the 
 governor. 
 
 At about eleven o'clock, His Excellency entered the State House, and 
 shortly after took his place at the head of a procession, which was made to a 
 meeting-house or church at something less than half a mile distance. The 
 procession was on foot, and was composed of the person of the governor, 
 together with the lieutenant-governor, assistants, high sheriffs, members of 
 the lower house of Assembly, and, unless with accidental exceptions, all the 
 clergy of the state. It was preceded by the Foot Guards, and followed by the 
 horse and attended by gazers, that, considering the size and population of the 
 city, may be said to be numerous. 
 
 The church, which from its situation is called the South Meeting-house, is 
 a small one, and was resorted to on this occasion only because that more 
 ordinarily used was rebuilding. The edifice is of wood, alike unornamented 
 within and without, and when filled there was still presented to the eye 
 nothing but what had the plainest appearance. The military remained in the 
 street, with the exception of a few officers to whom no place of honor or 
 distinction was assigned. Neither the governor nor other magistrates were 
 accompanied with any insignia of office; the clergy had no canonical cos- 
 tumes, and there were no females in the church, except a few (rather more 
 than twenty in number) who were stationed by themselves in a gallery 
 opposite the pulpit, in quality of singers. 
 
 A decent order was the highest characteristic that presented itself. The 
 pulpit (or, as it was then called, the desk) was filled with three if not four 
 clergymen, a number which, by its form and dimensions, it was able to 
 accommodate. Of these, one opened the service with prayer, another deliv- 
 ered a sermon,* a third made a concluding prayer, and a fourth pronounced a 
 benediction. Several hymns were sung ; and among others an occasional one. 
 The total number of singers was between forty and fifty. The sermon, as 
 will be supposed, touched upon matters of government. When all was 
 finished, the procession returned to the State House. The clergy, who 
 walked, were about a hundred in number. 
 
 It was in the two bodies of guards alone that any suitable approach to 
 magnificence discovered itself. The governor was full dressed, in a suit 
 of black, but the lieutenant-governor wore ridiug-boots. All, however, was 
 consistently plain, and in unison with itself, except the dress-swords which 
 
 * See Appendix C.
 
 36 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 were worn by the high sheriffs, along with their village habiliments, and of 
 which the fashion and materials were marvelously diversified. Arrived in 
 front of the State House, the military formed on each side of the street, and, 
 as the governor passed them, presented arms. The several parts of the pro- 
 cession now separated, each retiring to a dinner prepared for itself at an 
 adjoining inn, the governor, lieutenant-governor, and assistants to their table, 
 the clergy to a second, and the representatives to a third. The time of day 
 was about two in the afternoon. Only a short time elapsed before business 
 was resumed, or rather at length commenced. The General Assembly sat in 
 the council-room, and the written votes being examined and counted, the 
 names of the public officers elected were formally declared. They were in 
 every instance the same as those which had been successful the preceding year 
 and for several years before. This done the lieutenant-governor administrates 
 the oath to the governor elect, who, being sworn, proceeded to administer 
 their respective oaths to the lieutenant-governor and the rest; and here termi- 
 nated the affair of the election day. 
 
 Soon after six o'clock the military fired three feux de joies, and were then 
 dismissed. On the evening following that of the election day there is an 
 annual ball at Hartford, called the election ball, and on the succeeding 
 Monday a second which is more select. 
 
 The election day is a holiday throughout the state ; and even the whole 
 remainder of the week is regarded in a similar light. Servants and others are 
 now in some measure indemnified for the loss of the festivals of Christmas, 
 Easter, and Whitsuntide, which the principles of their church deny them. 
 Families exchange visits, and treat their guests with relics of election cake, and 
 thus preserve some portion of the luxuries of the forgotten feast of the 
 Epiphany. 
 
 The whole day, like the morning and like the evening which preceded it, 
 was fine. In Hartford the degree of bustle was sufficient to give an air 
 of importance to the scene, a scene that, taken altogether, was not unfitted 
 to leave on the mind a pleasing and respectful impression. 
 
 Under TERRY was the era of your reorganization. He was fre- 
 quently, during his command, a member of the General Assembly, 
 and his influence in your behalf secured any legislation which was 
 desirable for your welfare. In 1771, the Guard consisted of a captain, 
 one lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, and sixty- 
 seven privates. In 1802, a reorganization gave a captain, two lieuten- 
 ants, one ensign, eight sergeants, eight corporals, fourteen musicians, 
 six fifers, four drummers, and ninety-six privates, making a total 
 of one hundred and forty. In 1809, it was enacted that the captains 
 of the companies of Foot Guard should have the rank of major, and 
 also that there should be four lieutenants to the first company, the 
 first of whom should have the rank of captain. 
 
 On May 19, 1812, the Guard turned out for their annual escort, 
 under Major TERRY'S command, with a hundred and thirty-six men, 
 and presented a remarkable display of military skill and discipline.
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 37 
 
 It was during the last war with Great Britain. The feeling in 
 Connecticut was far from friendly to the administration, and was 
 decidedly opposed to the war. The Hartford Convention was in 
 prospect, and the government sent on here a company of fifty 
 men, ostensibly for the' purpose of recruiting. Collisions daily 
 occurred between the recruits and citizens. Popular feeling was 
 in a feverish state, and more serious encounters were constantly 
 apprehended. Under this state of things, came oft' the election 
 parade. Major TERRY had escorted the Governor and other dig- 
 nitaries to the Center Church, and had opened ranks and the 
 Governor had passed through, and the major himself had entered 
 the church. While the Guard was standing thus, in open ranks, the 
 recruiting company was seen charging up the sidewalk at double- 
 quick, evidently with the intent of striking the Guard in the rear. 
 At this moment. Major TERRY came out on to the colonnade of the 
 church. That large gray eye of his took in the situation at a glance. 
 In a voice that could be heard a mile, he gave orders: "Attention, 
 battalion ! Right about face ! Charge bayonets ! " and the recruiting 
 company halted within a foot of the glittering steel of the Guard. 
 As Major TERRY stood on the colonnade, his face suffused witli 
 emotion, my informant assures me that he appeared to him the most 
 magnificent officer that ever wore your uniform or any other. 
 
 Major TERRY was succeeded, on June 3, 1813, by Major ISAAC D. 
 BULL, whom many of us remember in his old age, as very active, 
 particular, exact, and precise in all his habits. What must he have 
 been, in the prime of life, at the head of the Guard? He was not 
 wanting in due appreciation of the position of major. " I under- 
 stand," said he, to a newly elected major, " that you have been 
 promoted to the command of the First Company of Governor's Foot 
 Guard. Do you realize the dignity to which you have attained? 
 The Governor himself is your only superior." 
 
 From 1816 to 1819, Major RICHARD E. GOODWIN was your com- 
 mandant. Under him, you paraded to celebrate the peace of 1815, 
 which is described, in contemporary newspapers, as the most splendid 
 military pageant which Hartford had ever seen. Under him, too, you 
 performed escort duty to Commodore McDoNOUGH, when the state 
 of New York, by its authorities in person, presented to him, on the 
 steps of the'phoenix Bank, the beautiful sword which is now to 
 be seen in the rooms of the Historical Society. 
 
 From May 12, 1819, to May 16, 1823, Major JAMES M. GOODWIN 
 commanded your battalion. I always had a great respect for Major 
 GOODWIN; but, when I find that he was chief of the Guard in 1821,
 
 38 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 and failed to have a seini-centennial celebration of the organization 
 of your company, I begin to fear that I have mistaken the character 
 of that excellent officer. What mere sport it would have been to 
 have ferreted out then the history of the Guard ! Captain WYLLYS, 
 and General TERRY, and JESSE ROOT, were all alive, and their living 
 memory carried them back to its origin, and was stored with all the 
 details and incidents of its progress. With one word, with a glance 
 of the eye, they could have settled all these controverted questions, 
 all the obscure events, which the most diligent research, on this 
 centennial, fails to discover. They were all elegant gentlemen, and 
 possessing one qualification for the episcopate, " they were given to 
 hospitality;" with legs under their mahogany, what imperial times 
 we should have had in gossipping, until the cock crew, about the old 
 Guard! When Major GOODWIN commanded the Foot Guard, Major 
 HART commanded the Horse, and, when Major GOODWIN and Major 
 HART met, Greek met Greek, BONAPARTE met WELLINGTON: they 
 were both martinets; both knew all military tactics and etiquette 
 from alpha to omega; both were self-willed men; both were too 
 opinionated to accept any umpire; and a high old controversy arose 
 between them as to which of their two commands was entitled to the 
 right, on election parade. They fought it out in the streets, by 
 maneuvers and counter-maneuvers, by marches and counter-marches, 
 worthy of a MARLBOROUGH or FREDERICK the GREAT. 
 
 One important incident occurred when Major LYNDE OLMSTED 
 held your command. It was in June, 1823, and under that old 
 historic tree whose budding had been watched by tawny aborigines 
 long before civilized man had trod these meadows as the signal for 
 planting their corn, was now drawn up a martial band of white-faced 
 men, with badges of sorrow on uniform and standard. Through the 
 full summer foliage of the Charter Oak, the dappled sunbeams fell on 
 the scarlet aud black. You had met to lead a pathetic and melan- 
 choly procession, which convoyed all that was mortal of your first 
 commander, Captain SAMUEL WYLLYS, to the old Center Burying- 
 ground. With your drum-band playing that old, solemn Scottish 
 dead-march of " Roslyn Castle," you wheeled into Main Street, and 
 marched to his last resting-place through an avenue of sympathetic 
 spectators.* 
 
 Your fourth era covers the time from the command of Major 
 CHARLES WELLS (April, 1826) to the present date. You had ac- 
 quired such a reputation, that you were invited to all festivals in 
 
 * See Appendix D.
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 39 
 
 which military display constituted a part. It is the era of excursions. 
 Under WELLS your first excursion was made. You went with him to 
 Groton Heights, to participate in laying the corner stone to that 
 monument which tells mankind how LEDYARD and his companions 
 had the strength to die. But, before proceeding there, let us pause 
 and pay a passing salute to the memory of your commander. Many 
 of us remember Major WELLS. It is no reproach to his memory, to 
 say he had not the patience of JOB. It is said of some amiable man, 
 that he knew not what wrath was, and never indulged in an angry 
 word. I do not believe that this could be truthfully said of Major 
 WELLS, nor would it have been exactly wise for him to have adopted 
 as his motto the words of Hamlet : " I am not plethoric or rash." If 
 our chaplain had preached his funeral sermon from the text, " A man 
 slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit, 
 than he that taketh a city," it would have been regarded by the 
 knowing ones as somewhat satirical. When his temper was occasion- 
 ally riled by some outrageous provocation, he gave vent to language 
 not so choice as Lord CHESTERFIELD'S, nor so reverent as a ritualistic 
 divine's, and which would have entitled him to be enrolled in the 
 swearing army in Flanders. But he is gone. Peace to his memory ! 
 In my judgment, great honesty, true manliness, sincerity, and upright- 
 ness went with him. 
 
 No time seems to be left me to go to Grotou. I can not tell how 
 you marched aboard the McDonough; how her ropes were strung with 
 flags, pennants, and signals; how from her topmast floated a white 
 flag, bearing the inscription, "Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781;" 
 how you were greeted with cheers and salvoes from enthusiastic spec- 
 tators on both banks, which demonstrations you returned from a little 
 piece, belonging to the boat, on which was engraved, " Captured by 
 Commodore McDoNOUGH at his victory on Lake Champlain." You 
 finally reached New London, where you were warmly greeted, and, 
 passing over to Groton, were given the right of the line in a military 
 turnout of great splendor, which Major WELLS, of course, commanded 
 and countermanded (as was his wont) during the entire day. Having 
 visited the wide-awake city of Norwich, which received you with its 
 proverbial enthusiasm, you returned home brimful of patriotism and 
 esprit du corps. A full account of the excursion is spread upon the 
 first volume of your records. 
 
 Your second excursion was to Springfield, August 13, 1829, under 
 Major GEORGE PUTNAM; and, whatever else he lacked, he did not 
 lack self-esteem. I suppose that, in his mortal pilgrimage, he never 
 so completely realized, in anticipation, the fruition of his immortal 
 existence, as when he was elected major of the Guard. When you
 
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 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 first presented arras to him, and wheeled into column, he floated down 
 the street, buoyed in air by his serene self-complacency. He was one 
 of your joyous, self-satisfied men, hailing every corporal who ap- 
 proached him as sergeant, every sergeant as lieutenant, every lieuten- 
 ant as captain, and would shout and laugh at such greetings until the 
 tears ran down his cheeks. He was elected major in 1828, the even 
 year, when the General Assembly met at New Haven. Of course, he 
 could not parade the Guard here. But, having equipped himself, it 
 was not in his nature to forego the pleasure of exhibiting himself in 
 our sister-capital, and down he went, representing the Guard. Armed 
 cap-a-pie, in full toggery, scarlet and black, so new and brilliant that 
 they fairly flashed back the beams of the sun, he soon appeared 
 in front of the Tontine, and was the observed of all observers. 
 " There goes the Governor," exclaimed one little ragged urchin 
 to another. " Not yet, not quite yet, my little friend," said the com- 
 placent major, patting the urchin on the head. Major PUTNAM led 
 you, or rather floated and poled you to Springfield, on the memorable 
 13th of August, 1839; for you embarked, at the foot of State Street, 
 aboard a scow, which was towed up the river by one of those comical 
 little steamers which some of us remember, with a mill-wheel in 
 its stern, and which DICKENS describes as " a boat of half a pony 
 power." You proceeded cheerily until you reached Enfield Falls, 
 where both scow and steamer stuck. The majority of the company 
 disembarked and walked to Thompsonville. This was considered by 
 the major infra dig, and he remained aboard with the band. The 
 boys, lounging on the Thompsonville bank, in the course of an hour 
 or two, saw the sweating major and the perspiring band, poling the 
 big scow up the river. You had contracted with the captain of the 
 steamer to be delivered at Springfield at 3 o'clock : you reached the 
 wharf at 7. For four hours, Springfield had been kept agog, and had 
 nursed its wrath to keep it warm. Notwithstanding, it received you 
 with open arms. You were met, at Pecowsick, by a numerous caval- 
 cade of citizens on horseback, and greeted with hearty cheers. You 
 were welcomed, on your landing, by the roar of cannon; you were 
 speechified; you were escorted, by the Hampden Guards, Springfield 
 Artillery, and the Hampden Grays, to the Arsenal Hill, where you 
 were again saluted with salvoes from the National Armory; you 
 inspected the Arsenal, on invitation from its superintendent; you were 
 speechified again ; you were dined ; you were lunched; you had a col- 
 lation; you were again twice speechified; and, as the record says, 
 "The reciprocity of feeling exhibited during the visit can not be 
 more briefly or better expressed, than by quoting a sentiment offered 
 by Judge MORRIS, in the Town Hall : ' The flags of Connecticut and
 
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 41 
 
 Massachusetts: together they will wave in triumph, or together they 
 will form the winding-sheet of the brave.' " 
 
 Your third excursion was under Major JONATHAN GOODWIN. For- 
 tunately he is here, your eldest living major, in green and vigorous 
 age, as well able to lead your battalion to-day, as when he led 
 it through Pearl Street, on that burning 13th of August, 1831. He 
 has been twice your major; for when, in 1862, all the young men of 
 the city were drawn off to Southern battle-fields, he came forward 
 and contributed, like the old men of Rome, " to man your walls." 
 I have found a brief description of this excursion in a contemporary 
 newspaper. I adopt it with the more pleasure, because it is from the 
 pen of MORDECAI M. NOAH, a famous editor of that day and gen- 
 eration : 
 
 THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE. 
 
 Our citizens were gratified, yesterday, by a visit from a detachment of the 
 Governor's Foot Guard, of Connecticut, under command of Major GOODWIN, 
 which arrived at Castle Garden, at 8 o'clock, A.M., (in the steamboat Victory 
 from Hartford), when they were saluted with thirteen guns. They landed 
 under the appropriate tune of "Yankee Doodle," and could literally say- 
 Father and I went down from camp 
 Along with Major Goodwin. 
 
 They were received by a battalion of our citizen-soldiers, composed of .six 
 of our elite infantry companies, under the command of Brigadier General 
 ALEXANDER M. Mum, commissary-general of the state, to whom the command 
 was voluntarily entrusted by the commandants of the respective companies. 
 
 The Guard presented to most of our population a novel but an interesting 
 sight. An evening paper, speaking of their Continental uniform, says: 
 "Their scarlet coats have the antiquated cut and the peculiar facings of 
 ' sixty years since ; ' their breeched and gaitered legs looked as if they had 
 just marched out of one of Colonel TRUMBULI/S battle-pieces; and their 
 white powdered locks (for the costume is preserved throughout) shone from 
 under their black bearskin caps, as if dressed by a regimental perruquier 
 of Seventy-six." 
 
 The commandants addressed each other in military laconics on the Castle 
 bridge; the Guard then formed on the Battery, and received the marching 
 salute from General MUIB'S command, which compliment was returned; 
 after which the whole returned to Castle Garden, to partake of refreshments, 
 handsomely prepared by Mr. MARSH, the proprietor. 
 
 And when they 'cl snatch'd a short repast, 
 And buckled on their arms in haste, 
 
 the two corps passed in review before General MORTON'S quarters, whence 
 they marched to the City Hall, where they were received by the Common 
 Council, and again partook of refreshments. They dined at Masonic Hall, 
 and passed the evening at Niblo's Garden. The marching and wheeling 
 of the Guard was worthy the name which preceded them: they moved as one 
 man; and what doubtless not a little assisted them, was the excellent band of 
 musicians which accompanied them. The Victory was gaily dressed, and her
 
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 commander deserves much credit for the punctuality with which he arrived 
 at the point of debarkation. The Guard returned to Hartford, in the Victory, 
 at 9 o'clock this morning. 
 
 There is one part of the performance which is not narrated by Mr. 
 NOAH. Major GOODWIN had carried down with him his housings and 
 horse-equipments, relying upon the promise of the New York com- 
 mittee to furnish him with a steed for the parade. And they did 
 furnish one; but it was an "untamed steed." When the major 
 mounted him, he reared and kicked up, and plunged right and left, 
 and sprung and darted ; but Bucephalus had found his ALEXANDER, 
 Cruiser his RAREY : the horse could easier get rid of his skin than of 
 the Yankee major, who was born upon a horse. After practicing his 
 antics for about ten minutes, he proceeded quietly up Pearl Street, as 
 if he had been hired for that purpose solely, and not to land on 
 the sward of the Battery the commander of the Guard. 
 
 Your fourth excursion was to Middletown, on July 4, 1838. It 
 was under Major MILLER. He has spared me the task of narrating 
 it; for, in his own round and clerkly hand, he has spread a full 
 account of it upon your books. He deserves this commendation at 
 least, that to his example it is due that your records, from his time, 
 have been kept with commendable fidelity. 
 
 I have now reached a period within the memory of your living 
 majors, and am warned, by considerations too numerous to mention, 
 to pause. I herewith instruct your historian of 1971 to take up your 
 history at the very point where I leave it; and, as I shall be prevented 
 by peremptory engagements from being present on that occasion, 
 I send him down the century, my greetings and commiseration. 
 
 I can not speak of your superb turnout in honor of General 
 JACKSON'S visit to Hartford (June 19, 1833), under the presiding 
 major of this evening; of the suppression of the riot (1834), under 
 Major JAMES G. BOLLES, who was firm of purpose, but not indifferent 
 to the spilling of human gore; of your parade at HARRISON'S ftmeral, 
 in April, 1841, under Major ELY, a boy of my own age, young as 
 myself; of your excursion to Windsor (July 4, 1843), under Major 
 SWEETSER, similar to excursions I have already portrayed; of the 
 brigade review, in which you participated, in honor of Vice-President 
 RICHARD M. JOHNSON; of the delegation you sent to commit to the 
 earth that old hero of the sea, Commodore ROGERS ; of your excur- 
 sion to New Haven, in 1857, under Major LEVERETT SEYMOUR, whose 
 intelligent face I am happy to see, furnishing me with moral support 
 on this trying occasion. Neither can I speak of the hospitable enter- 
 tainments you have extended to visiting companies, as of the Boston
 
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 City Grays, in August, 1841, and of the National Blues, in July, 1844 ; 
 nor of your style of drill, your movements, your armories, standards, 
 funerals, target-shoots, drill-uniforms, &c. 
 
 Thus, veteran Major, as I have attempted to show, your past 
 is filled with thrilling incident. Your future will be crowded with 
 events which surpass the imagination of man to conceive. To that 
 Capitol which will soon rise on yonder heights, may it be your duty 
 hereafter to conduct many magistrates, who will leave behind them a 
 record as pure and unsullied as that of BUCKINGHAM, and HAWLEY, 
 and JEWELL. In descending the ages, in all great national straits 
 and emergencies, may you meet with men as worthy of your un- 
 bounded reverence as WASHINGTON or JACKSON. If called upon to 
 pay ceremonious honors to foreign dignitaries, may they all be like 
 LA FAYETTE and ROCHAMBEAU, no friends of a nefarious Com- 
 mune, but friends of liberty regulated by law. May you never again 
 be called upon to participate in a peace celebration, for may the 
 future of your country be PERPETUAL PEACE ! 
 
 At the close of Colonel DEMIXG'S address, which was 
 heartily applauded at intervals, the band played "Auld 
 Lang Syne." 
 
 The second regular toast was then announced, as follows : 
 
 The State of Connecticut: Proud of its past and hopeful of its 
 future: not a state when the Guard had its origin, and dependent, 
 like all free communities, on the spirit which animates its citizen- 
 soldiery for its continued sovereignty. 
 
 Governor JEWELL, who was received with warm applause, 
 responded as follows: 
 
 Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the First Company Governor's Foot 
 
 Guard, 
 
 The intimate relations which have existed between the Guard and 
 the state make the sentiment to which I am called upon to respond 
 proper and fit on this occasion. The state is, as the sentiment 
 expresses, proud of its past for many reasons; not the least of 
 which is the long line of illustrious men who have occupied the 
 executive chair, and of the line, almost equally illustrious, who have 
 been connected with your organization. I shall not attempt to speak 
 of them in detail, following so closely as I do the eloquent and 
 exhaustive address of the distinguished orator of the day. If some
 
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 of the governors could not ride a horse as well as your majors, I am 
 certain it was their misfortune rather than their fault : they certainly 
 performed all their other duties to the satisfaction of their constitu- 
 ents and to the honor and credit of the state. Their deeds have 
 become history; and they, and such as they, have made our state 
 what she now is, one of the foremost in all the characteristics 
 of national greatness, in thrift, in loyalty, in intelligence, and in 
 devotion to those principles of truth and justice upon which the 
 republic is founded. We have a right to be hopeful of the future, 
 judging it by the only standard by which the future can be judged, 
 by the past. If the seeds of truth and justice sown in the past 
 do not justify the expectation that the future of our state will be as 
 progressive as our past has been honorable, then history must reverse 
 its rules, and tares be reaped where wheat has been sown. The 
 sentiment also says that the Guard is older than the state, which 
 is perhaps true. The only consolation to my mind in contemplating 
 this unpleasant fact, which you throw so pointedly in my face, is, that 
 the state has grown faster than the Guard ; that we are larger than 
 you are, though to-day you may feel otherwise. It is also true that 
 our future, both as a state and as a nation, is largely dependent upon 
 the spirit which animates its people. If they are good citizens in 
 time of peace, they will be good soldiers in time of war, and to this 
 end must our military organizations be kept up. The Guard have set 
 a good example in this regard. Through an entire century have you 
 kept up your organization, always ready for duty, and have taken an 
 active part in the inauguration of most, if not all, the governors since 
 the days of JONATHAN TRUMBULL. You have always been considered 
 the guard of honor to the govemor, taking direct orders from him 
 only, and have endeared yourselves to him by your loyalty to him 
 and your devotion to his interests and those of the state. Your zeal 
 has never flagged; your energy has never tired; you have been always 
 ready to report for duty. 
 
 On this one hundredth anniversary of your organization, being the 
 last and least in the long and honorable line of governors, in the 
 name of my predecessors of the century, and in the name of the state 
 of Connecticut, in whose history you have performed so important a 
 part, I thank you for your uniform good conduct as citizens and 
 soldiers. I believe that the man who shall, one hundred years hence, 
 at your bi-centennial celebration, stand in the place I now occupy, 
 will be able to declare, as I now do, that the First Company Govern- 
 or's Foot Guard is fully up to the traditions of its ancestry, than 
 which no higher praise could be given.
 
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 The third regular toast was then announced, as follows : 
 
 The Day We Celebrate: Cheerful retrospections, cold iron and 
 glittering steel on the home-duty war-path. 
 
 GEORGE n. CLARK, Esq., responded with the following 
 poem, which was received with great favor : 
 
 I was sitting one night gazing up at the stars, 
 When, thinking of Venus, I stumbled on Mars. 
 What a fiery red eye! what a truculent phiz! 
 The rampant old fellow looks just what he is. 
 
 From Mars to your meeting thought easily swings, 
 Being quite in the natural order of things; 
 For the gossiping papers that morning had told 
 That the Guard was to-day just an hundred years old: 
 
 That they meant to foregather and have a good time 
 When of course the occasion would call for a rhyme ; 
 And I thought it quite likely you glorified fellows 
 Would ask for a wheeze from my rythmical bellows. 
 
 The very next morning brought proof I was right, 
 Being met by a good-looking, merry-faced wight, 
 Who assumed that, of course, he might enter my name 
 For the dessert that follows the sirloin and game. 
 
 This was cool for such weather as that of last week ; 
 But the man is endowed with unlimited " cheek," 
 And his quasi command was so jauntily tendered, 
 I did what the Guard never does, I surrendered ! 
 
 And I shouldered my weapon, the all mighty pen, 
 Ink charged to the muzzle, and went at it then; 
 First mounting the old metaphorical steed, 
 Renowned for much bottom and wind, if not speed. 
 
 When poets are asked to respond to a call, 
 On a subject of which they know nothing at all, 
 You perhaps may have noticed they have an odd way 
 Of acting as if they had something to say. 
 
 Your orators carry a smooth bore, and know 
 Exactly where every greased bullet will go; 
 But my little fowling-piece blazes at game 
 Without any specified object or aim.
 
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 So up with niy aim for a scattering shot, 
 Horse, rider, or vermin, it matters not what : 
 I may cripple a crow, or may pepper a man, 
 Or perchance raise a smile by a flash in the pan. 
 
 In the days of my youth you were great in my eyes, 
 But you counted me out on account of my size: 
 Your major, so grim, only shook his \\ise head, 
 'T was Goliahs they wanted, not Davids, he said. 
 
 It is not the last time I have been infra dig, 
 
 Because of the slender display of my rig; 
 
 Though that bulwark in peace, the great Putnam Ph'lanx, 
 
 Did give me a hiding-place once in its ranks. 
 
 An hundred years old ! and yet none of you gray 
 You retain your good looks in a wonderful way ! 
 I suppose that, like snakes, in the fall you go in, 
 And come out in the spring with a blessed new skin ! 
 
 Yet that hardly can be for there are some names 
 From your muster-roll dropped, to be blazoned on Fame's: 
 So let us evoke two or three from the shade, 
 And see of what stuff the old fellows were made. 
 
 As to one of your majors, the grand General TEKRY, 
 He was dignified always, in grave mood or merry; 
 A gentleman born, of the charming old school ; 
 A large-hearted scholar, and molded to rule. 
 
 Major PUTNAM was built on a modified plan 
 We can none of us help but remember the man : 
 A Falstaff in figure, a Stentor in voice, 
 On Election days how his whole soul did rejoice ! 
 
 When armed cap-a-pie, the importance he felt 
 Was restrained from explosion alone by his belt : 
 Hooped in, as it were, by the buckle and leather, 
 He quailed to no foe but bad cooks and hot weather. 
 
 On parade his brain worked like a bottle of yeast ; 
 
 He was Mars in the flesh Alexander at least : 
 
 Could override Ca3sar Napoleon the First, 
 
 And we feared, at odd times, that the major would burst. 
 
 There was JOHN W. BULL, chin- stocked in stiff leather, 
 With a voice that his namesake's would drown altogether:
 
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 With his spine so erect, and his head in the air, 
 
 And those words of command, " Eyes right ! " " As you were ! " 
 
 Not the least of the notables during past years, 
 Was that wonderful horse called the Dey of Algiers; 
 On his many attractions I will not enlarge 
 Your surgeon has doubtless that matter in charge. 
 
 When I told you at starting I might have a shy 
 At some brute of a horse, I had Mm in my eye ; 
 For the steed was a brave one, of mettle and force, 
 Though STEDMAN was bolder to ride such a horse. 
 
 But should I attempt to traverse the ground 
 On which Colonel DEMING rare picking has found, 
 I could only repeat what has better been said, 
 And my sugar would lapse into sugar of lead. 
 
 Just look at the veterans ranged round your board 
 With events full of mischief and fun they are stored ; 
 Should they tell what they know, I am truly afraid 
 That Punch and Joe Miller would droop in the shade. 
 
 How many old governors dawn on my gaze, 
 
 Who 're indebted to you for the length of their days : 
 
 Your muskets not only defended from foes, 
 
 But allowed no intruder to tread on their toes. 
 
 But Election days now are not what they were, 
 
 With the solemn square pew, and the stately backed chair 
 
 Wherein, in great state, the new governor sat, 
 
 With his well-powdered hair and his three-cornered hat. 
 
 And the long-winded sermon Boanerges would preach 
 What a lesson to kaisers and kings it did teach 1 
 And the question, if him of the church or the state 
 Was the greater that day, might admit of debate. 
 
 But why do I prate in this cynical way ? 
 
 I believe I 'm a hundred and fifty to-day ; 
 
 For it 's only the ancientest codgers, I 'in told, 
 
 Who admit that there 's anything good that 's not old. 
 
 Ah yes ! it is true we do cling to first loves, 
 Though time should change all our old eagles to doves : 
 The old feeling remains and still waves the old flag, 
 And the drums still resound to the old " double drag."
 
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 The old, old double drag ! what deep music is in it 
 Its jubilant echoes thrill thro' me this minute ! 
 My blood may be tame, but it leaps in fresh glee 
 At the sound of that tune, which is hallowed to me. 
 
 Long life to you, Guardsmen ! black-whiskered or gray 
 There 's work yet before you, and so there is play : 
 May you live to enjoy both the labor and fun, 
 Till your grandsons can shoulder each grandpapa's gun ! 
 
 The fourth regular toast was then announced, as follows : 
 
 The Veteran Association and ex-Majors: May they continue vet- 
 erans until their boys are fitted by age to fill their places. 
 
 Major WILLIAM B. ELY responded: 
 
 Mr. President and Gentlemen ; to you, my venerable brother-members 
 of the Veteran Corps, and Offieers and Members of the First 
 Company of the Governor's Foot Guard, 
 
 It is with much pleasure I am permitted to greet you on this inter- 
 esting and glorious anniversary and re-union, to revive old associations 
 and memories, and commemorate the past history and events of this 
 ancient and honorable company of Foot Guards. I am asked to re- 
 spond to the sentiment just read in your hearing. But what can I 
 say? The history of the venerable men who have filled the ranks 
 of this corps, extend far, very far, back into the past, even so far as 
 the time when Captain MASON, of Pequot renown, commanded the 
 men then in its ranks. That eminent historian, Hon. I. W. STUART, 
 told us, at one of our festival meetings, that the Foot Guard was the 
 same and identical corps commanded by Captain MASON. No autho- 
 rity could be more worthy of credit. Long versed in the history 
 of our beloved commonwealth, after long and faithful research, Mr. 
 STUABT gave it as his firm conviction that the First Company of 
 Guards was the same company, under a new organization, that was 
 commanded by Captain MASON in the Pequot war; if so, the brave 
 Captain WADSWORTH was once its captain. If I were to leave its 
 glorious history just here, and say no more, especially after the able 
 and eloquent history to which you have just listened, it would be 
 sufficient and complete ; having in its ranks such men as MASON and 
 WADSWOUTH, its history is enough. Tell me, ye brother-members of 
 this ancient and venerable company, what more could you ask of its 
 courage and renown? Think of it, fellow-veterans, and say what
 
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 think you ot our organization as represented here this evening, tell 
 me, when you bring to your remembrance not only Captain MASON 
 among its past captains, but also the intrepid .and brave Captain 
 WADSWORTII, before whom the imperious petty tyrant FLETCHER 
 quailed, tell me if it is not doing enough. But, leaving the days 
 of yore, and passing down to more modern times, as I cast my 
 thoughts back on the past, and call to remembrance the many stirring 
 and thrilling incidents and associations connected with the venerable 
 members of this ancient company, it seems as if I knew not where to 
 begin nor where to end. The events and scenes of my childhood, 
 with my active participation in the various and happy occasions with 
 which it lias been my pleasure to be associated in connection with this 
 organization, so crowd upon my mind and memory, that I hardly 
 know what to say. Our honorable friend and orator has given you 
 so full and complete a history of its past glory and officers, that 
 it can not be expected that I should add much, if anything, to it. 
 I well remember many of the eminent men who composed its active 
 members in the past, even to its first captain under its present 
 charter, Captain S. WYLLYS, whose remains I saw borne to their 
 last resting-place, in funeral procession, by the Guard, then under the 
 command of Major OLMSTED. Venerable men they were, indeed ; it 
 seemed to me there were giants in those days. I see them now, as 
 they pass by the visions of my memory, with their tall, stately forms 
 and commanding presence, every one of them n't for kings and noble- 
 men, with their powdered hair, ruffled shirts and cuffs, broad-skirted 
 coats and lappels, knee breeches and buckles, silk stockings and 
 buckled shoes or white-top boots, with long gold-headed canes, as 
 they passed into the old Center Church and stood so reverently 
 during divine worship. Those were the men that filled the ranks 
 and composed the officers of this venerable corps: there were Captain 
 ROOT and Major TERRY, Majors BULL, GOODWIN, OLMSTED, PUTNAM, 
 STEDMAN, BOLLES, MILLER, SWEETSER, and RANSOM, all men of 
 credit and renown, now all gone. But I can not allow this occasion 
 to pass without saying a word in memory of that gallant Major E. B. 
 STKDMAX, whom some of us remember. Of all the ex-officers, it may 
 Avell be said of him jn'-innts inter pares. Tall, slender, and straight as 
 an arrow, mounted on a magnificent horse which he rode like a 
 knight, a new and splendid uniform well fitting his perfect form, 
 surely no potentate or emperor, with his golden helmet or flowing 
 plume, ever sat a horse so grandly or received the admiration of the 
 multitude, as Major E. B. STEDMAN did when in command of the old 
 Guard on Election day. Ho was proud of the Guard, and they 
 of him. Let me drop a word to remind you of others of our past
 
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 majors, now gone from us, whose memory we revere. There was 
 Major JAMES G. BOLLES, a polished, kind, and gentlemanly major, 
 who prided himself in Laving every thing in perfect order. If you 
 wanted a finished, scholarly speech, you would get it from him when- 
 ever the honor of the Guard required it. Major II. L. MILLER was a 
 large, handsome man, of great determination and self-will, maintain- 
 ing the dignity of his office in rather an overbearing way, but withal 
 having an ardent attachment to the Guard, which he continued to hold 
 so long as he lived. Few of the ex-majors watched over or guarded 
 their interests with more affection than Major MILLER. Major H. P. 
 SWEETSEU was a stout, thick-set man, much attached to the company, 
 and was always ready to do all in his power to promote its pros- 
 perity and glory. The next and last of the lamented ex-majors was 
 Major HENRY C. RANSOM, of fine personal appearance, a nervous, 
 quick, and fine officer, much attached to his men and they to him, 
 his memory will ever remain permanent and fresh with those whom 
 he commanded. 
 
 I tell you these men loved the old Guard. So have I seen them 
 standing on the walks while the battalion paraded in the streets, 
 gazing through their large glasses; so have I noticed the moistened 
 eye as they raised the hand to wipe away the falling tear, methinks, 
 as they thought of the scenes of their young manhood, when they 
 commanded and stood in the ranks of their much-beloved battalion. 
 I could tell you of our senior living ex-major, JONATHAN GOODWIN, 
 whom the Gothamites thought to dismount at Castle Garden, but 
 were destined to disappointment; of the positive, dignified ex-Major 
 CALVIN DAY, who guarded and defended the honor and prestige 
 of the battalion to the last extremity, you know how much he 
 thinks of you. Following Major DAY was proud, slender, and 
 straight Major HENRY OAKES, smart, active, and a good soldier. 
 What shall I say of that generous younger Major GRIFFIN A. STED- 
 MAN, whom we all love and admire, the very counterpart of his 
 brother, Major E. B. when mounted and riding like a prince the 
 famous stallion Dey of Algiers; of Major MATHER, tall and slender, 
 who took so much interest in the company, and under whose command 
 a new standard was presented to the battalion by our late venerable 
 ex-Major TERRY, in a beautiful speech, which, coming from so elderly 
 and venerable a man, made a deep and lasting impression on the men, 
 of the glory of the corps and the veneration and esteem attached to 
 it. Next, Major AVERILL, full of love to his command, with his 
 heart and hand ever open in their behalf, and never so happy as 
 when, either off or on duty, he could gather around him the officers 
 and men in social chat and fun. Major BACON, of fine personal
 
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 appearance, whose merit consisted more in deeds than words. Major 
 WILLIAM COXXER, too, of equally fine person, always ready, and 
 is now, as he ever has been, ready and happy to sustain the renown of 
 the old corps. Next comes Major LEVERETT SEYMOUR, what could 
 we do without him? You know how long and faithfully he sustained 
 the Guard, bearing the heat and burden of the day in some of its 
 most trying times, and how successfully he carried them through 
 a time of difficulty and doubt. And then our modest ex-Major L. E. 
 HUNT, who long and nobly held up and stayed the hands of Major 
 SEYMOUR, and is now the industrious and indefatigable secretary 
 of our venerable corps. Major BARTON, the last of our ex-majors, 
 his praise is in the company, like most of our ex officers, he was 
 portly, and grand in command. I have thus passed over your list of 
 ex-majors, and could tell you much more in their praise; but I have 
 said enough : they are all here, except Majors OAKES and AVERILL, 
 and they must speak for themselves. You know them all, and the 
 love and veneration with which they look upon their old company 
 and its members. 
 
 I now turn to you, Major DODD and officers and members of the 
 Guard : You see what a rich legacy is committed to your hands. 
 Cherish it as you would " the apple of thine eye;'' see to it that 
 its courage and renown are not tarnished in your keeping; see to 
 it that its dignity is not compromised. We leave it with you. Soon 
 will the ex-members be numbered with the glorious past. Woe be to 
 you, if you fail to pass it down unimpaired to your successors, they 
 to theirs; and when, in 1971, we shall all be gone, may its memory be 
 as fragrant, its history more glorious, as our descendants rally again, to 
 rehearse its history, tell of the days of the past, and look forward to 
 its future with as much pleasure as we do now. And, so long as our 
 beloved commonwealth shall remain, aye, until time shall be no 
 more, may its existence be perpetuated! 
 
 The fifth regular toast was 
 
 The First Company Governor's Guard : May they ever remain 
 hereafter, as they have been heretofore, the models of a citizen- 
 soldiery. 
 
 Lieutenant JOHN C. PARSONS responded: 
 
 Mr. Chairman and Gent'.emen, 
 
 I am reminded of the story of Mary try Fleming, her difficulties 
 with the multiplication-table, and her anathemas on "seven times
 
 52 THE BANQUET. 
 
 nine ; " but, worse than all the crosses of the multiplication-table or 
 the vexations of school and childhood, is it to be called to respond on 
 such an occasion as this to a gracious and flattering sentiment, 
 when one's voice is lost from unaccustomed shouting. I can say 
 no more, I could say no less, than to thank you most heartily for 
 your kind wishes in behalf of the Foot Guard, and to promise that 
 we will do our best to uphold the banner, and to keep unsullied the 
 records, which have come down to us, through these long years, from 
 such worthy and honored hands, without stain or blemish. 
 
 You know, Sir, something of the difficulty of preserving the spirit 
 and efficiency of a military company in these exacting times of peace. 
 Hardly any citizen of Connecticut, I imagine, however little interested 
 he may be in ordinary parades, can turn his eyes from this old uniform 
 when it passes in array with stirring music along the streets; but few 
 know what care and diligence is required of officers and men, by day 
 and night, to keep our ranks fairly full and our discipline reasonably 
 effective. Yet we make no complaint, for this task ought to be com- 
 paratively easy for us who have the traditions of a century behind us, 
 and with us the aid and sympathy of so many old friends, and such 
 appreciation as has been shown so cordially and universally to-day. 
 
 The Guard assisted this morning at a very interesting ceremony. 
 A scion of the old Charter Oak was planted in the City Park, 
 and each member of our companies gave a helping hand in covering 
 and supporting its roots. And we hope it may so thrive, that the 
 Foot Guard shall celebrate under its branches their second centennial 
 anniversary, and that it may remain another link in the chain which 
 carries us back to old colonial days. This would suggest matter for 
 much sentiment and moralizing, if I had voice and you patience. We 
 boast, justly as we think, of our hundred years; and yet this young 
 tree has a known and immediate ancestry which altogether dwarfs 
 ours. The Charter Oak was old and long past its prime when the 
 white man first saw it. A century was a small part of its existence. 
 Yet we can remember the time when the tree seemed likely to outlive 
 the Foot Guard. Whether our organization shall have cause to live, 
 and shall be able to live, till we rival the age of the old tree or not, I 
 am sure we shall be satisfied to resemble the Charter Oak in its 
 vigorous and honored maturity and its not inglorious fall. 
 
 The sixth regular toast was 
 
 The Second Company Governor's Guard : Worthy representatives 
 of the " City of Elms," and worthy companions-in-arms of the com- 
 pany whose centennial anniversary they assist in celebrating.
 
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 Captain PHILE briefly responded, and said he hoped to 
 meet the First Company in New Haven, in 1875, on the 
 occasion of their centennial. 
 
 The seventh regular toast was 
 
 The First and Second Companies Governor's Horse Guard: With- 
 out whose services Election day would be shorn of half its glory. 
 
 Major BOARDMAX, of the First Company, acknowledged 
 the compliment, 
 
 The eighth regular toast was 
 
 The ex Governors and Commanders-in-Chief : Their honors, though 
 past the meridian, yet grow larger and more golden, like the sun 
 at his setting. 
 
 Governor BUCKINGHAM responded. He said: 
 
 Mr. Chairman,- I am. here unexpectedly. I knew there was to be 
 such a celebration, but knew not the time at which it would be held, 
 until after I had promised to be present at the opening of the 
 European and North American Railway. I was then under the 
 necessity of declining your invitation. But I have read of one who 
 said he would not go, and afterwards repented and went. I found 
 that, by leaving Portland at 9 o'clock last night, I could reach here in 
 time to participate in your celebration ; and I came for two reasons : 
 first, I wanted to be here, and, second, I knew that you wanted to see 
 me. And now I desire to express my personal obligations to each 
 company of the Guard for courtesies uniformly extended to me while 
 I was chief-magistrate of the state. Your annual parades have been 
 of great public benefit, by giving dignity to the office of governor 
 and to the government of which he is the representative. We are in 
 great danger of entertaining a low estimate of the value of law and 
 government ; but the tens of thousands who have crowded your side- 
 walks, and filled your balconies and windows, to witness your parade 
 on days of inauguration, have gone to their several homes more 
 deeply impressed than before with the worth and value of the govern- 
 ment as a power to preserve order and the public peace. This 
 important lesson should be appreciated by the people. 
 
 I congratulate you, the First Company of the Guard, that you 
 have reached your one hundredth birth-day, and that upon your 
 record there is no stain. What man, fifty years of age, could stand up 
 and not wish to forget some portions of his life ? But you may be
 
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 proud in the remembrance of every day of your organization. Your 
 members have been patriotic, public-spirited men, of high character, 
 and your roll presents a long list of honorable names. May it be con- 
 tinued many centuries ! 
 
 But it is sometimes asked if you have rendered the state any 
 special service, and your orator expressed the wish that, at the time 
 of the rebel invasion into Pennsylvania, you had tendered your 
 services to the government. The honorable gentleman was himself 
 in the field, giving his best energies to maintain the national govern- 
 ment, and knew not the. critical condition of the state. In our 
 metropolitan city, law and order had fled before a mob, and given 
 place to anarchy. A spirit of discontent and insubordination was 
 manifest in various parts of the state, which imperiled our peace and 
 security. Few knew the alarming and critical condition of public 
 affairs, or were able to appreciate the greatness of our danger. Your 
 services were required here, and your chief-magistrate regarded you 
 as an organization by which public order could be maintained. 
 
 About that time, a judge of our Superior Court had a case of 
 great importance before him, and he called on the governor and 
 inquired whether, if he made a particular decision, his decree could 
 be enforced. " Certainly it can," was the reply ; " there is the Gov- 
 ernor's Guard upon which I can rely in any emergency." 
 
 I have been recently sent to a school where at times little attention 
 has been given to the question presented for consideration ; and, 
 taking advantage of such an example, I will say but a word in refer- 
 ence to the sentiment to which I am called upon to respond. It 
 speaks of ex-governors growing larger. I believe this is true, and 
 acknowledge it ; for I find that I am more in avoirdupois than when 
 I was governor. But I must dissent from one expression in the 
 proposed toast. I do this in good temper. I am not angry about it. 
 It speaks of your ex-governors being past meridian. I do not believe 
 it. I deny it, and declare that an ex-governor is in his prime at sixty- 
 seven. 
 
 The ninth regular toast was 
 
 The Putnam Phalanx : By its name, its drill, its uniform, and its 
 customs, honoring the men and the deeds of an hundred years ago, 
 may its lessons be heeded ; may the Phalanx meet the Foot Guard an 
 hundred years hence in a state and a nation worth living and worth 
 dying for.
 
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 Ex-Governor HAWLEY, in response, made grateful ac- 
 knowledgment of the compliment to the Phalanx. 
 
 That eminent body did not profess to seek the glories of war. 
 When its one hundred and fifty stalwart men were seen in battle- 
 array, it was known that one hundred and fifty citizens had left pur- 
 suits that pay, and devoted a day to work that does not pay, as 
 the world interprets the word. Whoever hears the stirring roll of 
 their old-fashioned drum-music, or sees their sturdy ranks, or even 
 reads that the Putnam Phalanx is out, knows that one hundred and 
 fifty good men have assumed the dress of war to perpetuate the 
 memory of the illustrious citizen-soldier ISRAEL PUTNAM. I hope, 
 indeed we believe, that the soul of the brave old man moves among 
 us, conscious that republics are not ungrateful, whatever he may have 
 thought during his last days on earth. This honor to patriotism is 
 work worth doing. Whoever notes the picturesque uniform of the 
 Phalanx, and asks what this means, is told " that is the garb that 
 WASHINGTON wore at the head of the armies of the Revolution." 
 And to bring him again to the memories of the rising generation, is a 
 work worth doing. Again : whatever boy or girl inquires concerning 
 that unusual manual and tactics, is told that such was the drill taught 
 the soldiers of the Revolution by that gallant old German soldier and 
 lover of liberty, Baron STEUBEN. To make sure that none of this is 
 forgotten, is surely work that pays. Colonel DEMING alludes to 
 somebody's charge that the men of Connecticut are parsimonious. 
 None better than he or Mr. TRUMBULL are better qualified to show 
 from history, that, while Connecticut's sons have known how to earn 
 and to save, they have of their abundance given their full share, not 
 alone in blood when duty demanded, but in treasure always, by free 
 private gifts to all good causes, and in generous taxation for their 
 country's needs. Some have thought us a people wholly given to the 
 arts of peace. Yet, from MASON, hero of the Pequot war, to PUTNAM 
 and to LYON, MANSFIELD, SEDGWICK, and our own STEDMAN on land, 
 and McDoNouoir, HULL, WARD, and FOOTE on water, Connecticut 
 men have been in the fore-front wherever duty called. Sixth or 
 seventh -of the old thirteen in population, Connecticut was second 
 only to Massachusetts in the number of men she gave to. the great 
 Revolution. Nor have her people lacked sentiment. Wherever, on 
 land or sea, the highest chivalric devotion was needed, Connecticut 
 men were ready for the sacrifice. The Phalanx makes no pretense 
 of being useful, unless it be useful to revere patriotism; to keep 
 forever green the memories of the patriotic dead; to remind the 
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 example, that the name and the duties of the citizen soldier are 
 honorable. I do not doubt that all " this pays well." We thank 
 you for your courteous recognitions; we concur in every word of 
 praise given the Foot Guard, every generous wish for its continued 
 prosperity; and we cordially echo the hope of your toast, that "the 
 Guard and the Phalanx may meet an hundred years hence, in a state 
 and a nation worth living and worth dying for. 1 ' 
 
 The tenth regular toast was 
 
 The City of New Haven : Distinguished as a seat of learning and 
 for her diversified industries and enterprise. 
 
 Ex-Mayor L. W. SPP:RRY was expected to respond, but 
 was not present. 
 
 The eleventh regular toast was 
 
 The City of Hartford : May it ever deserve its motto. Post Nubila 
 PJicebus. 
 
 Dr. and Alderman J. W. JOHNSON responded in behalf 
 of the mayor, who was unavoidably absent. He said: 
 
 Mr. President, In behalf of the municipal government of Hart- 
 ford, and representing the city, I am proud to respond to the sentiment 
 offered ; and gratefully, in behalf of the city, acknowledge the com- 
 pliment. Hartford, settled in 1635, and incorporated as a city in 
 1784, has, in its growth and material prosperity, fully kept pace with 
 other cities, especially in New England. Her growth and increase 
 has been normal and permanent in its character. Hartford has ever 
 encouraged and sustained her various educational, charitable, and 
 humanitarian institutions, of which she has just reason to be proud. 
 She has also, in times past, given liberal encouragement and counte- 
 nance to the various military organizations which have existed in the 
 past, as well as the present, and no one has ever been regarded with 
 greater favor than the time-honored corps whose centennial we this 
 day celebrate. Organized one hundred years ago, by citizens of 
 Hartford, and ever encouraged and sustained with a fostering care, 
 she justly feels proud of the organization to-day. A retrospective 
 glance to 1771, the date of the formation of the gallant corps whose 
 honored guests we are this day s would, I opine, show a vast contrast 
 with Hartford of to-day, in material interest and prosperity. Mr. 
 President, with the deserve/! reputation and prestige of success of this 
 ancient and honorable oorp?j may we not reasonably expect that, in
 
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 1971, -when all who arc now present will have been gathered to their 
 fathers, a bi-centennial anniversary similar to this, only (if possible) 
 on a grander and more magnificent scale, will be enacted and partici- 
 pated in by a population of two hundred thousand, or, perhaps, even 
 greater numbers ? 
 
 In conclusion, we believe that Hartford will ever extend her sym- 
 pathies and aid for the prosperity and perpetuity of the ancient and 
 honored corps of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard; and, 
 sir, while her motto Post Nulila Phabus stands forth engraven on 
 her seal and emblazoned on her banner, we trust she will ever be 
 deserving of it. And, though gloom and clouds may occasionally 
 darken her skies and temporarily depress her energies (as instanced 
 by the late disastrous calamity, the Chicago fire), still we trust she 
 will in the future, as in the past, rise phojiiix-like from her ashes, and 
 bask in the sunshine of prosperity. 
 
 The twelfth regular toast was 
 
 The City Guard: Eminent for discipline and military bearing: 
 may they ever have a city to guard worthy of such soldiers. 
 
 Judge- Advocate J. L. BARBOUR responded as follows: 
 
 Mr. President and Gentlemen, 
 
 In rising, on behalf of the City Guard, to make brief response to 
 the sentiment which has just been uttered, I am tempted to use 
 us the most fitting phrase that can pass my lips, the words of Othello 
 to the Venetian senate, and address you as " Most potent, grave, and 
 reverend seigniors." I remember that the organization which you 
 represent turns its time-silvered head, and looks back over a century 
 of slow-gathered years, while for us a brief decade suffices to measure 
 our existence. And, remembering this disparity of years, I stand 
 abashed when I call to mind that favorite adage of our grandmothers, 
 that " Children should be seen and not heard," and am encouraged 
 to proceed only when I recollect that we have been summoned to 
 respond, and that, by the code of manners of those same excellent 
 grandmothers, " Children should speak when they are spoken to." 
 
 "We number our years, sir, as I have said, in a single decade, 
 and are yet in the freshness of boyhood. And yet our record, in 
 those ten years, has been an eventful and, we trust, an honorable one. 
 I shall not presume, at this time, gathered as we are to celebrate your 
 most memorable anniversary, to make more than a passing allusion 
 to our history. As your organization was formed just previous to 
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 the war which established the existence of the nation, so we sprang 
 into being upon the eve of the contest that preserved that existence. 
 As you gave from your ranks to the colonial forces, so we gave from 
 ours to the armies of the republic. From the City Guard, I am proud 
 to say, went forth the first company of the first regiment of the state 
 that enlisted " for three years or during the war; " and in every regi- 
 ment of the commonwealth, in every branch of the service, our 
 representatives were to be found. Were our boys good soldiers ? 
 Let the fact that no less than sixty of them held commissions, 
 ranging from lieutenant to major-general, answer. Were they true 
 patriots? Let the graves of LEE, and NILES, and COFFIN, and 
 WELD, and METCALF, and TENNANT, and CAMP, " the knightly 
 soldier," make silent but eloquent response. And for those of the 
 Guard who remained at home, and were organized as Company A of 
 the first regiment of state militia, let me ask respectful consideration ; 
 for they were ever ready to respond to the call of duty. They 
 furnished a vigilant and jovial company to guard the yellow serenity 
 of the State Arsenal; they dared to set at naught the dictates of 
 fashion and the customs of polite society, and startle decorous 
 Hartford with a uniform of peaceful azure jackets and flaming 
 scarlet pants ; they paraded gladly often to welcome home returning 
 braves, and sadly to escort the body of some dead hero to the tomb ; 
 and, when their legal organization expired with the law which gave 
 it birth, they gave their best men to the new company, Battery D of 
 the Connecticut National Guard. Under this title, we have " done 
 the state some service," on the crowded street at Inauguration pa- 
 rades, on the tented field at encampments. We have dared to attack 
 the bivalves of Rhode Island, and disdained not an inroad upon the 
 vineyard groves of the Massachusetts islands. We have endured the 
 homeliness of monkey-jackets and pants of the meal-bag pattern, and 
 now, as Company F of the First Regiment, we look hopefully forward 
 to gorgeous trappings and continued prosperity. Through all our 
 history, let me say, sir, w r e have entertained toward the First Company 
 of Governor's Foot Guard friendly sentiments, and to-night, on the 
 occasion of its centennial anniversary, we express the hope that that 
 friendship may ever continue, accompanied, too, by that generous 
 rivalry that goes hand in hand with progress. And to-night, as the 
 bashful young man somewhat inappropriately observed to the bride 
 on her wedding-day, we " wish you many happy returns of this auspi- 
 cious occasion." 
 
 You have chosen, sir, in the sentiment which you have uttered, to 
 compliment us, to commend us for our military excellence, and to 
 express the flattering wish that we " may ever have a city to guard
 
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 worthy of such soldiers." The words of praise we gratefully acknowl- 
 edge, with blushing cheeks and eyes cast down, as becomes our 
 native modesty. Remembering the dire calamity that has so recently 
 swept away one of our great commercial centers [Chicago], we join 
 with you in the hope that we may ever have this our city to guard. 
 And, at the same time, with warmest love for and pride in our dear 
 old Hartford, famous for its beautiful residences, its thrifty energy, its 
 enterprise, its public spirit, its time-honored associations, its fail- 
 daughters, and its business honor, we beg leave to reverse the words 
 of the sentiment, and with honest aspiration cry, " May we ever be 
 soldiers worthy to guard such a city." 
 
 The thirteenth regular toast was 
 
 The Buckingham Rifles and Hillyer Guard : Equal to all emergen- 
 cies. May their prosperity be equal to their deserts. 
 
 Captain JOSEPH H. BARXUM was called upon, but was not 
 in the hall. 
 
 The fourteenth regular toast was 
 
 The Bar of the State of Connecticut: Eminently great on charg- 
 ing, but not with the bayonet. 
 
 HENRY C. ROBINSON, Esq., responded as follows: 
 
 Mr. Chairman, I regret that the duty of responding for the bar 
 has not fallen to other lips than mine. I see about me many promi- 
 nent members of my own profession, notably my brother SILL, who 
 has few superiors in the brotherhood in charging (not with the 
 bayonet), fewer still superiors, or even peers, in the oratory of a 
 dinner -table,-* and positively no superior in our profession, or in any 
 other, in prowess with a knife and fork. 
 
 To the phraseology of your resolution I suppose I must not 
 take any exception, as I am not in court, but I must object to its 
 utterance from you, Sir Toast-master, for I well remember that you 
 were equal to the best of us in these bloodless charges, while you were 
 still active in the profession, and now you excel us all by withdrawing 
 to the probate-office and making your sufficient charges upon the dead. 
 
 But, as I remember your elegant dinner, which has just wasted 
 away before us, I stand in little fear of the martial array which shines 
 all about me. It is not the bayonet nor the sword that awakens 
 apprehension. Indeed, I am like the impecunious, but hungry indi- 
 vidual who, in a first-class restaurant in New- York City, overcame
 
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 course after course of choicest food, and, when soup and fish, flesh, 
 dessert, and wine were all over, rang for the proprietor as he coolly 
 washed his fingers in the perfumed finger-bowl. At. the host's arrival, 
 he informed him that he had no money, but would probably call 
 about in a few days and liquidate the little obligation due for his 
 dinner, which he pronounced faultless. Surprise was followed by 
 indignation, and indignation by loud words, on the landlord's part, 
 and soon the host raised his hand to his inner pocket, as if feeling for 
 a weapon. Until this point, our hero had been as bland as May, but, 
 springing from his seat, he seized the raised arm and asked the irate 
 landlord for what he was feeling. " For my revolver, you scoundrel ! " 
 " Oh! your revolver: go on, then! I thought you were searching for 
 a stomach-pump." 
 
 But, sir, while the mottoes tell us of the silence of Jaws in the 
 clash of arms, I am not unmindful that the legal profession has often 
 contributed of her choicest blood to replenish the ranks of the army. 
 In recalling the military leaders which our own state furnished to the 
 late great war for our nation's life, I have thought of many whose 
 prowess and skill in the field of arms was fully equal to their success 
 at the bar. I remember that our historian of this evening, whose 
 exceedingly delightful effort has more than charmed us, was of the 
 bar; that of the earliest of our volunteers, one who climbed from the 
 lowest to the highest military honor, glorious JOE HAWI.EY, was of the 
 bar; that from New London County the bar sent General HAUL AND, 
 from Fairfield County, General FERRY, from New Haven County, 
 the hero of Fort Fisher, from the activities of our own circle here, 
 Colonel DRAKE. Others, too, may well be named, which time forbids. 
 Let me mention a single other contribution of the bar to the army ; 
 and I speak of one whose father we have rejoiced to see to-night upon 
 your stage, girt in the beauty of youth, as when we saw him lead your 
 column, as your major, a score of years ago. And let me say that our 
 nation yielded no sweeter sacrifice in the weary months and years 
 of our struggle than Colonel, General, GRIFFIN A. STEDMAN; Colonel- 
 STEDMAN as he died General STEDMAN as he lay in his soldier's 
 shroud, with the general's commission upon the coffin, too late for him 
 to read it, but not too late for history. Purer, braver, truer clay than 
 that which enriched his coffin, was never laid to rest under the green 
 grass with a soldier's honors. 
 
 The orator of the evening, in one of his most brilliant and 
 graphic periods, grouped before you the gathering of the commanders 
 of the allied forces, in 1780, at Court House Square, and then asked 
 for an artist, to place, in the glow of color and the power of grouping 
 upon canvas, the scene and the men. As lie asked where is the artist?
 
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 I thought of HORACE VERNET and his brilliant colors upon the walls 
 of Versailles; of our own TRUMBULL and his immortal shadows, 
 but they are dead; and then of DAVID HUNTINGTON, but he is 
 getting past youth, and my heart fell. But just then I remembered 
 that, a few evenings ago, as I was reading The Evening Times, which 
 I always read with much pleasure, I observed that they had gone aside 
 from the fields of literature, which they so easily make beautiful, and 
 had entered the range of art ; that they had, for the time, dropped the 
 pen and assumed the chisel. There upon the evening sheet I saw 
 a masterly sketch of the features of one JAMES WILSON, of whom you 
 may all have heard : he died of an excessive strain upon his neck. 
 I know not the author of that beautiful portrait; but, as I recalled it 
 I longed to rise in my seat and to say, " Colonel DEMING, your artist 
 is born." 
 
 Gentlemen, in behalf of the bar, let me congratulate you upon the 
 success of this evening; upon its delightful memories and its good 
 promises; upon your successful feast, your exquisite music, and your 
 most brilliant addresses. Let me dare to say, that not even the city of 
 Boston, with her rich histories and her critical taste and abundant 
 talent, could have offered a better literary and musical entertainment, 
 than this to which you have so kindly invited us. We are proud 
 of our city and of you. 
 
 I had almost forgotten to mention a single other offering of the 
 bar to military life, which was in my thought; and you will pardon 
 me if I transgress the limits of our commonwealth and go for my 
 illustration one step to the north, and suggest for your consideration 
 that paragon of military science, General BENJAMIN F. BUTLER. 
 
 The fifteenth regular toast was 
 
 The Press: " The pen is mightier than the sword." 
 
 The Kev. ELISHA CUSHMAN, of The Christian Secretary, 
 responded as follows : 
 
 I find myself to night one hundred years old ; and yet I do not see 
 but I am as strong and vigorous as on the day I was born ! One hun- 
 dred years old ! for is not this the one hundredth birth-day of the 
 First Company Governor's Guard ? " quorum pars magna fui," - 
 pars magna sum, I may say ; at least some. As long ago as I can 
 remember, I " took after " the Foot Guard. It is written, " Train up 
 a child" you know the rest, and the training of youth is very 
 largely through the faculty of imitation. As to " trainers," in my
 
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 judgment there were never any quite equal to the Governor's Guard. 
 So, when very young, a company of us boys trained as nearly like 
 them as we knew how. We imitated the uniform. Rolling our 
 " trousers " up as high as we could possibly get them ; then covering 
 our lower limbs nearly to the knee with dark clay, sometimes fixing 
 on small stones for buttons ; procuring bright tin frontispieces for our 
 caps, and encasing our bodies in red flannel from mother's wardrobe, 
 we shouldered our wooden muskets, and made out a very fair copy of 
 the old Guard so I thought. One of the heroes of our street, in 
 those days, was a gentleman who combined " the press and the 
 sword," for he was a good printer in The Courant office, and ensign of 
 the Foot Guard, Mr. STANLEY BENTON. On training days, as he 
 passed our door, with his scarlet coat, his broad red sash, his nodding 
 plume, and his soldierly bearing, oh ! I thought, if ever I could reach 
 anything like that, I should have attained to David's " first three, 1 ' 
 for certain. 
 
 When but a small boy, I went to Philadelphia to reside. Of 
 course I went at times to see the military there ; but, alas ! how infe- 
 rior they all appeared, their drum-beat with a hitch in it; their 
 homely uniforms; their poor drill, as it seemed to me, compared with 
 the old Foot Guard ; and when, after three or four years, I returned 
 to my native home, perhaps I ought not to say that one of the chief 
 considerations which gladdened me in coming back was the thought 
 of looking again upon the glorious old Foot Guard ; but it was! At 
 length, becoming a man, I " put away childish things ; ' and what 
 think you I did ? Joined the Foot Guard. I took a " pen " (accord- 
 ing to the sentiment just now) in hand, as precedent to the "sword,'' 
 and wrote my name on the company roll. And do you know when I 
 first "smelt powder"? I mean, in the higher sense of that phrase. 
 It was on the morning when, having first donned my new uniform, I 
 went into the tonsorial depot of JOHN A. SPENCER (M.A. he was, as 
 well as John A., master of his art), and then and there he covered 
 my head all over witli the professional white powder. I felt myself 
 fairly covered with glory, and then, at night, as I undertook to get 
 it out of my hair, oh! how the glory had departed! I felt like 
 writing "Ichabod" upon my fore-front, though that was not pre- 
 cisely my name. I observe that this style of smelling powder is now 
 unfortunately obsolete with the Guard. 
 
 How well I recall an excursion to Middletown with the company. 
 It was on one of the hottest Fourths of July that I ever knew, and 
 I was torn on the 4th of July. This is a sort of anachronism, a 
 discrepancy at least with my opening statement, but never mind. I 
 do not say that my birth-day was on the 4th of July, 1771, though it
 
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 was some time ago. But on that hot excursion clay, I know that 
 I shouldered a musket I was but corporal then and with the 
 heavy bearskin cap and scarlet coat and all the fixings, I marched for 
 three mortal hours, in the very hottest part of the day; and, though 
 not a very stout man only a kind of bony-part I never dreamed of 
 being tired. Esprit da corps was probably the explanation of this, 
 the true '' spirit of the body/' that renders me oblivious of fatigue. 
 Major MILLER was our commander at that time. Not much has been 
 said of him to-night good soldier and gentleman as he was. But 
 some things had occurred during the day to ruffle him a little, and a 
 few of us were anxious to restore his good nature. So, while having 
 a little social time at the armory, late in the evening, before breaking 
 up, taking my part with the rest, I ventured a toast, of which a friend 
 lias just now reminded me. The major was becoming somewhat cor- 
 pulent, a tendency, as I thought, of his position in the Guard, and 
 so I gave, " Our worthy major-commandant: if he is not the Bona- 
 parte of the age, he certainly is chargeable with no lack in the fleshy 
 part." Our major's look, for a moment, led me to fear that I had 
 done mischief; but he broke into a laugh, and we all laughed, and so 
 we went happily home. 
 
 I said that corpulency seemed to be a tendency of the Foot Guard 
 majors. It was so with Major PUTNAM, whose figure looms up in my 
 boyish remembrances. He Avas a grandly solid man, and I had been 
 really accustomed to look upon him as identical with the old hero of 
 the wolf-den, the man of whom it was said, "He dared to lead 
 where any dared to follow." And Major GEORGE PUTNAM dared to 
 lead where any Foot Guard dared to follow, which is saying consid- 
 erable. If he did not kill a wolf, he " knocked down " numerous 
 other things; and when Major PUTNAM was heard crying "Going! 
 going ! " we were very sure that something would be soon " gone." 
 He was a memorable pattern of a man. 
 
 But " the pen is mightier than the sword." Sometimes it is. I 
 remember a certain general, whom no sword was likely to harm- 
 much ; but when somebody's pen wrote the two short, sharp words, 
 " Bottled up," he writhed. And afterwards, when a pen was pointed 
 at him one evening from our own city, and the contents shot along 
 the wires a distance of twenty-six miles, it is reported that he quivered 
 and his countenance changed. 
 
 The sword is sometimes efficacious in quelling disorders, but the 
 pen is more so. An old Aunt Betsey whom I knew, was in the habit 
 of prescribing for a large class of ailments, what she called " a dose 
 of quills." And for many an unsoundness this is the specific. As 
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 of The Post, or him of The Times, administer their (loses of " quills," 
 and it will be a wonder if the remedy does not tell. And as a hint 
 to our coadjutor, Mr. WAKNEU, who writes upon agriculture and 
 " nothing else," I may suggest that the pen is a prominent agricultural 
 institution an adjunct of the farm. I heard, a while since, of some 
 officer in regimentals, who had occasion to step over into his pen, and 
 for some purpose he pricked one of its " natives " Avith the point of 
 his sword. The animal incontinently turned, and, as hogs are wont to 
 do, ran directly between the gentleman's legs and upset him. Picking 
 himself up, he clambered back over the inclosure, murmuring dole- 
 fully, " The pen is mightier than the sword." But this is only an 
 episode. 
 
 To return to the Foot Guard. I rejoice in the honorable reputa- 
 tion which they have ever borne. I am reminded of a sentiment 
 uttered by a predecessor of the chaplain of the evening. It was at a 
 gathering of the two companies of Foot Guard, some years ago, and 
 the toast was on this wise: " The First and Second Companies of Gov- 
 ernor's Guard scholars and gentlemen : scholars, for they are all well 
 red; gentlemen, for there is not a black-guard among them." So may 
 it ever be, their reputation and their uniform alike bright and beau- 
 tiful. They have, from the beginning, been distinguished for their 
 upright walk, for their good discipline, and for " common time." 
 This latter has been one of their marked specialties. They have 
 always been noted for " doing " common time; and, as for the matter 
 of an uncommon time, what we here see around us may sufficiently 
 demonstrate their capacity. 
 
 I have almost feared that some of you are unduly postponing the 
 millennium, in talking of a bi-centennial of this kind. I had hoped 
 that the millennial time might dawn upon the world before another 
 century; but would not that bring the history of the Guard to an 
 end ? A friend at my side says No. But is it not written that " they 
 shall learn war no more " in that day ? However, if there is any 
 drawlnclc to my bright anticipations of the coming millennium, it is 
 the fact that the vocation of the Foot Guard may then be gone ! 
 
 "Well, fellow-soldiers, as you march onward down the vista of the 
 future, may you continue to honor the memories of the past. And as 
 at the close of an old-time Election day, I used to watch the vanishing- 
 column of the Guard as it disappeared down the street, and while I 
 strained my vision to catch the last dissolving view of the gaiters 
 of the " hind-captain " in the distance, I sighed my farewell, and sent 
 hosts of good wishes after them, so w T ill I still invoke all possible 
 benedictions upon you in the ages to come. The banner of the Foot 
 Guard,
 
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 " Long may it wave, 
 The type of true freedom the flag of the brave ! " 
 
 The sixteenth regular toast was 
 
 The Ladies : In the order of creation, second ; in everv other 
 order, first. 
 
 GEORGE Gr. SILL, Esq., responded in his own inimitable 
 style. It was an excessively amusing speech, and provoked 
 uproarious laughter. In alluding to the ladies, he made a 
 succession of witty allusions, which fairly convulsed the 
 house with laughter. 
 
 Following these post-prandial exercises, the banquet was 
 brought to a close about half-past 10 o'clock, the very large 
 audience in the galleries having remained intact throughout 
 the entire proceedings. During the evening, some fine 
 music was rendered by the American Brass Band of Provi- 
 dence, Wheeler & Wilson's Band df Bridgeport, and a 
 double quartette of male .voices, under the direction of Mr. 
 R 0. PHELPS. The Providence Band played " Auld Lang 
 Syne," a serenade, " My own, my Guiding Star," the 
 " Albertine Galop," " Drums and Trumpets/' a despriptive 
 piece by Mr. BEEVES, leader of the band, and the " Her- 
 mione Polka," the latter introducing a cornet solo by Mr. 
 BEEVES, which was exquisitely performed, and excited an 
 encore, to which he responded by playing "Yankee Doo- 
 dle,'' with variations, in an equally fine manner. The music 
 of this band, throughout the celebration, was excellent, and 
 gave general satisfaction. The Glee Club sang " All honor 
 to the Soldier Brave,'' and " The Morn of Day Approaches," 
 both in fine style, and were highly applauded. 
 
 Altogether, the celebration was carried out, in all its de- 
 tails, admirablv, doing credit to the efficient committees of 
 the Veteran Corps, and to all others who aided in the prelim- 
 inary arrangements. Not a single incident occurred to inter- 
 fere with the success of the affair. May the next centennial 
 anniversary be as well conducted, and may the Foot Guard, in 
 the language of Bip Van Winkle, "live long and prosper.''
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 APPENDIX A. ' 
 
 [From The Connecticut Courant, August 2, 1831.] 
 COMMUNICATION. 
 
 GOVERNOR'S FOOT GUARD. It is understood that this ancient 
 and honorable battalion corps, so long the pride of our city, and 
 which has for sixty years sustained the highest rank in the militia of 
 this commonwealth, intend soon to pay a visit to the city of New 
 York. It is not doubted that their antique and splendid dress, re- 
 minding the spectator of olden times, together with their excellent 
 state of discipline, will attract a full sh,are of attention in our great 
 commercial metropolis. 
 
 Some slight sketches of the origin and history of this company 
 may not be entirely uninteresting. The Legislature of the colony 
 passed the act authorizing their formation in 1770, and in the year 
 following they received their charter. At this time, his excellency 
 JONATHAN TRUMBULL, the elder, was governor of the colony. General 
 SAMUEL WYLLYS, afterwards a colonel in the regular continental army, 
 and secretary of the state, was the first commander. The only sur- 
 vivor of the original members of the company, living in this city, is 
 our esteemed fellow-citizen, Major JOHN CALDWELL. The successor of 
 General WYLLYS in the command was the Hon. JONATHAN BULL. In 
 the darkest period of the revolutionary struggle, when a large British 
 army, under General BDRGOYNE, had invaded our northern frontier, 
 and was pressing forward to form a junction with Sir HENRY CLINTON 
 and his army on the Hudson, with a view to cut off all communication 
 between the northern and southern states, and put an end to the war, 
 at this time of alarm, when the militia of New England were all 
 called out to defend their homes and families, the Foot Guard, under 
 Judge BULL, although specially exempted by their charter from being 
 drafted, unanimously volunteered, and marched to the assistance 
 of their brethren at Saratoga. Although they were not so fortunate 
 as to reach the scene of action in time to participate in the taking of
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 67 
 
 BUUGOYNE, yet the patriotism and courage they evinced on this occa- 
 sion, form an honorable distinction in their history. It was while 
 marching across Rhinebeck flats, as an advanced guard to the troops 
 who were hastening toward Saratoga, that they met the express con- 
 veying the thrilling tidings of BURGOYNE'S surrender. 
 
 The successor of Judge BULL was CHARLES HOPKINS, Esq., who is 
 yet living at an advanced age. After him came successively JOSEPH 
 DAY, GEORGE BULL, and JESSE ROOT, Esqrs. Toward the close of 
 the last century, the command devolved upon the Hon. NATHANIEL' 
 TERRY, and under him the company rose to a very high degree 
 of prosperity. An act of the Legislature was passed, enlarging their 
 privileges, and allowing an increase of their numbers. General 
 TERRY retained the command until 1813, a short time before his 
 election to Congress. His successors have been ISAAC D. BULL, 
 RICHARD E. GOODWIN, JAMES M. GOODWIN, LYNDE OLMSTED, 
 CHARLES WELLS, GEORGE PUTNAM, and JONATHAN GOODWIN, Esqrs., 
 all of whom are now living. The Guards are commanded by a major, 
 who receives his orders from the governor of the state alone. Under 
 him are a captain, three lieutenants, an ensign, eight sergeants, eight 
 corporals, ninety-six privates, and a full band of music. 
 
 It is believed there are but two military companies now existing 
 in New England, whose charters are of sy ancient date as that of the 
 Guards; viz. : the Independent Cadets, of Boston, who were chartered 
 in 1741, and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, likewise of Boston, 
 the date of whose formation is not recollected by the writer. B. 
 
 APPENDIX P>. 
 
 [Another sketch of JONATHAN TBUMBULL, from DB CHASTBLLUX, vol. 1, p. 33.] 
 Another interesting personage was then at Hartford, and I went to 
 pay him a visit. This was Governor TRUMBULL, governor ly excel- 
 lence, for he has been so these fifteen years, having been always re- 
 chosen at the end of every two years, and equally possessing the 
 public esteem under the English government and under that of the 
 Congress. He is seventy years old; his whole life is consecrated 
 to business, which he passionately loves, whether important or not, 
 or rather, with respect to him, there is none of the latter description. 
 He has all the simplicity in his dress, all the importance, and even 
 pedantry, becoming the great magistrate of a small republic. He 
 brought to my mind the burgomasters of Holland in the time of the 
 Heinsiuses and the Barnevelts, &c.
 
 68 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 The sermon wliieli Mr. KENDALL heard was by AMOS BASSETT, 
 A.M., pastor of a church in Hebron. The subject, " Advantages and 
 Means of Union in Society;" the text, "Behold, how good and how 
 pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! " The theme is 
 followed through twenty-seven heads, which would swell this pam- 
 phlet too voluminously to copy. 
 
 APPENDIX D. 
 
 KOSLYN CASTLE. 
 
 
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 APPENDIX E. 
 
 From among the many responses to the committee's invitation, w,e 
 select the following for publication: 
 
 Hampton, October 18, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, A sudden and severe cold will prevent my being in 
 Hartford on the 19th, as I anticipated, which I regret exceedingly, as 
 my acquaintance with the company commenced in May, 1826, the first
 
 year of my connection with the Legislature. I greatly admired them 
 then, and have not ceased to consider them, ever since, as one of the 
 best military companies in the state ; and I promised myself much 
 pleasure in meeting them, with my other friends, on the interesting 
 occasion of their centennial anniversary. May (rod prosper and bless 
 the Governor's Foot Guard ! 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 C. F. CLEVELAND, per H. L. C. 
 
 Lakeville, October 14, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, Absence from home must be my apology for not having 
 earlier responded to your polite invitation to attend the centennial 
 celebration of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard. It would 
 have given me much pleasure to meet the gentlemen composing that 
 Guard, and the gentlemen who will be associated with them. But I 
 am compelled to deny myself that pleasure, on account of daily 
 necessary preparations for a somewhat protracted absence from home 
 and country. 
 
 "We can scarcely be permitted to hope that any, even the youngest, 
 of your Guard will be permitted to participate in another centennial 
 celebration; but we may hope that many of their sons will be spared 
 to honor this veteran corps in the future, as it has been honored in the 
 past by those who have thus been enabled to perpetuate its existence 
 through an entire century. May the close of the coming century find 
 its officers and men even more thoroughly imbued with the eywit du 
 rorps that shall carry it triumphantly through even a third century ! 
 
 Wishing you a joyous and successful meeting on the 19th instant, 
 I am very truly your friend and obedient servant, 
 
 A. H. HOLLEY. 
 
 Norwich, October 11, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of an invi- 
 tation from you and your associates, to attend the celebration of the 
 centennial anniversary of the First Company of Governor's Foot 
 Guard, and deeply regret that I am under an engagement which 
 prevents my acceptance.* 
 
 While in office, I valued the services which your company ren- 
 dered, and felt personally honored by the interest and dignity which 
 
 * Governor BUCKINGHAM, having fulfilled his engagement, was (to the great grati- 
 fication of all) enabled to be present and participate in the celebration.
 
 r~ () M>I'KN1>1X. 
 
 it gave to an inauguration. You made the governor more than he 
 would have been but for your support. 
 
 I trust that your organization will continue to maintain its enviable 
 reputation for the high personal character of. its members, for their 
 patriotism and soldierly bearing, and that, for centuries to come, no 
 one will be able to write the history of Connecticut without honorable 
 mention of your continued services. 
 
 Believe I am very respectfully yours, 
 
 WM. A. BUCKINGHAM. 
 
 New Haven, October 18, 1871. 
 To Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary First Company Governor's Foot 
 
 Guard, Hartford: 
 
 Sir, I thank you for the cordial invitation of the time-honored 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard and Veteran Corps of said 
 company, to participate with them in the celebration of the one hun- 
 dredth anniversary of their organization; and the uninterrupted 
 success of your ancient and honorable company for a period of 
 one hundred years is a source of great interest to the people of Con- 
 necticut, especially when w r e consider that it ante-dates both the 
 Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the federal 
 government. 
 
 "One hundred years ago," 
 
 while the other colonies were suffering under the domination of royal 
 governors, Connecticut had, from the beginning, been governed only 
 by rulers of her choice. An attempt having once been made to w r rest 
 from her the charter under which she was acting, and probably fearing 
 a similar demand on the part of Great Britain, the General Court 
 granted the charter under which your company was organized, as 
 a home, or governor's, guard. It is, I believe, a fact, that, since your 
 organization, the company has never failed to observe and honor the 
 inauguration of the governor-elect, by an escort to and from the State 
 House, on Election day. It affords me very great pleasure to testify 
 to the unswerving fidelity and hearty and cheerful obedience to all 
 my orders during my official term as the chief executive of the state. 
 
 I shall not be able to attend the celebration personally, but in 
 spirit I shall always be with you, when in the future, as in the past 
 you shall be engaged in upholding and (if necessary) defending the 
 honor of the state of Connecticut and the federal Union. 
 
 I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 JAMES E. ENGLISH.
 
 A PPENDTX. ji 
 
 New Haven, October 17, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, I regret that I can not allow myself the honor of 
 
 joining you in the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the 
 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard, at Hartford, on the 19th 
 
 instant. Thanking your committee for the honor done me, I remain 
 
 Yours most respectful! v, 
 
 MORRIS TYLEK. 
 
 I have delayed my answer to your invitation to this late day, 
 in the hope that I should be able to be present: but I am now com- 
 pelled to give up the hope. Yours, M. T. 
 
 Sharon, October 15, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary Committee of Invitation, Hartford, 
 
 Conn. : 
 
 My Dear Sir, I feel greatly honored by the invitation to be present 
 at the centennial anniversary of the noble military organization, 
 which, chartered in the old colonial days, has, for so long a period, 
 been the brightest ornament of the citizen-soldiery of our ancient 
 commonwealth. Circumstances rendering my personal attendance 
 impossible, I can only express the deepest regret that I can not join 
 your pleasant festival, and enjoy the hospitality so characteristic 
 of the people of your beautiful city, the natural, and I trust soon to 
 be the only, capital of our renowned and historic state. 
 
 Again expressing my pleasure at the reception of your kind and 
 flattering invitation, and most cordially wishing the past and present 
 members of your distinguished corps all possible enjoyment at the 
 celebration of their hundredth anniversary, I have the honor to be 
 your friend and obedient servant, 
 
 JOHN COTTON SMITH. 
 
 13, Princes Gate, W., London, Sept, 29, 1871. 
 W. B. ELY, Esq.: 
 
 My Dear Sir, Upon my return to town after an absence of some 
 weeks, I find your note of the 4th instant, informing of the proposed 
 celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Governor's Foot 
 Guard, of Hartford, and asking me to be present on that occasion. 
 It would give me great pleasure to accept your invitation; and I 
 regret that it is not in my power to do so. I have lost none of iny 
 interest in whatever concerns its welfare, and, although I can not be 
 present on the occasion referred to, I most cheerfully contribute my
 
 72 APPENDIX. 
 
 mite toward making it a cheerful gathering to those who are more 
 fortunate. I inclose a cheque for one hundred dollars, which please 
 accept as a token of my remembrance and good-will. The only regret 
 is, that I can not be with you in person. 
 
 Believe me, faithfully yours, J. S. MORGAN. 
 
 Louisville, Ky., October 20, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary, &c., Hartford, Conn.: 
 
 Dear Sir, Your kind invitation to be present at the celebration 
 of the centennial anniversary of the First Company of Governor's 
 Foot Guard, reached me at so late a day, that I could neither accept 
 it nor acknowledge your kindness before the celebration. Your letter 
 was directed to Atlanta, Georgia, and hence the delay in receiving it. 
 It would have given me great pleasure to be present, had it been 
 possible, and I beg you to convey to the committee my thanks for their 
 invitation. Very sincerely yours, ALFRED H. TERRY. 
 
 Mayor's Office, City of Hartford, October 16, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, The kind invitation of the First Company Governor's 
 Foot Guard, to participate with them in the celebration of the one 
 hundredth anniversary of their organization, is received. I had ex- 
 pected to have had the pleasure of being present on that occasion, 
 but now find that it will be impossible for me to do so. Regretting 
 very much that such is the fact, and thanking the company for this 
 mark of their consideration, I am yours truly, 
 
 CHAS. 11. CHAPMAN*. 
 
 Mayor's Office, New Haven, October 17, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, Your esteemed favor of the 2d instant, inviting me to 
 attend the centennial anniversary of the First Company Governor's 
 Foot Guard, to be holden in your city on the 19th instant, has been 
 duly received, for which accept my most grateful acknowledgments. 
 I sincerely regret that the multiplicity of my official duties, which 
 are pressing me on every hand, will prevent me from being present on 
 the day in question. The occasion is a most fitting one, in every 
 respect, and the present members of the honorable organization may 
 look back with pride on the past history of one of the most efficient 
 military organizations in the commonwealth. 
 
 Accept this brief acknowledgment, as I have not time to add 
 more, and believe me, yjuf humble servant, 
 
 HENRY G. LEWIS, Mayor,
 
 APPENDIX. 73 
 
 Post-office. New Haven, October 18, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, Your letter of invitation came duly to hand. I have 
 been absent for some days in Boston, or your kind note would have 
 been answered before. I fear I shall not be able to attend your cele- 
 bration. I hope the occasion will be a happy one, and that it will be 
 alike creditable and honorable to your company, which has, for one 
 hundred years, been a pride to the true sons of Connecticut. 
 
 I am very respectfully your obedient servant, 
 
 N. D. SPERRY. 
 
 Lyme, October 17, 1871. 
 L. E. HUNT, Esq.: 
 
 Dear Sir, I should be very happy to meet the ancient and honor- 
 able First Company Governor's Foot Guard at its celebration, and 
 share in its festivities and associations; but I find that I shall be 
 prevented. I will only express a hope, that it may add nine hundred 
 more to the years of its existence, and continue to be, as it always has 
 been, the pride of our state. Yours very truly, 
 
 ClIAS. J. McCUKDY. 
 
 Hartford, October 14, 1871. 
 Major HUNT: 
 
 My Dear Sir, I have delayed until to-day answering the invitation 
 of the committee, to attend the centennial celebration of the Govern- 
 or's Guard, in the hope that I should be able to accept it. I regret 
 being compelled to say, that my professional engagements will 
 prevent. Be pleased to accept my sincere thanks for the honor 
 done me, and my regrets that I shall not be able to participate in the 
 very pleasing ceremonies. I entertain great regard for the members of 
 the corps, and as an institution it ranks with the honored of the state. 
 May our beloved state be preserved, with its sovereignty and digni- 
 ties, to the latest days, with your association as one of its cherished 
 guardians. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 WM. W. EATON. 
 
 Perrysburg, O., October 14, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, I received to-day the invitation of the committee of 
 the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, to participate with them 
 in celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of their organization, on 
 the 19th instant. This is an event to which I have long looked for- 
 ward with eagerness, and nothing would give me more pleasure than 
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 74 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 to meet with my old comrades, and members of the old Guard, upon 
 this occasion ; but I regret to say, that the time is so short, it will be 
 impossible to arrange matters so as to be with you in time. With a 
 hearty greeting to my old comrades, and to all the members of the 
 Foot Guard, I am most respectfully yours, 
 
 HENRY P. AVERII.L. 
 
 Washington, October 16, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary, &c. : 
 
 Sir, I thank the committee for the invitation, received on the 
 13th, to attend the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard. As I shall not be able to be 
 present, I forward herewith a contribution, in rhyme, which may 
 be used by the committee, as to them shall seem to be proper. 
 Yours, &c., CHARLES SPENCER, 
 
 Formerly Captain and First Lieut, of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard. 
 
 TO THE FIRST COMPANY GOVERNOR'S FOOT GUARD, 
 A GREETING, 
 
 FOR THE CELEBRATION OP ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. 
 
 By CHARLES SPENCER, 
 
 Formerly Captain and First Lieutenant of the Company. 
 
 Not War's alarums call you forth to fight, 
 
 But festive greetings bid you gather now, 
 And if your martial trappings you bedight, 
 
 Peace smiling sits upon each soldier's brow. 
 
 A century's years, in Time's career, have sped 
 Since first the Foot Guard stood in bright arm}*, 
 
 And glorious is the life which it has led 
 Up to this honored hundredth natal day. 
 
 What grand events have in that time been born ! 
 
 And followed by results more potent still, 
 Till this our nation, in its second dawn, 
 
 Anew goes on its purpose to fulfill ! 
 
 Our dear old state, when its career began, 
 
 Was in colonial tutelage a child, 
 Now is it in its stature a grown man 
 
 Of " steady habits," pure and undefilcd. 
 
 And though our corps first trod its native earth 
 When we were held in England's leading-strings, 
 
 It after had a glorious second birth, 
 
 Fostered beneath our eagle's spreading wings.
 
 APPENDIX. ~ r 
 
 What man has ever been to it allied, 
 
 Who has not to his stars given many thanks 
 
 (Feeling the while a generous, manly pride), 
 That he has marched erect within its ranks ? 
 
 Its muster-book has many names enrolled 
 
 Whose owners honored places well have held, 
 
 Possessing that which better is than gold, 
 A spotless fame by virtues high impelled. 
 
 Still keep the standard up, and falter not, 
 
 Go on as you have done in times before, 
 Let not a stain your 'scutcheon ever blot, 
 
 Aim high, as e'er was done in days of yore. 
 
 Be studious of true honor thus well read, 
 
 Yourselves and coats may all be scholars named ; 
 
 In manners always be by courtesy led, 
 
 And not as blackguards shall you be defamed. 
 
 Thus do I, in Affection's rhyming, greet 
 
 The first centennial of our ancient corps, 
 Regretting that I 'm not allowed to meet 
 
 With friends I trained with in the days of yore. 
 
 Wag/liny ton, D.C., October 16, 1871. 
 
 South Norwalk, October 17, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, Your very kind invitation to participate in the cele- 
 bration of the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard, on the 19th instant, was 
 received yesterday. I regret, very much indeed, to say my business 
 engagements are of such a nature that it will be next to impossible 
 for me to be present on that interesting occasion. I regret it the 
 more when I see the names of so many of my old friends and 
 acquaintances on the committee of invitation and arrangements. I 
 feel well assured the occasion will be one of great interest to all, and, 
 as you say, " a source of honorable pride to all the sons of Connecti- 
 cut and their descendants." I have, on former occasions, spent many 
 pleasant hours with your ancient and honorable corps, and my heart is 
 still with you. 
 
 Now, dear Sir, please accept my thanks for your kind invitation, 
 and my best wishes for the health and prosperity of the First Com- 
 pany Governor's Foot Guard ; and may their organization be preserved 
 and cherished by all, more than a hundred years to come. 
 
 Yours, in great haste, THOS. GUYEB.
 
 7(; A PPENDIX. 
 
 Hartford, October 15, 1871. 
 To the Committee of Invitation of the Centennial Anniversary of the 
 
 First Company Governor's Foot Guard: 
 
 Gentlemen, I received your kind invitation to make one of the 
 guests of the centennial anniversary of the First Company of Govern- 
 or's Foot Guard, and should be happy to accept it, but age, health, 
 and other circumstances will prevent. I enlisted into that ancient, 
 noble, and honorable company at the age of eighteen years, was 
 always very much attached to it, and have never lost my interest 
 in it. I delight to see it in all its prosperity, and hope never to feel 
 less interest in it. I delight to reflect upon the time when we could 
 call into the field eight platoons of ten privates, and sixteen non- 
 commissioned officers, selected from the many that offered themselves 
 at that time for enlistment; and, when I remember the majors under 
 whom I served, and find that every one of them have passed away 
 before me, it puts me in mind that my days are numbered, and that I 
 shall soon follow them, and meet them in a happier country. 
 
 Respectfully yours, WM. HUDSON. 
 
 Hartford, October 13, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary: 
 
 Dear Sir, The invitation to me to participate in the centennial 
 celebration of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, I received 
 with much pleasure. It awakens in me recollections and associations 
 of the time when I was a member of the company, more than sixty 
 years ago. It was a proud company. The officers and privates were 
 proud of each other and of themselves, and especially proud of their 
 honored and most efficient commander, Major NATHANIEL, TEUKY. I 
 would gladly participate in the celebration, but age and infirmities 
 forbid, and I must decline the invitation. I hope you will have 
 a good time. Yours respectfully, 
 
 ASAPH WlLLAKD. 
 
 Hartford, October 12, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, Accept my thanks for the invitation you sent me to 
 attend the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Governor's 
 Foot Guard. The infirmities of my advanced age must be my excuse 
 for not being present on that interesting occasion. 
 I am very respectfully yours, <tc., 
 
 JOHN BEACH.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 77 
 
 Hartford, October 17, 1871. 
 To the Committee of Invitation, Governor's Foot Guard: 
 
 Gentlemen, My engagements will compel me to deny myself the 
 pleasure of being present at your centennial celebration. Have the 
 kindness to accept my acknowledgments for the courtesy of the invi- 
 tation, and believe me to be 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 R. D. HUBBARl). 
 
 Hartford, October 18, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, I have to acknowledge your kind invitation to attend 
 the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the organization 
 of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard; and had hoped, until 
 this morning, to be present on that interesting occasion : but unex- 
 pected official engagements will prevent. 
 
 Thanking you and the rest of the committee for your kind invita- 
 tion, I remain 
 
 Very respectfully your obedient servant, 
 
 W>r. I). SHIPMAN. 
 
 Stafford, Conn., October 17, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, Your kind and complimentary invitation to attend the 
 centennial anniversary of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, 
 came in due season, and I thank you for the same. I regret that my 
 indisposition renders my attendance at the celebration doubtful. 
 Still, if I should at that time (the 19th instant) feel bodily able 
 to attend, I shall most certainly pay you my respects, and help, with 
 all my heart, to celebrate the hundredth birth-day of our ancient and 
 noble Foot Guard, an organization older than the Declaration of 
 Independence of the liberty of the colonies. 
 
 Yours very truly, E. II. HYDE. 
 
 Head-quarters United Train of Artillery, 
 
 Providence, R.I., October 12, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary, &c. : 
 
 Dear Sir, I am in receipt of the committee's very kind invitation 
 to be with you on the occasion of the celebration of the centennial 
 anniversary of the Foot Guard. It is with great regret that I am
 
 7fl APPENDIX. 
 
 compelled to decline the same; but I can not do otherwise, having 
 just returned, with my command, from a visit to Philadelphia, and 
 finding business that requires my presence here for the rest of the 
 month. Should I be able to arrange my affairs so that I can be with 
 you, I will telegraph. 
 
 Thanking you for your very courteous invitation, I remain 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 HENRY ALLEN, 
 
 Colonel Commanding United Train of Artillery. 
 
 Birmingham, Conn., October 17, 1871. 
 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary First Company Governor's Foot Guard, 
 Hartford, Conn. : 
 
 Dear Sir, Your kind note of invitation, to be present at the 
 approaching centennial of the above company, was duly received, and 
 I have delayed answering till now, thinking I should be able to join 
 -with you on that interesting occasion. I exceedingly regret, however, 
 that I shall not be able to be present. I shall, nevertheless, take 
 a deep interest in the success of the affair, as well on account of 
 the extreme rarity of an occasion of this kind in these days of 
 change and ephemeral growth and decay, as on account of the whole- 
 souled, courteous gentlemen connected with the company, with a few 
 of whom it was my good fortune to become acquainted during the 
 past summer. 
 
 Heartily regretting my inability to be present, and wishing you all 
 the success and happiness which your fondest hopes have pictured, I 
 remain Yours truly, 
 
 DAVID TORRANCE, 
 
 Clinton, October 12, 1871. 
 
 To Major L. E. HUNT and other Gentlemen of the Committee of Invi- 
 tation, in behalf of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, &c. : 
 
 Gentlemen, Yours of the 3d instant is at hand, containing an 
 invitation to participate in the celebration of the one hundredth anni. 
 versary of the organization of the First Company Governor's Foot 
 Guard and the Veteran Corps of said company. It would afford me 
 very great pleasure to be present, and mingle with others in the cele- 
 bration of an event so full of interest, not only to each member 
 of this most ancient and honorable company, but to every citizen 
 of the state; but circumstances beyond my control will prevent me
 
 APPENDIX. 79 
 
 from availing myself of the privilege of being present, to share in the 
 festivities of this interesting occasion. 
 
 Gentle-men, expressing to you my profound gratitude for your 
 cordial invitation, I have the honor to remain 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 GEO. W. HULL. 
 
 New Haven, October 14, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT, Secretary, Hartford, Conn.: 
 
 It would afford me very great pleasure to be able to accept 
 the cordial invitation of your committee to participate with them 
 in the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the organiza- 
 tion of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, 19th instant, an 
 occasion in which I am sure every citizen of the state will feel a deep 
 and sincere interest ; but the calamities which have befallen the beau- 
 tiful city of Chicago, where I have a large part of my family, have so 
 deeply exercised me the last week, that I am feeling too unwell, and, 
 in fact, " out of heart," to properly enjoy or do honor to such an 
 occasion. 
 
 Hoping that the " Guard " may continue to flourish through the 
 century into which they are about to enter so honorably, and that the 
 celebration may prove such a success as will gratify the heart of every 
 member, past and present, I remain 
 
 Respectfully, your friend and obedient servant, 
 
 W. S. CHAKNLEY. 
 
 Hartford, October 16, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Mv Dear Sir, Thanking you for an invitation to the centennial 
 anniversary of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, &c., I 
 beg to say, that the unrelenting exactions of present business engage- 
 ments will preclude me from such pleasure; but it can not fail to 
 be an occasion of unwonted interest, and I wish all parties present 
 unalloyed enjoyment, and an ever-green future to your ancient and 
 veteran corps. Very truly yours, 
 
 .1. C. WALKLEY. 
 
 Hartford, October 18, 1871. 
 Major L. E. HUNT: 
 
 Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your, 
 invitation to participate in the celebration of the First Company Gov- 
 ernor's Foot Guard's centennial anniversary, October 19, 1871. No-
 
 80 APPENDIX. 
 
 thing would give me more pleasure than to meet with you on that 
 occasion. I have delayed this present writing, hoping I should 
 be able to do so ; but I am obliged to be away from the city the rest 
 of the week. Knowing the occasion will be one of great interest, 
 and regretting I can not be present, 
 
 I am very respectfully yours, 
 
 GEO. D. CHAPMAN. 
 
 Hartford, October 9, 1871. 
 
 To Major CALVIN DAY, and Gentlemen of the Committee of Invita- 
 tion, First Company Governor's Foot Guard: 
 
 Dear Sirs, I am in receipt of your kind invitation to be present 
 with you at your coming centennial anniversary. Please permit me to 
 return to you all my kindest thanks for your generous invitation, and 
 to assure you that nothing but unavoidable absence from town, on a 
 western journey, will keep me away from your gathering. 
 
 Trusting that your celebration may be pleasant to each and all 
 of those who participate in it, and with all possible good wishes for 
 the Governor's Foot Guard, I remain 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 M. E. MKKIUU-.
 
 MUSTEK KOLL 
 
 OP THE 
 
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 OCTOBER 19-TH, 1871. 
 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
 WILLIAM H. DODD, Major Commandant. 
 CHARLES C. OSBORN, Captain and First Lieutenant. 
 JOHN C. PARSONS, Second Lieutenant. 
 CHARLES F. NICHOLS, Third Lieutenant. 
 WILLIAM H. TALCOTT, Fourth Lieutenant. 
 O. W. OHAPPEE, Ensign. 
 
 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
 
 ALBERT H. WILEY, First. 
 WILLIAM E. EATON, Second. 
 ROLLIN D. BURDICK, Third. 
 SAMUEL E. HASCALL, Fourth. 
 CHARLES E. GILBERT, Fifth. 
 JAMES S. BARNETT, Sixth. 
 BENJAMIN CUSHMAN, Seventh. 
 JOHN D. TUCKER, Eighth. 
 
 CORPORALS. 
 
 JAMES S. COOK. 
 FREDERIC A. HALL. 
 JOHN N. STANDISH. 
 JAMES C. PRATT. 
 CHARLES C. STRONG. 
 THOMAS J. LEWIS. 
 ALFRED BALCH. 
 BENJAMIN G. HOPKINS. 
 
 ALLEN, WILLARD A. 
 AUGUR, WILLIAM C. 
 BIDWELL, SAMUEL J. 
 BULL, Mil AN W. 
 BLAKE, GEORGE W. 
 BRAINARD, EDWIN 
 CHANDLER, LEONIDAS D. 
 COWLES, FRANK 
 CLARK, FAYETTE C. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 CLARK, FRANK W. 
 COOK, JOHN FREDERIC 
 CRANE, CHARLES L. 
 COREY, FRANK 
 CUMMINGS, CHARLES H. 
 COLT, JOSEPH S. 
 DYER, SAMUEL 
 DONOVAN, DENNIS D. 
 DOWNING, JOHN A.
 
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 MUSTER ROLL. 
 
 FOLEY, DANIEL J. 
 FULLER, ALBERT B. 
 FISHER, CHARLES A. 
 FIELD, ARBY G. 
 GREEN, SYRENUS 
 GOODELL, HENRY O. 
 GRISWOLD, CHARLES D 
 HILLMAN, LEVI N. 
 HITCHCOCK, HIRAM 
 JACOBS, HENRY M. 
 KING, CHARLES H. 
 LATHROP, WALTER H. 
 LEONARD, CHARLES B. 
 LYMAN, GEORGE B. 
 MORAN, THOMAS 
 McCoNViLLE, W. JOHN 
 NEWTON, DDANE E. 
 
 PRIVATES CONCLUDED. 
 
 NAEDELE, THEODORE C. 
 PRIDE, WILLIAM 
 REID, JOHN F. 
 SMITH, JOSEPH M. 
 SMITH, EDWIN 
 SLOAN, ADRIAN P. 
 SWEENY, FRANCIS H. 
 STEBBINS. MILTON W. 
 SPILLER, HERMAN 
 TRUMBULL, JAMES P. 
 TAYLOR, GEORGE W. 
 TROTTER, R. R. 
 WOLCOTT, ARTHUR H. 
 WOLCOTT, FRANK N. 
 WESTLAND, WILLIAM 
 WELLS, WILLIAM B. 
 WADSWORTH, WILLIAM S. 
 
 CIVIL OFFICERS. 
 
 FINANCIAL COMMITTEE 
 
 WILLIAM H. DODD, CHARLES C. OSBORN, 
 WM. H. TALCOTT, CHAS. F. NICHOLS, 
 
 CHAS. C. STRONG. 
 
 JOHN C. PARSONS, 
 O. W. CHAFFEE, 
 
 INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, 
 
 CHARLES C. OSBORN, CHARLES F. NICHOLS, A. H. WILEY, 
 WILLIAM E. EATON, SAMUEL E. HASCALL, JOHN D. TUCKER, 
 SYRENUS GREEN. 
 
 AUDITING COMMITTEE, 
 JOHN C. PARSONS, JOHN D. TUCKER. 
 
 TREASURER, 
 
 CHARLES C. STRONG. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY, 
 
 WILLIAM E. EATON. 
 
 CLERK, 
 
 CHARLES C OSBORN. 
 
 COLLECTOR, 
 
 CHARLES F. NICHOLS.
 
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