A History of the Second Division Naval Militia Connecticut National Guard

COURSE FOURTEEN THE MACHIAS

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So near is the history drawing to the present that merely a bare outline is given here of the next two years. The cruise of the summer of 1909 was on the Machias and took the division to quaint old Provincetown. The Pilgrims’ Tower and the swimming linger in the men’s memory.

ENSIGN FRANK H. BURNS

Members of the company enjoyed three days’ duty at the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York City. In December the company transferred to the new state armory and the indoor meet drew nearly three thousand spectators.