Front matter

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A HISTORY of the SECOND DIVISION NAVAL MILITIA CONNECTICUT NATIONAL GUARD

By

DANIEL D. BIDWELL

Hartford, Conn.

1911

Copyrighted 1911

By

DANIEL D. BIDWELL

The Smith-Linsley Company

Hartford, Conn.

Dedicated

to

All Friends

of the

Naval Militia

Connecticut National Guard

SLIGHTLY ADAPTED

“Here’s to the land that gave us birth,

Here’s to her smiling skies,

Here’s to her Tars, the best on earth,

Here’s to the flag she flies.”