A History of the Second Division Naval Militia Connecticut National Guard

by Daniel Doane Bidwell

“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.”

CONTENTS

			PAGE
	Before the Launching	1890 to 1896	[11]
	The Launching	1896	[13]
THE LOG
Course 1,	The Cincinnati	1896	[16]
Course 2,	The Maine	1897	[18]
Course 3,	The War	1898	[21]
Course 4,	The Prairie	1899	[25]
	“Dewey Day”	September 30, 1899	[26]
Course 5,	The Prairie Again	1900	[32]
Course 6,	Camp Newton	1901	[34]
Course 7,	The Panther	1902	[38]
Course 8,	At Niantic	1903	[42]
Course 9,	The Hartford	1904	[46]
Course 10,	The Columbia	1905	[51]
Course 11,	The Minneapolis	1906	[55]
Course 12,	Again the Prairie	1907	[58]
Course 13,	And Again the Prairie	1908	[62]
Course 14,	The Machias	1909	[65]
Course 15,	The Louisiana	1910	[66]
(For the Future to Reveal)
Course 16,		1911
Course 17,		1912
Course 18,		1913
Course 19,		1914
Course 20,		1915
Appendix A			[68]
Appendix B			[70]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
[Frontispiece]—First Commanding Officer of the Division, Lieutenant Felton Parker
Captain Louis F. Middlebrook	[10]
Division Boat Race in Boston Harbor	[24]
Lieutenant-Commander Lyman Root	[26]
Camp Parker	[36]
Boat Crew at Charles Island	[41]
Furling Sail on the U. S. S. Hartford	[46]
Lieutenant Howard J. Bloomer	[49]
Lieutenant-Commander Robert D. Chapin	[53]
Lieutenant Carroll C. Beach	[56]
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles L. Hogan	[59]
Ensign Frank H. Burns	[65]
Lieutenant William G. Hinckley	[67]
Tailpiece, Division Pin	[76]