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Bridgeport Hosts Amphitrite Officers at Naval Militia Dinner
Bridgeport welcomed Capt Gustave Fruden and the Amphitrite crew at a recruiting dinner and smoker. Speakers including Albert J Merritt and Alfred C Chippendale praised naval militia growth and readiness as boxing bouts and shipboard fraternizing followed the meal, highlighting the ship as a welcome Bridgeport Christmas feature and a boost to militia ranks.
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Bridgeport
Gustave Fruden
The
Amphitrite
Naval
Monitor
New Haven
Albert J. Merritt
New England
Alfred C. Chippendale
Frederic A. Bartlett
J. A. H. Robinson
A. W. Anderson