Company M of the 2nd Regiment C N G was organized in Torrington, Connecticut on November 21, 1903, under S O #172 A G O. Presented by Major William E. Besse CT SG, its charter members included 1st. Sgt. Hine, Daniel A.; QM Sgt. Claxton, John M.; Sgts. Graham, Frederick J., Hogan, John F., Thompson, Winfield A., and Wall, Thomas J.; Corporals Brimble, Charles M., Burgess, Frederick L., Franklin, Edgar C., and Ramsey, James A.; Cook Zeiner, Edward O.; Artificer Woodhead, Joseph H.; and Privates Allen, George H., Allen, James W., Babcock, Harry B., Baker, William H., Besse, William E., Bennett, Charles E., Bierce, William W., Bishop, Herbert M., Blakeslee, Joseph, Breton, Emile F., Brimble, Arthur E., Brown, Leroy E., Brown, William L., Canfield, Erwin S., Comstock, Lyman B., Conran, Charles E., Cooley, Fred A., Cook, Charles W., Decker, George E., Dunn, Michael J., Dunn, John P., Friend, Harry E., Fuessenich, L. Cleveland, Goodwin, Edward E., Green, James J., Hall, Arthur H., Hoerle, William F., Johnson, John W., Kilmartin, William A., Klein, Frank W., LaBounty, George, Lake, Arthur J., Lyman, Robert, McCarty, Jerry, McLeod, Henry, Mougenot, Emile, Morse, Arthur J., Noland, George, Oelschlegel, Burdet C., Peets, William F., Quigley, Arthur H., Quigley, Joseph V., Quinn, James F., Reynolds, Charles P., Ridpath, Wilbur A., Roberts, Robert T., Rosewell, Weston E., Sebas, George J. Jr., Sonnenberg, William F., Smith, Lawrence, Thrall, Myron M., Tompkins, James L., Wall, William J., Williams, Chauncey A., and Wootton, Thomas H.