Show COL BURDETTE WAS A SPANISH WAR VETERAN HARTFORD Conn Feb 22 Col Charles Burdette who lost his life Inthe Inthe in inthe the Park Avenue hotel fire in New York this morning was one of the most prominent citizens of Hartford He was a civil engineer and a patent law law- yer He wa was prominently Identified for many years with the Connecticut bank and originated the corps of the military military mili mili- tary service Later he became c me COlonel of QZ tJ the e First f S I.- I. regiment and held that office at the outbreak of the Spanish-American Spanish war He enlisted with his regiment as a volunteer volunteer vol vol- and was for a time stationed at Fort Meade S |