Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-29

After a lingering illness, borne with noble fortitude, the death of Major Leonard B. Amy ID. D.. occurred Sat urday evening at about 8.30 o'clock at his home, No. 173 Washington street. He was native of this city, the son of Albert Henry Amy, and his home had always been here, where he held an eminent place in the medical profes- sion and was one of the best esteemed citizens of the community.
 (Contributed)
 The death of Dr. Leonard E. Amy at his beautiful home on Washington street, Norwich, Conn., early in the evening of Saturday, September ?, 1913, has brought great sorrow not only to his immediate family and relations, but to a wider circle that extends for has been his place of residence since his birth. July IT, 1851.
 Dr. Amy was justly proud of his descent from a long line of colonial and Revolutionary anceStOrS-the Al my Rallou families having been among the first colonial settlers of Rhode Is land and Maturin BallOu. the founder of the latter family, a cOproprietOr with Roger Williams in the Providence plantations. His grandfathers, Hum phrey Amy and Leonard Ballou were for many years identified with import
 
 Connecticut, especially in the Norwich Water Power company and the man. ufacture of cotton goods
 Leonard B. Amy prepared for co., lege at the Edwards Place school at StOckbridge, Mass, under F. Hoffman, whom he always regarded as an ex- ceuent instructor, and quite possibly his lifelong interest ip military affairs began at an earlier date when he was a pupil for year at the Highland Mil itaFy school at Worcester Mass. After gra dlating with honors from Yale col lege in 1873 he began the study Of medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical college in New York was ambulance surgeon at Bellevue hospital, and, on his graduation in medicine, went to Europe and studied in the hospitals of Paris, London and Dublin.
 Returning to Norwich in 1871 he was soon established in large general medical practice, giving special at tentien to surgery, in which he became eminent. His services were recognized by his professional brethren in his election to the presidency of the City, County and State Medical societies. He was one of the visiting physicians of the Eliza Huntington Memorial home of Norwich and of the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford He took a leading part in the construction of the Wil~ liam w. Backus hospital ard F7--eesI 1OI time JlIne It's pr6SaQ6nL, ana was also the surgeon and gynecOlOgist. In 1888 he was appointed surgeon of the Third regiment, Connecticut National Guard, with the rank of major and in 1892 was promoted to brigade medical di rector with the rank of lieutenant col onel, having charge of all the medical work of the states military forces.
 Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish war he was offered by Gen era1 Sternberg, in May, 1898, the posi- tien of chief surgeon of United States volunteers, and was assigned to duty at Falls Church and after service at Camp A1ger was ordered with the regi- ment to march across Virginia to Thoroughfare Gap.
 On the signing of the protocol, Au- gust 12. 1898 he was ordered to Camp WyNof, Mentauk Point, Long Island, There he was made chief surgeon in charge of an annex to the United States general hospital which he built and equipped with seven hundred beds in ten days. As cold weather came on he moved his patients to the new wooden wards of the main hospital. Here he remained until he was strick- en by Illness and was taken home, September 26 In a Red Cross yacht. In October, on the disbandment of the Fifth corps he was honorably dis charged from the service of the United tatSes with a special endorsement on his papers from the chief surgeon of troops in the field commenting his faithful, energetic and efficient per fOrmance of arduous service by which