The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-17
LOCAL MILITIA
READY FOR CAMP
Several of the Local Com
panies to Go With a
Full Quota.
TO LEAVE ON MONDAY
Quartermaster Has Made All
Arrangements For
Next Week.

If stranger had dropped in at the
Second regiment armory on Meadow
street last evening he would have
thought the armory was pretty well lit
tered up, and that everything pointed
to hasty evacuation And an evacua-
ton it Will be, although not a hasty
one. The regiment leaves for the old
camp ground on the bluffs overlooking
the sound at Mantle on Monday morn
ing and the special will leave at 5
o'clock regardless. Most of the COM
|panies will put their camp outfits on
beard Sunday afternoon, thus getting
one very important thing out of the
way
The Grays are going to camp with a
full roster and in charge of the regular
officers. Owing to the large waiting
list new enlistment law did not affect
the company at all
The Blues will board the train in the
"wee sma' hours" Monday with sixty
six men, sixty-three privates and three
commissioned officers. They are only
minus two men, and if it had not been
for the new law, their quota would also
have been complete.
The machine gun company, it Is ex-
,pected, will have a full roster. This Is
the only machine company in the state
and is made up of four divisions, one Of
which is in New Haven, where head
quarters are. Twenty-three New Hav-
eners will go with the local division,
and the Bridgeport and New London
sections will have about twenty-men
each. The gatling gun has been dis
sembled and the caissons inspected and
are all ready to go into the field. The
men do not know whether they will
have an opportunity Of operating the
gun while at camp or not.
The City Guards have practically
completed all their preparations for
next week. Monday night an election
was held to fill the vacancies caused
By the designations of First Lieutenant
Alfred M. Greenbaum and Scond Lieu
tenant August Faeser. Private Charles
+. Doebele was elected to the former
and Sergeant Jacob Eisenberg to the
latter office. So the company viii go
down with full quota of commission
ed officers. There are also a couple Of
non -comn1issoned offices to be filed.
An election for this purpose win be held
Thursday night. The new enlistment
law has reduced the number Of men
in the company slightly, and they will
g I, to camp with q not quite full roster
The Sarsfield Guard will make the
Mantle girls turn green with envy,
There viii be sixty soldier boys in that
company when they pitch their tents
on the shores Of the sound. The new
law is accountable for their not having
full quota. But Mantle is not the
only subject Of conversation with them.
They are going to give a hop at the
Shoreham (the PequoD on August 10,
and the Journal and Courier represen-
tative was invited to grace the assem-
blage with the presence of self and best
girl, and dance the light fantastic
To 60 to Mantle with q full quota of
officers examinations were held last
evening to fill vacant sergeancy and
the office Of first corporal. The results
will be announced before the company
does to camp.
The First Separate company win 60
with full roster of sixty-eight enlist
ed men, and officers At the last meet
ing some non-commissioned offices were
filed. Musician Norcom becomes q COR
poral, Private Biggs becomes a corporal
and Private Warren was elected mu-
stefan. First Sergent Bosworth of the
company will go to Wakefield as a
member of the Connecticut team in the
interstate shoot.