The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-28

NEW ARRANGEMENT IN REGARD
 TO ENROLMENT IN TOWNS-A
 LITTLE JOKER THAT SEEMS, TO
 PERMIT SALE OF LIQUOR NEAR
 THE NIANTIC CAMP.
 Copies of the changes in the militia laws of the State made by the last General Assembly have been printed and sent out by order of the Adjutant- General. While the changes are nu
 meroJs. they are mostly unimportant, and were made simply for the purpose of making the militia laws of the State conform to the Federal statutes. In all cases the word Governor is sub stituted for the words "conmander-iTl- chief" and, as each change is made the subject of a separate section. the new act is somewhat bulky. The change of the most importance to the lay mind appears in Section B of the new act, which reads as follows:
 "Section 3039 of the General Sta- follows: The commanding officer of any encampment or parade may cause those under his commend to perform any field or camp duty he shall re- Quire, and may put under arrest dur ing such encampment or parade any member of his command who shadl disobey a superior officer. or be guilty of disorderly of unmilitary conduct, and any other person who shall tres- pass on the parade or encampment ground, or in any way. interrupt or molest the orderly discharge of duty by the members of his commando
 The amended section ends at this point, while the original section. 3039, went On with this important clause, which has been cut off: And he may prohibit the sale of all spirituous and malt liquors within one mile of said parade of encampment." It is said ,oL -I,s cised by the commanding officer in charge of the State encampments at Niantic. In any event, it has disap- peared now. The act of 1909 was probably not read in it's entirety by many members of the last General rate. it received but little attention. where Representative Rogers of Dan bury, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, said that the changes were simply in line of making the mili- tia laws of the State conform to the Federal acts.
 Other changes alter the old laws so that the President may call the Ma tional Guard into the service of the nation for a period in excess of nine months: one strikes out the provision that. in case of draft, the selectmen may give oral notice to persons sub ject to military duty and provides in lieu of it that notice shall be pub AAs'1ASSA SOAAAC 'A~foPe"pNt iiA county. One gives the enrolling off, cer of the towns. from Nov. to Feb. l7 in which to make up the list of those liable for the military tax, in- stead of limiting the time to one month. It provides further that copies of tho enrolment lists shall be sent to the tax commissioner. and gives him the power to apply to the courts for a new enrolment if he has req son to believe the one returned is de- fective. It provides a fine of $20 for any person who shall give false infor- l nation respecting any reason for ex- emption from the communication tax. Owing to salary increases, the al- lowance for clerical assistance for the adjutant and assistant quarter1naster- generals. office is increased from $4,500 annually to such sums as shall be biennally appropriated. The old law provided that no person shall be disbonorably discharged a except upon the sentence of court-martial. and the new one takes out the words "court n1artiaP' and substitutes "sum- l mary court or general court-martial.' '' The words "organized militia are substituted for the words 'tactive militiai' wherever the latter words oc- cur in the old law. There are many | minor changes, the most important | ones being those given above