The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-21
[ OCAl TROOPS AWAI ] ORDERS
 ID MOBIL. HE Mantle May Be Rendezvous for State Troops
 to Camp COMPANIES RECRUIT TO WAR STRENGTH Believed It Would Be Easy Matter to Enlist Neces-
 sary Men

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 Instructions concerning mobilization of the troops which were recently is- sued by Inspector-Gene Schultze of the Connecticut National Guard will be found on another page of this 1s- sue, today. There is possibility that the state camp ground at Niantic will be made a rendezvous for the troops of Connecticut and Rhode Island. while the troops Of Massachusetts, Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. may be assembled at the Massachu- setts state camp at South Framing ham.
 The Third division, which is dIvid- ed into two sections, one stationed here and the other at NorWalk, is com manded by Lieut.. A. J. Merritt, well known attorney of Bridgepo1f Lieut. Arthur C. IIoyt of Norwalk commands the section stationed there. Other of icers are Ensign Alfred c. Ghippen- dale oe 5fidgeport and Ensign Harry S. Benton of sFprHaIk
 he szts va tisss pf 1oE1neef f1ss.fs aa-' in the United States Officers from the Connecticut commands have taken charge of United States cruisers on their annual cruises and taken the vessels wi thout mishap to ports In the West Indies and other distant
  Besides the officers named above there are S1 enlisted men in the Third Di- vision Naval reserve | Besides the three companies of Coast Artillery that have been named Lieut. B. P OsNeil is organizing another icompany in Bridgeport. On peace footing the Coast Artillery companies fare allowed to have 75 men, on war footing. however. they would be re- cruited Up to 1o9 mem Including the three commissioned orders. The or ders to recruit to war footing are ex- pected every day.
 The Fourth company commanded by Capt Arthur c. Bennett, has 53 men.
 His Heutenants are First Albert w. Barrows; Second, Clarence A. Wood
 manded by Capt. Dana R. August, has 55 men. His lieutenant is Elias Hall. I Jr The Fourteenth company com rnanded by Capt. L. J. Prague, has 48 men. His lieutenant is Arthur L. 1LaRocque Lieut. William B. Potter is the post adjutant here.
 In event Of the order to recruit to 1 war footing to take the field the com
 panies would be made up as fol- .i lows:
 Il I captain.
 f first lieutenant.
 I second lieutenant. a 1 first sergeant.
 sA 1 quartermasterz sergeant
 T 6 5sergeants
 10 corporais.
 Il 2 cooks.
 ? musicians.
 2 mechanics. j
 8A privates.
 In addition there are these ratings: Two gunners, gun commanders, gun pointers, first and second class ob- server and plotter
 i It is believed from the war feeling
 that prevails on the streets that ii
 will be an easy matter to recruit the i. local companies to war strength. The organizatiens Of the state troops are now as follo1Ns: , Two regiments of infantry one field hospital one ambulance company, one
 company signal corps, two troops o1 .7 cavalry, one company of field artillery thirteen companies of coast artillery : fantry, and four divisions of maya : If the Connecticut militia is ordered : to the field thes First regiment would : probably mobilize at Hartford ana the Second at New Haven. The Coas t Artillery companies who would prob 3 ably be ordered to duty in the fort ,, off New London would probably b 2 lsent to the Whaling town at once. 3 Regular army pay and allowance s will date from the company H1obiliza , ton at the home towns. This mean
 that while the officers will receive
 substantial increase in their pay, tlla of the menswin be cut to the amour
 now allowed by the government.
 Recruiting offices will then be estab . lfshed in the towns, and the new re cruits sent to the contamination canr and assigned to companies until tn
 war strength of 109 men and fthre
 officers is realized. The recent disbandment of Compan, ], M of Winsted leaves the First regi ii neved that a. company would be quick Iy recruited by the citizens there the regiment is called into the ser
 vice..
 Tactfcians here do not think ther would be any attempt to disrupt tn
 Coast Artillery corps in this city a
 was done with the Fourth Regimen Of Infantry during the Spanish Amer , ican war It will be remembered tha s 6Contlna1ed on Page 2l