The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-17
NAVAL MILITIA
 OFF TO SEA FOR.
 ACTIVE SER VICE
Third Division E1nbarks on Battleship Kentucky at
 New Haven.

Because there was delay in em- barking the naval ni1itias of Maine and Rhode Island the battleship Ken lucky did not arrive at New Haven until afternoon to-day and in conse- quence the members of the Third di- vision, the Naval Reserves of this city did not get to sea until late this afternoon. The Reserves from Hart ford, New Haven and Norwa1k as well as those from Bridgeport were forced to remain on the dock, all day waiting to embark The Connecticut re- serves take with them their band this year for the first time the band having been enlisted as members of the Re- serves.
 The members gathered early this morning at the Armory and later marched to the railroad station, where the reserves entrained at 6:48. Ev- cry member had to hustle his own
 The Fifth division of Norwalk was met on the train. At the Elm City, the First Division of New Haven, the Second division of Hartford. and the Fourth Engineers division of Hart ford and New Haven.
 Sixteen officers and 282 men board ed the Kentucky. The men had marched from the train to Keeler,s fdock,s from which boats were dis patched to the battleship. The Ken lucky lay off Branford Beacon, five miles from shore.
 The members of the Third division and the commanding officers, most of whom went on the cruise follow;
 Lieutenant commanding, Albert J. Merritt; ensign. Alfred C.. Chippen- dale; master at arms, 1st class, Hen ry c. Risipg; boatswafn mate 1st class, Philip H. Mitchell; gunner's mate, 1st class, Patrick J. Doran; ma chinist, 1st class. Warren L.. Reynolds; watertehder, 1st class. William F. Me Cauley; yeoman, 1st class, Leslie R. I Barlow electrician, 1st class, Roland l F Axtell; wireless electrician, 1st class, Hur1burt Anderson; boatswain mate, End class, Thomas A. Synnott ; gunners mate 2nd class, Joseph w. lSigovitch; quartermaster, End class, znd class, Clarence s. Douglass; wa tertender, End class, Robert E. Mess ner5 coxswains, Frederick o. SchWenk and Henry T. Cleary; gunner's mate, 3rd class, James O'Neill; first class seamens Frank A. Arnbruster, EViIlia m Buckalew, William J. Jackson, Harold S. Kirk, Henry O'NeilI, Arthur B. Phillips, Fred J. schwenck, Clarence | c. Taylor, Joseph F.. Westman; sea- men, End class, Frederick w. Bucat Earle Greene, William H. Gormley; hospital apprentice, Andrew T. HoI- l tlngef, carl A. " Lindquist, Lloyd E. MacBrlde, Joseph F. Osborne, John E. Roberts, Stephen E.. Sherwood, and -l PauI A. Sinister; seaxnen 3rd class l Carl L. Bues. Julius L. Bues, Joseph N- CarrolIS Charles Cisero, Thomas e. Pagan, Robert J. Flynn, Marshall P
 danrahans Norman B. Hartwell, Lewis IE. Hogan. Joseph A. Mcclure, Victor B. Petersen, Frank R. Pistey, George w. Pistey, James w. Reilly, Clarence A. Rhodes, Niles G. Skog, John G. Verespy and John E.~WaIsh
 The Kentucky has a skeleton crew
 of regulars, but the volunteer jack1es
 will work the ship while at sea and will drill in every part of warship rou. tine. The Kentucky will sail iron Tangier Sound later for Portland tc drop the Maine detachment, thence to Newport to leave the Rhode Island CTS, and thence to this port, arriving i about August 2e.