The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-30
CONNECTICUT RECORD IS. VASTLY SUPERIOR
Memorial Sent to War Depart
 ment Recently Emphasized
 the Superiority of Local Or ganiZatiOn and demonstrated
 Against Disappointing It to Supply Deficiencies Elsewhere

Fort H. G. Wright. Fishers Island, N. r., June 3o-Much indignation was expressed here last night among the officers at the action of Chief Sur geon Edward S. Moulton in taking from the Medical Corps detailed with the Connecticut Coast Artillery Corps two surgeons and four privates for duty with other troops that lave been ordered to the border.
 As told in the Farmer yesterday, Capt. Richard M. English of Danbury and Privates Bartholomew Hurley and Charles E. McGinn of Bridgeport, are ordered to duty with the cavalry and First Lieutenant George M- Gar lick and Privates Alfred J. Faulkner and Frank. Herzog, all of Bridgeport, have been ordered f. duty with the field artillery The orders reached them on the camp. ground here We'd nesday afternoon and within an hour after receiving orders the officers and men named were on their way to re- port at the rendezvous camp at Man tic.
 In the assignments of hese officers and men to duty with other organ izations the officers of the corps see what they have feared most ever since the call came for state troops to tofn the colors for national defense, that the Coast Artillery Corps will pc disfnem bered to make up deficiencies in other organizations The corps was the first of all units in the Con- necticut National Guard to offer US services to the President
 As coast defense Organization at ranks second in the list of all similar organizations in the country The Second company of Bridgeport lea1E the whole country for target practice at the big guns. having made per. feet score, three hits in three snols, at more than 5000 yards on the lz inch s7,ns st Battery Butterfeld-
 The medical corps Of the Coast Ar tiIlerv corps also holds a unique rec ord. It is the only organ1zat1on m either the United States army or the militia that has received from the O- q inspecting officers a rating Of 1OV I1er cent. for efficiency three years in succession The corps was inspected Ia st "Wednesday by Major C. A. Usher, IT. & A.. and for the fourth time re- ceived this rating
 The pride that Major FTeder1c J. Adams, co1n1nandant of the corps, has taken in building up his organization is we'll known and most of the omcers of the corps resent the action of Major Mou1ton in detaching part or the suIe1ldid organization which Major Adams has built up At one tlnae the ~ majority of the members of the corps, non-conrn1ssioned officers and pIa- yates, were physicians Among those who served in the corps were capt Frank w. Stevens, Drs- H. g. Schulz. Edward F. McGovern- P J. Curran, c. J. Leverty, Philip Mclaughlin Ell B. Ives, D. B. Wason, George H. War ner w M VanNess, Henry B. Lam bert. R. B. Keane, and Charles H. Sprague. Licensed pharmacists who have served with the corps have been Joseph D. Hartigan, Raymond carlson
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 In the memorial which the officers of the corps recently sent the war de- partrneTrt through the Connecticut rep resentatives in Congress it was ex- p1ained that because of the present temper of the men and their desire to aaA service. it. was feared many of them would enlist in other organ1za- t1ons on being returned to their home stations In the memorial it was Dointe dout that the present corps in numb and efficiency represents pa tfent effort, hard work and much per sona1 sacrifice on the part of officers and men alike Since the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps has been called by the United States army inspecting officers one of the most efficient units in the service, the memorial pointed out hat it would be poor policy to break it up by taking numbers of is I officers and men to build up other or ganizations or by allowing them to | drift into other commands after this camp ends
 Nevertheless the arti11erynen will return to their home stations tomor- row. B Another officer has. left the corps to join troops for the border He is Corporal c. M. Judson of the Fourth 1 company, formerly a second Heuten- ant in the Second regiment, but who went on the reserve list when, he came to nve-fn Bridgeport Corporal ] Judson enlisted in the Fourth com pany as a private He was promoted corporal and took the examinations and is now on the eligible list for commission in the Coast Artillery corps Wednesday AdJutant- General George M. Cole ordered Corporal Jud- | son on the active list as second lieu- tenant of infantry and ordered him to rejofn the Second infantry for staff duty.
 To date this makes three officers and four priyates taken from the Coast Artillery corps for other organf- zations but it is feared many more
 will go when the corps moves to its home stations.