The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-27
LOCAL 6. A. 6. LEAVE NIANTIC FOR RECRUITS Bridgeport Officers and Men Receive Details for
 Active Duty. 1,25O MORE MEN
 NEEDED FOR C. N. G. Connecticut Militia to B e Brought Up to. Full War
 Strength.

Sd1Ifp f1OlcOIQD, Nldntlc, July H''- (By the Farmers Special Correspond ent.)-After ten days instruction here the Bridgeport officers and men of the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps joy fully received the orders this morning which assign them to active recruit ing duty. Capt. Arthur c. Bennett of the Fourth company is assigned to Torrington. With him will go Sergt. Pelletier, Corporal Knox and Private Tkach of his company. First Lieut.. Arthur L. LaRoque, who is on the un- assigned list, will have charge of the recruiting in Bridgeport. He will be assisted by Sergt. Latham, Corporal Mcleod and Private Wilson.
 The seven Coast Artillery officers and 21 enlisted men who were recently chosen to conduct a big recruiting campaign in this state, in which an effort will be made to obtain approx imately 1.25o additional members for the Connecticut National Guard troops now at Nogales, Ariz., and Toby hanna, Pa. left for their headquarters throughout the state today. Orders were received by Lieutenant Colonel Edward A. Shuttleworth at Mantle yesterday afternoon from General Leonard Wood, commander of the De- partment of the East at Governors Island, asking that the campaign be started at once and assigning the off, cers to different cities.
 The assignment schedule as ap- proved by the war department and as drawn by by General Cole follows: Hartford, Captain Davil Connor of Tenth Company; New Haven, Captain Ernest R. Barrows of New London, assigned to duty on the staff; Bridge port, Lieutenant Arthur L. Laroque sof the Fourteenth Company of Bridge port: New London, Norwich and Dan ielson, Major Morris. B. Payne of the corps Waterbury and M5ddletown, Captain Charles H. Metcalf of the Ninth Company of Stamford; Nor walk. Stamford and Greenwich, Lieu tenant E. A. Bradford, and Torrfng- ton. Captain Arthur c, Bennett of the Fourth Company of Bridgeport.
 Colonel Edward Sehulze, assistant adjutant general, said yesterday that recruiting campaigns are being car ried on in every state in the country in order to bring the various national guard units up to full war strength, which is 150 men and officers for each infantry company and I'll men and officers for each arti1lefy company. Ii will be necessary to obtain about 40 men for each battery of field artil- lery now located at Tobyhanna and about 1000 men for the Connecticut troops at Nogales in order to attain full far strength, which is slightly less than 5000 men for the Connecticut National Guard.
 General Cole said yesterday the re- cruiting campaign will be carried on in the various cities, Independently ot the regular army recruiting stations and that the Coast Artillery officers will probably have headQuarters in state armories in most of the cities, He added that the regular army re- cruiting stations will stop enlisting men for the National Guard when the campaign has actively started and will accept men only for the United States army. For the past three weeks the army recruiting station here has been the only local enlistment station for National Guardsmen and but one man has been enlisted. Thomas L. Carey of No. GOT Broad street. Hartford, was the sole recruit, being accepted yester- udy. I10 WdS ScHl IO fOfL NTlSHI, IN. Y, to be trained and equipped today.
 It is not known yet what methods will be used by the Coast Artillery of ficers to bring the Connecticut Ma tiona1 Guard up to fun war strength, but it is probable that advertising of various kinds will be used exten- sively in connection with which a number of large attractive posters will be issued and placed in con- spicuous places. eff the officers want to get very many men, they'll have to get out and skirmish around" said Colonel Schulze in reply to a question as to how it would be possible to ob- tain large number Of men without the presence of the Connecticut troops here. "I shall be greatly interested to see what methods they will use." said General Cole.
 Each officer recruiting in charge will have a sergeant, a corporal and a private as assistants at his head quarters and the recruits will be sent to Fort Wright whence they will go to the border after being equipped and uniformed. The campaign has been made necessary because of the short time which the Connecticut troops remained at their home 'sta- tions and the fact that the majority of companies had less than 75 men, when mobilization orders were issued.