The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-21
LOCAL OFFICERS
 OF C. A. C. ARE
 CALLED TO DUTY
Will Be Given At Least Three Months in Re-
 cruiting Service.
LEAVE CITY TODAY L
 FOR NIANTIC CAMP
Will Return Tonight to Set. tie Affairs Before Tax
 ing Up Regular Work.

The first officers and men of the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps from Bridgeport to be called in the mobilization of the state troops left Bridgeport today for the rendezvous camp at Mantle on the 1O:3O train. On hurry call received late yester- day from Adjutant-General George M. Cole, at Hartford, Capt. Arthur c. Bennett, commanding the Fourth company, c. A. C., and First-Lieuten- ant Arthur l.. LaRocque. formerly Of the Second company, but now on the unassigned list, Coast Artillery corps, left here to report to Major Shuttle worth for assignment for recruiting duty. With them went Sergt. La- than, Corp. Mcleod and Private Will liam T. Williams of the Second con- pany and Sergt. Dart, Corp. Pelletier and Private Oppele of the Fourth company.
 They will report at Mantle for in- structions and orders today, will re- turn here tonight to place their pri- vate affairs in order and tomorrow will start for the stations assigned them to begin recruiting work. AZ though the officers would not make known the nature of their orders. it is said that the officers and men were ordered to report prepared for a tour of probably three months of recruit ing duty in the interest of the Con- necticut commands now in service at Tobyhanna, Pa., and at the Mexican border"
 fhof 64ko 1f x1 men of the Coast Artillery here had been ordered to duty quickly spread and brought many members of the To- cal companies to the armory to dis cuss the matter. There was much speculation as tp destination and du- ties of those called out but the off, flcers would or could not give any formation beyond the fact that they had orders to report at Mantle to- day. i
 Lieut-Col. Vincent M. King, rank ing officer of the Coast Artilleryihere could give little information on the subject. Officers of the corps have been given to understand, however. that in the event the Artillery Corps is called into service that officers of the corps on detached duty in Connec- ticut will be ordered back to duty with their respective commands. Of ficers from the reserve list will be called to perform the duties which the officers now detached from the Coast Artillery are performing.
 Besides the officers who left here today other Connecticut Coast Arti1- lery officers now on detached duty are:
 Capt. Ralph L. Taylor, SeveAth
 company, Stamford; First Lieut..
 Anthony Sunderland, Eighth
 company, Danbury, with the
 United States . army aviation
 corps. Lieutenant Sunderland is
 mayor of Danbury.
 Capt. Hugh M. Bell, New Lon-
 don, commissary of the corps, now commissary at the rendez-
 vous camp, Niantiq
 Capt. Richard M. English,
 Danbury, Medical corps, now
 with Tenth Militia Field Artil-
 1ery at Tobyhanna, Pa.
 First. Lieut.. George B. Garlick,
 Bridgeport, Medical corps, lately
 with Troop A, at Nogales, Ariz.,
 now medical officer at rendezvous
 camp, Mantle.
 The report that the recruiting de- tail from here goes for a long tour of duty has given rise to the belief that the government is planning to keep the militia along the border until, it is better trained and acclimated in preparation for an invasion of Mex |