Milford chronicle., 1916-06-23
DELAWARE'S SOLDIERS
CALLED To The COLORS

Following the call for State Militia
by President Wilson Sunday after
noon, Governor Charles r. Miller OF
Delaware Immediately ordered the
two batalliOns of Delaware to mobil-
ize. Orders were issued immediate
ly for the gathering of the troops in
the various armOries, and by Mon
+ I day night all of them were practically
under arms. The four WiImingtOn
Companies mobilized at the armory
in that city. while Company E OF
Newark; Company H. of New Castle;
Company G, of Dover. and Company
B of Milford. mobilized at the home
stations.
Owing to the fact that the call for
/ Delaware troops is only for two bat
allions, the regimental officers will
not be called into federal service.
They are Col. Theo. Townsend, OF
Milford, commander of the First Reg
| iment; Captain c. NJ. Dillon. Regi-
mental Adjutant, and Captain Joseph
Lawton, both of Wilmington Major
Lank of Milford, will be in command
of the Second Battalion, which is
composed of down state companies,
and Major Warner Reed of Whining
ton, will command the troops.
On Tuesday the troops were given
their medical inspections, and a num-
Der of men we're rejected because OF
physical defects. Company B, of Mil
ford, lost 40 per cent. of 63 men, be-
cause of the examinations, and they
were discharged on Wednesday. A
call for volunteers was issued by
Captain Cannon. commander of Co.
B, and automobiles filled with troops
were sent throughout Sussex County
on recruiting campaign. The COM
panies will be taken to the Rife
Range near New Castle as soon as
the minimum number, 65 enlisted men
and their officers, is reached. They
will be there prepared for service and
the companies be recruited up to, or
near the war strength of $50 men for
each of the eight companies. The
will be taken to the Range
next week.
Hospital Offers Aid to Members
Families.
The managers of the Milford Emer-
sency Hospital have made the an
announcement that that institution
will give free aid to the members OF
he family of any man who is called
o the colors because of the order
nobilizing troops at the State Range.
rhe physicians have offered their SER
ices free. and the medicine will be
,iven by them free. The board Of
my of the patients dependent on the
oldiers will be paid by the charity
und. This will be a great aid to
ONE Of the members of the families
t the soldiers
CauIk's 0ffer Pay.
The L. d. Caulk Company, having
lrge dental laboratories In Milford,
nnounced on Monday following the
rder to mobilize the troops, that
lose Of their employees who are
Iembers Of the militia, would be Civ
q leave of absence. and that their
ay would go to their families dur
g their absence.
Notwithstanding the fact that twen-
mine of the men of Company B
ere turned down following the med
al examination. the muster roll OF
e company showed fifty-four able
,died men at noon on Thursday as
e Chronicle forms were closed. At
at time at least a dozen new re-
uits were expected before evening.
hose now on the roll are:
Roll of Honor.
Captain-James W. Cannon.
First George F. Pierce.
Sergeant Ollie
tomas
Russell Evans. John
srn, Page P. A. Chesser.
Wilbur Goslin, ]. Harry
it's, Herman Belts, James d. Alb
IT,
Artifcer-Andrew Wilson
Cook-Andrew Wiley.
Privates-Leonard Armstrong, Ro-
Il Card. Homer Belts, Charles T.
nOway, II Mahoney Denning, V.
Ellingsworth, VIM Emory. r. T.
eming. Sherley Goslin, Joseph H.
cen. Norman T. Hammond. James
Hart Norman c. Jones, Legates
rry L. l.. Layton Jr.. Holsted P.
yton. Frank Nelte Addison MUIR 3,
y Millard Passwaters, William T.
lmer Carroll Parsons. Oscar T.
.vens. Harry B. Thaw. James A.
npler. S. II Truitt. Harry c. Wap-
Jos. V wilkins. George r. Wap-
Jas. A. Wilgus. John Plummer,
hur Still, Clyde J Hinson. VIM.
Pierce, JAS. H. Deputy, Walter
Lloyd, John l.. Layton, Clark S.
Iders. John r. Brittingham. Roland
chens, John F. Adams, Rodney S.
es, Melvin b. Smith.