The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-05
] ORDER RECRUITING EIN NATIONAL GUARD
 DE STATE STOPPED
? Maximum Has Been Reached and Law Requires That
 EnIistments Cease.

Company commanders of the Con- NEaHonaI Guard are prohibit- eda.haT nezE4 eaaa1ss nseently issued, tossr ecr l17t any more soldiers if the stTeng gth Of their company is in excess { of the u11niTnum strength authorized. which is 65 enlisted men. and three { off1cers When the strength of their conapanies is reduced by discharge, to , this naini1z1 u1n, all applicants in excess ssQf that number are toSbe carried on YEa1ting list Companies below the strength. however, are in
 r. Fsft 57zs q a hat number facEed for some time The renewed in military affairs, the forma- lion of five new batteries of field ar 4iI1e4y as well as many extra organi- Azatlonz attached to the two infantry TAei1nents has brought the strength Of the guard up to tho rnaxiInum of
 Hap of the NaYaI Militia, ;a74Eszgd By the state laws In antici- patton of the order many of the com pazlies have recruited well into the seventies in the hope that, when rez cru1ting was halted, they might be strength. replacing each discharge by an enlistment The order from the ad5utant generaTs office. however, will prey ent >t11is and give the weaker coznpanies an opportunity to recruit peo peace strength while holding the stsah ger orEazaiza lions down to that
 The rest Of the order instructs in a very plain manner that company com znanders must cut out the dead vvoods' from their companies before the Federal inspections, which will begin in a fesy weeks The order is as Z Jews
 The attention of company conn 4laand eds is invited to the large mum bers of men who have been marked etabsenfF at previous Federal inspec-S tions and, in order to make a better ! sEoNfng at the next Federal inspec-. ton, which commences in about two weeks. couapany commanders will carefully scrut1nize the rosters of their organizations, and will forward to this office at once. applications for the dis charge for non-residence of all men entitled thereto. also for the dis charge of all others for the benefit Of the service, who, for business or other satisfactory reasons, find them selves unable to attend to their duties as soldiers. and who will be unable to- be present at inspection, thereby re- dllc1ne the efficiency and standing of their companies. The eff1cieney of a, company, to a large degree, is deter mined by the number of men present for duty Dead wood cannot be car Fied and the organization marked efIaeients
 gonpary coIn1nanders whose or gan5zations are now. above the mini mum strength authorized and re- nuirad by law will make no further enlistxnentss and when the strength of their companies is reduced, by dis, charge to the minimum, all men in excess of that number will be carried ona waiting list. This will not be construed as meaning that companies noH below the ninirnum will not be recruited up to that strength
 Commanding officers will imne- diafe1y after the Federal inspection, forward to this office list of all ab- sen4ees, together with the reasons therefor and all such absentees who cannot furnish an excuse satisfactory te this office, will be fined by their commanding officers as required by law. and will be discharged for the benefit of the service.
 This action by the adjHtant general Is fhe most drastic that has been talk en for years. Not since the days of inc Spanish AReFieans war has the HatienaI guard of the state been so large and it never before has reached the statutory limit. The above order. EoFdinE to their wording, means that fEle state troops will hsyve 100 per cent attendance at Ktf1a federal Inspections Co take place during the coming g weeks. 1 Men who are not present are to be fined and dropped from the rolls, un- less 9. satisfactory excuse is approved, i not by the captains, but by the adju- ,tant general. The only. excuse that probably will be acc oted will be a | certificate of illness from reputable | Rhysician.
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