The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-21
COLE PROMOTES LOCAL
 GAG. MEMBERS
LaRocque and Mazean Made First Lieutenants; Ling
 ham and Beers Advanced

Promotions among the members of the local battalion of the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps are the follow ing:
 Second-Iieutenant Arthur L. LaA RocQue of the Second company, to be frst-1ieutenant; Second-Lieutenant Ga rniI1o Mazeau, Fourth company, to be first lieutenant. Corporal Prentiss Lingham, Fourth company, to be sec ond lieutenant; Corporal Ralph T. Beers, Eleventh company, to be sec ond lieutenant
 Lieutenant LaRocque will go. to camp with the Second company in place of First Lieutenant Philip B. Bronson, who is unable to get leave of absence for camp. After camp, Lieu tenant LaRocque will go the unas- G. Thompson has also been assigned with this company.
 Lieutenant Mazeau takes the place of Lieutenant Arthur Barrows, who recently went to the Reserves, c. N. G. Lieutenant Lingham takes the place of Lieutenant Horace H. Gris- Wo1d, who is working. out of the city. Lieutenant Ralph T. Beers has been assigned to the Eleventh company. General Orders No. 7s issued yes- | terday by Adjutant-General George M. 1 Cole announces a number of appoint ments and promotions in the Connec- ticut Coast Artillery corps which will l be of interest to the local military | men.
 Captain Stephen T. Smith, Jr., of 1 New Haven, quartermaster of the corps. is named major to succeed Ma l jor Louis J. Hermann of Stratford, who recently went into the Reserves, c. N. G.
 First Lieutenant William M. F'oord 1 of Stamford is named captain and as- signed to the Seventh company to succeed Capt. Ralph [. Taylor, who is now in the United States aviation | corps.
 First Lieutenant Hugh M. Bell of | New London is named captain to suc- ceed Major Smith as quarternaste 1 Adjutant General Cole in General Orders No. 19 issued yesterday after moon prescribes schedule drills for en- listed. men. The orders state that the problem which has presented itself Iconcernfng the drilling of recruits ] without impeding the progress of the better trained portion of the organfza- tions'' will be solved by uniform and systematic instruction.
 The schedule for drills for the in- fantry includes ca1esthenics fora half hour twice a day beginning the second day after the troops are mobilized, 1ec- lures lasting 15 minutes each, com pany drilling, pointing and aiming drills, making packs, bayonet exercise, school of company, packing property, general police, guard duty, the use o1 lcover marching, kneeling and lying down, first a1e1 and hygiene. N l While at the mobilization camp the band will be turned over to the sur geon for instruction in caring for the wounded for not less than two hours per week. In addition it will be in- structed in marching, individual cook ing, tent pitching and hygiene and required to have regular band prac- tice.
 For the mounted orderly section the training will follow the lines laid dowr
 for the company is School of the Sol dier, Squad and Company" While al
 the mobilization orderlies for duty is prohibited.
 The instruction of the machine gur
 company as to field service, care o1 them selves, ca1isthenics, tent pitching g
 must pay particular attention to tao. tics. Time must be afforded for the
 care and training of the animals.
 During the hour devoted by the
 troops to marching the following vii
 be, excused from that duty and will be
 formed into a class to learn their par
 ticular administrative duties: Gap.
 tains, first sergeants, company quar- Ltermaster sergeants, mess sergeants