Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Connecticut troops may never see any fighting, but if any of the militia do it seems likely they will How they will behave on the field no man can say in advance, but Connecticut troops in the past have always be- haVed in a manner that is a credit to themselves and to the state, which is the best Of reasons for supposing that they will today. Certainly, they are as well prepared as any troops can be until they have their baptism of fire, for Connecticut long ago ceased to maintain it's National Guand as tin soldier, parade organization and has tried to make them real sol diers.-HartfOrd Post.
 It is more in sorrow than in anger that Americans hear the report that Costa RiCa favors active assistance of Mexico against the United States Costa Rica has too good @ record for stability and successful attention to it's own welfare to spoil it all in such a manner. The Carranza propaganda and the ties of race and language are credited with this policy in the gem Of Central American republics" but perhaps that is giving too little thought to the presence in the country of many German tradesmen who have found wives in and become socially a part of Costa Rica.-Providence Bull letin.
 The spirit of the swat-fly cam paign is right but the method of at tack is weak. Catching the individual fly Unawares and breaking his back is slow work. Getting him to walk into a fiytraD while one does the hOusewOrll is easier and more effective. While one is not busy thinking about the Mexican methods of anbushing Uncle Sam's boys, one can inspect ones own fly ambush and see that the bait is re- plenished, after dispposing of the days catch Now if some one will invent a trap will entice mosquitoes into it's interior with the aid of raw meat, life at the seashore will become one sweet song.-Bridgeport Standard.
 An astonishing as well as humiliat- ing exhibition was that made at Man tic by the bands of the First and Second Regiments. Both refused flat ly to take the Federal oath and go to the front along with the men. Dis honorable discharge is far too Ienient treatment for those fellows. They were asked for nothing more Lhan was required of the soldier boys who gave it freely. As a matter of fact the nlu- sicians have the easiest time in ser vice of any members of the National Guard, the easiest and the safest, - and yet in the face of real service, after having for years enjoyed the so- ciaI and monetary benefits of mem berShip in the state military Organiza- tions, they deliberately funk, playing the parts of towards, and confessing they were actuated solely by cOmmer- cial instincts. That brand of yellow ness was unlocked for in Connecticut. The boys at the front will know how to deal with it when they come home. But why let dislOyalty escape so cas- ily?-BristOl Press.
 It is important, very important, that the public should take note of one thing, and that is that the militia of Connecticut and Massachusetts and New Jersey are rated as about the best to be had in the country. They are being drawn upon today for ser vice at the border because they are the best trained men known to the regular army officers. They are gO- ing, willingly and courageOusly, and heir states need not fear that they will acQuit themselves otherwise than well, everything considered, but their failure to mobilize promptly and thor Oughly and the failure of their quar- termasters' and commissary depart ments to meet the present simple test capably is proof positive that their efficiency has been greatly over-rated, This is the lesson which the prepared ness movement leaders have sought to impress on the minds of the public and it is the hope of every true dis Ciple of preparedness that it is not to be lost or weakened by the attempts of some to represent the impartial newspaper accounts of the conditions which confronted the recruits as Oth- CT than correct-Waterbury Republi- can.