The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-29
SIX BRIDGEPORT
 MEN IN MEDICAL
 CORPS AT CAMP
Dr. Garlick and Five Pri- yates Join Those Who'll
 Go To Border.
TROOPS IN FURORE
 WHEN ORDERS COME
Militiamen Devise Unique Songs Bearing on Mexi-
 can Situation.

Fort H. G. Wright, Fishers Island. IN. Y, June 29.-(By The Farmers spe- cial )-Ffrst Lieutenant George B. Garlick and five members of the medical corps from Bridgeport serving with the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps are the first Bridge port men to join the troops who are to go to the Mexican border
 Besides Lieut.. Garlick the Bridge port men ordered for duty with the medical corps are Privates Fred Faulkner and Frank Herzog. PriVates Bartholomew Hurley and Charles B.
 McGinn, also of Bridgeport, are or dered to accompany Capt. Richard M. English of Danbury.
 1 Lieut.. Garlick and his men will join 1 Battery = of Stamford, the field artil- 1ery. This battery has, been ordered
 to join the Yale batteries in camp at
 West Haven. They will remain there
 for a month in training before going
 to the border.
 | Capt. English and his men go at
 once with Troop A which has been or
 dered to be ready to move on short notice. Where the troop is to be sent
 has not yet been decided. Capt. Eng fish was commissioned first lieutenant in the medical corps January 8, 1914.
 During the Spanish war and later in the Filipino insurrecti~1 he saw ser
 vice with the 17th U. s. infantry and later with the 18th (colored) infantry
 The news that some m ern bers of the
 Connecticut Coast Artillery corps had
 been ordered to join troops going to
 the border spread like wild fire through the camp and immediately all sorts ot
 rumors were afoat. There was rush
 of those not at drill to the hospita
 tent to congratu1ate the men who had lreceived marching orders.''
 The orders came to camp yesterday afternoon while Major Frederic J Adams, commandant of the medica corps, and his officers were entertain
 ing Mayor Clifford B. Wilson. the mayors brother law, Joseph Dor. sey of Laurel Beach. City Clerk Ale1 J. H. Robinson, Examiner of Liens AT. thur F. Connor and State Policeman Rowe Wheeler of Stratford.
 They were instructed to report a the state camp at Niantic as soon a. 7 possible. Orderlies hurried1y began to pack the equipment of the officer while the men as hurriedly gathered
 their own belongings. In the mean time the "choir'' of the medical corp assembled and for quarter of al hour the songs and parodies whicl the corps has often sung were re
 peated. The hospital corps band was then called out to play a fna
 Serenade.
 ) Because of the movement of tn, Second company, U. S. c. A. C., iron , Fort Terry, and the 125th compan! , from Fort Wright to Honolulu anC the extra amount of baggage anC war munitions being transferred iron New London to the island forts tn, government boats are not running ol regular schedule. In consequence :. the officers and men decided to talk the civilian boat Restless with thei , details. Every automobile in caml was communicated to carry the part.
 to the dock.
 There were more handshakes, nor songs and more good-byes. The mem \ bers of the command made no at tempt to conceal that they were af . fected at the parting but as the boa 2 left the dock thost on shore sent III
 cheer after cheer and waved thei hats while the women waved handler 3 chiefs. The quartet on the boa struck up this song to the tune of 'It'
 a Long Way to Tipperary":
 "It's long way to get Carranza,
 It's a long way to go.
 f It's long way to get CarranzaY & Where the dirty greasers grow.
 Then, farewell, good old Bridgeport,
 Goodbye, Old Fort Wright. s It's a long, long way to get Carranzs n But we'll get him right 7, The Bridgeport men after reportin It were allowed to come home today i It order to settle their affairs before go - ing into the service
 n Lieutenant Garlick is the son C tt Medical Examiner and Mrs. $. M = Garlick of State street. He was com It n1issioned this year, having serve e previously as a private with the corps U He is city physician for outside pool $ receiving $1,2OO per year salary. H y will resign so a successor can be elect # ed to him should his term of servic
 prove long.
 n Bartholomew Hurley lives at 52 e Stillman street and is employed at tn if Singer Mfg. Go. factory.
 -s1 Alfred J. Faulkner, is a paintin y contractor and lives at 148 Newfiel l. avenue.
 $ Frank Herzog is a clerk and live l. at 238 Barnum avenue.
 n Charles McCinn is also 2. clerk an