The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-17
MILITIA MUST
 ENLIST FOR SIX YEARS, NEW RULE
Under Federal Control, No Strike Duty For U. S. Nat
 iOnal Guard.

Officers of the local companies of the Connecticut Coast Artillery corps expect to have the new enltstm ent pa pers within few days. Under the new bill. which brings the militia under federal control, recruits must enlist for six years, three to be spent in active service and three years in the reserve. It is not contemplated that the men in the reserve will be called on for service except in case of war. The National Guard of the Uni ted States will not be called on for strike duty for any other duty but may be called for service in times of great confagrations, floods, or other similar great disasters where they are needed to protect lives and property.
 The new oath in connection with the enlistment reads as follows:
 l, .........- desiring to enlist in the National Guard of the United States and of the state of Connecti- cut for the term of three years in ser vice and three years Tn the reserve, do declare that I have neither wife nor enlist, and believe myself to be phy- sically qualified to perform the duties of an able soldier; and I do further declare that I am of good habits and character in all respects, and have never been discharged from the United States or state service (arnhy or navy) or any other service on account of disability, or through sentence of either civil or military court, nor discharged from any ser vice, civil or military, except with good character, and for the reasons given by me to the recruiting officer prior to this enlistment, and am Cor have made legal declaration of my intention to become) a citizen of the United States.
 On the first sheet of the enlistment papers are spaces for the name and date of enlistment and a record of former service in the regular army, be signed by the parent if the app1i- navy or national guard.
 On the second sheet is a form to cant should be a minor, while below this is the declaration of the applicant
 The next page is taken up with the oath, which reads as foflows:-
 The United States of America State of Connecticut,
 City, Town or ss: Military Post. ......
 T., .....: born in in the state Of. aged - years and ......- months, and by oc- cupation a do hereby ac- knowledge to have voluntarily. enlisted this day of 191.. as a soldier in the National Guard of the United States and the state Of Connecticut TOT the DeflOd or three years in service and three years in the reserve, under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner dis charged by proper authority. And I do so1enlnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the state of Connecticut, and that will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the governor of the state of Connecti- cut, and of the officers appointed over me according to the law and the rules and articles of war.
 The last page contains a certificate that must be signed by the recruiting officer saying that the applicant was "nlinutely inspected by me previous to his enlistment; that he was entirely sober when enlisted; that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, he full filled all legal requirements; that l have enlisted him into the service of the United States and of the state of Connecticut under this enlistment con tract, and, in doing so, have strictly observed the regulations which govern the recruiting service.