New Britain herald., 1917-04-04
GWlLLIM WANTS EFFICIENCY

Recruiting Committee Member. Slated for Important Office, Sacrifices Per- sonal Ambitions in the Interests of the Company-Otller Matters.
 Sacrificing personal ambitions in the interests of harmony and efficien- cy, Stanley $. Gwillim has acceded to the demand for the appointment of Peter F.. Duffy as first lieutenant of the Plainville unit of the Home Guard. and the recruiting committee has recommended to the state board that the former national guardsman be placed next in authority to Captain J. H. Trumbull. 1t had been original ly planned to make MT. Gwillim first lieutenant, but the latter favored giv- ing the commission to MT. Duffy, whose experience in military affairs is bound to be of incalculable value in the development of the Plainville company. MT. Gwillim will take the second Heutenancy instead.
 His action will go a long way towards strengthening the local or ganization and will further increase his popularity with the members of the guard. Because of his tactical knowledge, there was strong senti- ment favorable to Dr. Duffy's selection as one of the lieutenants, and MT. Gwillim's willingness to endorse him as his superior is evidence of his sim cerity in working to make the Plain ville unit second to none in the state and to put nothing~in the way of de- veloping the company with a har- monious feeling existing among the members.
 With the presentation of lieuten- ancy commissions to MT. Duffy and MT. Gwillim, the ranks of the com- missioned officers are now complete and the work of selecting lesser of fcials will begin. The sergeants and corporals will be named by the com- missioned officers and their appoint ment will be made when the person. mel of the guard is complete and the members have had an opportunity to show their fitness for leadership. Additional enlistments made by the recruiting committee yesterday brings the number of men in the company up to 125, and the inquiries made by other prospective guardsmen indi- cates that Captain TrumbulPs hope to have the unit reach 8 strength of 150 will be realized before the end of the week. Enlistment blanks were called for by a number last evening and it is expected that the men who received them will report at the post office this evening to take the oath. The committee will be on hand from 7 to o'clock for this purpose. They will continue to meet until there are 15O men in the company, closing the enrolment when that number is reached.
 A second squad of twenty, ordered by Captain Trumbull to report for drill had their initial instruction last evening in the Town Hall, William Cassidy, a veteran of the Spanish American war. serving as drillmaster. They went through the paces in a ! manner which demoystrated their eagerness to learn and to become eff f1cient members of the unit, and sev- eral of the evolutions they had mas tered before they completed their task The third squad will report tonight, the others assembling in. divisions on other evenings during the week. Next week the equipment for the company is expected to arrive, although their Is a possibility that the uniforms and guns will be here
  hoped sufficient progress will have been made to warrant calling out the entire unit for company drill. Company exercises will have to be in the open. as the Town Hall is not large enough to permit of it's use for the entire unit. and Captain Trumbull plans to have the men meet on Sat- urday afternoons and Sundays to go through the ,manoeuvers and get In shape for duty should their services from an enemy.
 Plan for Lecture.
 The Choir Guild of the Church of Our Saviour is making arrangements for lecture on Yellowstone park to be given in the Town hall on April 27 by Rev. R. R. Parker of Hart ford.
 The committee in charge plans to have q sort musical entertainment and dance in connection with the lecture.
 Want Streets Clean.
 Selectman Johnson has a force of men at work on the annual spring cleaning of the towns highways, and the rubbish accumulation of the win- ter is being carted away to the dump ing grounds.
 In connection with the early clean up campaign, the Business and Im- provement association has sent out letters to the merchants urging them to do their share towards keeping the streets in order Owners of stores have been requested to refrain from sweeping rubbish into the gutters and