New Britain herald., 1917-04-10


 siders that he was fortunate in re- covering his property, and gave his personal thanks to the men that as- sisted him in the chase
 Guard Holds First Drill.
 Sixty-four enthusiastic men an- swered the call of the Home Guard last night and appeared in the Town hall at 8 o'clock for their first drill. The men present with military ex- perience were called upon to step for ward, and after eight or ten had been selected the company was broken up into squads of six or eight men. The drill masters were appointed from the men that had military experience. and they took charge of the squads and put them through the various drills first given the raw recruits. Every man present went at the work with a dash and if the good work keeps up it will only be a short time before the locals will be a crack company. It was voted by the members to hold drill every night for the time' being. and it is expected that a goodly num- Der will attend.
 The recruiting station was open at v o'clock last night and long before the hour for the drill arrived there were fourteen new men added to the unit The men who joined last night are W. NJ. Fowler, T. r. Cashman, H. W. Nourse, H. F.. Taylor, H. E.. Gould R. c. Nourse. F. F. Nourse, w. C. Shephard, G. w. Miller. F. AH. Crane, H. c. Rartram, A. W. Hal11E. R. Carter and w c. Mansfield. The addition of these men brings the total number in the unit up to sixty-seven. and with the transfer of two men from the New Britain company there will be sixty-nine men in the local company. The recruiting office will be open again tonight at o'clock. pr. M H. Griswold was on hand last night and put about thirty of the men through the medical exami- nation, but whether there were any reiectibns is not known. Col. Charles M. Jarvis addressed the men and told them that the matter of officers would rest entirely with the men and that they would be appointed by the Hart ford headquarters on the local rec concentrations.
 Discuss Current Events. Members of the Berlin Literary so- ciety gathered at the home of Bryan H. Atwater last evening where a dis . , up. MT. Atwater had charge of the program and was assisted by Mrs. E. w Mildrum, who read 8 paper on the Red Cross. Miss Caroline Savage also read an interesting paper on ! general topics of the day, as did MT. 1 Atwater. J. T. Hart gave an interest ing account of the submarine and this was followed by a paper by George Dodd on the Home Guard In order 1 to illustrate his paper. MT. Dodd had 1 the Home Guard go through short l ing demonstration.
 Berlin Briefs. The selectmen met yesterday and drew up bills.
 The teachers held their monthly meeting in the Worthington Gram 1 mar school this afternoon. 1 Miss Mary Nelson left this after ] noon for a visit in Philadelphia 1 Miss Helen Jones has returned to { Wellesley college after spending the Easter vacation with her parents. Geolee l.. Nasi has enlisted in the 1 United States navy as an electrician l Miss Adele Murray has returned 1 from ten days trip to Savannah, Ga.
 The monthly meeting of the school
 board will be held tonight. Miss Loretta filling has returned to Wellesley college after spending a few days- with her. parents.