New Britain herald., 1917-03-27
which has been followed to the let

First call. 6:55 a. m.
 Reveille, 2 a. m.
 Assembly, 7:O5 a. m.
 Sick call. 7:15 a. m.
 Mess, 1880 8. m.
 First drill. S:55 a. m.
 Assembly, a. m.
 Recall from drill. il a. m.
 Mess, 11:30 a. m.
 First drill. 1855 D. m. Assembly, 2 p. m.
 Recall, 4:30 p. m.
 Mess, 5 p. m.
 Retreat, 6 ?. m.
 From this schedule it is plain that the men are kept busy at all times during the day, their work being such as will fit them to be better soldiers.
 27 Men fin A Hours.
 During the past twenty-four hours. twenty-seven men have been recruited in both companies. Up to 10 o'clock this morning Company I had recruited fourteen. new soldiers and Company E had enrolled thirteen new men. In addition to the recruits whose names were published last evening are the following: Company I: W. F. Bart lett, Mele Dendi. John J. O'Brien, s.
 
 torski, V. Silewslxi, w. D. Nelson, O. seventy-five enlisted men and two commissioned officers; Company E: Henry R. Logan and Henry E. Gard ner. total, fifty seven ment and two commissioned officers.
 There is no trouble about securing necessary equipment for the new
 |V>r r . States inspection and disbursing off, cer, has arranged to dispatch motor trucks with supplies to both local companies as fast as. they are needed. One truck load was sent here at 9 o'clock last night. The men who en- listed previous to yesterday have been outf1tted and the new men will re- ceive uniforms and other equipmnt as soon as their measurement have been taken and the necessary time elapses to get the material to, the city.
 Leut. Hattings Wants Service.
 Lieutenant James Hattings of Com pany E., retired as first lieutenant several weeks ago, has made appMca- tion for re-assignment for active ser vice. Lieutenant Hattings is one of the oldest line officers in the local units He enlisted as 8 private in Com pany I in July, 1898. He was honor ably discharged in 1901 and re-en- listed on July "A, 1904, when. he was appointed corporal. In 1906 he was made a sergeant, then quartermaster and on June 23, 1909 he became sec ond lieutenant of Company I. On February II, 1911 he was made first lieutenant in Company I and trans- ferred to the reserves in March of that year. Lieutenant Hattings was recalled from the reserves and made first lieutenant of Company E on April 25, 1914. He accompanied the troops to the border last summer. He is a highly trained officer and is popular with his men.
 The non-commissioned officers of Company I were printed yesterday and herewith are printed those of Company F: first sergeant James Kelley; first duty sergeant, w. H. Smith, second duty sergeant, Veley; supply sergeant, Bober: mess ser geant Brown; corporals, Scheutz. Si- mons, Queenin, Bloom, Becker and LaCelle. The cooks are Anderson and Ventres and the buglars are Duplin and Gregory.
 Only Few Men Missing. In either company there are but a few men who have not yet been lo- cated and ordered to report for duty. Company F has two men who are out of the state. Company I has seven men out of the city and one man, Corporal Ensminger, who has enlist 1 ted in the navy. The general health l of the men is excellent and there is not single case of any serious dis l ability. Company D has no men on thel sick list, although Captain Low l is suffering from a severe cold. In f Company I there are three men ou the sick list, one has neuralgia. .an- 1 other has a painful boil and the third 1 has slight attack of Indigestion. Dr. 1 Robert Clark and Dr. John Purney are caring for all men, being detailed as examining surgeons for the locaI i soldiers.
 l Neither Captain Griswold nor Gap. tain Low could furnish any informa tion concerning what or when tn, 1 next move will be. None of the officer. l has any information as to the ulti mate destination of the boys, but the. hardly expect a call for several day. at least. While there is urgent neet for many more recruits in each com ! pany every precaution is being takel to enlist men whose requirements ar, satisfactory The commanding ofn cers ana lrecruiting officers are tn, sole Judges of desirable recruits Already it is estimated that fifty o I more men have been turned down ii
 both companies. s1n some instance
 men were rejected because of certain