The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-04
Immense Crowd Sees Big
Draft Of, for Aver and
1000 Women Weep Their
Farewells.
Two Conscientious Objec-
tors viii Make the Jour
ney Handcuffed Many
Miss Train.

One thousand women wept
cried and shrieked Historically
on the railway station platform
this morning as $4,000 persons
surrounded and swar1ned over
the structure to witness the
departure of relatives and
Friends to New England's mill
ltary encampment.
with the most severe scrutiny Of
passes by hve score policemen under
khe direction of Commissioners STAN
1ey and Peet, Supt. Redgate and every
available oficer of the police depart
nent, about s,eO0 persons managed to
gain adnittance to the platform where
the special train was side-tracked.
These persons went into every avail
ableSniche that offered view of the
recruits. They shoffered.
shouted sreetfne. and broke the lines
n lnf ne police, and clung to the necks
,of those near and dear 70 them. No
snort that was humane could have re-
lstrhined the women. many OF whom
carried babes in their arms.
Fourteen women were overcome and
mad 10 be carried to an innprovised
hospital established by the emergency
hospital In the railroad station wait
ing room. DIR. r. E.. Garlas in charge
Iof the station and Miss Josephine
LiIlfs, the attending nurse cared for
all upon the cots stretched over the
,encloBure. Nobody was seriously i'll
with the exception Of one portly wo-
man stricken with heart affection
who was later sent to her home in a
cab. The other walked away in the
icare of friends. No attempt at keep
Ding . medical record was made.
The train consisting OF 13 day
coaches which was made up shortly
Ibefore 8 o'clock on the Berkshire di-
vision tracks was filled to overflow
Ding with the men drafted for service
left Bridgeport at 9:25 amidst q dir
Iof cheers, toots of harbor, tugs and
nearby factory buildings, and the tear
OF men and women. The American
flag was In evidence, but the fina
sentiment found its way through the
waving handkerchief which made (
strikingly picturesque scene at the
concluding act OF this morning
dranna-
IN the contingent today two mel
went to Aver under police guard ant
1nnndcuffs- They were Samuel Kri
woy, OF 101 Goddard avenue, enrolle'
An the Fourth division. the Russian
inspector of arms in q local munitiol
hnlant who recently declared that h
lwou1d not fight because he left Rus
..sa IN avoid war. and Rayrnon
L5rushko. so johnson street, enrolle
Al, +I,e first division. Grushko assert
- the+ ne would NOT vo1,1ntaril
sssrre' IN the limited states army be
a-,,s. ha was q conscientious obiec
for'' and also vegetarian" He tol
t+be hcard members that he would nc
r,,~ ,wsv from -Rridreport and IL the
,,taa hir, ba would be taken fror
ha,s address He was taken an
.'s1,l.s.-s.s-, ..l1 tbs custof1v of Policema
~1,,.rt yUatts of Bridgeport until h
isess,,, daiivered viii, Kriyov to tn
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x.- ss....r .s,o,tlv fer O'clock thj
rons -ss =. az 10 sr,o,,s rendezvops IN
Ar IA H;gb schoo
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ell w, a. LII, ss,d : .,tscL-,,r of me
~ 1,.as ao a. aa.,,e Si,,;s,c,s disclosed tra
.s., -. ,,,,s,,id ne y,oizsine alter
..es !. = rrare are s,,s,s4,t1ted where possfb]
and the contingents ordered to marc