New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
NOT ENOUGH FURNISHINGS

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 Second Company Win Meet and Drill
 Regularly But Without Uniforms- 11,OO0 Respond to Governors Call
 for 5000 All Over State.
 l At present only one company of
 New Britain Home Guards will bs
 fully equipped with uniforms and
 rifles. the second company to be held l in reserve until such times when t
 may be possible to equip the mem- l bers fully. 1t has been announced by
 Governor Holcomb's military ener- gency board. This same thing holds 1 true all over the state. When the Home Guard movement
 was first started little more than a month ago the Military Emergency board decided to enlist 5000 Home Guardsmen and to equip them. When
 recruiting had stopped, however, the enlistments totalled about II ,000 men, 6,OOO for whom there was no equip ment. As a result the board has had to go carefully over the list of each l town and has selected the number of companies each place is to have fully ! equipped at present. The companies that are not equipped at present will
 be no different from the other in their status, the only difference being that they will have to wait for their clothing and rifles. The non- uniformed companies will continue to meet and drill as usual and when their equip ment arrives they will take their place with the others. In order to make the present supply of equip ment go the rounds the board has had to erder each company cut to sixty five men and three officers, instead of seventy-hv men. As Q result of the boards work, the following companies will make up the first line of the Connecticut Home Guard:
 Hartford county-FIartford, 4; New Britain, 1: Plalnville, l.; Bristol, 1; Simsbury, l: Windsor Looks. l.; South Manchester. 1: total, 10 companies, New London county-New London, 3; Norwich, 2: Mystic, 2: Stonington. l; Old Lyme, 1: Putnam. l: Walliman- tic. 1: total. II companies.
 Housatontc valley-Danbury. IT. Newtown. 1; Bethel. 1: Laakeville, l; xNO1IOIAv .VOt61s O VOHpk@01<0.
 New Haven county-New Haven. 6; I: West Haven. 1: East Haven, North Haven, 1; total, IF companies.
 Fairfield county-Bridgeport, 8: Stamford, 2; stratford. 1; Norwalk, 1: Fairfield. 1: Greenwich. 1; total, 14 companies. Naugatuck va1ley-Waterbury, 3; Torrington. q; Ansonia. 2: Seymour. | 1; Derby, 1: Shelton, 1; total, 10 con- i panies. t.'
 l Middlesex county-Middletown 2; 1 Portland, 1: Haddam, l; B. Haddam. l 1; Saybrook, 1 Middleheld, 1 platoon; ! total companies and 1 platoon. 1 Summary-Hartfo county, 10; New Haven county, 12; New London
 county, 10: Fairfield county, IA;
 Litchdeld, etc.. s; Naugatuck valley. l 1O; Middlesex county, 6, 1 platoon:
 total, 67 companies and platoon; to- tai number of rifles, 4,050.
 The report of the emergency board
 says:
 "In making these selections, it is greatly regretted that many excellent
 companies. already organized and
 some mustered, must be put into. the reserve without uniforms, arms and
 equipment at this time. Comparison of statements A and B shows, for in-
 stance. that in Hartford county, New
 Britain offered two companies. where but one can be equipped: GlaSton-
 bury offered four companies. where
 it is not possible to equip any; Bristol
 offered two. where only one can be
 equipped: Collinsville offered two. which cannot be equipped: Farming I IYo uN 1Ynf1ra-
 vile and West Hartford each offered
 company, none of which can be
 equipped now.
 So in New Haven county. the City of New Haven offered ten companies
 and only six can be fitted out; Meri- den offered fouY and only two can be equipped; Orange and Milford each
 offered one company, and neither car be taken into the first line; along the : Long Island shore, Madison offered one company, which cannot be uni. formed.
 And in New London county, Nor. wich offered three companies, and
 only two can be taken for the active
 force; Stonington and Mystic offered
 three and only two can be taken. In Litchfie1d county. Torringtor offered three companies, and only two ! can be placed in the first line; Water ] town offered one which cannot be SC E. accepted.
 l In Fairfield county, Bridgeport ant E other towns offered twenty compan v ies and only fourteen can be armed
 and equipped. In Middlesex county
 fourteen companies were offered ant
 only six can now be accepted.
 These statements indicate the gen = oral condition thrOu fho Sfa fo @ In some towns generous citizens d recognizing the patriotic. spirit O ' their townsmen who have enlisted ant
 volunteered their services in tn, s Home Guard, have offered to pay tn, g of al.xaaiI1qr 11nifnrxrai1acr