Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
RATED AS 0UNNERS
 FOR ONE YEAR.
Announcement Made in Special Orders
 From Colonel Dorsey.


 
 Tn special order from Colonel Dor sey received at the local state armory the following have been rated as gunners for a period of one year:
 Third Company: First class, Me chanic Howard P. Rivers and Private George M. Allen; second class, Corp oral Francis M. Toomey and Private John A. Graber.
 Fifth Company Second class, Cor porals Fred Crowell. Richard Greg son, J. Bradford Ricketts, Ernest S.. Bowers and Privates Edward W. Jew ett and Harvie A. Benoit.
 Another order received reads in accordance with telegram from the war department company command CTS may recruit men 61 inches in ject to the other ordinary require ments.
 The Third company recruited one man Wednesday which brings their total enrolment up to an even hun dred.
 Captain Denison has received the following order from AdjutarI Gen eral Cole which reads as follows:
 Hartford. July 16, 1917.
 1. The president having issued his call for all of tthe National Guard not now in the federal service, except staff officers and departments, which this office is informed will be called into the service individually as required,
 
 lowing organizations are directed to assemble their commands at the home stations at a. rn., July 27. 1917, for muster into the federal service.
 First Connecticut Field. Hospital Co. First Connecticut Ambulance Co.
 Company A. Connecticut Signal Corps.
 Third Squadron, Connecticut Caval- ry.
 Headquarters, band, First. Third, Fifth. Sixth. Seventh, E--hth. Ninth, Tenth. Eleventh, Twelfth and Thir- teenth companies, Connecticut Coast Artillery.
 First Separate Company, Connecti- cut Infantry.
 2. All enlisted men of the National Guard Reserve are ordered to report to the commanding officer of the or ganization from which furloughed to the reserve, at [ A. m., July "5th, 1917, for active duty. Enlisted men of the National Guard Reserve not living at the home station of the organization from which furloughed are authorized to report to the commanding officer of any other organization of their branch of the service, and the company com mander to whom they report. in per son, will arrange for their subsistence and transportation to mobilization point. Soldiers not reporting to their own company commanders in per son will report to them by letter stat ing that they have joined such com mand giving the name of the com manding officer of the organization to which they report.
 By order of the governor.
 GEORGE M. COLE.
 Adjutant General. Tn still another order Adjutant Gen eral Cole says:
 The attention of officers and enlisted men is invited to the fact that the Ma tional Guard of Connecticut will be the only state force to represent this state in Federal service during the present great crisis. The best wishes of the governor and the people of the state will ever be with the troops while fin the field. whether on this or the other side of the ocean. That both officers and enlisted men will maintain the honor and efficiency of the guard during this service, ss they have in the past, is undoubted The records of All officers and enlisted men of the National Guard drafted into the Federal service will be pub fishes in book form and 10 make this record as complete as possible it is de- sired that the adjutant general be furnished with copies of all muster rolls orders and other papers showing promotions transfers. discharges other changes in the personnel of or ganizations during the period of this service.